Clarence Clark

Clarence Munroe Clark (August 27, 1859 – June 29, 1937) was an American tennis player and financier.

Clark won the 1881 U.S. National Championship - Doubles with Frederick Winslow Taylor and was a finalist in the 1882 U.S. National Championships - Singles. He helped to establish the United States Lawn Tennis Association in 1881 and served as the first secretary. He and his brother Joseph Sill Clark Sr. were the first Americans to play doubles on Centre Court at Wimbledon.

He was a partner in the banking firm E. W. Clark & Co. He invested in and managed electric light, power, and railway companies.

In 1983, he was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

Early life and education Clark was born on August 27, 1859,

Business career Clark worked in a chemical lab and in the forging department at the Midvale Steel company. In 1883, he took a six-month leave of absence and traveled throughout Europe to learn from European steel companies. After his return, he led the ordnance and railroad- and automobile-wheel production. He was promoted to second assistant superintendent and to assistant superintendent in 1886. He left Midvale Steel in 1887 and took a position as treasurer and secretary of the Flat Top Coal Land Association, which owned most of the land for mining of the Pocahontas Coalfield.

In 1900, he became a partner in E. W. Clark & Co., a bank founded by his grandfather Enoch White Clark. He was placed in charge of public utility investments. He invested in electric light, electric power, and electric street railway companies. He served as president of the Nashville Railway and Light Company, the Northern Ohio Power Company, the Tennessee Electric Power Company, the Portland Electric Power Company, as well as a director of several other companies.

He died on June 29, 1937, at the age of 77, at his home, Cedron, in Germantown, Philadelphia. He was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.

Personal life He married Mary Newbold Taylor in 1884 and together they had three sons.

Grand Slam finals Doubles (winner) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1881 1881 U.S. National Championships – Doubles Grass Arthur Newbold/Alexander Van Rensselaer 6–5, 6–4, 6–5

Singles (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1882 1882 U.S. National Championships – Singles Grass Richard D. Sears 1–6, 4–6, 0–6