Dr Sylvester B Smith was an American black tennis player.
[2] Smith was based in New York and also won the 1929 National Colored Doubles Title as well as the 1930 New England Tennis Championship.
[3] From 1917–1929, he was the co-holder of the national men's doubles championships title.
[4] In 1959, Smith served as the president of the American Tennis Association.
[1] Outside of tennis, Smith worked as a dentist in Philadelphia, where he died in 1969.