Orange Spring Open

Orange Spring Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1882
Abolished	1899
Editions	8
Location	South Orange, New Jersey, US
Surface	Outdoor (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. ^[1]

Finals

Incomplete list of tournaments included:

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner up	Score
1882	Godfrey M. Brinley	J. F. Bacon	6-0 6-2 6-3
1884	Richard Field Conover	Wallace Percy Knapp	6-0 5-7 7-5 7-9 6-4 [2]
1885	Robert Livingston Beeckman [3]	William V.S. Thorne	7-5 6-2 6-3 [4]
1886	Robert Livingston Beeckman [5]	William Edward Glyn	6-2 6-0 6-4 [6]
1887	Oliver Campbell [7]	Edward P. MacMullen	1-6 6-2 7-5 6-4 [8]
1888	Howard Augustus Taylor [9]	A.W. Post	6-3 6-2 6-4 [10]
1897 [a]	Joseph D. Forbes	Jahail (John) Parmly Paret	6-1 2-6 4-6 6-0 6-2
1899 [b]	Jahail (John) Parmly Paret	George H. Mile	6-4 5-7 6-2 6-4

See also

• Orange Fall Open
• Orange Invitational

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.