Richard Berkeley
Bell
Male
United States of America
1907-11-08
Austin, Texas, United States of America
1967-06-15
New Jersey, United States of America
Berkeley Bell (1907-1967) was known as the “Tumbling Texan” because of his efforts to win points by jumping, diving and lunging after balls most would not attempt to play. Bell was successful in both singles and doubles while playing collegiate tennis for the University of Texas.
In 1929 and 1931, Bell reached the finals of the men’s doubles competition at the U.S. National Championships (now U.S. Open). Bell won the Seabright Invitational in 1934. Together with Gregory Mangin he won the doubles title at the National Indoors Tennis Championships.
1925 - 1956
25
194
117
1935 - Eastern Clay Court Championships (Open)
1935 - Washington State Championships (Open)
1935 - Nassau Bowl (Amateur)
1935 - Buffalo Indoor (Open)
1935 - Pittsburgh Indoor (Amateur)
1934 - Seabright Invitational (Amateur)
1934 - Brooklyn (Amateur)
1934 - Nassau Bowl (Amateur)
1934 - Maryland State Championships (Amateur)
1934 - Allegheny Mountains Championships (Amateur)
1933 - Maryland State Championships (Amateur)
1933 - New York Metropolitan Indoor Championships (Amateur)
1933 - Delaware State Championship (Open)
1932 - Brooklyn Heights Casino Indoor Invitation (Amateur)
1932 - Eastern Clay Court Championships (Open)
1931 - Southern New York Clay Court Championships (Amateur)
1931 - Maryland State Championships (Amateur)
1930 - Maryland State Championships (Amateur)
1929 - Colorado Championship (Amateur)
1929 - New York State Championships (Open)
1929 - Intercollegiate Championships (Amateur)
1929 - Maryland State Championships (Amateur)
1928 - Southampton Invitation (Long Island) (Amateur)
1926 - Indiana State (Amateur)
1923 - Maryland State Championships (Amateur)
Round 1
Harry Van Renssalaer 1 *
Berkeley Bell
7-5
6-2
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Alistair Bradley Martin
6-2
6-8
6-4
Round 2
John A. Been 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-1
6-2
Round 3
William (Bill) Lurie 1 *
Berkeley Bell
2-6
ret.
Round 1
Nils Rohlsson 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Harold (Harry) Duncan
6-3
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Karel Kozeluh 1 *
Berkeley Bell
3-6
6-0
6-3
8-6
Round 1
Frank Joseph Rericha 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-3
4-6
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Keith Gledhill 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-4
4-6
6-0
6-4
Round 1
Fred Perry 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Valerian John Yavorski
6-3
6-0
6-0
Round 3
Herman Peterson 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-0
6-0
6-3
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Carl Martin (Red) Rohman
14-12
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Joseph (Joe) P. Whalen 1 *
Berkeley Bell
1-6
1-6
6-1
6-1
6-3
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Igor de Nissoff
6-1
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Joseph (Joe) P. Whalen 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-3
10-8
6-3
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
George J. O'Connell
6-2
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Herman Peterson
3-6
6-4
1-6
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
George Lott
6-3
8-6
3-6
6-4
Semifinals
Fred Perry 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-2
7-5
6-3
Round 1
Manuel Alonso 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-4
7-9
6-8
7-5
6-4
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
G.L. Broffe
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Robert (Lefty) Bryan 1 *
Berkeley Bell
7-9
6-2
6-3
Round 4
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Charles Lincoln Halberstadt
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
John Nogrady
6-4
3-6
6-4
Semifinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Frank Joseph Bowden
7-5
6-2
6-2
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Leonard Hartman
8-6
7-5
6-2
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Gregory S. Mangin
6-4
6-4
3-6
6-3
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Gabriel Lavine
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Seth Lee
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Edward W. Feibleman
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Wilmer Hines 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-4
5-7
6-2
3-6
6-2
Round 4
Wilbur Eugene Hess 1 *
Berkeley Bell
3-6
6-4
8-6
Semifinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Wayne R. Sabin
11-9
6-2
6-1
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Richard (Dick) Bennett
7-5
4-6
4-6
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Julius Seligson
6-3
6-3
2-6
6-1
Final
Gregory S. Mangin 1 *
Berkeley Bell
8-6
7-5
2-6
0-6
6-1
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Harrison de Sales
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Kels Boland
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
John Hal Surface jr
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Bryan Grant 1 *
Berkeley Bell
8-6
8-6
6-1
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Frank Joseph Bowden
6-4
6-3
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Gregory S. Mangin
6-3
6-3
4-6
3-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Marcel Rainville
6-3
6-3
Final
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall 1 *
Berkeley Bell
8-6
7-5
6-0
Final
Gregory S. Mangin 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-4
6-2
11-9
Final
Bryan Grant 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-4
6-2
6-3
Final
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall 1 *
Berkeley Bell
?
