Tennis tournament
New York Tennis Club Open |
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Founded | 1886; 138 years ago (1886) |
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Abolished | 1920; 104 years ago (1920) |
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Location | New York City, United States |
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Venue | New York Lawn Tennis Club |
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Surface | Clay |
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The New York Tennis Club Open[1] was an open clay court tennis competition founded in 1886 as the New York Lawn Tennis Club Amateur Tournament.[1] The club held two open tournaments one in the spring, and another held in early Autumn. The event was played at the New York Lawn Tennis Club, New York City, United States and was discontinued in 1917.
In 1886 the New York Lawn Tennis Club was founded.[2] It staged the first New York Lawn Tennis Club Amateur Tournament in September 1886 the event was played on clay courts.[1] In 1892 the club established a second tournament the New York Lawn Tennis Club Spring Tournament[3] (later called the New York Tennis Club Spring Open). In 1918 the club started a third event called the New York Tennis Club Invitation. All events were played at the New York Lawn Tennis Club, New York City, United States and were discontinued in 1920.
New York Tennis Club Spring Open
[edit] Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
1890 | Charles Gladstone Eames | Carman Randolph Runyon | 6–3 6–2 6–1.[1] |
1892 | Carman Randolph Runyon | Stephen Caldwell Millett | 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–2.[1] |
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
1888 | Miss Locke | Adeline McKinley | 6–1, 6–1.[1] |
New York Tennis Club Fall Open
[edit] (Incomplete roll)
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
1886 | Oliver Samuel Campbell | Harry Farnum | 6–2, 0–6, 6–4, 8–6.[1] |
1887 | Clarence Hobart | P.B. Ruggles | 6–2, 6–1, 6–2.[1] |
1888 | Edward Peale MacMullen | Clarence Hobart | 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3.[1] |
1889 | A.W. Post | Henry Warner Slocum Jr. | 6–3, 0–6, 8–6.[1] |
1890 | Oliver Campbell | Percy Knapp | 6–4, 6–4, 6–3.[1] |
1891[4] | Arthur S. Runyon | Stephen Caldwell Millett | 6–1, 6–3, 2–6, 6–8, 7–5.[1] |
1895 | Clarence Hobart (2) | Leo Ware | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2.[1] |
1897 | Jahial Parmly Paret | P.B. Ruggles | 6–1, 6–1, 6–3.[1] |
1906 | Theodore Roosevelt Pell | P.B. Ruggles | 6–3, 6–4, 6–3.[1] |
(Incomplete roll)
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
1887 | Miss Smallwood | Miss Grundy | 6–4, 1–6, 6–2. |
1888 | Adeline Robinson | Miss Smallwood | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4. |
1889 | Adeline Robinson (2) | Miss Grundy | 6–4, 1–6, 6–2. |
1890 | Mabel Cahill | Adeline McKinlay | 6–3, 6–3, 6–2. |
1891[4] | Adeline McKinlay | Miss V. Hobart | 6–3, 6–4 |
1905 | Helen Homans | Elisabeth Moore | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2. |
1915 | Molla Bjurstedt | Louise Hammond Raymond | 6–3, 0–6, 8–6. |
1916 | Molla Bjurstedt (2) | Marie Wagner | 6–3, 6–3 |
1917 | Marie Wagner | Bessie Holden | 6–2, 6–4. |
New York Tennis Club Invitation
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