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Richard Holkins Palmer (1876–1931) of Ridgewood, New Jersey, was an American tennis player.


Biography

He was born on March 14, 1876, in
Jersey City, New Jersey Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.Ridgewood, New Jersey. He died November 14, 1931, in Ridgewood, New Jersey.


Tennis career

Palmer reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. National Championships in
1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco. ...
and
1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Januar ...
. In 1908, he cracked the U.S. singles Top 10, coming in at No. 10. A lefty, he was known as ''The New Jersey Southpaw''. At the tournament now known as the
Cincinnati Masters The Cincinnati Masters or Cincinnati Open (branded as the Western & Southern Open for sponsorship reasons) is an annual outdoor hardcourt tennis event held in Mason, Ohio near Cincinnati. The event started on September 18, 1899, and is the olde ...
, Palmer made six finals appearances: three each in singles and doubles. He won two singles titles (1910 & 1911) and two doubles titles (1909 with Carlton R. Gardner, and 1910 with Wallace Johnson).


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1876 births 1931 deaths American male tennis players Sportspeople from Ridgewood, New Jersey Tennis players from New Jersey {{US-tennis-bio-stub