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Donald Frame
w.o.
Round 3
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Lawrence Kurzrok
4-6
9-7
6-3
6-2
Round 4
Clifford Sutter 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-3
7-5
6-4
Final
Wilmer Allison 1 *
Berkeley Bell
7-5
10-8
6-2
Final
Wilmer Allison 1 *
Berkeley Bell
4-6
6-1
6-2
6-3
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Gregory S. Mangin
4-6
3-6
6-4
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Sidney Wood jr.
3
sets
Semifinals
Wilmer Allison 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-4
1-6
2-6
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Wilmer Allison
6-4
6-0
2-6
7-5
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Bryan Grant
5-7
6-1
6-3
2-6
6-4
Final
Wilmer Allison 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-3
6-3
6-2
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Edward (Eddie) Jacobs
6-2
6-4
7-5
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Leonard Hartman
6-0
7-5
8-6
Semifinals
Frank Parker 1 *
Berkeley Bell
1-6
9-7
6-2
11-9
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Barnard Welsh
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-4
10-8
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Robert (Lefty) Bryan
6-3
6-4
5-7
7-5
Final
George Lott 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-3
6-4
2-6
6-3
Final
Gregory S. Mangin 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-2
6-4
8-6
Round 2
Manuel Alonso 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-3
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
F.R.P. Williams
6-0
6-1
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Kenneth Cecil Gandar Dower
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Clifford Sutter 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-4
6-4
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Harold Turner MacGuffin
0-6
6-4
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Berkeley Bell 1 *
C. Ireneus
6-3
8-6
Round 4
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Milton Philip Ruehl
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Frank Parker 1 *
Berkeley Bell
7-9
4-6
6-2
6-2
6-2
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Edward (Eddie) Jacobs
8-10
6-3
6-8
6-0
6-0
Final
Gregory S. Mangin 1 *
Berkeley Bell
5-7
8-6
6-1
8-6
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Eugene Henry McCauliff
5-7
6-4
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Elbert Raymond Lewis
6-3
6-4
1-6
6-1
Round 2
Bunny Austin 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-2
4-6
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Albert Law Jr.
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
H.L. Hill
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Horace Keats Lester 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-3
6-3
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Lawrence Kurzrok
4-6
7-5
8-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Jean Borotra
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
Frank Shields 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-4
6-4
6-4
Final
Keith Gledhill 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-3
6-2
6-4
Final
George Lott 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-0
6-0
6-3
Final
Dave N. Jones jr 1 *
Berkeley Bell
5-7
6-4
6-3
11-9
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
J.G. Wayland
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Henri-Paul Emard
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Roland Longtin
6-2
7-9
6-3
Semifinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Marcel Rainville
6-3
3-6
9-7
6-1
Final
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-1
7-5
6-1
Final
Eugene Henry McCauliff 1 *
Berkeley Bell
7-5
6-3
6-4
Final
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-4
6-3
6-2
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall
6-2
6-2
8-6
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Wilmer Allison
5-7
6-4
6-2
6-4
Round 3
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Harold Blauer
6-2
6-4
6-2
Round 4
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Robert (Lefty) Bryan
9-7
7-5
4-6
7-5
Quarterfinals
Ellsworth Vines 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-1
6-4
8-6
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
William Freisenbruch
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Jack Wright
4-6
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Clifford Sutter
6-2
6-4
6-3
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-4
2-6
6-1
0-6
6-3
Final
Wilmer Allison 1 *
Berkeley Bell
2-6
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Stanley Henshaw Jr.
