J. Parmly Paret

Jahial "John" Parmly Paret (October 3, 1870 – November 24, 1952) was a tennis player and writer from the United States.

Jahial Parmly Paret

Paret, c. 1899
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1870-10-03)October 3, 1870 Bayonne, New Jersey, USA[1]
Died	November 24, 1952(1952-11-24) (aged 82) Pasadena, Los Angeles, USA
Turned pro	1889 (amateur tour)
Retired	1903
Singles
Career record	201–83 (70.7%)[2]
Career titles	15[2]
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	2R (1898)
US Open	F (1899Ch)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (1898)

Paret won the All-Comers final, but finished runner-up to Malcolm Whitman in the Challenge Round of the U.S. National Championships men's singles event, in 1899.^[3][4] He also reached the quarterfinals in 1897. The biggest title win of his career came at the 1902 U.S. National Indoor Championships where he defeated Wylie Grant.

Parmly Paret became the author or several books about tennis technique and strategy, including Lawn Tennis : its Past, Present, and Future (1904), Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis (1915) and Mechanics of the Game of Lawn Tennis (1926).^[5]

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1899	U.S. National Championships	Grass	Malcolm Whitman	1–6, 2–6, 6–3, 5–7