New York Tennis Club Open

New York Tennis Club open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1886;139 years ago (1886)
Location	1. 147th St. and Nicholas Ave, Manhattan 2. 123rd St. and Nicholas Ave, Manhattan 3. Columbia Oval on Gun Hill Rd, Bronx 4. 238th and Broadway, Bronx 5. 3081 Harding Ave, Bronx
Surface	Clay

The New York Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1886. ^{[1] [2]} Its first annual open tournament was held from September to October, 1886. It was played on dirt courts at 147th St. and Nicholas Ave. in Manhattan (Washington Heights section). ^[3] Their quarters were demolished to make way for new construction in 1898. ^[4] The club's courts ceremoniously opened at 123rd St. and Nicholas Ave. in 1901. ^[5] The tournament games were played at the Columbia Oval from 1912 to 1917. ^[6] The club moved out of Manhattan to 238th and Broadway in the Bronx, 1918. It actually took over and restored the former house and courts of the West Side Tennis Club. ^[7] Its fourth and final move was to the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx in 1928. ^[8]

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1886	Oliver Campbell	P. B. Ruggles	6–4, 6–3, 6–4 [9]
1887	Clarence Hobart	P. B. Ruggles	6–2, 6–1, 6–2 [10]
1888	Edward MacMullen	Clarence Hobart	7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 [11]
1889	A. W. Post	Edward L. Hall	6–3, 6–1, 6–3 [12]
1890	Arthur Runyon	Stephen Millett	2–6, 6–3, 6–2 [13]
1893	Gordon Parker	Stephen Millett	1–6, 6–4, 7–5, 5–7, 6–4 [14]
1895	Clarence Hobart (2)	Leo Ware	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 [15]
1897	J. Parmly Paret	P. B. Ruggles	6–1, 6–1, 6–3 [15]
1901	J. Parmly Paret (2)	Irving Wright	6–3, 6–2, 6–3 [16]
1902	Harold Hackett	C. C. Kelley	7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 6–0 [17]
1903	J. Parmly Paret (3)	Robert LeRoy	4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 [18]
1904	Robert LeRoy	Frederick Anderson	7–5, default [19]
1905	Malcolm Whitman	Theodore Pell	6–3, 6-4 [20]
1906	Harold Hackett (2)	C. C. Kelley	6–4, 7–5, 8–6 [21]
1907	Harold Hackett (3)	Henry Mollenhauer	6–2, 6–3, 1–6, 1–6, 6–2 [22]
1908	Ross Burchard	Gustave Touchard	6–4, 9–7, 5–7, 6–1 [23]
1909	Gustave Touchard	Theodore Pell	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 12–10 [24]
1910	Wylie Grant	Fred Inman	6–2, 5–7, 8–6, 6–2 [25]
1912	Wylie Grant (2)	S. Howard Voshell	6–2, 10–8, 6–1 [26]
1914	Arthur Lovibond	Hasley Wood	6–4, 6–4, 6–4 [27]
1915	Arthur Lovibond (2)	Arthur Waite	6–1, 6–3, 8–6, 7–9, 6–4 [28]
1918	Bill Tilden	S. Howard Voshell	6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 [29]
1919	S. Howard Voshell	Harold Throckmorton	6–0, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 [30]
1920	Ichiya Kumagae	S. Howard Voshell	6–0, 6–1, 6–3 [31]
1921	Vincent Richards	A. J. Cawse	6–0, 6–2, 6–4 [32]
1922	Vincent Richards (2)	Francis Hunter	6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 [33]
1923	George King	Watson Washburn	6–4, 0–6, 6–3, 6–2 [34]
1924	Herbert Bowman	Elliot Binzen	6–4, 6–2, 6–3 [35]
1925	Bill Tilden (2)	Vincent Richards	6–3, 6–3, 6–4 [36]
1926	Francis Hunter	Percy Kynaston	6–0, 6–0, 6–4 [37]
1927	Frank Shields	Gregory Mangin	5-7, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 [38]
1928	Julius Seligson	Herbert Bowman	7-5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–0 [8]

