Richard Carleton (tennis)

Richard Carleton

Full name	Richard Hugh Carleton
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1875-09-08)September 8, 1875 Illinois, United States
Died	August 12, 1939(1939-08-12) (aged 63)[1] New Hampshire, United States
Turned pro	1894 (amateur tour)
Retired	1904
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	SF (1903)

Richard Carleton (1875–1939) was an American tennis player. He excelled at tennis while at Harvard and played tennis at the Crescent Athletic Club.^[2] Carleton lost his first match at the U.S. Championships in 1896 to Edwin Fischer. In 1898 he lost in round two to Harold Hackett. Carleton reached the semi-finals of the U.S. Championships in 1903, and in beating Malcolm Whitman's younger brother was "steady and sure in the placing of his strokes."^[3] Carleton lost his semifinal to Laurence Doherty.^[4]

References

1. "Richard Hugh Carleton". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives.
2. "The Semi-Finals". Brooklyn Life (bklyn.newspapers.com). August 29, 1903. p. 20. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
3. "Tennis Champions Meet: National Tournament at Newport Carried Into Fifth Round". The New York Times. August 21, 1903. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
4. Talbert, Bill (1967). Tennis Observed. Boston: Barre Publishers. p. 75. OCLC 172306.