William Jackson
Clothier
Male
United States of America
1881-09-27
Sharon Hill, PE, United States of America
1962-09-04
Philadelphia, United States of America
He was the ninth child and the fifth (and youngest) son of Isaac Hallowell Clothier and Mary Clapp Jackson.
Clothier reached the singles final of the United States Championships three times. In his first final appearance in 1904 he lost in three straight sets to compatriot Holcombe Ward. Two years later, in 1906, Clothier achieved his greatest success by emphatically beating Beals Wright in the final in three straight sets at the Newport Casino. This despite breaking his pelvic bone in a riding accident earlier that year. His last final appearance came in 1909 when he lost in five sets to William Larned who claimed his fifth singles title.
He was a member of the winning USA Davis Cup Team in 1905 and 1909 and won both his singles matches in the 1909 final against the British Isles.
Bill Clothier was elected as the first President of the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1954, holding that significant post until he retired three years later.
Together with his son, William J. Clothier II, they two won the national father-son title twice.
Clothier was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1956.
1896 - 1922
7
164
118
1906 - US Open (Grandslam)
1906 - Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championship (Open)
1903 - Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championship (Open)
1902 - Longwood Bowl (Amateur)
1902 - Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championship (Open)
1901 - Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championship (Open)
1900 - Pennsylvania Lawn Tennis Championship (Open)
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Harold E. Lane
6-0
6-0
6-0
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
José María Alonso de Areyzaga
6-1
6-0
4-6
3-6
6-4
Round 3
Howard Kinsey 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
2-6
8-10
6-4
6-4
6-1
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
William S. Taylor
6-1
6-0
6-2
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Gerald B. Emerson
6-1
6-4
6-1
Round 4
Willis Davis 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
9-7
5-7
14-12
6-3
Final
Vincent (Vinnie) Richards 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-4
6-2
4-6
6-0
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Hachisiro Mikami
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Olin John Sweet
6-3
6-0
6-2
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Lyle Evans (Louis) Mahan
6-0
6-1
6-8
3-6
7-5
Round 4
Dick Williams jr 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
5-7
7-5
6-4
6-1
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Charles Frederick Watson Jr.
w.o.
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Raymond Little
6-0
6-0
6-0
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Leonard A. Beekman
6-4
8-6
6-2
Round 4
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Watson McLean (Watty) Washburn
6-2
6-4
4-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Wallace Johnson
6-2
9-7
6-1
Semifinals
Maurice McLoughlin 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-4
6-4
6-3
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Basil Wagner
6-2
6-0
6-3
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
George Church
6-0
3-6
6-3
6-3
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Francis Melzar Watrous
6-1
6-2
6-0
Round 4
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Walter Lacy Pate
6-0
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Maurice McLoughlin 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-3
7-5
6-4
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
John Reece
6-0
6-1
6-0
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Edward Penniman Larned
7-5
6-4
12-10
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Gardner Beals
6-1
8-6
6-0
Round 4
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Whiting H. Preston
6-1
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Raymond Little
7-5
6-0
6-1
Semifinals
Maurice McLoughlin 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
8-6
6-2
3-6
6-4
Preliminary Round
John S. Nicholl 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
w.o.
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Alfred Stackpole Dabney jr
w.o.
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
F.R. Hughes
w.o.
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
8-6
6-3
6-4
Round 4
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Karl Howell Behr jr
2-6
6-2
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Edward H. Whitney
6-1
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Tom Bundy
6-3
6-3
6-8
7-5
Final
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Maurice McLoughlin
7-5
6-4
9-11
6-3
Challenge Round
Bill Larned 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-1
6-2
5-7
1-6
6-1
Preliminary Round
Robert P. Bennett 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
w.o.
Poule
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
James Cecil Parke
6-4
6-3
8-6
Poule
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Charles Dixon
6-3
6-1
6-4
Preliminary Round
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Raymond Little
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
James Stewart Cushman
6-2
6-0
6-3
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Irving Christian Wright
7-5
6-2
7-5
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
John Ormsbee Ames
6-2
6-2
6-1
Round 4
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
George Church
6-2
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Gustav Touchard
6-1
8-6
6-0
Semifinals
Fred Alexander 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
7-5
7-5
6-3
Preliminary Round
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Frederick Inman
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Edward Penniman Larned 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-2
8-6
Challenge Round
Bill Larned 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
w.o.
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
A.W. Warden
w.o.
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Edward Tudor Gross
6-1
4-6
6-4
6-1
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
George Peabody (Gearse) Gardner Jr.
6-2
6-1
6-4
Round 4
Frederick Campbell Colston 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
7-5
0-6
6-3
5-7
6-4
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Robert (Bob) Bramhall
6-2
6-2
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Wallace Johnson
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Raymond Little 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-1
4-6
6-4
Challenge Round
Joseph Roberts Carpenter Jr. 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
w.o.
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Harold A. (Harry) MacKinney
6-1
6-0
6-4
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Rodolphe Louis Agassiz
w.o.
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Francis Jones (Frank) Sulloway
6-0
6-3
6-4
Round 4
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Dr Philip Bovier Hawk
6-1
6-2
8-6
Quarterfinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Fred Alexander
8-6
6-2
4-6
1-6
7-5
Semifinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
John Davis Edmands, Snr. Jones
6-3
6-3
6-3
Final
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Karl Howell Behr jr
6-2
6-4
6-2
Challenge Round
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Beals Wright
6-3
6-0
6-4
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
C.E. Barker
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Walter A. Bradford
6-1
6-2
6-2
Round 4
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Norman Winslow Cabot
6-3
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Charles Melville Bull Jr.
