Elberon Casino Invitation

The Elberon Casino Invitation[1] was an early men's tennis tournament founded in 1887 as the Elberon Lawn Tennis Club Open[2] and played in the Elberon section of Long Branch, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, until 1888.

Elberon Casino Invitation
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1887 (1887)
Abolished1888 (1888)
LocationElberon, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
VenueElberon Casinio (1887–1888)
SurfaceGrass

History
Elberon Casino circa 1900s, the grass tennis courts are visible in front of the building

In 1887 the Elberon Lawn Tennis Club organized an open men's tennis tournament staged at the Elberon Casino[3] that was won by Robert Livingston Beeckman who defeated Howard Augustus Taylor.[4] In 1888 the tournament was renamed as the Elberon Casino Invitation.[5] The final event was won by Oliver Samuel Campbell.[6]

The tournament featured the 1886 finalist from the U.S. National Championships, the 1887 men's champion and a future men's champion in 1890.

The Elberon Casino was built by Peabody and Stearns in 1883[7] as a private man's club that had 4 grass tennis courts, the casino lasted until 1959 when it was demolished.[8]

References
  1. Hall, Valentine Gill (1889). "Tournaments of 1888". 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: D. W. Granbery & co. p. 31.
  2. Hall, Valentine Gill (1889). "Tournaments of 1887". 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: D. W. Granbery & co. p. 16.
  3. "ELBERON TENNIS TOURNAMENT". The New York Times. New York: The New Times Company. June 23, 1887. p. 8. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  4. "Edition – Elberon 1887". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  5. Hall, Velentine Gill (1889)
  6. "Edition – Elberon 1888". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  7. Gabrielan, Randal (1998) Long Branch: People and Places. Arcadia Publishing. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States. ISBN 978-0-7385-6442-5. pp. 114–115.
  8. Gabrielan
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