Valentine Hall

Valentine Hall
Full name	Valentine Gill Hall III
Country (sports)	United States
Born	November 12, 1867; New York, NY, United States
Died	October 26, 1934 (aged 66)
Turned pro	1886 (amateur tour)
Retired	1894
Singles
Career titles	12
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	SF (1891)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	W (1888, 1890)

Valentine Gill "Vallie" Hall III^[2] (November 12, 1867, New York – October 26, 1934) was an American tennis player who was active in the late 19th century. He was the elder son of Valentine Gill Hall Jr. and Mary Livingston Ludlow of the Livingston family. Vallie's eldest sister was Anna Rebecca Hall, making him an uncle of First Lady of the United States, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt.^[3]

Career

In 1888 and 1890 he won the Doubles title at the U.S. National Championships, also reaching the semi-finals in the Singles in 1891 (and the quarter-finals in 1890, 1892 and 1893).

Hall twice won the singles title at the Hudson River Championships, in 1888 and 1890. In 1891 he won the Southampton Invitation tennis tournament staged at the Meadow Club, Southampton, NY.^[4] Together with his brother Edward Ludlow Hall (1872–1932) he won the National Eastern Doubles Championships in 1892.^[5]

In 1889 he wrote a book titled Lawn Tennis in America containing biographical sketches of prominent players. He was a secretary of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association.

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1888	U.S. Championships	Grass	Oliver Campbell	Clarence Hobart E.P. Macmullen	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	1889	U.S. Championships	Grass	Oliver Campbell	Henry Slocum Howard Taylor	1–6, 3–6, 2–6
Win	1890	U.S. Championships	Grass	Clarence Hobart	Charles Carver John Ryerson	6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Loss	1891	U.S. Championships	Grass	Clarence Hobart	Oliver Campbell Bob Huntington	3–6, 4–6, 6–8
Loss	1892	U.S. Championships	Grass	Edward L. Hall	Oliver Campbell Bob Huntington	4–6, 2–6, 6–4, 3–6

^ Reynolds, Cuyler (1914). Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 1332. ASIN B007IPINHM.
^ "Roosevelt genealogy". Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
^ "First Lady, Calling, Finds Her Uncle Dead". The New York Times. October 28, 1934. Retrieved May 9, 2012.
^ "In The Tennis Court" (PDF). The New York Times. July 26, 1891. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
^ "Hall Brothers Win Easily" (PDF). The New York Times. August 6, 1892. Retrieved May 8, 2012.