6-2
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Edward Bury (Teddy) Dewhurst
6-8
6-0
6-3
6-4
Final
Karl Howell Behr jr 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-1
8-6
6-4
Final
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Joseph Roberts Carpenter Jr.
6-1
8-6
6-3
Challenge Round
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Edward Bury (Teddy) Dewhurst
6-3
6-2
6-4
Poule
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Max Decugis
6-3
6-4
6-4
Poule
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Maurice Germot
6-3
5-7
6-1
6-3
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Alan John Westby Perceval
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Robert Hough
6-2
6-3
6-4
Round 4
Tony Wilding 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
5-7
1-6
8-6
7-5
10-8
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Chester Harris Briggs
6-2
6-1
6-1
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
J.F. Brice
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
George Henry Nettleton
6-4
1-6
6-3
6-2
Round 4
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Louis Harold (Henry) Waidner
7-9
4-6
6-2
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Beals Wright 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
9-7
6-2
6-2
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Stanley Doust
w.o.
Round 3
Alfred Dunlop 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-4
3-6
6-1
6-1
Poule
Sidney Howard Smith 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
3-6
6-1
6-4
6-3
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Charles Edward Sands
6-4
6-2
6-0
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Harry F. Allen
6-4
6-1
6-4
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Edward Bury (Teddy) Dewhurst
6-1
7-5
6-4
Round 4
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Karl Howell Behr jr
5-7
6-2
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Alphonzo Edward Bell sr
6-3
7-5
6-3
Semifinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Bill Larned
6-4
3-6
2-6
6-2
6-3
Final
Holcombe Ward 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
10-8
6-4
9-7
Challenge Round
Edward Bury (Teddy) Dewhurst 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
w.o.
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Beals Wright
4-6
6-4
6-4
6-1
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Charles Edward Sands
6-2
4-6
6-3
6-1
Round 4
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Holcombe Ward
6-2
6-4
5-7
7-5
Quarterfinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Harry F. Allen
6-3
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Edward Penniman Larned
6-0
8-6
6-4
Final
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-3
6-2
6-3
Challenge Round
Bill Larned 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
2-6
6-4
6-0
6-2
Preliminary Round
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Meredith B. Colket
6-3
6-4
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Charles Frederick Watson Jr.
5-7
6-2
8-6
Quarterfinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Harold Segerson Mahony
8-7
6-4
8-6
Semifinals
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Thomas Motley jr.
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Robert Duffield (Bob) Wrenn
6-2
6-0
Final
Hugh Lawrence (Laurie) Doherty 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-4
6-0
Challenge Round
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Lyle Evans (Louis) Mahan
6-4
8-6
6-2
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
T.H. Behr
6-2
6-2
6-2
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
J.F. Walker
w.o.
Round 4
Reginald Frank (Reggie) Doherty 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
3-6
7-5
6-4
6-2
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Benjamin Franklin Merrill
6-3
4-6
6-3
3-6
6-3
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman
w.o.
Quarterfinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Richard W. Stevens
1-6
8-6
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Irving Christian Wright
6-4
6-3
6-1
Final
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Holcombe Ward
2-6
9-7
6-3
6-3
Challenge Round
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Bill Larned
6-3
3-6
6-2
7-5
Challenge Round
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Harry F. Allen
6-1
6-4
6-4
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Charles Samuel Lee
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Alfred Stillman 2nd
6-2
6-0
6-1
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Jahial (John) Parmly Paret
6-1
0-6
6-3
4-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Raymond Little 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-3
10-8
1-6
6-1
Round 1
Edwin Philip Fischer 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-2
6-2
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Clement Cazalet
6-3
6-4
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
J.K. Mackay
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
7-9
6-4
6-0
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
John Baker Dufall
6-3
6-1
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Harold Segerson Mahony 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-2
9-7
Challenge Round
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Robert N. Wilson jr
6-1
6-2
6-4
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Clarence F. Angier
w.o.
Round 2
Holcombe Ward 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-4
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Alexander Tertius Carson McMaster 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-3
6-1
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
bye
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
R.O. Hicks
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Tristam E. Souther
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Holcombe Ward
4-6
9-7
13-11
Final
Dwight Filley Davis sr 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-2
6-2
6-3
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Guy Heaton
6-0
6-1
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Kane Stovell Green
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Joseph Roberts Carpenter Jr.
0-6
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Col Carroll Moore Bunting
6-2
6-2
Final
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Harry F. Allen
8-6
6-1
6-2
Challenge Round
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Robert N. Wilson jr
w.o.
Round 1
William Scott Bond 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-3
4-6
6-4
6-4
Round 1
Francis Bradley 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
4-6
8-6
6-4
6-4
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
H.V. Ryder
6-0
6-1
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Louis J. Grant
6-0
6-2
Quarterfinals
Richard W. Stevens 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-3
6-2
Round 2
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Coleman P. Brown
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
William Jordan
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Joseph Roberts Carpenter Jr.
6-4
6-1
Final
Robert N. Wilson jr 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-4
5-7
6-1
5-7
6-4
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Ewing Stille
6-4
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Stephen Caldwell Millett 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
2-6
5-7
6-2
6-1
6-0
Final
James A. Hill 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-4
2-6
2-6
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Malcolm Douglass (Mal) Whitman 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-3
6-0
6-0
Round 1
Samuel Garver Thompson 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-2
6-3
Round 1
William Jackson Clothier 1 *
Percival Marshall
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Richard Hooker 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
William E. Bevan 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
w.o.
Round 1
Evarts Wrenn 1 *
William Jackson Clothier
6-1
6-2
6-0