John
McDiarmid
Male
United States of America
1911-08-12
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
1982-11-04
New Canaan, Connecticut, United States of America
John McDiarmid (1911-1982) began playing tennis in Fort Worth at Ted Hackney’s Meadowmere Club. He attended TCU and captained the tennis squads in 1930 and 1931. McDiarmid played tournament tennis from 1928-1938. In 1936 he achieved a No. 7 ranking by the USLTA while teaching politics at Princeton University. The same year he won the Chicago City Championships. He paired with Eugene McCauliff to win backto-back doubles titles in Cincinnati in 1936 and 1937. No other team would do so for 69 years, when Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi did so successfully.
1930 - 1938
6
121
82
1937 - Kentucky State Tournament (Amateur)
1937 - Eastern Clay Court Championships (Open)
1936 - Seabright Invitational (Amateur)
1933 - North Carolina State Championship (Amateur)
1933 - Ohio Valley (Amateur)
1932 - Mid-Dixie Championships (Amateur)
Round 1
John McDiarmid 1 *
Gregory S. Mangin
6-2
6-0
Round 2
Frank Kovacs 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-4
6-2
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
W. Burns
6-2
6-0
Round 4
John McDiarmid 1 *
Joe O'Brien
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Bobby Riggs 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-1
6-3
Round 1
Marion Shane 1 *
John McDiarmid
?
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
J. Ezell
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Harry Burtz Boulware 1 *
John McDiarmid
w.o.
Round 4
John McDiarmid 1 *
Laird Watt
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
Gardnar Mulloy 1 *
John McDiarmid
10-8
4-6
6-3
Round 1
John McDiarmid 1 *
George Scherbatoff
6-0
6-1
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
William (Bill) Umstaedter
6-1
6-2
Quarterfinals
Elwood Thomas Cooke 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-3
4-6
6-6-3
Round 1
John McDiarmid 1 *
Lewis (Lew) Wetherell
6-1,3-6,6-1,6-0
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
Dooly Mitchell
6-4
6-3
6-4
Round 3
Merrimon Cunningim 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-3
3-6
6-3
4-6
1-5
ret.
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
Al Young
6-2
6-2
Round 4
John McDiarmid 1 *
John Mortimer (Mort) Ballagh
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
Jack Tidball
6-4
3-6
6-3
Semifinals
Bobby Riggs 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-2
4-6
6-8
6-3
6-4
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
John Nogrady
7-9
6-4
6-1
Round 4
John McDiarmid 1 *
George A. Ball
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
Donald S. Hawley
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
Elwood Thomas Cooke
6-1
3-6
7-5
6-1
Final
John McDiarmid 1 *
Don McNeill
6-3
1-6
6-4
0-6
6-3
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
C. Coleman
7-5
6-1
Quarterfinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
George Pero
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
Billy Talbert
6-4
6-2
2-6
6-3
Final
John McDiarmid 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-4
1-6
3-6
6-1
6-4
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
David O'Loughlin
6-4
6-0
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
Hideo Nishimura
6-1
6-3
Round 4
John McDiarmid 1 *
Yvon Petra
3-6
6-1
6-2
6-1
Quarterfinals
Don Budge 1 *
John McDiarmid
10-8
7-5
3-6
6-3
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
Frank Guernsey
6-2
6-4
Round 3
John Hal Surface jr 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-4
6-4
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
Julius David Heldman
2-6
7-5
6-3
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
Aldo Amorini
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
Bill Hardie
11-9
8-6
Semifinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
George Toley
6-3
8-6
0-6
6-0
Final
Bobby Riggs 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-3
6-3
4-6
6-3
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
Seymour Greenberg
6-4
7-5
Round 4
Frank Guernsey 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Gardnar Mulloy 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-1
6-4
Round 1
John McDiarmid 1 *
John Anderson
6-3,6-3,6-2
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
George B. Dunn
6-2,6-2,6-3
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
Frank Joseph Bowden
8-10,8-10,6-2,7-5,6-4
Round 4
John McDiarmid 1 *
Yvon Petra
6-1,6-3,8-6
Quarterfinals
Don Budge 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-4,6-3,6-2
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
Manfred Goldman
6-1
6-2
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
Henry Culley
6-4
6-8
6-4
Quarterfinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall
6-3
1-6
6-3
Semifinals
Bryan Grant 1 *
John McDiarmid
4-6
6-4
9-11
6-3
6-4
Round 4
John McDiarmid 1 *
Paul Arthur Newton
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
Edward Harold (Ed) Sutter
6-4
6-8
6-4
Semifinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
Wilmer Hines
6-8
7-5
6-0
6-2
Final
Charles Harris 1 *
John McDiarmid
10-8
6-4
6-0
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
Herbert L. Bowman
6-3
6-4
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall
6-2
6-4
Round 4
Robert Harman 1 *
John McDiarmid
5-7
8-6
8-6
6-3
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
Robert A. Low
7-5
6-1
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
Gene Mako
8-10
7-5
6-2
Quarterfinals
Bobby Riggs 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-3
6-4
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
Bobby Riggs
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
Barnard Welsh
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
Sidney Wood jr.
