Valentine Hall

Valentine Hall

Full name	Valentine Gill Hall III
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1867-11-12)November 12, 1867 New York, NY, USA
Died
Turned pro	1886 (amateur tour)
Retired	1894
Singles
Career record	{{#property:P564}}
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open	SF (1891)
Doubles
Career record	{{#property:P555}}
Grand Slam Doubles results
US Open	W (1888, 1890)

Valentine Gill "Vallie" Hall III (November 12, 1867, New York – October 26, 1934) was an American tennis player who was active in the late 19th century. He was the elder son of Valentine Gill Hall, Jr. and Mary Livingston Ludlow of the Livingston family. Vallie's eldest sister was Anna Rebecca Hall, making him an uncle of First Lady of the United States, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt.

Career

In 1888 and 1890 he won the Men's Doubles title at the U.S. National Championships, also reaching the semi-finals in the Men's Singles in 1891 (and the quarter-finals in 1890, 1892 and 1893).

In 1891 he won the tournament at Southampton, NY. Together with his brother Edward Ludlow Hall (1872–1932) he won the National Eastern Doubles Championships in 1892.

In 1889 he wrote a book titled Lawn Tennis in America containing biographical sketches of prominent players. He was a secretary of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1888	U.S. Championships	Grass	Oliver Campbell	Clarence Hobart E.P. Macmullen	6–4, 6–2, 6-2
Runner-up	1889	U.S. Championships	Grass	Oliver Campbell	Henry Slocum Howard Taylor	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	1890	U.S. Championships	Grass	Clarence Hobart	Charles Carver John Ryerson	6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1891	U.S. Championships	Grass	Clarence Hobart	Oliver Campbell Bob Huntington	6–3, 6–4, 8–6
Runner-up	1892	U.S. Championships	Grass	Edward L. Hall	Oliver Campbell Bob Huntington	6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3

External links

• Hall, Valentine, Lawn Tennis in America, 1889
• Tennis Archives Profile