Orange Spring Tournament

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Orange Spring Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1882
Abolished1899
Editions8
Location South Orange, New Jersey, US
SurfaceOutdoor (grass)

The Orange Spring Tournament 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 1899.

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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]

Past tournaments

Incomplete list of tournaments included:

Men's singles

YearChampionRunner UpScore
1882 Flag of the United States.svg Godfrey M. Brinley Flag of the United States.svg J. F. Bacon6-0 6-2 6-3
1884 Flag of the United States.svg Richard Field Conover Flag of the United States.svg Wallace Percy Knapp6-0 5-7 7-5 7-9 6-4 [2]
1885 Flag of the United States.svg Robert Livingston Beeckman [3] Flag of the United States.svg William V.S. Thorne 7-5 6-2 6-3 [4]
1886 Flag of the United States.svg Robert Livingston Beeckman [5] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Edward Glyn 6-2 6-0 6-4 [6]
1887 Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Campbell [7] Flag of the United States.svg Edward P. MacMullen1-6 6-2 7-5 6-4 [8]
1888 Flag of the United States.svg Howard Augustus Taylor [9] Flag of the United States.svg A.W. Post6-3 6-2 6-4 [10]
1897 [lower-alpha 1] Flag of the United States.svg Joseph D. Forbes Flag of the United States.svg Jahail (John) Parmly Paret 6-1 2-6 4-6 6-0 6-2
1899 [lower-alpha 2] Flag of the United States.svg Jahail (John) Parmly Paret Flag of the United States.svg George H. Mile6-4 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

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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.

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