6-2
4-6
6-1
6-1
Final
John McDiarmid 1 *
Joseph Hunt
9-7
6-2
6-2
Round 1
John McDiarmid 1 *
Vernon Marcum
6-3
4-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Martin Buxby 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-1
3-6
7-5
Round 4
John McDiarmid 1 *
Byron Huffman
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
Wayne R. Sabin
2-6
6-3
6-3
Semifinals
Charles Harris 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-2
6-3
7-5
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
John Richard Law
6-4
6-4
Round 4
John McDiarmid 1 *
Marvin Wachman
6-2
6-2
6-3
Quarterfinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
Wayne R. Sabin
6-4
6-3
4-6
3-6
6-4
Semifinals
Frank Parker 1 *
John McDiarmid
4-6
6-4
6-2
6-3
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
Owen Anderson
4-6
6-3
6-2
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
John E. Sisson
7-5
6-0
Quarterfinals
Fred Perry 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-2
6-4
Round 1
John McDiarmid 1 *
Robert H. (Bob) Decker
6-4
8-6
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
Randall O. Rose
6-3
6-4
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
Vernon Marcum
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Charles Harris 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-4
5-7
6-4
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
Leonard Hartman
7-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Gregory S. Mangin 1 *
John McDiarmid
8-6
6-3
Round 1
John McDiarmid 1 *
Bill Robertson
6-4
1-6
7-5
6-3
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
George Lewis Seewagen
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
Martin Buxby
7-5
1-6
8-6
6-3
Round 4
Sidney Wood jr. 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-2
6-3
4-6
6-1
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
Brownlow Eve
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Robert Dudley Murray 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-1
6-4
Round 1
John Hal Surface jr 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-3
6-4
Round 4
Charles Harris 1 *
John McDiarmid
3-6
6-1
6-4
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
Kimbark Peterson
6-1
6-1
Quarterfinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
Clifford Sutter
6-0
6-3
Semifinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
Arthur Hendrix
6-2
6-3
Final
Wilbur Coen 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-4
6-2
6-2
Round 1
John McDiarmid 1 *
Albert Law Jr.
6-3
6-1
6-1
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
Arthur W. MacPherson jr
6-1
7-5
6-1
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
Wilmer Hines
3-6
6-2
6-3
1-6
6-1
Round 4
Wilmer Allison 1 *
John McDiarmid
3-6
6-2
10-8
7-5
Round 3
Milton Philip Ruehl 1 *
John McDiarmid
2-6
6-1
7-5
Final
Bryan Grant 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-1
6-3
6-3
Quarterfinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
Samuel Gilpin
7-5
7-5
Semifinals
Berkeley Bell 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-4
10-8
Round 1
John McDiarmid 1 *
Robert Joseph Kelleher
6-4
6-2
6-4
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
William Tilden III
6-1
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Gregory S. Mangin 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-1
3-6
6-1
6-3
Final
Bryan Grant 1 *
John McDiarmid
4-6
6-2
6-1
6-3
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
C.T. Leyda
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
John McDiarmid 1 *
Frederic (Fritz) Mercur
3-6
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
Bryan Grant 1 *
John McDiarmid
7-5
6-4
6-4
Round 3
John McDiarmid 1 *
Robert S. (Bob) Stewart
6-2
1-6
6-3
Round 4
John McDiarmid 1 *
Bryan Grant
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
Karl Kamrath Jr 1 *
John McDiarmid
2-6
2-6
6-4
6-2
6-3
Final
Robert (Lefty) Bryan 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-2
3-6
7-5
6-0
Final
John McDiarmid 1 *
Wilbur Eugene Hess
6-4
6-2
6-2
Final
John McDiarmid 1 *
Arnold Philip Simons
4-6
6-2
6-1
6-2
Final
John McDiarmid 1 *
Robert (Lefty) Bryan
5-7
6-4
6-3
2-6
6-4
Round 1
John McDiarmid 1 *
I. Pearson Roberts
6-3
6-3
Round 2
John McDiarmid 1 *
Robert Considine
6-1
6-3
Round 3
Bertram Hammell 1 *
John McDiarmid
6-2
6-1