Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC

Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC
TourPre open era
Founded1883
Abolished1890
Editions4 (known)
LocationHastings-on-Hudson, New York
United States
VenueFar and Near Lawn Tennis Club

The Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC [1]| was a late 19th-century men's grass court tennis tournament held at the Far and Near Lawn Tennis Club [2] in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States. It was part of the Pre-Open era tennis tour from 1883 to 1886.[3]

History

The Fall Open Tournament was a 19th-century men's grass court tennis tournament held at the Far and Near Lawn Tennis Club in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States. The Far and Near Lawn Tennis Club existed from 1882 to 1890.[4]

Of note: The Fall Open Tournament was probably staged until the club ceased in 1890 newspaper reports from 1885 indicate the same tournament was still going.[5]

Champions

Notes: Challenge round: The final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) [6] in some tournaments not all.

Men's singles

Included:[7]

Year Champion Runner Up Score
1883 [a] United States Richard Field Conover United States Alexander Van Rensselaer 6–1, 6–4 [8]
1884 [b] United States Joseph Sill Clark Sr. United States Richard Field Conover 6–3, 7–5, 0–6, 6–3
1885 United States Robert L. Beeckman[9] ? ?
1886 United States Robert L. Beeckman[10] ? ?

Men's doubles

Included:[11]

Year Champions Runners Up Score
1885 United States Robert L. Beeckman
United States H. L. Taylor [12]		 ? ?
1886 United States Robert L. Beeckman
United States H. W. Slocum[13]		 ? ?

Notes

  1. ^ 1883 edition held from 26–27 October
  2. ^ 1884 edition held from 19–21 June

References

  1. ^ Hall, Valentine G (1889). Lawn Tennis in America. New York: New York, D. W. Granbery & co. p. 9.
  2. ^ Society, Hastings Historical (2008). Hastings-on-Hudson. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States: Arcadia Publishing. p. 84. ISBN 9780738556840.
  3. ^ Nieuwland, Alex (2017). "Tournament – Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  4. ^ Society, Hastings Historical (2008). Hastings-on-Hudson. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States: Arcadia Publishing. p. 84. ISBN 9780738556840.
  5. ^ "LAWN TENNIS AT HASTINGS". The New York Times. Hastings-on-the-Hudson, New York, United States. 27 June 1885. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  7. ^ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Essex Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  8. ^ "Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC". New York Tribune. New York, United States. 27 October 1883.
  9. ^ Hall, Valentine G (1889). Lawn Tennis in America. New York: New York, D. W. Granbery & co. p. 9.
  10. ^ Hall, Valentine G (1889). Lawn Tennis in America. New York: New York, D. W. Granbery & co. p. 11.
  11. ^ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Essex Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  12. ^ Hall, Valentine G (1889). Lawn Tennis in America. New York: New York, D. W. Granbery & co. p. 9.
  13. ^ "Tennis notes". The Times - Philadelphia. 4 July 1886. p. 12.

Sources

  • "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922.
  • Hall, Valentine G. (1889). 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 USA: New York, D. W. Granbery & Co.
  • Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC". New York Tribune. New York, United States. 27 October 1883.
  • Nieuwland, Alex (2017). "Tournament – Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV.
  • "LAWN TENNIS AT HASTINGS". The New York Times. Hastings-on-the-Hudson, New York, United States. 27 June 1885.
  • Society, Hastings Historical (2008). Hastings-on-Hudson. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738556840.

Further reading

  • Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annuals from 1885 to 1922, American Sports Pub. Co, USA.