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll; not held every year)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1886	Miss Smallwood	Miss Leslie	6–3, 6–4 [39]
1887	Miss Smallwood (2)	Miss Grundy	6–4, 1–6, 6–2 [40]
1888	Mrs. Badgeley	unknown	unknown [41]
1890	Adeline McKinlay	Miss V. Hobart	6–3, 6–4 [13]
1903	Elisabeth Moore	Anna Risch	6–3, 6–4, 6–4 [42]
1905	Helen Homans	Elisabeth Moore	6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 [ citation needed ]
1908	Elisabeth Moore (2)	Margret Johnson	6–2, 7–5 [23]
1915	Molla Bjurstedt	Louise Hammond Raymond	6–3, 0–6, 8–6 [ citation needed ]
1916	Molla Bjurstedt (2)	Marie Wagner	6–3, 6–3 [43]
1917	Marie Wagner	Bessie Holden	6–2, 6–1 [44]

References

1. "History". www.newyorktennisclub.com. Throggs Neck, NY: New York Tennis Club. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
2. The New York Tribune, May 29, 1886 p. 8.
3. The Sun (New York City), September, 22, 1887 p. 2 (dirt); The Evening World, September 17, 1888 p. 1 (2nd column, dirt); The Sun, September 21, 1888 p. 3 (clay); The New York Times, June 5, 1890 p. 2 (earth); The New York Tribune, May 27, 1906 p. 9 (clay). These are descriptions of the courts' surfaces.
4. The Sun, September 19, 1898 p. 8. "Clubhouse has already been torn down." The Sun, May 14, 1899 pt. 2 p. 7. "Lost its courts last fall."
5. New York Tribune, June 4, 1901 p. 8. Manhattan & Nicholas Aves. intersect.
6. The Sun, October 8, 1917 p. 13; The New York Tribune, June 4, 1912 p. 9; Oct. 9, 1922 p. 19. This was a Columbia University athletic field in the Bronx.
7. The Sun, April 14, 1918 p. 8. Subheading: "New York's New Home."
8. American Lawn Tennis, July 20, 1928, pp. 288–289; Dec. 20, 1928 p. 633.
9. The New York Tribune, October 3, 1886 p. 2.
10. The Sun (New York City), September 25, 1887 p. 11.
11. The New York Tribune, Sep 23, 1888 p. 2; The Sun, Sep 23, 1888 p. 11.
12. The New York Tribune, October 2, 1889 p. 3.
13. "Lawn Games". Outing, December 1890 pp. 65, 66. Internet Archive.
14. The Evening World, June 17, 1893 p. 6.
15. "Tournaments: New York Tennis Club Open" . The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
16. The New York Tribune, June 29, 1901 p. 10. Chronicling America.
17. Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annual, 1903 p. 142.
18. The New York Times, June 27, 1903 p. 5.
19. Wright & Ditson's Official Lawn Tennis Guide, 1905 p. 129. HathiTrust.
20. "Whitman Plays Fast". The New York Times, May 4, 1905 p. 6.
21. Wright & Ditson's Official Lawn Tennis Guide, 1907 p. 148.
22. Title. Wright & Ditson's Official Lawn Tennis Guide, 1908 p. 181.
23. The Sun, June 14, 1908 p. 10. Chronicling America.
24. Title. Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annual, 1910 p. 135. Touchard won the All-Comers' final and Challenge Round. HathiTrust.
25. Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annual, 1911 pp. 171–172.
26. Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide, 1913 p. 203.
27. Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annual, 1915 p. 209.
28. "Lovibond's". The New York Times, October 19, 1915 p. 12.
29. American Lawn Tennis, June 15, 1918 p. 74.
30. The Sun, June 16, 1919 p. 20. Chronicling America.
31. American Lawn Tennis, September 1, 1920 pp. 379–380. HathiTrust.
32. The New York Tribune, June 27, 1921 p. 9.
33. The New York Herald, June 26, 1922 p. 9.
34. American Lawn Tennis, July 1, 1923 p. 163, 196.
35. American Lawn Tennis, August 15, 1924 p. 364.
36. American Lawn Tennis, July 1, 1925 pp. 185–187.
37. American Lawn Tennis, July 1, 1926 pp. 188–189.
38. American Lawn Tennis, July 20, 1927 pp. 262–263.
39. The New York Tribune, October 2, 1886 p. 8.
40. The New York Times, September 25, 1887 p. 3.
41. Result. Outing, November 1888 p. 188. No more details are given.
42. The New York Tribune, June 13, 1903 p. 4
43. "Bjurstedt Wins". The Sun, September 11, 1916 p. 11. This year it was an invitational tournament.
44. The Sun, October 4, 1917 p. 13.