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Malcolm "Mal" Douglass Whitman (born March 15, 1877 – December 28, 1932) was an American tennis player. ==Biography== He graduated from The Roxbury Latin School, where he is celebrated as one of its greatest athletes. Whitman was American intercollegiate singles tennis champion in 1896 and doubles champion in 1897 and 1898〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/history/championships/NCAA/1883-1956 )〕 as a student at Harvard University. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1899 and received his bachelor in law degree in 1902. In 1896 Whitman entered his first U.S. National Championships at the Newport Casino and lost in the quarterfinals to Bill Larned. The following year, 1897, he again lost in the quarterfinals, this time against Harold Nisbet. Whitman is best known for this hat-trick of singles titles at the U.S. National Championships. Between 1898 and 1900, he stayed undefeated there. In 1901 he did not compete and in the 1902 Championships he lost in the All-Comers final to Englishman Reginald Doherty. According to the Doherty brothers Malcolm Whitman and Bill Larned were at the time the best American singles players. He played on the inaugural American Davis Cup squad in 1900 and beat Englishman Arthur Gore in Boston, MA to help his US team win the trophy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=10003699 )〕 In the 1902 Davis Cup final against Great Britain in Brooklyn, NY he again contributed to his team's win by defeating Joshua Pim and Reginald Doherty in the singles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=10003701 )〕 Whitman retired from tennis in 1902 at the age of 25. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the U.S. National Lawn Tennis Association (USNLTA) and held management positions in several companies.〔 In 1932 he wrote a book on the origin of tennis titled ''"Tennis - Origins and Mysteries"''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Malcolm Whitman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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