John Keloha
Murio Sr
Male
United States of America
1901-07-04
Maui, Hawaii, United States of America
1986-07-01
San Francisco, California, United States of America
From The San Francisco Examiner, 4 July 1986:
Deaths – John Murio Sr.
John Murio Sr., a nine-time city tennis champion, died Tuesday in his San Francisco home after a brief illness. He would have been 85 today. Mr Murio was one of the best-known national and international tennis stars of the late 1920s and the 1930s, and beat such greats as Bobby Riggs and Don Budge.
Mr Murio held numerous amateur titles besides the San Francisco crown – including the Canadian International National, Pacific Northwest, Oregon and Washington States crowns – and is in the Northern California Tennis Hall of Fame.
Mr Murio’s family noted last night that he played when there was no prize money. Often he told relatives that his contemporaries, playing for free, were more intense and enjoyed the game more than today’s high-paid players. For 44 years he owned Murio’s Trophy Room, a bar on Haight Street near the tennis courts in Golden Gate Park. Before that he owned a sporting goods store on Haight.
Mr Murio is survived by his wife, Marion, two sons, John Jr., of Wenatchee, Washington, and Robert, the tennis professional at Golden Gate Park; a daughter, Lani Tyesky, of Rohnert Park; and five grandchildren.
1930 - 1946
17
94
62
1939 - San Francisco City (Amateur)
1938 - Northern California Indoor Tournament (Amateur)
1936 - British Columbia Championship (Open)
1936 - San Francisco City (Amateur)
1936 - Washington State Championships (Open)
1936 - Pacific Northwest (Open)
1935 - Western Canada Grass Court Championships (Open)
1935 - San Francisco City (Amateur)
1934 - Oregon State Championships (Open)
1934 - Washington State Championships (Open)
1934 - Northern California Indoor Tournament (Amateur)
1933 - British Columbia Championship (Open)
1933 - Canadian International Championships ()
1932 - San Francisco City (Amateur)
1931 - San Francisco City (Amateur)
1931 - Oregon State Championships (Open)
1930 - San Francisco City (Amateur)
Round 2
George Gossler 1 *
John Murio
4-6
6-4
6-2
Round 4
Harry Likas 1 *
John Murio
6-4
6-3
Final
Ronald English 1 *
John Murio
6-2
7-5
7-5
Quarterfinals
Clarence D. (Nick) Carter 1 *
John Murio
4-6
6-?
?-?
Round 3
John Murio 1 *
Joel M. Brecheen
6-2
6-3
Round 4
Eugene Smith 1 *
John Murio
6-3
6-2
Round 3
Ronald Sydney Edwards Jr 1 *
John Murio
?
Round 3
Franjo Puncec 1 *
John Murio
6-8
6-3
9-7
Quarterfinals
John Murio 1 *
George Rice
6-3
6-4
Semifinals
John Murio 1 *
Clarence D. (Nick) Carter
7-5
6-4
6-3
Final
John Murio 1 *
R. Phil Hanna
6-4
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Welby Van Horn 1 *
John Murio
6-4
8-6
Quarterfinals
Robert Harman 1 *
John Murio
4-6
6-4
6-0
Quarterfinals
John Murio 1 *
Ronald Sydney Edwards Jr
4-6
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
John Murio 1 *
Edwin Amark
6-3
6-2
4-6
15-13
Final
Henry Guilmette 1 *
John Murio
6-8
7-5
6-3
4-5
ret.
Final
John Murio 1 *
Willisford Bennett (Ben) Dey
6-3
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Murio 1 *
John Caldwell (Jack) Lynch
6-4
6-1
Semifinals
Frank Kovacs 1 *
John Murio
6-0
6-1
6-2
Round 3
Jiro Yamagishi 1 *
John Murio
6-1
6-2
Final
Henry Guilmette 1 *
John Murio
6-3
3-6
6-0
11-9
Round 4
John Murio 1 *
Edward Cook
6-2
4-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Murio 1 *
Charles Robin Hippenstiel
6-4
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
John Murio 1 *
Paul Arthur Newton
6-3
3-6
8-6
6-4
Final
Jack Tidball 1 *
John Murio
8-6
6-2
6-2
Round 3
John Murio 1 *
Edwin Amark
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Murio 1 *
Edward Charles (Ed) Alloo
6-2
6-4
Semifinals
John Murio 1 *
Paul Arthur Newton
7-5
6-2
6-4
Final
John Murio 1 *
Verne Linus Hughes
6-4
6-1
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Murio 1 *
Worth Oswald
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Joseph Hunt 1 *
John Murio
6-8
2-6
6-3
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
Walter Senior 1 *
John Murio
8-6
6-3
6-1
Final
John Murio 1 *
Howard Taylor Blethen Jr.
