Career
At the United States. National Championships, Johnson reached the singles final in both 1912 and 1921 before falling to future International Tennis Hall of Famers Maurice McLoughlin and Bill Tilden. All but his 1907 title came with Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman. The 1907 title was with May Sayers.
Johnson was ranked the United States. Number.
4 in 1922 and World Number. 8 in 1913 by Doctor East.B. Dewhurst.
He also played on the United States. Davis Cup team in 1913 defeating the German Oskar Kreuzer in the semifinal round. Johnson coached the University of Pennsylvania men’s tennis team from 1929 until 1959.
Johnson also served as Penn"s men’s squash coach for 30 years (1929-1954, 56–59) and guided LeRoy Lewis to the National Squash Championship in 1937 and 1938.
In 1999, Johnson was posthumously enshrined into the Industry Training Authority Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame, and in 2008 he was enshrined into the USTA/Middle States Section Hall of Fame. Singles
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