New York Tennis Club Open

New York Tennis Club Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1886; 138 years ago (1886)
Abolished	1920; 104 years ago (1920)
Location	New York City, United States
Venue	New York Lawn Tennis Club
Surface	Clay

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.

History

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.

Finals

New York Tennis Club Spring Open

Men's singles

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]

Women's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1888	Miss Locke	Adeline McKinley	6–1, 6–1.[1]

New York Tennis Club Fall Open

Men's singles

(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]

Women's singles

(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

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1918	Bill Tilden II	S. Howard Voshell	6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2.[1]
1920	Vinnie Richards	Allen Behr	6–2, 6–1, 6–2.[1]

References

1. "Tournaments: New York Tennis Club Open". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
2. "History". www.newyorktennisclub.com. Throggs Neck, NY: New York Tennis Club. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
3. "THE TOURNAMENT BEGINS WELL! CLEVER PLAY IN CONTESTS OF THE NEW-YORK LAWN TENNIS CLUB: The annual tournament of the New-York Lawn Tennis Club was most auspiciously begun yesterday afternoon on its grounds on Washington Heights. The holding of a Spring tournament by this club is merely an experiment, all previous tourneys having been held in the Fall, but this experiment is likely to prove successful. The courts of the New-York Club are of earth, and are considered to be the best of their kind in the country". The New York Times. New York City. June 5, 1890. p. 2. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
4. "Lawn Games". Outing. New York: Outing Publishing Company. 1891. pp. 65, 66.