Eugene Henry McCauliff (January 24, 1909 – August 13, 1984) was an American tennis player. Based in Yonkers, McCauliff played collegiate tennis for

Fordham University Fordham University () is a Private university, private Jesuit universities, Jesuit research university in New York City. Established in 1841 and named after the Fordham, Bronx, Fordham neighborhood of the The Bronx, Bronx in which its origina ...

. McCauliff was a four-time national indoor doubles champion and featured at

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in 1930. At the Mason & Dixon tournament in 1932 he had an upset win over U.S. Davis Cup player

John Van Ryn John Van Ryn (June 30, 1905 – August 7, 1999) was an American tennis champion of the 1930s. He was primarily known as the doubles partner of Wilmer Allison. Van Ryn won the Men's Doubles at Wimbledon three straight years (1929–31). He t ...

. His best performance at the U.S. national championships was a third round appearance in 1933, which he almost repeated the next year, pushing number two seed Wilmer Allison to five sets in a second round match. Allison went on to make the final. In 1940 he was married to wife Katherryn (nee Hernan).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McCauliff, Eugene 1909 births 1984 deaths American male tennis players Tennis players from New York (state) Fordham Rams men's tennis players Sportspeople from Yonkers, New York