Malcolm "Mal" Douglass Whitman was an American tennis player who won three singles titles at the US National Championships.
15 Facts About Malcolm Whitman
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Malcolm Whitman graduated from The Roxbury Latin School, where he is celebrated as one of its greatest athletes.
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Malcolm Whitman graduated from Harvard Law School in 1899 and received his bachelor in law degree in 1902.
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In 1896, Malcolm Whitman entered his first US National Championships at the Newport Casino and lost in the quarterfinals to Bill Larned.
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Malcolm Whitman is best known for this hat-trick of singles titles at the US National Championships.
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Malcolm Whitman played on the inaugural American Davis Cup squad in 1900 and beat Englishman Arthur Gore in Boston, Massachusetts to help his US team win the trophy.
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Malcolm Whitman retired from tennis in 1902 at the age of 25.
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Malcolm Whitman was a member of the executive committee of the US National Lawn Tennis Association and held management positions in several companies.
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Malcolm Whitman is very safe everywhere, and has not a weak point.
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Malcolm Whitman plays the volleying game, as nearly all the Americans do, and gets up to the net on every possible occasion, and when at the net is very hard to pass.
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Malcolm Whitman is wonderfully sure on his volley and, besides, has an enormous reach, and is very active and severe overhead.
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Malcolm Whitman died in December 1909 after the birth of their second child.
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In July 1912, Malcolm Whitman married Jennie Adeline Crocker but they divorced in 1924.
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In 1926, Malcolm Whitman married Lucilla Mara de Vescovi, known as the Countess Mara.
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On December 28,1932, Malcolm Whitman committed suicide by jumping off an apartment building in New York after a nervous breakdown.