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Seabright Invitational Tournament

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Seabright Invitational Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
Founded1884; 140 years ago (1884)
Abolished1950; 74 years ago (1950)
LocationRumson, New Jersey, United States
VenueSeabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club
SurfaceGrass

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]

History

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The Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club is a historic private sports club in Rumson, Monmouth County, New Jersey in the 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 permanent 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

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Men's singles

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(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1886 United States H.W. Bucknall United States Richard W. Stevens 6–2, 6–1, 6–1.[2]
1888 United States H. Alexander United States W. Ward 6–2, 6–4.[2]
1892 United States Richard W. Stevens United States S.M. Allen 6–2, 6–1, 6–1.[2]
1895 United States Bill Larned United States John Howland 7–5, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2.[2]
1919 United States Bill Larned (2) United States Leonard Beekman 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1.[2]
1920 United States Watson Washburn United States Willis Davis 1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3.[2]
1921 United States Bill Johnston United States Dick Williams 6–0, 6–4, 6–2.[2]
1922 United States Bill Johnston (2) United States Dick Williams 6–0, 6–2, 6–3.[2]
1923 United States Bill Johnston (3) United States Dick Williams ?
1924 United States Howard Kinsey United States Bill Johnston ?
1925 United States Vinnie Richards United States James Anderson 6–1, 4–6, 6–0, 6–0.[2]
1926 United States Vinnie Richards (2) Spain Manuel Alonso Areizaga 6–2, 10–8.[2]
1927 United States Bill Tilden II United States Francis Hunter 6–4, 6–1, 8–6.[2]
1928 United States John Van Ryn United States Wilmer Allison 6–8, 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 10–10, ret.[2]
1929 United States John Doeg United States Dick Williams 6–3, 7–5, 8–6.[2]
1930 United States Sidney Wood United States Ellsworth Vines 6–2, 6–2, 6–0.[2]
1931 United States Ellsworth Vines United States John Doeg 10–12, 6–8, 6–3, 8–6, 6–1.[2]
1932 United States Sidney Wood (2) United States Gregory Mangin 1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1933 United States Frank Shields United States Gregory Mangin 6–1, 6–3, 6–1
1934 United States Berkeley Bell United States Bryan Grant 5–7 6–1 6–3 2–6 6–4.[2]
1935 United States Gregory Mangin United States Wilmer Hines 6–8, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5.[2]
1936 United States John McDiarmid United States Joe Hunt 9–7, 6–2, 6–2.[2]
1937 United States Bobby Riggs United States Wilmer Allison w.o.[2]
1938 United States Bobby Riggs (2) United States Elwood Thomas Cooke 6–1, 6–3, 6–1.[2]
1939 United States Frank Parker United States Don McNeill 6–3, 8–6, 6–0.[2]
1940 United States Bobby Riggs (3) United States Frank Kovacs 2–6, 0–6, 6–3, 11–9, 10–8.[2]
1941 United States Bobby Riggs (4) United States Ted Schroeder 6–4, 6–4, 6–0.[2]
1942/1943 Not held (due to World War I)
1945 United States Bill Talbert United States Gardnar Mulloy 6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4.[2]
1946 United States Jack Kramer United States Gardnar Mulloy 6–4, 6–4, 6–4.[2]
1947 United States Gardnar Mulloy United States Frank Parker w.o.[2]
1948 United States Earl Cochell United States Bill Talbert 9–7, 8–6, 6–4.[2]
1949 United States Earl Cochell (2) Italy Gianni Cucelli 6–2, 2–6, 6–0, 6–1.[2]

Women's singles

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(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1888 United States Miss Clarkson United States B. Lockwood 6–2, 6–0.
1917 United States Mary Browne United States Miss Grundy 6–4, 1–6, 6–2.
1920 United States Marion Zinderstein United States Eleanor Tennant 6–4, 6–2
1921 United States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory United States Eleanor Goss 8–6, 6–3
1922 United States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (2) United States Leslie Bancroft 6–1, 6–2
1923 United States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (3) United Kingdom Mabel Davy Clayton 6–2, 6–3
1924 United States Mary Browne (2) United States Mayme McDonald 6–0, 6–1
1925 United States Elizabeth Ryan United States Helen Wills 6–3, 6–3
1926 United States Elizabeth Ryan (2) United States Helen Wills 6–4, 6–1
1927 United States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (4) United States Helen Jacobs 6–2, 1–6, 6–1
1928 United States Helen Jacobs United States Marjorie Gladman 9–7, 6–3
1929 United States Helen Jacobs (2) United States Edith Cross 6–1, 6–2
1930 United States Anna McCune Harper United States Josephine Cruickshank 6–4, 6–4
1931 United States Helen Wills-Moody United States Helen Jacobs 6–0, 6–0
1932 United States Helen Jacobs (3) United States Josephine Cruickshank 6–4, 6–3
1933 United States Sarah Palfrey United States Helen Jacobs 6–1, 2–6, 7–5
1934 United States Carolin Babcock United States Helen Jacobs 6–4, 6–2
1935 United States Ethel Burkhardt Arnold United States Gracyn Wheeler 6–1, 6–0
1936 United States Alice Marble United States Carolin Babcock 6–0, 6–3
1937 United States Alice Marble (2) Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6–3, 5–7, 8–6
1938 United States Alice Marble (3) United States Dorothy Bundy 6–2, 6–2
1939 United States Helen Bernhard United States Dorothy Workman 6–3, 7–5
1940 United States Alice Marble (4) United Kingdom Mary Hardwick 6–2, 6–0
1941 United States Sarah Palfrey Cooke (2) United States Helen Bernhard 6–,8 6–2, 7–5
1942/1943 Not held (due to World War I)
1944 United States Pauline Betz United States Margaret Osborne 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
1945 United States Pauline Betz (2) United States Louise Brough 10–8, 6–3
1946 United States Shirley Fry United States Mary Arnold Prentiss 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1947 United States Dorothy Head United States Shirley Fry 7–5 6–4
1948 United States Gussie Moran United States Louise Snow Isaacs 6–2, 6–2

Other tournaments

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The club during the 1880s early 1890s also organised other tournaments usually as a one off events occasionally a couple of editions.


References

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  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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac "Tournaments: Seabright Invitation". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i National Historic Landmark Nomination: Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. pp. 16, 19–21.
  4. ^ a b 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.