Henry Warner
Slocum Jr.
Male
United States of America
1862-05-28
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
1949-01-22
New York, St. Luke's hospital, United States of America
Henry Warner Slocum, jnr., was the son of the Civil War Union Major General, congressman and lawyer Henry Warner Slocum, snr. (1827-94) and Caroline A. Slocum (née Rice; 1830-99). For more on Major General Slocum and the Slocum family, see here: Henry Warner Slocum - Wikipedia
The lawn tennis player Henry Slocum attended Yale University (B.A. 1883) before obtaining a Bachelor of Laws (L.LB) from George Washington University in 1885. He practised as a lawyer in New York City from 1885 until 1925, when he retired. He was also a member of the New York Stock Exchange.
While at Yale, Slocum served as private tutor and was a member of the football, basketball and baseball teams. He was also president of the university tennis and lawn tennis clubs, and won the men’s singles event at the ‘varsity lawn tennis tournament in the autumn of 1882 and the spring of 1883.
Slocum’s greatest successes on the lawn tennis court came in 1888 and 1889, when he won the men’s singles event at the U.S. Championships. In 1889, together with Howard Taylor, he also won the men’s doubles title at the same tournament. In the challenge round they defeated the holders, Oliver Campbell and Valentine Hall, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2.
Slocum wrote the book Lawn Tennis in Our Own Country, which was first published in 1890. He served as President of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association in 1892 and 1893. In 1888, in New York City, Slocum married Grace Edsall, daughter of Henry and Emma Edsall. They had two daughters: Gertrude and Natalie.
Grace Slocum died on 22 January 1949, a few hours before her husband, Henry, who died of a stroke. He was 86.
1882 - 1914
16
146
99
1896 - Staten Island (Invitation) (Amateur)
1894 - Staten Island (Invitation) (Amateur)
1889 - US Open (Grandslam)
1889 - New England Championships (Open)
1888 - Rockaway Hunting Club (Amateur)
1888 - US Open (Grandslam)
1888 - New England Championships (Open)
1887 - Nahant Invitation Tournament (Amateur)
1887 - Wentworth Invitation (Amateur)
1887 - Westchester (Open)
1887 - New England Championships (Open)
1887 - Staten Island (Invitation) (Amateur)
1886 - Rockaway Hunting Club (Amateur)
1886 - New England Championships (Open)
1885 - Litchfield (Amateur)
1885 - Orange Invitation (Amateur)
Quarterfinals
Ralph Leonard Baggs 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-4
3-6
6-3
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Lawrence Curtis 2nd
6-3
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Wallace Johnson 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-1
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Ewing Stille
6-0
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Richard William Seabury
6-4
6-0
3-6
6-2
Round 3
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Miles Scofield Charlock
6-2
6-0
6-2
Round 4
Maurice McLoughlin 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-1
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
S.C. Adams
6-3
6-1
6-0
Round 2
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Lawrence Curtis 2nd
6-3
6-0
6-2
Round 3
Edward Tudor Gross 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-3
3-6
6-4
6-3
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
H.G. Simmons
6-2
7-5
6-1
Round 2
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
H.W. Stiness
6-4
6-3
6-1
Round 3
Craig Biddle 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-2
6-3
6-8
5-7
6-4
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
G.A. Thompson
w.o.
Round 2
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Nelson Childs Peebles
6-3
3-6
7-5
6-3
Round 3
William Jackson Clothier Sr. 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
8-6
6-3
6-4
Round 1
William Briggs Cragin Jr. 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
w.o.
Round 1
George Olds Wagner 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
7-5
6-3
2-6
2-6
6-1
Round 2
S.T. Nash 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-2
7-5
Round 1
Clarence Hobart 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
4-6
6-2
6-4
6-4
Round 1
William O'Donnell Iselin 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
w.o.
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Nathaniel Niles
5-7
6-4
6-2
7-5
Round 2
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Harold A. Sands
6-2
6-2
6-0
Round 3
Lewis Perry 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-1
6-3
6-8
6-4
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
George Rublee
8-6
6-2
ret.
Quarterfinals
Frederick William Payn 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
w.o.
Round 2
Charles Gladstone Allen 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
R.W. Thomas
w.o.
Round 2
Norman Melland 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
7-5
6-2
6-4
Poule
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
George Lawson Wrenn jr
6-4
2-6
6-3
Poule
Carr Baker Neel 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
3-6
6-2
10-8
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
W.N. Ryerson
6-0
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Bill Larned 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-1
6-3
3-6
6-4
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
George U. Gates
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
W.H. Cluett
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Joseph Sill Clark
6-4
6-4
Final
Wallace Percy Knapp 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
4-6
6-1
6-1
4-6
6-2
Challenge Round
Oliver Samuel Campbell 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-2
4-6
6-3
6-1
Poule
Oliver Samuel Campbell 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-3
6-3
Poule
Philip Shelton Sears 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-4
9-7
Poule
Robert Palmer Huntington Jr. 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-4
7-5
Poule
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Hugh A. Tallant
6-2
7-5
Poule
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Frederick Howard (Fred) Hovey
6-1
6-4
Final
Charles Edward Sands 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
5-7
6-4
6-3
Challenge Round
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Quincy Adams Shaw Jr.
6-3
6-1
4-6
6-2
Challenge Round
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Robert Palmer Huntington Jr.
8-6
9-7
6-2
Preliminary Round
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Charles Amherst Chase
5-7
6-2
1-6
6-2
6-3
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
W.H. Barnes
6-2
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Joseph Sill Clark
6-2
6-3
6-2
Quarterfinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
James Dwight
4-6
6-3
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Oliver Samuel Campbell
6-2
6-3
6-4
Final
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Howard Augustus Taylor
6-4
6-1
6-0
Challenge Round
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Richard Dudley Sears
w.o.
