Longwood Bowl

The Longwood Bowl[1] was a men's and women's tennis tournament first played at the Longwood Cricket Club courts at Brookline, Massachusetts, United States from 1882 to 1949.

Longwood Bowl
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1891 (1891)
Abolished1949 (1949)
LocationBrookline, Massachusetts, United States
VenueLongwood Cricket Club
SurfaceGrass

The men's tournament was also known as the Longwood Challenge Bowl.[2] The first women's event was the Longwood Tennis Cup it later became known as the Longwood Bowl Invitational.

History

In 1877 the Longwood Cricket Club was founded.[3] In 1881 the club held its first tennis tournament.[4] In 1882 the club held its first important tennis event the Longwood Cricket Club Tournament it was the precursor event to the Longwood Bowl also known as the Longwood Challenge Bowl tournament founded in 1891.[5] The men's event was held through till 1942 when it was discontinued, and the women's event continued on till 1949 before it was also abolished.

The tournament was played for the entire time at Brookline, Massachusetts where Longwood Cricket Club's tennis courts are located.[6] In 1922 the club house and administrative center was moved to Newton, Massachusetts.[7] The winners of the men's tournament retain a permanent replica of the Longwood Bowl Trophy if they win it three times.[8]

Finals

Men's singles
William Augustus Larned was the most successful men's player winning 11 singles titles.

Incomplete roll included:[9]

Longwood Tournament
Year Winner Runner-up Score
Longwood Cricket Club Tournament
1882United States Mr WinslowUnited States Warren W. Smith0–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3[9]
1883United States Joseph Sill ClarkUnited States James Dwight6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4[9]
1884United States James DwightUnited States Quincy Adams Shaw Jr.?[9]
1885United States Howard Augustus TaylorUnited States ??[9]
Longwood Bowl
1891[10]United States Eddie Hall Jr.United States Philip Shelton Sears6–1, 8–6, 6–3[9]
1892[11]United States Fred HoveyUnited States Eddie Hall Jr.6–3, 7–5, 1–6, 4–6, 6–2[9]
1893[11]United States Fred Hovey (2)United States Richard W. Stevens8–6, 7–5, 8–6[9]
1894[12]United States William LarnedUnited States Richard W. Stevens6–2, 6–4, 6–2[9]
1895[12]United States William Larned (2)United States Fred Hovey6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4[13]
1897[12]United States William Larned (3)United States Bob Wrenn6–2, 9–7, 2–6, 4–6, 6–2[9]
1898United States Mal WhitmanUnited States Leo Ware8–6, 6–3, 0–6, 6–3[9]
1899United States Mal Whitman (2)United States Dwight Filley Davis Sr.6–1, 6–4, 7–5[9]
1901[12]United States William Larned (4) ? ?
1902United States William Jackson ClothierUnited States William Larned6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5[9]
1903[12]United States William Larned (5)United States William Jackson Clothier2–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–2[9]
1904[12]United States William Larned (6)United States Holcombe Ward3–1 sets[14]
1905[12]United States William Larned (7) ??
1906[12]United States William Larned (8)United States Karl Howell Behr Jr.8–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3[9]
1907[12]United States William Larned (9)United States Clarence Hobartw.o.[9]
1908[12]United States William Larned (10)United States Raymond D. Little?[15]
1909[12]United States William Larned (11)??
1919United States Bill JohnstonUnited States Dick Williams Jr.6–3, 6–3, 6–4[9]
1920[16]United States Bill Johnston (2)United States Nat Niles6–4, 6–0, 6–0[9]
1921United States Bill Johnston (3)United States Dick Williams Jr.6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 8–6[9]
1922United States Bill Tilden IIUnited States Dick Williams Jr.6–1, 8–6, 5–7, 6–0[9]
1923United States Dick Williams Jr.Japan Takeichi Harada6–2, 6–4, 6–2[9]
1924United States Fritz MercurUnited States Lawrence Bridges Rice4–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4[9]
1925Australia Gerald PattersonUnited States Lawrence Bridges Rice4–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4[9]
1926United States Bill Tilden II (2)United States Lewis Nelson White6–3, 6–4, 6–3[9]
1927United States John DoegUnited States Cranston Holman6–8, 10–8, 8–6, 6–3[9]
1928United States Wilmer Allison Jr.United States John Van Ryn7–9, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2[9]
1929United States John Doeg (2)United States Fritz Mercur10–8, 6–4, 8–6[9]
1930[17]United States Cliff SutterUnited States Sidney Wood Jr.5–7, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2[9]
1931[18]United States Ellsworth VinesUnited States John Doeg4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3[9]
1932United States Arnold Wheeler JonesUnited States Jack Tidball6–3, 6–4, 6–1[9]
1933United States Richard T. MurphyUnited States Martin Buxby8–6, 6–4, 6–2[9]
1934United States Wilmer Allison Jr. (2)United States Berkeley Bell4–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–3[9]
1935United States Wilmer Moore Hines[19]United States Norcross S. Tilney6–1, 6–1, 6–4[9]
1936[20]United States Frank ParkerUnited States Bobby Riggs6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5[9]
1937United States Wilmer Allison Jr. (3)United States Gilbert A. Hunt2–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–4[9]
1938United States Bobby RiggsUnited States Frank Kovacs6–4, 6–0, 6–4[9]
1939Australia Adrian QuistUnited States Gene Mako6–1, 6–2, 6–4[9]
1942Ecuador Pancho SeguraUnited States Gardnar Mulloy6–1, 8–6, 6–3[9]

Women's singles
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory was the joint most successful women's player winning 4 singles titles.

