Seabright Invitational Tournament

The Seabright Invitational Tournament[1] also known as the Seabright Invitation [2] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament staged annually at the Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club, Rumson, New Jersey, United States from 1884 to 1950.[3]

Seabright Invitational Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit (1927–1949)
Founded1884 (1884)
Abolished1950 (1950)
LocationRumson, New Jersey, United States
VenueSeabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club
SurfaceGrass

History

The Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club is a historic private sports club in Rumson, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.[3] It was founded in 1877 and incorporated officially in 1886.[3] In 1884, the club held its first Seabright Invitational Tournament,[4][5] the men's singles was won Joseph Sill Clark Sr.[3] The tournament continued to be staged annually until 1889 when it was discontinued.[3]

In 1894 the tournament was reestablished, and in 1920 a women's event was finally added to the schedule.[4] The event was suspended from 1943 to 1945 because of World War II.[3] It resumed in 1946 and continued to be held until 1949.[3] In 1950, the organizing committee of Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club voted to discontinue the event,[3] due to ongoing cost of the maintenance of the grass courts, and the budget needed to build new permanent spectator seating made it untenable.[3] Contrary to official sources the other reason the tournament was ended was not because of funding, but because the members grew tired of the fuss of organizing the event.[6]

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1886United States H.W. BucknallUnited States Richard W. Stevens6–2, 6–1, 6–1.[2]
1888United States H. AlexanderUnited States W. Ward6–2, 6–4.[2]
1892United States Richard W. StevensUnited States S.M. Allen6–2, 6–1, 6–1.[2]
1895United States Bill LarnedUnited States John Howland7–5, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2.[2]
1919United States Bill Larned (2)United States Leonard Beekman6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1.[2]
1920United States Watson WashburnUnited States Willis Davis1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3.[2]
1921United States Bill JohnstonUnited States Dick Williams6–0, 6–4, 6–2.[2]
1922United States Bill Johnston (2)United States Dick Williams6–0, 6–2, 6–3.[2]
1923United States Bill Johnston (3)United States Dick Williams?
1924United States Howard KinseyUnited States Bill Johnston?
1925United States Vinnie RichardsUnited States James Anderson6–1, 4–6, 6–0, 6–0.[2]
1926United States Vinnie Richards (2)Spain Manuel Alonso Areizaga6–2, 10–8.[2]
1927United States Bill Tilden IIUnited States Francis Hunter6–4, 6–1, 8–6.[2]
1928United States John Van RynUnited States Wilmer Allison6–8, 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 10–10, ret.[2]
1929United States John DoegUnited States Dick Williams6–3, 7–5, 8–6.[2]
1930United States Sidney WoodUnited States Ellsworth Vines6–2, 6–2, 6–0.[2]
1931United States Ellsworth VinesUnited States John Doeg10–12, 6–8, 6–3, 8–6, 6–1.[2]
1932United States Sidney Wood (2)United States Gregory Mangin1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1933United States Frank ShieldsUnited States Gregory Mangin6–1, 6–3, 6–1
1934United States Berkeley BellUnited States Bryan Grant5–7 6–1 6–3 2–6 6–4.[2]
1935United States Gregory ManginUnited States Wilmer Hines6–8, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5.[2]
1936United States John McDiarmidUnited States Joe Hunt9–7, 6–2, 6–2.[2]
1937United States Bobby RiggsUnited States Wilmer Allisonw.o.[2]
1938United States Bobby Riggs (2)United States Elwood Thomas Cooke6–1, 6–3, 6–1.[2]
1939United States Frank ParkerUnited States Don McNeill6–3, 8–6, 6–0.[2]
1940United States Bobby Riggs (3)United States Frank Kovacs2–6, 0–6, 6–3, 11–9, 10–8.[2]
1941United States Bobby Riggs (4)United States Ted Schroeder6–4, 6–4, 6–0.[2]
1942/1943Not held (due to World War I)
1945United States Bill TalbertUnited States Gardnar Mulloy6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4.[2]
1946United States Jack KramerUnited States Gardnar Mulloy6–4, 6–4, 6–4.[2]
1947United States Gardnar MulloyUnited States Frank Parkerw.o.[2]
1948United States Earl CochellUnited States Bill Talbert9–7, 8–6, 6–4.[2]
1949United States Earl Cochell (2)Italy Gianni Cucelli6–2, 2–6, 6–0, 6–1.[2]

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1917United States Mary BrowneUnited States Miss Grundy6–4, 1–6, 6–2.
1920United States Marion ZindersteinUnited States Eleanor Tennant6–4, 6–2
1921United States Molla Bjurstedt MalloryUnited States Eleanor Goss8–6, 6–3
1922United States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (2)United States Leslie Bancroft6–1, 6–2
1923United States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (3)United Kingdom Mabel Davy Clayton6–2, 6–3
1924United States Mary Browne (2)United States Mayme McDonald6–0, 6–1
1925United States Elizabeth RyanUnited States Helen Wills6–3, 6–3
1926United States Elizabeth Ryan (2)United States Helen Wills6–4, 6–1
1927United States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (4)United States Helen Jacobs6–2, 1–6, 6–1
1928United States Helen JacobsUnited States Marjorie Gladman9–7, 6–3
1929United States Helen Jacobs (2)United States Edith Cross6–1, 6–2
1930United States Anna McCune HarperUnited States Josephine Cruickshank6–4, 6–4
1931United States Helen Wills-MoodyUnited States Helen Jacobs6–0, 6–0
1932United States Helen Jacobs (3)United States Josephine Cruickshank6–4, 6–3
1933United States Sarah PalfreyUnited States Helen Jacobs6–1, 2–6, 7–5
1934United States Carolin BabcockUnited States Helen Jacobs6–4, 6–2
1935United States Ethel Burkhardt ArnoldUnited States Gracyn Wheeler6–1, 6–0
1936United States Alice MarbleUnited States Carolin Babcock6–0, 6–3
1937United States Alice Marble (2)Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska6–3, 5–7, 8–6
1938United States Alice Marble (3)United States Dorothy Bundy6–2, 6–2
1939United States Helen BernhardUnited States Dorothy Workman6–3, 7–5
1940United States Alice Marble (4)United Kingdom Mary Hardwick6–2, 6–0
1941United States Sarah Palfrey Cooke (2)United States Helen Bernhard6–,8 6–2, 7–5
1942/1943Not held (due to World War I)
1944United States Pauline BetzUnited States Margaret Osborne6–2, 2–6, 6–3
1945United States Pauline Betz (2)United States Louise Brough10–8, 6–3
1946United States Shirley FryUnited States Mary Arnold Prentiss6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1947United States Dorothy HeadUnited States Shirley Fry7–5 6–4
1948United States Gussie MoranUnited States Louise Snow Isaacs6–2, 6–2

References
  1. Gems, Gerald R.; Borish, Linda J.; Pfister, Gertrud (April 10, 2017). Sports in American History: From Colonization to Globalization. Champaign, Illinois, United States.: Human Kinetics. p. 273. ISBN 978-1-4925-8614-2.
  2. "Tournaments: Seabright Invitation". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  3. National Historic Landmark Nomination: Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. pp. 16, 19–21.
  4. Gems, Borish and Pfister. (2017) p.173.
  5. "INVITATION TENNIS TOURNAMENT Well-known Players Competing SEABRIGHT (New Jersey), July 21. Many well-known lawn tennis Players figure in the 54th invitation tournament". Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). Lahore, Pakistan: British Newspaper Archive. July 23, 1941. p. 14. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  6. "Sport: Too Much Fuss", Time, August 14, 1950. Accessed March 12, 2023.
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