John Van Ryn

John Van Ryn

Full name	John William Van Ryn
Country (sports)	United States
Born	June 30, 1905 Newport News, Virginia, USA
Died	August 7, 1999 (aged 94) Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Turned pro	1923 (amateur tour)
Retired	1945
Plays	Right-handed (1-handed backhand)
Int. Tennis HoF	1963 (member page)
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 8 (1929, A. Wallis Myers)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1933)
French Open	QF (1931)
Wimbledon	QF (1931)
US Open	QF (1929, 1930, 1931, 1936, 1937)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	W (1931)
Wimbledon	W (1929, 1930, 1931)
US Open	W (1931, 1935)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	4R (1936)

John Van Ryn (June 30, 1905 – August 7, 1999) was an American tennis champion of the 1930s. He was primarily known as being a successful doubles player with Wilmer Allison.

Van Ryn won the Men’s Doubles at Wimbledon three straight years (1929–31). He took two of the titles with Wilmer Allison and won the third with George Lott. In 1931, he was also successful with Lott at the French Championships. He became the first male player to win the French, British and American doubles titles when he won the 1931 U.S. National Championships with Allison.^[2] Van Ryn had an excellent record when he competed for the United States in Davis Cup, winning 22 of 24 encounters in a period of eight years. He was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1963.^[3]

On 22 October 1930 he married tennis player Midge Gladman.^[4]

Grand Slam Record

• French Championships
  • Men's Doubles champion: 1931
• Wimbledon
  • Men's Doubles champion: 1929, 1930, 1931
• U.S. Championships
  • Men's Doubles champion: 1931, 1935

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (6 titles, 5 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1929	Wimbledon	Grass	Wilmer Allison	Ian Collins Collin Gregory	6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 10–12, 6–4
Winner	1930	Wimbledon	Grass	Wilmer Allison	John Doeg George Lott	6–3, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	1930	US National Championships	Grass	Wilmer Allison	John Doeg George Lott	6–8, 3–6, 6–3, 15–13, 4–6
Winner	1931	French Championships	Clay	George Lott	Vernon Kirby Norman Farquharson	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	1931	Wimbledon	Grass	George Lott	Jacques Brugnon Henri Cochet	6–2, 10–8, 9–11, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	1931	US National Championships	Grass	Wilmer Allison	Berkeley Bell Gregory Mangin	6–4, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	1932	US National Championships	Grass	Wilmer Allison	Keith Gledhill Ellsworth Vines	4–6, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	1934	US National Championships	Grass	Wilmer Allison	George Lott Lester Stoefen	4–6, 7–9, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	1935	Wimbledon	Grass	Wilmer Allison	Jack Crawford Adrian Quist	3–6, 7–5, 2–6, 7–5, 5–7
Winner	1935	US National Championships	Grass	Wilmer Allison	Don Budge Gene Mako	6–2, 6–3, 2–6, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up	1936	US National Championships	Grass	Wilmer Allison	Don Budge Gene Mako	4–6, 2–6, 4–6

References

1. Béla Kehrling, ed. (October 10, 1929). "Wallis Meyers a világ legjobb tenniszezőiről" [Wallis Myers on the best players of the world] (pdf). Tennisz és Golf (in Hungarian) (Budapest, Hungary: Bethlen Gábor irod. és Nyomdai Rt.) I (11): 262–263. Retrieved December 11, 2012.
2. Irving Wright, ed. (1932). The Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide for 1932. New York: American Sports Publishing. p. 13.
3. "Player Profile John Van Ryn". International Tennis Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
4. "Outstanding Tennis Player To Marry". The Stanford Daily (17). AP. October 23, 1930. p. 2.

External links

• John Van Ryn at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• John Van Ryn at the International Tennis Federation
• John Van Ryn at the Davis Cup