Walter Merrill
Hall
Male
United States of America
1887-12-04
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
1980-08-00
New York, United States of America
Walter Merrill Hall was an important figure in the American tennis landscape, both as a player and administrator.
As a player, Hall was ranked in the U.S. Top Ten 1911, 1915 and 1918. He won the US Clay Court doubles title in 1912 (with Harold Hackett) and was a runner-up in singles in 1910 and 1913. He reached the quarterfinals at the US National Championships in 1918, and at the tournament now known as the Cincinnati Masters he was a singles finalist in 1911 and a quarterfinalist in 1910.
Hall also won the Middle States singles title three times (1911, 1918 & 1919) and the 1932 New Hampshire state title.
After he ended his playing career, Hall served the sport as an administrator with the United States Tennis Association as treasurer and then as president (from 1933 to 1936).
1898 - 1937
5
82
47
1933 - White Mountain Championships (Amateur)
1921 - Travers Island Championships (Amateur)
1919 - Middle States Championships (Amateur)
1919 - Nassau Bowl (Amateur)
1918 - Middle States Championships (Amateur)
Round 2
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
L.H.B. Olmstead
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Martin Buxby 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-0
6-3
Round 2
Paul Arthur Newton 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
7-5
6-2
Round 2
Don Budge 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Robert Harman 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-8
6-2
6-1
Final
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Anton Frederick Von Bernuth
6-2
6-2
6-4
Final
Percy Kynaston 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
?
Round 1
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Alfred H. Chapin Jr. 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-4
6-4
Final
Cedric Aylwin Major 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
11-9
6-4
6-0
Final
George King 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-4
6-3
6-1
Final
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
George King
2-6
6-4
3-6
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Frederick Clark Baggs 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
w.o.
Round 3
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Mr. Indig
6/2,
6/2
Round 4
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Doc Schwarz
9/7,
6/3
Quarterfinals
Edmund Lester Levy 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6/4,
6/3
Round 1
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
bye
Round 2
Peter Ball 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
w.o.
Round 1
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Alfred H. Chapin Sr.
6-3
6-8
6-0
Round 2
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Major Edmund Bela Joseph Harran
6-4
6-4
7-5
Round 3
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Hugh Garland Meem Kelleher
6-1
8-6
6-2
Round 4
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Roosevelt Pell jr
6-1
9-7
0-6
6-3
Round 4
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Roosevelt Pell jr
6-1
9-7
0-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Wallace Johnson 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-4
6-0
6-2
Final
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Leonard A. Beekman
4-6
6-3
6-2
4-6
6-2
Final
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Roosevelt Pell jr
6-2
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
J. Cecil Donaldson
6-0
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Irving Christian Wright
4-6
7-5
6-1
6-2
Round 4
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Walter T. Hayes
3-6
6-4
0-6
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Bill Tilden 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
3-6
6-1
5-7
7-5
6-1
Final
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Roosevelt Pell jr
6-3
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Theodore Barnet Plimpton
w.o.
Round 2
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
James W. Anderson
6-3
6-2
6-3
Round 3
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Alrick Hubbell Man jr
6-3
6-2
6-3
Round 4
Wallace Johnson 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-2
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Channing G. Burrows
6-2
0-6
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Wallace Johnson
18-16
4-6
6-2
4-6
6-2
Round 3
Dick Williams jr 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-3
9-7
2-6
6-1
Round 1
Irving Christian Wright 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-3
6-4
6-8
6-4
Round 1
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
J.Allen Ross
8-6
7-5
Round 2
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Daniel Joseph Kenefick
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Thomas Yeo Sherwell 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-4
6-4
Final
John Richard Strachan 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-0
6-4
4-6
6-4
Round 1
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
H.W. Stiness
w.o.
Round 2
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
R.Duncan Gatewood
6-3
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Clifton Bradford Herd 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-4
7-5
7-5
Preliminary Round
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
W. Hugh Bates
w.o.
Round 1
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
F.W. Robinson
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Karl Howell Behr jr 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-3
4-6
6-2
6-0
Unknown
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Charles Drummond Jones
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Clifford (Cliff) J. Lockhorn
2-6
9-7
6-0
7-5
Semifinals
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Wallace Johnson
8-6
6-0
6-2
Final
Richard Bishop 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-4
6-0
6-1
Round 3
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Francis Curry (Frank) Marty
6-0
9-7
Quarterfinals
Wallace Johnson 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
10-12
2-6
6-2
6-3
6-0
Final
Melville Long 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Harold Brewster Bretz
6-2
7-5
Round 2
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
William Dickson Cunningham
w.o.
Round 3
Wylie Grant 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-2
12-10
Preliminary Round
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
bye
Round 1
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
A.B. Gladwin
7-5
8-6
Round 2
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Henry J. Mollenhauer
2-6
10-8
12-10
Round 3
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
William Rosenbaum
3-6
6-3
9-7
Quarterfinals
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Hugh A. Tallant
3-6
6-3
9-7
Semifinals
Richard Holkins (lefty) Palmer 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-4
6-1
Round 1
P.E. Mead 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
w.o.
Round 1
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Albert Carlton Bostwick sr
6-2
6-1
Round 2
George Church 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
H.C. Skinner
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
P.E. Mead
w.o.
Round 3
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Wylie Grant
4-6
6-4
3-5
ret.
Quarterfinals
Roosevelt Pell jr 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-1
6-1
Preliminary Round
Robert T. Bryan 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Raymond Little 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Calhoun C. Cragin 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
w.o.
Round 1
William Churchill DeMille 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
P.H. Kane
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Walter Merrill Hall 1 *
Mr. Witchell
9-7
6-1
Semifinals
Robert Baird 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-3
6-2
Round 1
George Lorraine Wyeth 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
w.o.
Round 2
Hugo James Hardy 1 *
Walter Merrill Hall
6-3
6-1