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The East Orange Club Amateur Tournament was a late 19th-century men's grass court tennis tournament held at the East Orange Tennis Club, East Orange, New Jersey, United States.

History

The East Orange Club Amateur Tournament was a late 19th-century men's grass court tennis tournament held at the East Orange Athletic Club Grounds, East Orange, New Jersey, United States founded in 1885 that ran annually for two editions. It was part of the USNLTA Circuit. The tournament was replaced by an indoor tennis event in 1888 called the East Orange Club Covered Courts Tournament that ran till 1895.

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete list)

Year	Winner	Finalist	Score
1885.	Patrick Lyman	Wallace Percy Knapp	6–4, 6–3, 6–3.
1886	Oliver Samuel Campbell	Robert Livingston Beeckman	6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4.

See also

• Orange Fall Open
• Orange Invitational
• South Orange Open

References

1. ^ "Tournaments:East Orange Club LTC". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
2. Holland, W. B. (1889). Outing Magazine: The Outdoor Magazine of Human Interest. Boston: Outing Publishing Company. p. 12.
3. "Tournaments:East Orange Club Covered Courts". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
4. Hall, Valentine Gill (1889). Lawn tennis in America. Biographical sketches of all the prominent players ... knotty points, and all the latest rules and directions governing handicaps, umpires, and rules for playing. New York, USA: New York, D. W. Granbery & co. p. 9.

Sources

• Hall, Valentine Gill (1889). Lawn tennis in America. Biographical sketches of all the prominent players ... knotty points, and all the latest rules and directions governing handicaps, umpires, and rules for playing. New York, USA: New York, D. W. Granbery & co.
• Holland, W. B. (1889). Outing Magazine: The Outdoor Magazine of Human Interest. Boston: Outing Publishing Company.

• Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States
• Grass court tennis tournaments
• East Orange, New Jersey
• Tennis tournaments in New Jersey