Eugene McCauliff

{{Short description|American tennis player}}

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| fullname = Eugene Henry McCauliff

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|01|24}}

| birth_place =Yonkers, New York

| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|08|13|1909|01|24}}

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| Wimbledonresult = 1R (1930)

| USOpenresult = 3R (1933)

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

Based in Yonkers, McCauliff played collegiate tennis for Fordham University.{{cite news |title=M'Cauliff Take Two Tennis Finals; Beats Mendell in Long Island Centre Junior Event by 6–4, 6–4, 6–3. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1927/07/23/archives/mcauliff-takes-two-tennis-finals-beats-mendell-in-long-island.html |work=The New York Times |date=July 23, 1927}}

McCauliff was a four-time national indoor doubles champion and featured at Wimbledon 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 to five sets in a second round match. Allison went on to reach the final.{{cite news |title=Favorites Win Second Round Net Matches |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/636544241 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=September 6, 1934}}

At the Cincinnati Open, 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.{{cite news |title=Eugene McCauliff In Upset Victory Over John Van Ryn In Mason and Dixon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/369897065 |work=Hartford Courant |date=April 21, 1932}}

In 1940 he was married to wife Katherryn (nee Hernan).{{cite news |title=Katherryn Hernan Wed; Dallas Girl Is Bride of Eugene McCauliff, Tennis Star |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1940/05/01/archives/katherryn-hernan-wed-dallas-girl-is-bride-of-eugene-mccauliff.html |work=The New York Times |date=May 1, 1940}}