Background
He was born in Beckley, West Virginia.
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John McDiarmid
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Career
In singles, McDiarmid was ranked as high as Number. That year he was a semifinalist at the United States. Clay Court Championships and at Cincinnati, and a quarterfinalist at the United States. National Championship. In 1937, he reached the singles final in Cincinnati before falling to Bobby Riggs.
McDiarmid was also a doubles player.
He also was a doubles finalist in Cincinnati in 1933. McDiarmid attended Texas Christian University, and has been inducted into that school"s Letterman"s Association Hall of Fame, as well as the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
Achievements
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7 in the United States, achieving that ranking in 1936. He also was a finalist at the Kentucky State Championships in 1936 and won the Chicago City Championships that year, as he was living there at the time. He paired with Eugene McCauliff to reach the doubles final at the United States. Nationals in 1936, and to win back-to-back doubles titles in Cincinnati in 1936 and 1937. Number other doubles team would win consecutive titles in Cincinnati until 69 years later when Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi successfully defended their 2005 Cincinnati doubles title by winning the title in 2006.
