{{short description|American tennis player (1907–1979)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox tennis biography |name = Gregory Mangin |fullname = Gregory Sylvester Mangin<ref name="timesunion"/> |image = |image_size = |caption = |country = {{USA}} |birth_date = {{birth date|1907|11|01}} |birth_place = Newark, New Jersey |death_date = October 27, 1979 (aged 71)<ref name=ssdi>[https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VSV4-GYF Familysearch]</ref><ref>''New Jersey, Death Index, 1901–2017''</ref> |death_place = Newark, New Jersey |height = |weight = |turnedpro = |retired = |plays = Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |careerprizemoney = |website = |singlesrecord = 114-68 |singlestitles = 18 |highestsinglesranking = No. 5 (1933 U.S. ranking) |AustralianOpenresult = |FrenchOpenresult = QF (1933) |Wimbledonresult = QF (1930) |USOpenresult = QF (1928, 1930, 1933, 1935, 1936) |Othertournaments = |doublesrecord = |doublestitles = |AustralianOpenDoublesresult = |FrenchOpenDoublesresult = |WimbledonDoublesresult = QF (1931, 1932) |USOpenDoublesresult = F (1931) |Mixed = yes |AustralianOpenMixedresult = |FrenchOpenMixedresult = |WimbledonMixedresult = 4R (1930, 1932) |updated = }} '''Gregory Sylvester Mangin''' (November 1, 1907 – October 27, 1979) was an American tennis player and Wall Street broker. He won four U.S. Indoor singles titles in the 1930s.<ref name="timesunion">{{cite news |title=Broker Acquires Fourth Straight National Crown |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/576278153/?terms=Gregory%2BSylvester%2BMangin |accessdate=December 30, 2019 |work=Brooklyn Times-Union |date=March 11, 1936 |location=Brooklyn, New York |page=14}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
Mangin was born in Newark, New Jersey. All four of his grandparents were born in Ireland.<ref>''1910 United States Federal Census''</ref>
He was educated at Georgetown University and learned lawn tennis in Montclair, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite book|title=Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annual|year=1935|publisher=Eyre & Spottiswoode|location=London|page=218}}</ref>
== Tennis career == Mangin won the Eastern Clay Court Championships in 1928 defeating Herbert Bowman in the final.
Mangin won the singles title at the U.S. Indoor Championships, held at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York, in 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1936.<ref>{{cite book|last=USTA|title=Official Encyclopedia of Tennis|year=1979|publisher=Harper & Row|location=New York|isbn=0060144785|edition=Rev. and updated 1st|editor=Bill Shannon|page=[https://archive.org/details/officialencyclop0000unit/page/254 254]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/officialencyclop0000unit/page/254}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Sport: Tennis|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,748614,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222070434/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,748614,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 22, 2011|publisher=Time|date=March 25, 1935}}</ref>
In 1931, Mangin and Berkeley Bell were runners-up in the doubles final of the U.S. National Championships in Brookline, Mass., losing in straight sets to compatriots John Van Ryn and Wilmer Allison.
He was a member of the US Davis Cup teams in 1930 and 1931 but did not play any matches.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sutter and Mangin Added to U.S. Team|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/05/13/archives/sutter-and-mangin-added-to-us-team-davis-cup-stars-named-yesterday.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 13, 1931}}</ref>
== Military service == During WWII Mangin enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces (AAF). He became a tail gunner on the B-17 Flying Fortress and flew 50 missions over Europe. He was wounded twice in missions over Italy and France, and shot down two Bf 109s in a mission over Germany. Reaching the rank of staff sergeant, he received the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC), the Air Medal with six clusters, and a Purple Heart with one cluster.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gregory Mangin, Wounded Twice As Tail Gunner, To Take Up Golf|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GyhVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Xz0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=5778%2C571535|newspaper=The Miami News|date=September 3, 1944}}</ref>
==Grand Slam finals==
===Doubles (1 runner-up)===
{| class="sortable wikitable" !Result !Year !style="width:180px"|Championship !Surface !style="width:140px"|Partner !style="width:140px"|Opponents !style="width:110px" class="unsortable"|Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss || 1931 || style="background:#ccf;"|U.S. National Championships || Grass ||{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Berkeley Bell || {{flagicon|USA|1912}} John Van Ryn <br /> {{flagicon|USA|192}} Wilmer Allison || 4–6, 3–6, 2–6 |}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
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