Incomplete roll

Notes:[21]
Longwood Tournament
Year Winner Runner-up Score
Longwood Tennis Cup
1895United States Miss Mary LarnedUnited States Miss Hovey?
Longwood Bowl Ladies Tournament
1898United States Margaret HunnewellUnited States Miss Nichols6–2, 6–3, 6–0
1899United States Margaret Hunnewell (2)United States Miss Nichols4–6, 5–7, 12–10, 6–3, 6–2
1900United States Margaret Hunnewell (3)United States Myrtle McAteer2–6, 1–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–2
1901United States Eleanor StocktonUnited States Miss Sears4–6, 6–4, 6–6, 7–5, 6–3
1902United States Eleanor Stockton (2)United States Jane Stockton6–4, 5–7, 6–1
1903[22]United States Margaret Homer Nichols ??
1904[23]United States Margaret Homer Nichols (2)? ?
1905[23]United States Evelyn SearsUnited States Maud Barger-Wallach8–6, 6–2
1906United States May SuttonUnited States Marion Fenno6–0, 6–0
1907[23]United States Evelyn Sears (2)United States Maud Barger-Wallach8–6, 6–2
1908United States Maud Barger-WallachUnited States Evelyn Sears?
1909[24]United States Maud Barger-Wallach (2)United States Evelyn Sears6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1910United States Louise HammondUnited States Maud Barger-Wallach4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1911United States Hazel HotchkissUnited States Edith Rotch6–2, 6–0
1912United States Mary K. BrowneUnited States Eleonora Sears13–11, 6–4
1913United States Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (2)United States Mary K. Browne6–0, 6–2
Longwood Bowl Open
1914United States Edith RotchUnited States Evelyn Sears4–6, 7–5, 6–0
1915Norway Molla BjurstedtUnited States Edith Rotch6–2, 6–2
1916United States Evelyn SearsNorway Molla Bjurstedt3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1917United States Nancy Sheafe ColeUnited States Evelyn Sears6–2, 6–2
1918Norway Molla Bjurstedt (2)United States Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman6–1, 10–8
1919United States Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (3)United States Marion Zinderstein?
1920[25]United States Marion ZindersteinUnited States Eleanor Tennant6–4, 6–3
1921United States Leslie BancroftUnited States Catherine Gardner6–3, 6–1
Longwood Bowl Invitation
1922United States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (3)United States Helen Wills3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1923United States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (4)United Kingdom Kitty Mckane6–2, 6–1
1924United States Eleanor GossUnited States Helen Jacobs6–3, 6–2
1925 (Jul)United States Helen WillsUnited States Marion Zinderstein Jessup7–5, 6–2
1925 (Aug)United States Elizabeth RyanUnited Kingdom Joan Fryy6–1, 6–1
Longwood Bowl (Fall)
1925 (Oct)United States Elizabeth Ryan (2)United States Anna Townsend Godfrey6–2, 6–2
Longwood Bowl Invitation
1926 (Jul)United States Elizabeth Ryan (3)United States Martha Bayard6–0, 3–6, 6–3
Longwood Bowl (Fall)
1926 (Oct)United States Elizabeth Ryan (4)United States Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman6–3, 6–4
Longwood Bowl Invitation
1927United States Sarah Palfrey ??
1928United States Eleanor GossUnited States Elizabeth Barber Corbiere3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1929United States Ethel BurkhardtUnited States Dorothy Andrus0–6, 6–4, 6–3
1930United States Anna McCune HarperUnited States Dorothy Weisel7–5, 6–1
1931United States Dorothy AndrusUnited States Sarah Palfrey6–2, 1–6, 6–4
1932United States Marjorie Gladman Van RynUnited States Marjorie Sachs5–7, 6–1, 6–1
1933United States Alice MarbleUnited States Carolin Babcock6–3, 6–4
1934United States Sarah Palfrey (2)United States Jane Sharp6–4, 6–2
1935United States Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn (2)United States Helen Pedersen7–5, 6–3
1936[26]United States Alice MarbleUnited States Carolyn Roberts6–1, 8–6
1937United States Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn (3)United States Helen Pedersen6–3, 6–4
1938United States Helen BernhardUnited States Virginia Wolfenden6–3, 6–3
1939United States Helen Bernhard (2)United States Kay Winthrop6–4, 6–4
1942United States Louise BroughUnited States Margaret Osborne6–2, 6–1
1944United States Pauline BetzUnited States Louise Brough6–4, 6–3
1945United States Pauline Betz (2)United States Margaret Osborne6–4, 8–6
1946United States Louise Brough (2)United States Margaret Osborne6–3, 6–2
Longwood Invitational
1948Romania Magda Berescu Rurac ??
1949United States Betty Clements HiltonUnited Kingdom Jean Walker-Smith6–4, 6–8, 6–2

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