Oliver Campbell

Full name	Oliver Samuel Edward Michael Campbell
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1871-02-25)February 25, 1871 Brooklyn, NY, U.S.
Died	July 11, 1953(1953-07-11) (aged 82) Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada
Turned pro	1886 (amateur tour)
Retired	1892
Int. Tennis HoF	1955 ( member page)
Singles
Career titles	17
Highest ranking	No. 8 (1890, ITHF) [1]
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	2R ( 1892)
US Open	W ( 1890, 1891, 1892)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	SF (1892)
US Open	W (1890, 1891, 1892)

Oliver Samuel Edward Michael Campbell (February 25, 1871 – July 11, 1953) was an American male tennis player who won the three consecutive singles titles at the U.S. Championships from 1890 through 1892.

Education

Campbell was educated at Columbia College, graduating in 1891 and was posthumously inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2010. ^[2]

Career

For over a century, Campbell had the honour of being the youngest male player to win the U.S. singles title. He did it as a 19-year, 6 months and 9 days old student in 1890. That record went to fellow American Pete Sampras, 19 years and 28 days, when he won the title in 1990. ^[3]

Campbell defended his title in the challenge round matches in 1891, defeating Clarence Hobart, and in 1892, defeating Fred Hovey, but did not defend it in 1893 and thereby defaulted the title to Robert Wrenn. The challenge round against Clarence Hobart was the first title match played over five sets. ^{[4] [5]}

In addition to his singles titles Campbell won the men's doubles titles at the U.S. National Championships in 1888, 1891 and 1892. ^[6]

His other career singles highlights include winning the Tropical Championships on hard courts at the St. Augustine, Florida on four occcasions (1889–1891, 1894). he also won the Englewood Open twice (1987–1888). He won single events at the New York Tennis Club Open (1886), the Orange Spring Tournament (1887), the Westchester Lawn Tennis Club (Invitation) (1888), the Elberon Casino Invitation (1888), New Hamburg Invitation (1888), the Nahant Invitation (1890), South Side Field Club (1890) and the Narragansette Pier Open (1890). In addition he was a finalist at the Flushing Athletic Club Open (1889).

Campbell was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1955.

Grand Slam finals

Singles (3 titles)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1890	U.S. Championships	Grass	Henry Slocum	6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win	1891	U.S. Championships	Grass	Clarence Hobart	2–6, 7–5, 7–9, 6–1, 6–2
Win	1892	U.S. Championships	Grass	Fred Hovey	7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5

Doubles (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1888	U.S. Championships	Grass	Valentine Hall	Clarence Hobart Edward MacMullen	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	1889	U.S. Championships	Grass	Valentine Hall	Henry Slocum Howard Taylor	1–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win	1891	U.S. Championships	Grass	Bob Huntington	Valentine Hall Clarence Hobart	6–3, 6–4, 8–6
Win	1892	U.S. Championships	Grass	Bob Huntington	Edward L. Hall Valentine Hall	6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	1893	U.S. Championships	Grass	Bob Huntington	Clarence Hobart Fred Hovey	3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 2–6

References

External links

• Oliver Campbell at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• Oliver Campbell at the Association of Tennis Professionals