Challenge Round
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Edward Peale MacMullen
8-6
5-7
6-4
4-6
6-2
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Henry Mortimer Billings Jr.
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
J.F. Bacon
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Foxhall Parker Keene
6-3
6-3
Final
Joseph Sill Clark 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-2
6-3
6-4
Preliminary Round
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
S.M. Colgate
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
E.T. Lynch jr
6-0
6-0
Round 2
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
John Albert Ryerson
6-2
3-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
R.B. Hale
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Quincy Adams Shaw Jr.
w.o.
Final
Howard Augustus Taylor 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-4
8-6
7-5
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Frederick Howard (Fred) Hovey
5-7
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Oliver Samuel Campbell 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
3-6
8-6
6-0
Preliminary Round
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
A.G. Wheeler
6-1
6-3
Semifinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
A.W. Post
6-5
6-4
Final
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Howard Augustus Taylor
6-4
7-9
5-7
9-7
8-8
unfinished
Round 2
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Robert Livingston Beeckman
6-2
4-6
8-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
George Richmond Fearing Jr.
6-1
7-5
6-2
Semifinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Joseph Sill Clark
6-8
6-4
6-3
6-3
Final
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Howard Augustus Taylor
12-10
7-5
6-4
Challenge Round
Richard Dudley Sears 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-1
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Fred Mansfield
6-3
6-0
6-4
Quarterfinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Valentine Gill Hall III
6-4
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Robert Livingston Beeckman 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-4
3-6
6-1
6-2
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
George Arthur Hurd
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Francis Gibbons (Frank) Beach
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
F.T. Ball
6-3
6-2
Final
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
William Larned Thacher
1-6
6-2
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
J.F. Bacon
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
H. Teachmaker
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Oliver Samuel Campbell
6-4
6-4
Final
Howard Augustus Taylor 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-4
7-9
3-6
9-7
6-3
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
P.D. Chase
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Deane B. Miller
6-2
6-0
Final
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Valentine Gill Hall III
7-5
6-3
Final
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Philip Shelton Sears
6-4
6-0
6-3
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
P.E. Johnson
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Samuel A. Campbell Jr.
6-0
6-3
Final
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Edward Peale MacMullen
6-4
6-8
6-1
9-7
Round 2
H.H. Neill 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
w.o.
Round 2
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Oliver Samuel Campbell
4-6
6-1
6-3
6-0
Round 3
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Philip Shelton Sears
6-2
4-6
6-2
4-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Joseph Sill Clark 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
1-6
6-5
6-5
6-2
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Philip Shelton Sears
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Morgan Gibbes Post
6-1
6-4
Semifinals
Robert Livingston Beeckman 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
2-6
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
John Kimberley Beach
6-2
6-0
Quarterfinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
William Larned Thacher
2-6
6-2
7-5
Semifinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
A.L. Ripley
4-6
4-1
ret.
Final
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Francis Gibbons (Frank) Beach
6-4
6-2
7-5
Poule
Howard Augustus Taylor 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-1
6-1
Poule
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
H. Ripley
6-1
6-4
Poule
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Robert Livingston Beeckman
3-6
6-4
6-4
Poule
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Godfrey Malbone Brinley
6-3
4-6
6-3
Poule
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Philip Shelton Sears
6-0
6-1
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Morton Spring Paton
6-2
6-2
Round 2
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
J.C. Elliott
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Howard Augustus Taylor 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-5
5-6
6-5
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
W.H. Sands
6-2
4-6
6-0
Semifinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Morton Spring Paton
6-2
6-4
Final
Howard Augustus Taylor 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Albert Judson Shaw
6-5
6-5
Round 2
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Philip Shelton Sears
6-4
6-3
Quarterfinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
bye
Semifinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Morton Spring Paton
6-1
6-3
Final
Robert Livingston Beeckman 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-2
6-3
2-6
6-1
Poule
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
?
Final
Robert Livingston Beeckman 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
?
Round 2
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Rodmond Vernon Beach
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
M. Gardner
6-1
6-2
Semifinals
Robert Livingston Beeckman 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-4
6-5
Round 2
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
R.L. Cutting
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Carroll J. Post Jr.
6-0
6-2
Semifinals
Robert Livingston Beeckman 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-5
6-4
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
bye
Quarterfinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Alexander Moffat
6-4
3-6
6-3
Semifinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Howard Augustus Taylor
6-2
3-6
8-6
Final
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Robert Livingston Beeckman
6-1
8-6
6-4
Poule
Joseph Sill Clark 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
?
Poule
Robert Livingston Beeckman 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
?
Round 2
Godfrey Malbone Brinley 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-1
4-6
6-2
Quarterfinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
6-2
6-3
Semifinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
William Van Schoonhoven. Thorne
6-5
3-6
6-2
Final
Robert Livingston Beeckman 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-3
6-3
8-6
Round 2
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
FitzJames Hynes
4-6
6-2
6-3
Round 3
William Van Schoonhoven. Thorne 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
w.o.
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
R.I. Major
6-4
5-6
6-4
Round 2
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
F.J. Brown
6-5
6-4
Quarterfinals
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
F.A. Hopkins
6-0
6-4
Semifinals
Richard Field Conover 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-1
6-3
Preliminary Round
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
Morton Spring Paton
6-2
6-2
Round 1
Henry Warner Slocum Jr. 1 *
J.E. Elliott
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
Howard Augustus Taylor 1 *
Henry Warner Slocum Jr.
6-5
5-6
6-5