David Chapman (handballer)

[5] Chapman is the only player in four-wall history to capture all five USHA national junior titles, accomplished by age sixteen.

[6] In 1987, at twelve, Chapman lost in the semifinals of the ‘Fifteens’ to fifteen-year-old John Robles, but won the 'Fifteens' the next year at age thirteen.

Even though the sixteen-year-old Chapman had turned pro, he entered the juniors and won the nineteen-year-old title in December 1991 by beating Tyler Hamel.

[7] In April 1991, at age fifteen, Chapman became the youngest player in professional handball history to qualify for the pro tour.

[10] In June 1993, at age seventeen, Chapman won his first professional USHA national four-wall title, approximately three years younger than anyone else in the history of the game.

The dominant style of play among the pros when Chapman arrived on the scene was a fast-paced, two-handed, serve-and-shoot, power game.

Tati Silverya, Randy Morones, and Vince Munoz excelled at a totally ambidextrous, sword-and-sword style of play.

"[12] Roberts goes on to offer the insightful analysis of the 16-year-old's style when he first moved into the top 12 pros: Overall, Chapman's game was organized around his great defense, but backed up by devastating first strike offense.

[16] Chapman had beaten Brady a few weeks earlier in the Dallas pro stop, beat him a week after Seattle in another big money match in Anchorage, and beat him in the 2004 USHA national quarterfinals, 21-9, 21-6, where Chapman went on to win his eighth national singles title, and then retired while still the number one ranked player.