Malcolm Chace was an American amateur tennis player whose highest ranking was US number 3 in 1895.

Chace was born in Valley Falls, Rhode Island

Valley Falls, Rhode Island

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 and played for both Harvard

Harvard University

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 and Yale

Yale University

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. When he graduated from Yale in 1896, he also retired from tennis, but not before setting a record by winning the US Intercollegiate Singles and Doubles titles for three consecutive years (1893–95).

Chace won the US National Doubles Championship in 1895, and was a doubles finalist in 1896.

Chace was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame

International Tennis Hall of Fame

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in 1961.