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Tennis tournament
Orange Spring Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1882
Abolished1899
Editions8
LocationSouth Orange, New Jersey, US
SurfaceOutdoor (grass)

The Orange Spring Open was an early men's open tennis tournament held in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. It was usually staged the second week of June annually from 1882 to 1889. The club also staged an Autumn event called the Orange Fall Open from 1881 to 1899.

History

The Orange Spring Tournament was a brief pre-open era tennis tournament was played on outdoor grass courts in Montrose, South Orange, New Jersey, United States, there were eight editions of this event.

Finals

Incomplete list of tournaments included:

Men's singles

Year Champion Runner Up Score
1882 United States Godfrey M. Brinley United States J. F. Bacon 6-0 6-2 6-3
1884 United States Richard Field Conover United States Wallace Percy Knapp 6-0 5-7 7-5 7-9 6-4
1885 United States Robert Livingston Beeckman United States William V.S. Thorne 7-5 6-2 6-3
1886 United States Robert Livingston Beeckman United Kingdom William Edward Glyn 6-2 6-0 6-4
1887 United States Oliver Campbell United States Edward P. MacMullen 1-6 6-2 7-5 6-4
1888 United States Howard Augustus Taylor United States A.W. Post 6-3 6-2 6-4
1897 United States Joseph D. Forbes United States Jahail (John) Parmly Paret 6-1 2-6 4-6 6-0 6-2
1899 United States Jahail (John) Parmly Paret United States George H. Mile 6-4 5-7 6-2 6-4

See also

Notes

  1. 1897 edition there was a challenge round
  2. 1899 edition there was a challenge round

References

Citations

  1. "Tournament – Orange Spring Tournament". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  2. "Edition – Orange Spring Tournament 1884". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. "Edition – Orange Spring Tournament 1884". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  5. Hall, Valentine G[ill (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. 11.
  6. "Edition – Orange Spring Tournament 1886". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  7. Hall, Valentine G[ill (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. 15.
  8. Times, New York (June 1887). "Edition – Orange Spring Tournament 1887". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  9. Hall, Valentine G[ill (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. 26.
  10. History, Fulton (2017). "Edition – Orange Spring Tournament 1888". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. Retrieved 28 July 2018.

Sources

  • Hall, Valentine G[ill (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.
  • Tournament – "Orange Spring Tournament". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. 2017.
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