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Wallace Wendell Scott
6-2
6-4
Round 3
George Lott 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-3
6-4
8-10
8-6
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Raymond Wiese
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
John L. Tatom
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Berkeley Bell 1 *
D.D. Barr
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
George J. Jennings
6-1
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
Ellsworth Vines 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-3
8-6
8-6
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Joseph S. (Joe) Hammond
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Clifford Robbins
6-3
7-5
Round 3
Pat Hughes 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-3
3-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
William Aydelotte
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Frank Shields
9-11
6-4
12-10
6-4
Final
Jean Borotra 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-1
3-6
6-4
3-6
6-4
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Edward (Eddie) Jacobs
6-3
6-4
8-6
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Garnet H. Raper
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Allen McMartin
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Lawrence Bridges Rice
9-7
6-4
Semifinals
George Lott 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-3
6-4
6-4
Final
John Doeg 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-1
6-3
6-2
Final
Jerome (Jerry) Lang 1 *
Berkeley Bell
4-6
6-3
7-9
6-2
6-4
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Percy Kynaston
6-1
7-5
2-6
13-15
6-0
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Arthur W. Vinall
5-7
6-4
6-3
6-1
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Roderich Menzel
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Henri Cochet 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-2
6-2
5-7
4-6
6-1
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Jean Borotra
3-6
6-2
12-10
7-5
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Frederic (Fritz) Mercur
6-1
6-2
1-6
6-4
Round 3
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Richard D. Lewis
6-3
6-4
13-11
Round 4
Clifford Sutter 1 *
Berkeley Bell
7-9
6-4
6-1
2-6
8-6
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Brownlow Eve
6-2
6-1
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
A. Perodeau
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Henry Rice Guild
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Herbert L. Bowman 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-3
2-6
6-1
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Jacques L. Verstraten
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Clayton Lee (Teddy) Burwell
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Frank Hunter 1 *
Berkeley Bell
4-6
7-5
6-4
9-11
5-6
ret.
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Harold Blauer
6-2
6-2
Round 3
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-2
7-5
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Ted Ludlow
8-6
6-3
Round 3
Robert (Bobby) Seller 1 *
Berkeley Bell
7-5
7-5
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Armand Louis Bruneau
4-6
6-1
6-4
Round 3
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Edward W. Feibleman
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Richard T. Murphy
4-6
7-5
8-6
Semifinals
Clifford Sutter 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-4
6-3
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Giles Verstraten
6-0
6-0
Round 3
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Clayton Lee (Teddy) Burwell
4-6
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
John Van Ryn
6-4
3-6
6-3
Semifinals
John Doeg 1 *
Berkeley Bell
8-6
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Clarence Melvin (Mel) Dranga
6-1
6-4
Round 3
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Jack Tidball
7-5
11-9
Quarterfinals
Clifford Sutter 1 *
Berkeley Bell
7-5
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Manuel Llano
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
J. Emmett Pare 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-2
6-8
7-5
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Prof Dr Carl Angelo Knorr
6-3
6-2
Semifinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Wolfgang Blaum
6-4
6-1
Final
Emmanuel Du Plaix 1 *
Berkeley Bell
2-6
6-3
3-6
6-2
6-4
Final
Wilmer Allison 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-3
0-6
7-5
4-6
6-3
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Maurice M. Bayon
w.o.
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Bruce Barnes
6-2
6-3
4-6
6-3
Round 3
Edward W. Feibleman 1 *
Berkeley Bell
2-6
6-1
6-4
4-6
6-2
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Robert (Bobby) Seller
6-1
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
John Doeg 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Clifford Sutter
6-1
6-4
4-6
7-5
Round 3
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Benjamin (Ben) Gorchakoff
6-1
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Julius Seligson
8-6
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-3
1-6
3-6
6-1
6-2
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
John Strother (Jack) Harrison
6-1
5-7
6-4
6-1
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Frank Shields
1-6
6-1
6-3
6-4
Final
Wilmer Allison 1 *
Berkeley Bell
?
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Gregory S. Mangin
6-0
6-3
7-5
Final
Julius Seligson 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-3
6-2
2-6
6-3
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Holbrook Hyde
w.o.
Round 2
Bill Tilden 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-2
6-2
6-2
Final
Manuel Alonso 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-3
6-4
2-6
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Berkeley Bell 1 *
W.D.R. Evans
6-0
6-2
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
H. Graham
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Norval M. Craig
6-4
4-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Bertram H. Claster
6-4
6-3
Semifinals
Herbert L. Bowman 1 *
Berkeley Bell
8-6
6-2
Final
Ralph Talbot McElvenny 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-1
8-6
5-7
6-4
Round 2
Berkeley Bell 1 *
J.C. Dibley
6-0
6-0
Round 3
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Francisco Aragon
6-3
9-7
Round 4
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Kirk Mendenhall Reid
6-3
6-0
Quarterfinals
Brian Norton 1 *
Berkeley Bell
6-2
6-1
6-3
Final
Berkeley Bell 1 *
Julius Sagalowsky
6-4
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Raymond John (Ray) Casey 1 *
Berkeley Bell
5-7
6-2
6-4
6-2