New York Tennis Club Open

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New York Tennis Club open / Metropolitan Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1886;139 years ago (1886)
Location1. 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 court

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)

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1886 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Campbell Flag of the United States.svg P. B. Ruggles6–4, 6–3, 6–4 [9]
1887 Flag of the United States.svg Clarence Hobart Flag of the United States.svg P. B. Ruggles6–2, 6–1, 6–2 [10]
1888 Flag of the United States.svg Edward MacMullen Flag of the United States.svg Clarence Hobart 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 [11]
1889 Flag of the United States.svg A. W. Post Flag of the United States.svg E. L. Hall6–3, 6–1, 6–3 [12]
1890 Flag of the United States.svg Arthur Runyon Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Millett2–6, 6–3, 6–2 [13]
1893 Flag of the United States.svg Gordon Parker Flag of the United States.svg Stephen Millett1–6, 6–4, 7–5, 5–7, 6–4 [14]
1895 Flag of the United States.svg Clarence Hobart (2) Flag of the United States.svg Leo Ware 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 [15]
1897 Flag of the United States.svg J. Parmly Paret Flag of the United States.svg P. B. Ruggles6–1, 6–1, 6–3 [15]
1901 Flag of the United States.svg J. Parmly Paret (2) Flag of the United States.svg Irving Wright 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 [16]
1902 Flag of the United States.svg Harold Hackett Flag of the United States.svg C. C. Kelley7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 6–0 [17]
1903 Flag of the United States.svg J. Parmly Paret (3) Flag of the United States.svg Robert LeRoy 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 [18]
1904 Flag of the United States.svg Robert LeRoy Flag of the United States.svg Frederick Anderson7–5, default [19]
1905 Flag of the United States.svg Malcolm Whitman Flag of the United States.svg Theodore Pell 6–3, 6-4 [20]
1906 Flag of the United States.svg Harold Hackett (2) Flag of the United States.svg C. C. Kelley6–4, 7–5, 8–6 [21]
1907 Flag of the United States.svg Harold Hackett (3) Flag of the United States.svg Henry Mollenhauer 6–2, 6–3, 1–6, 1–6, 6–2 [22]
1908 Flag of the United States.svg Ross Burchard Flag of the United States.svg Gustave Touchard 6–4, 9–7, 5–7, 6–1 [23]
1909 Flag of the United States.svg Gustave Touchard Flag of the United States.svg Theodore Pell 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 12–10 [24]
1910 Flag of the United States.svg Wylie Grant Flag of the United States.svg Fred Inman 6–2, 5–7, 8–6, 6–2 [25]
1912 Flag of the United States.svg Wylie Grant (2) Flag of the United States.svg S. Howard Voshell 6–2, 10–8, 6–1 [26]
1914 Flag of the United States.svg Arthur Lovibond Flag of the United States.svg Hasley Wood6–4, 6–4, 6–4 [27]
1915 Flag of the United States.svg Arthur Lovibond (2) Flag of the United States.svg Arthur Waite6–1, 6–3, 8–6, 7–9, 6–4 [28]
1918 Flag of the United States.svg Bill Tilden Flag of the United States.svg S. Howard Voshell 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 [29]
1919 Flag of the United States.svg S. Howard Voshell Flag of the United States.svg Harold Throckmorton 6–0, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 [30]
1920 Flag of the United States.svg Ichiya Kumagae Flag of the United States.svg S. Howard Voshell 6–0, 6–1, 6–3 [31]
1921 Flag of the United States.svg Vincent Richards Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Cawse6–0, 6–2, 6–4 [32]
1922 Flag of the United States.svg Vincent Richards (2) Flag of the United States.svg Francis Hunter 6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 [33]
1923 Flag of the United States.svg George King Flag of the United States.svg Watson Washburn 6–4, 0–6, 6–3, 6–2 [34]
1924 Flag of the United States.svg Herbert Bowman Flag of the United States.svg Elliot Binzen6–4, 6–2, 6–3 [35]
1925 Flag of the United States.svg Bill Tilden (2) Flag of the United States.svg Vincent Richards 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 [36]
1926 Flag of the United States.svg Francis Hunter Flag of the United States.svg Percy Kynaston6–0, 6–0, 6–4 [37]
1927 Flag of the United States.svg Frank Shields Flag of the United States.svg Gregory Mangin 5-7, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 [38]
1928 Flag of the United States.svg Julius Seligson Flag of the United States.svg Herbert Bowman 7-5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–0 [8]

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1886 Flag of the United States.svg Miss Smallwood Flag of the United States.svg Miss Leslie6–3, 6–4 [39]
1887 Flag of the United States.svg Miss Smallwood (2) Flag of the United States.svg Miss Grundy6–4, 1–6, 6–2 [40]
1888 Flag of the United States.svg Mrs. Badgeley Flag of the United States.svg unknownunknown [41]
1890 Flag of the United States.svg Adeline McKinlay Flag of the United States.svg Miss V. Hobart6–3, 6–4 [13]
1903 Flag of the United States.svg Elisabeth Moore Flag of the United States.svg Anna Risch6–3, 6–4, 6–4 [42]
1905 Flag of the United States.svg Helen Homans Flag of the United States.svg Elisabeth Moore 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 [ citation needed ]
1908 Flag of the United States.svg Elisabeth Moore (2) Flag of the United States.svg Margret Johnson6–2, 7–5 [23]
1915 Flag of Norway.svg Molla Bjurstedt Flag of the United States.svg Louise Hammond Raymond 6–3, 0–6, 8–6 [ citation needed ]
1916 Flag of Norway.svg Molla Bjurstedt (2) Flag of the United States.svg Marie Wagner 6–3, 6–3 [43]
1917 Flag of the United States.svg Marie Wagner Flag of the United States.svg Bessie Holden 6–2, 6–1 [44]

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  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."
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  14. ↑ The Evening World, June 17, 1893 p. 6.
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  27. ↑ Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annual, 1915 p. 209.
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  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.
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