Bar Harbor Club Open

Bar Harbor Club Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit (1913–1968)
Founded1886; 138 years ago (1886)
Abolished1972; 52 years ago (1972)
LocationBar Harbor, Maine, United States.
VenueBar Harbor Lawn Tennis Club (1886–1914)
Bar Harbor Swimming Club Courts (1926–30)
Bar Harbor Club (1930–1972)
SurfaceClay/Grass

The Bar Harbor Club Open[1] was a men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1886 as the Bar Harbor Open. In 1899 it was rebranded as the Bar Harbor Invitation[2] It was first organised by the Bar Harbor Lawn Tennis Club, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States. The first tournament ran until 1914 then was discontinued. In 1926 the tournament was revived and in 1929 the event was moved to the new held at the Bar Harbor Club that ran until 1972.

History

The Bar Harbor Open tournament was a grass court tennis event established in 1886 by the Bar Harbor Lawn Tennis Club,[3] Bar Harbor, Maine, United States. Competitors in the men's tournament played for the Molesley Hall Challenge Cup.[4][5] In 1903 the new Bar Harbor Swimming Club was constructed[6] and the tournament was moved to the clay tennis courts in the grounds of the club.[7] The first tournament was held annually until 1914 when it was discontinued. In 1926 a second tournament was revived,[8] that moved to the new Bar Harbor Club built by J. P. Morgan to replace the Bar Harbor Swimming Club in 1930.[9] The new venue consisted of nine tennis courts,[10] that event continued to be held through until 1972 when it was discontinued.[11]

Notes

The Bar Harbor Swimming Club and later Bar Harbor Club also staged the Maine State Championships.[12] In the 1920s also known as the International Maritime and Maine State Championships.[13]

References

  1. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (9 August 1936). "BAR HARBOR ACTIVITIES; BAR HARBOR, Me. – The Harbor Club at Seal Harbor will hold its tenth annual open tennis tournament this week. The men's and women's singles will begin tomorrow. The winners last year were William G. Foulke 2d and Miss Ann Page". The New York Times. New York. p. 3. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  2. ^ Times, Special to The New York (29 August 1899). "TENNIS TOURNAMENT OPENS.; Annual Invitation Contest at Bar Harbor – Many Entries". The New York Times. New York. p. 5. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Summer Tennis Tournaments". www.thecrimson.com. The Harvard Crimson. 23 May 1890. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Lawn Games: Tennis". Outing Magazine: The Outdoor Magazine of Human Interest. Boston: W. B. Holland. 1891. p. 18.
  5. ^ "Section: Summer Sounds". Couirier Gazette. Rockland, Maine: Digital Maine. 31 July 1888. p. 1. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Bar Harbor Swimming Club". Maine Memory Network. Maine Historical Society. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  7. ^ Times, Special to The New York (13 August 1907). "Bar Harbor Tourney Begins". The New York Times. p. 8. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  8. ^ The New York Times (1936)
  9. ^ Armstrong, Brian (2021). History Lover's Guide to Bar Harbor, A. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States: Arcadia Publishing. p. 165. ISBN 978-1-4671-4780-4.
  10. ^ Armstrong
  11. ^ "Tournament – Bar Harbor Club". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  12. ^ Spalding's Athletic Library: Tennis. Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States: American Sports Publishing Company. 1925. p. 51.
  13. ^ Spalding's Athletic Library