Eugene Henry McCauliff (January 24, 1909 – August 13, 1984) was an American tennis player. Based in

Yonkers Yonkers () is the List of municipalities in New York, third-most populous city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York and the most-populous City (New York), city in Westchester County, New York, Westchester County. A centrally locate ...

, McCauliff played collegiate tennis for

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. McCauliff was a four-time national indoor doubles champion and featured at

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in 1930. His best performance at the U.S. national championships was a third round appearance in 1933, which he almost repeated the next year, pushing number two seed

Wilmer Allison Wilmer Lawson Allison Jr. (December 8, 1904 – April 20, 1977) was an American amateur World No 4 ranked tennis champion of the 1930s. Allison was both a fine singles player and, along with his frequent partner, John Van Ryn, a great doubles ...

to five sets in a second round match. Allison went on to reach the final. At the

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, he made two appearances (1936 and 1937), amassed a 6-2 singles record, and reached the quarterfinals both years. At the Mason & Dixon tournament in 1932 he had an upset win over U.S. Davis Cup player

John Van Ryn John Van Ryn (June 30, 1905 – August 7, 1999) was an American tennis champion of the 1930s. He was primarily known as the doubles partner of Wilmer Allison. Van Ryn won the Seabright Invitational in New Jersey in 1928, defeating Wilmer ...

. In 1940 he was married to wife Katherryn (nee Hernan).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McCauliff, Eugene 1909 births 1984 deaths American male tennis players Fordham Rams men's tennis players Sportspeople from Yonkers, New York Tennis players from Westchester County, New York