{{Short description|American tennis player (1901 – 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Use British English|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox tennis biography |name = John Murio |fullname = John Keloha Murio |image = |caption = |country = {{flagu|USA}} |birth_date = {{birth-date|4 July 1901}} |birth_place = Hawaii, United States<ref name=":muriohawaii">{{cite news|date=31 March 1934|title=Murio winner|newspaper=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|url=https://staradvertiser.newspapers.com/newspage/274986470/|accessdate=12 October 2024}}</ref> |death_date = {{death-date|1 July 1986}} (aged 84) |death_place = San Francisco, California, United States |turnedpro = |retired = 1950 |tennishofyear = |tennishofid = |singlesrecord = |singlestitles = 20+ |highestsinglesranking = |AustralianOpenresult = |FrenchOpenresult = |Wimbledonresult = |USOpenresult = |Othertournaments = |Olympicsresult = |doublesrecord = |doublestitles = |highestdoublesranking = |currentdoublesranking = |AustralianOpenDoublesresult = |FrenchOpenDoublesresult = |WimbledonDoublesresult = |USOpenDoublesresult = |OthertournamentsDoubles = |OlympicsDoublesresult = |Mixed = |mixedrecord = |mixedtitles = |AustralianOpenMixedresult = |FrenchOpenMixedresult = |WimbledonMixedresult = |USOpenMixedresult = |OthertournamentsMixedDoubles = |OlympicMixedDoublesresult = }}
'''John Murio''' (1901 – 1986)<ref name=":murioobituary">{{cite news|date=5 July 1986|title=Obituaries: John Murio Sr.|newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner|url=https://sfexaminer.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-obit-john-m/72273060/|accessdate=12 October 2024}}</ref> was an American tennis player in the 1920s and 1930s. == Career == Murio won many tournaments and despite being among the "best known national and international tennis stars of the late 1920s and 1930s",<ref name=":murioobituary" /> he never entered the US championships. Murio won the Oregon state title in 1931 (dropping just one game in three sets in the final)<ref name=":muriooregon1931">{{cite news|date=12 July 1931|title=John Murio wins Oregon singles|newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner|url=https://sfexaminer.newspapers.com/newspage/457966108/|accessdate=12 October 2024}}</ref> 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".<ref name=":muriocanada1933">{{cite news|date=7 August 1933|title=John Murio is double winner (page9)|newspaper=The Vancouver Sun|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ifIdVpG6JtcC&dat=19330807&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|accessdate=12 October 2024}}</ref> Murio won the 1934 Washington state title, beating Worth Oswald in the final,<ref name=":muriowashingt1934">{{cite news|date=23 July 1934|title=John Murio is winner of net title Sunday|newspaper=Hawaii Tribune-Herald|url=https://staradvertiser.newspapers.com/newspage/555557598/|accessdate=12 October 2024}}</ref> and won the title again in 1936. He also won the Pacific Northwest championships in 1931 and 1936,<ref name=":muriopacific1936">{{cite news|date=26 July 1936|title=John Murio is tennis champ|newspaper=Hawaii Tribune-Herald|url=https://staradvertiser.newspapers.com/newspage/555581437/|accessdate=12 October 2024}}</ref> the British Columbia championships in 1933 and 1936,<ref name=":muriobc1936">{{cite news|date=2 August 1936|title=John Murio is tennis champ|newspaper=Honolulu Star-Advertiser|url=https://staradvertiser.newspapers.com/newspage/259209267/|accessdate=12 October 2024}}</ref> the British Columbia clay court title in 1933, British Columbia indoor title in 1934,<ref name=":muriohawaii" /> the Western Canada grass court title in 1935<ref name=":muriowcan1935">{{cite news|date=21 July 1935|title=Murio defeats Smith in net finals|newspaper=The San Francisco Examiner|url=https://sfexaminer.newspapers.com/newspage/457765270/|accessdate=12 October 2024}}</ref> and won many tournaments in California including the San Francisco city tennis championships nine times.<ref name=":murioobituary" /> He had wins over Don Budge and Bobby Riggs during his career.<ref name=":murioobituary" /> He ran a sporting goods store and later a bar and was married and had three children.<ref name=":murioobituary" />
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