John Murio

Murio won many tournaments and despite being among the "best known national and international tennis stars of the late 1920s and 1930s",^[2] he never entered the US championships. Murio won the Oregon state title in 1931 (dropping just one game in three sets in the final)^[3] and 1934. In 1933 Murio won the Canadian championships beating Walter Martin in five sets in the final. "It was the Hawaiian's persistent, stubborn play, backed with deadly accuracy and a flock of strokes that did the trick".^[4] Murio won the 1934 Washington state title, beating Worth Oswald in the final,^[5] and won the title again in 1936. He also won the Pacific Northwest championships in 1931 and 1936,^[6] the British Columbia championships in 1933 and 1936,^[7] the British Columbia clay court title in 1933, British Columbia indoor title in 1934,^[1] the Western Canada grass court title in 1935^[8] and won many tournaments in California including the San Francisco city tennis championships nine times.^[2] He had wins over Don Budge and Bobby Riggs during his career.^[2] He ran a sporting goods store and later a bar and was married and had three children.^[2]