Eastern Grass Court Championships

Eastern Grass Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1927
Abolished	1974
Editions	43
Location	Rye, N.Y, U.S. (1927–1946) South Orange, N.J., U.S. (1947–1974)
Surface	Grass

The Eastern Grass Court Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament held in the eastern United States. The first edition was held in 1927 at the Westchester Country Club, in Rye, New York. In 1946 the tournament relocated to the Orange Lawn Tennis Club in South Orange, New Jersey. The tournament was played on outdoor grass courts and was usually held in August.

Past finals

Singles

Men

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1927	Julius Seligson
1928	John Doeg
1929	Bill Tilden
1930	Clifford Sutter	Gregory Mangin	4–6, 8–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–1
1931	Fred Perry
1932	Clifford Sutter
1933	Sidney Wood
1934	Frank Parker
1935	Bitsy Grant	Frank Shields	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–9, 6–4
1936	Don Budge	Bobby Riggs	6–8, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1937	Bobby Riggs
1938	Bobby Riggs
1939	Bobby Riggs
1940	Bobby Riggs	Don McNeill
1945	William Talbert	Pancho Segura	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 6–0
1946	Donald McNeill	Gardnar Mulloy	3–6, 4–6, 12–10, 7–5, 6–3
1947	Ted Schroeder	Gardnar Mulloy	6–1, 7–5, 6–3
1948	Frank Parker	Ted Schroeder	6–2, 9–7, 6–2
1949	Gardnar Mulloy	Arthur Larsen	5–7, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1950	Herbert Flam	Vic Seixas	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1951	William Talbert	Gardnar Mulloy	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1952	Ken McGregor	Frank Sedgman	6–3, 6–4
1953	Lew Hoad	Rex Hartwig	7–5, 6–4, 6–1
1954	Lew Hoad	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1955	Sam Giammalva	Gilbert Shea	6–2, 3–6, 11–9, 9–7
1956	Ham Richardson	Neale Fraser	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
1957	Dick Savitt	Vic Seixas	6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 8–6
1958	Malcolm Anderson	Ham Richardson	6–3, 6–4, 6–8, 13–15, 6–4
1959	Alex Olmedo	Mike Green	6–4, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
1960	Rod Laver	Donald Dell	6–1, 10–8, 6–4
1961	Chuck McKinley	Frank Froehling	6–3, 6–3, 6–2
1962	Fred Stolle	Donald Dell	8–6, 14–16, 6–3, 6–4
1963	Gene Scott	Marty Riessen	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1964	Arthur Ashe	Clark Graebner	4–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–3
1965	Fred Stolle	Roy Emerson	6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1966	Tony Roche	Clark Graebner	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1967	Marty Riessen	Clark Graebner	18–16, 6–2, 6–1
1968	Charles Pasarell	Clark Graebner	3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
1969	Stan Smith	Clark Graebner	6–1, 6–4, 6–4

Women

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1927	Molla Mallory	Charlotte Chapin	2–6, 6–2, 7–5
1928	May Sutton Bundy	Charlotte Chapin	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
1929	Sarah Palfrey	Mary Greef	6–1, 6–3
1930	Marjorie Gladman	Maud Rosenbaum	7–5, 4–6, 8–6
1931	Elsie Goldsack Pittman	Joan Ridley	shared
1932	Elsie Goldsack Pittman	Joan Ridley	6–8, 6–1, 6–2
1933	Dorothy Round	Mary Heeley	6–2, 6–4
1934	Kay Stammers	Freda James	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1935	Agnes Sherwood Lamme	Mary Greef	4–6, 8–6, 6–3
1936	Sylvie Jung Henrotin	Helen Pedersen	5–7, 6–2, 6–2
1937	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	Alice Marble	7–5, 6–4
1938	Alice Marble	Dorothy Bundy	7–5, 6–0
1939	Alice Marble	Sarah Palfrey	6–4, 6–4
1940	Alice Marble	Helen Jacobs	6–1, 6–0
1941	Pauline Betz	Sarah Palfrey	2–6, 8–6, 7–5
1942	Louise Brough	Pauline Betz	6–3, 7–5
1943	Margaret Osborne	Doris Hart	6–2, 6–4
1944	Louise Brough	Pauline Betz	6–3, 6–1
1945	Sarah Palfrey	Pauline Betz	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
1946	Shirley Fry	Virginia Wolfenden	6–4, 9–7
1947	Margaret Osborne	Louise Brough	6–3, 4–6, 9–7
1948	Louise Brough	Margaret Osborne	6–3, 8–6
1949	Doris Hart	Shirley Fry	6–3, 6–4
1950	Doris Hart	Louise Brough	6–4, 9–7
1951	Patricia Canning Todd	Maureen Connolly	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1952	Doris Hart	Shirley Fry	6–1, 6–3
1953	Doris Hart	Shirley Fry	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
1954	Louise Brough	Margaret Osborne duPont	8–6, 6–2
1955	Barbara Scofield	Barbara Breit	6–4, 1–6, 6–1
1956	Althea Gibson	Louise Brough	6–1, 6–3
1957	Mary Ann Mitchell	Jeanne Arth	7–5, 6–2
1958	Althea Gibson	Sally Moore	9–7, 6–2
1959	Renée Schuurman	Sandra Reynolds	6–4, 1–6, 6–1
1960	Karen Hantze	Nancy Richey	6–1, 6–3
1961	Karen Hantze	Edda Buding	6–2, 6–4
1962	Margaret Smith	Karen Hantze	6–3, 6–4
1963	Margaret Smith	Darlene Hard	6–1, 6–1
1964	Billie Jean Moffitt	Nancy Richey	7–5, 3–6, 8–6
1965	Billie Jean Moffitt	Jane Albert	7–5, 6–3
1966	Donna Floyd Fales	Rosie Casals	5–7, 6–3, 6–0

See also

• South Orange Open

External links

• Orange Lawn Tennis Club 1880–1980 part 2
• Orange Lawn Tennis Club 1880–1980 part 3