Staten Island Ladies Club Open

The Staten Island Ladies' Club Open [1] was a tennis competition founded in 1878 as the Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club Tournament.[1] In 1883 the event was known as the Camp Washington Ladies Lawn Tennis Tournament .[1] In 1885 it was branded as the Ladies Club for Outdoor Sports Open The tournament was discontinued in 1908.

Staten Island Ladies' Club Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1878 (1878)
Abolished1908 (1908)
LocationStaten Island, New York City, United States
VenueStaten Island Cricket and Baseball Club
SurfaceGrass

History

In 1878 as the Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club tournament was organised for the first time by the Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club and played at Camp Washington, New Brighton, Staten Island New York City, United States.

That event was staged one time and featured a doubles competition only won by Mary Outerbridge and L. Outerbridge who defeated Adeline Robinson and a Miss West .[1] In 1880 the first ladies open tournament was held.[2] The organisers of these events were the Ladies Club of Staten Island and Outdoor Sports composed entirely of women contained some of the best women players in the United States.[3] In October 1883 the Ladies Club for Outdoor Sports[4] (part of the Staten Island Cricket Club) revived the event as the Camp Washington Ladies Lawn Tennis Tournament.[1][5]

By 1885 the tournament was known as the Ladies Club for Outdoor Sports Open.[1][6] By the 1890s the event was known as Staten Island Ladies' Club Open that was held annually until 1908 when it was discontinued.[7]) In 1886 the Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club organised a men only event usually held in July annually called the Staten Island Invitation, that event ended in 1922.[8] This event was usually held in late September or early October.

Location

The tournament was initially held in New Brighton, then moved to Tompkinsville it was also held in Livingston, Staten Island.

Finals

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1885United States Miss LesleyUnited States Miss Austin4–6, 6–2, 6–3.
1887United States Adeline Robinson[9]United States Mrs A Harris6–0, 6–1.
1888United States Adeline Robinson[10]United States Miss Lesley4–6, 6–2, 6–3.
1892United States Ellen RooseveltUnited States Annie Burdette6–4, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3

Women's doubles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1878United States Mary Outerbridge
United States L. Outerbridge
United States Adeline Robinson
United States Miss West
13–13, 5–1
1885United States Annie Lesley
United States Annie Miller
United States Miss Etting
United States Kitty Smith
6–3, 7–5
1887United States Adeline Robinson
United States Kitty Smith
United States Mary Fellowes-Morgan
United States Miss Ward
6–2, 6–2
1888United States Ellen Roosevelt
United States Grace Roosevelt
United States Adeline Robinson
United States G. Williams
6–2, 6–0
1892United States Ellen Roosevelt
United States Grace Roosevelt
United States Annie Burdette
United States Sallie Homans
2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–5

Mix doubles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1885[1]United States Kitty Smith
United States Robert L. Beeckman
United States Annie Miller
United States Henry Slocum
?
1888[1]United States Adeline Robinson
United States Henry Slocum
United States Mary Fellowes-Morgan
United States H. Waldo
6–0, 6–2.
1888[1]United States Adeline Robinson
United States Henry Slocum
United States G. Williams
United States Oliver Samuel Campbell
3–6, 6–4, 4–1 ret.
1892[1]Ireland Mabel Cahill
United States Carroll J. Post
United States Adelaide Badgley
Ireland Manliffe Goodbody
3–6, 6–2, 6–4

References

  1. "Tournaments: Staten Island Ladies' Club Open". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  2. "History". www.statenislandcc.org. Staten Island NY: Staten Island Cricket Club. Retrieved April 15, 2023.
  3. Sleicher, John Albert (30 May 1891). "Lawn Tennis in America". Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. F. Leslie. p. 290. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  4. "Outing for November". Outing Magazine. Outing Publishing Company. 13: 188. 1889.
  5. Alexander, George E. (1974). Lawn Tennis: Its Founders & Its Early Days. Lynn, MA, United States: H. O. Zimman. p. 61.
  6. Alexander, George E. (1974)
  7. Alexander, George E. (1974
  8. "Tournaments: Staten Island Invitation". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 11 August 2023.
  9. Staten Island Cricket Club
  10. Staten Island Cricket Club
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