Orange Spring Tournament

The Orange Spring Tournament also known as the Orange Open Lawn Tennis 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.

Orange Spring Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1882
Abolished1899
Editions8
LocationSouth Orange, New Jersey,
United States
SurfaceOutdoor (grass)

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 Godfrey M. Brinley J. F. Bacon6-0 6-2 6-3
1884 Richard Field Conover Wallace Percy Knapp6-0 5-7 7-5 7-9 6-4 [2]
1885 Robert Livingston Beeckman [3] William V.S. Thorne7-5 6-2 6-3 [4]
1886 Robert Livingston Beeckman [5] William Edward Glyn6-2 6-0 6-4 [6]
1887 Oliver Campbell [7] Edward P. MacMullen1-6 6-2 7-5 6-4 [8]
1888 Howard Augustus Taylor [9] A.W. Post6-3 6-2 6-4 [10]
1897 [lower-alpha 1] Joseph D. Forbes Jahail (John) Parmly Paret6-1 2-6 4-6 6-0 6-2
1899 [lower-alpha 2] Jahail (John) Parmly Paret George H. Mile6-4 5-7 6-2 6-4

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 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. 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.
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