East Orange Club Amateur Tournament

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East Orange Club Amateur Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour USNLTA Circuit
Founded1885;138 years ago (1885)
Abolished1887;136 years ago (1887)
Editions2
Location East Orange, New Jersey, US
VenueEast Orange Athletic Club Grounds
SurfaceOutdoor (grass)

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. [1]

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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. [1] It was part of the USNLTA Circuit. [1] The tournament was replaced by an indoor tennis event in 1888 called the East Orange Club Covered Courts Tournament [2] that ran till 1895. [3]

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete list)

YearWinnerFinalistScore
1885. [4] Flag of the United States.svg Patrick Lyman [1] Flag of the United States.svg Wallace Percy Knapp 6–4, 6–3, 6–3. [1]
1886 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Campbell Flag of the United States.svg Robert Livingston Beeckman 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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.

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