6-3
6-3
6-3
Round 4
John Murio 1 *
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Murio 1 *
Elwood Thomas Cooke
6-4
6-2
Semifinals
John Murio 1 *
Paul Arthur Newton
6-1
6-2
6-3
Final
John Murio 1 *
Richard (Dick) Bennett
6-3
7-5
6-0
Quarterfinals
John Murio 1 *
Charles Robin Hippenstiel
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
John Murio 1 *
Paul Arthur Newton
6-1
6-2
6-3
Final
John Murio 1 *
Richard (Dick) Bennett
10-8
6-2
7-5
Round 2
John Murio 1 *
Gene Mako
w.o.
Round 3
Fred Perry 1 *
John Murio
6-3
7-5
Round 2
John Murio 1 *
P.T. Smith
6-2
6-1
Round 3
John Murio 1 *
Tom Cleary
6-4
6-2
Round 4
John Murio 1 *
A. Norris
6-1
6-3
Quarterfinals
Eugene Smith 1 *
John Murio
3-6
9-7
4-6
6-2
7-5
Quarterfinals
Don Budge 1 *
John Murio
6-0
6-2
Final
John Murio 1 *
Walter Senior
7-5
6-0
7-5
Round 2
Quarterfinals
John Murio 1 *
John Richard Law
9-7
7-5
Semifinals
John Murio 1 *
Wayne R. Sabin
2-6
6-3
2-6
10-8
6-3
Final
John Murio 1 *
Eugene Smith
9-7
2-6
6-4
7-5
Semifinals
Edward Grover (Bud) Chandler 1 *
John Murio
6-2
6-4
3-6
1-6
6-1
Semifinals
John Murio 1 *
Worth Oswald
6-3
6-2
4-6
6-1
Final
John Murio 1 *
Robert (Bob) Harmon
6-0
8-6
4-6
3-6
6-2
Final
Worth Oswald 1 *
John Murio
3-6
7-5
6-3
6-1
Semifinals
John Murio 1 *
Robert Harman
6-2
6-4
7-9
6-4
Final
John Murio 1 *
Worth Oswald
7-5
6-4
6-4
Final
John Murio 1 *
Don Budge
?
Round 4
John Murio 1 *
Roswell Valentine (Bud) Hocking
6-0
3-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
John Murio 1 *
Charles R. Hunt
6-1
6-2
7-9
6-2
Semifinals
John Murio 1 *
Thomas Oswald (Ossie) Ryall
6-4
6-2
6-3
Final
John Murio 1 *
Walter Melville Martin
6-3
4-6
4-6
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
John Murio 1 *
Wayne R. Sabin
6-2
6-0
6-2
Final
John Murio 1 *
Charles R. Hunt
6-3
6-2
6-2
Semifinals
John Murio 1 *
Worth Oswald
6-3
5-7
4-6
6-3
8-6
Final
Don Budge 1 *
John Murio
6-2
4-6
6-4
6-1
Quarterfinals
Worth Oswald 1 *
John Murio
8-6
4-6
6-4
Semifinals
John Murio 1 *
Howard Langlie
6-1
6-0
6-3
Final
Clarence Melvin (Mel) Dranga 1 *
John Murio
7-5
0-6
3-6
6-4
6-2
Round 2
Gene Mako 1 *
John Murio
6-1
6-1
Round 1
John Murio 1 *
D. Denbigh
w.o.
Round 2
John Murio 1 *
Fred Shimura
6-3
6-4
Round 3
John Murio 1 *
Roswell Valentine (Bud) Hocking
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
John Murio 1 *
E.E. Leney
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
John Murio 1 *
Clarence Melvin (Mel) Dranga
6-2
3-6
6-3
Final
Henry Prusoff 1 *
John Murio
6-2
6-3
6-2
Round 2
John Murio 1 *
George Allison Greene
6-2
6-2
Round 3
Bunny Austin 1 *
John Murio
8-6
6-2
Final
John Murio 1 *
Lloyd Kincaid Budge
8-6
13-11
6-2
Final
Henry Prusoff 1 *
John Murio
6-1
6-3
3-6
6-1
Final
Henry Prusoff 1 *
John Murio
6-2
6-1
6-3
Round 3
John Murio 1 *
H.Rocke Robertson
6-2
6-4
Round 4
John Murio 1 *
Wallace Wendell Scott
7-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
Walter Melville Martin 1 *
John Murio
4-6
6-3
12-10
7-5
Round 1
John Murio 1 *
S. La Feille
7-5
6-4
Round 2
John Murio 1 *
Lloyd Nordstrom
w.o.
Round 3
John Murio 1 *
George Allison Greene
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
John Murio 1 *
Merle Moore
3-6
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Henry Prusoff 1 *
John Murio
6-3
2-6
6-4
0-6
6-4
Final
John Murio 1 *
John Lawrason (Lawrason) Driscoll
6-0
6-0
6-1
Final
John Murio 1 *
Phillip Franklin (Phil) Neer
9-7
6-2
4-6
6-4
Round 2
Sidney Wood jr. 1 *
John Murio
2-6
6-0
7-5
Final
John Murio 1 *
George Allison Greene
5-7
6-3
6-2
6-2