Seabright Invitational Tournament

Seabright Invitational Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
Founded1884 (1884)
Abolished1950 (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

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

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1886 H.W. Bucknall Richard W. Stevens 6–2, 6–1, 6–1.[2]
1888 H. Alexander W. Ward 6–2, 6–4.[2]
1891 Richard W. Stevens A.W. Post 2–6, 1–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–2
1892 Richard W. Stevens S.M. Allen 6–2, 6–1, 6–1.[2]
1895 Bill Larned John Howland 7–5, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2.[2]
1919 Bill Larned (2) Leonard Beekman 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1.[2]
1920 Watson Washburn Willis Davis 1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3.[2]
1921 Bill Johnston Dick Williams 6–0, 6–4, 6–2.[2]
1922 Bill Johnston (2) Dick Williams 6–0, 6–2, 6–3.[2]
1923 Bill Johnston (3) Dick Williams ?
1924 Howard Kinsey Bill Johnston ?
1925 Vinnie Richards James Anderson 6–1, 4–6, 6–0, 6–0.[2]
1926 Vinnie Richards (2) Manuel Alonso Areizaga 6–2, 10–8.[2]
1927 Bill Tilden II Francis Hunter 6–4, 6–1, 8–6.[2]
1928 John Van Ryn Wilmer Allison 6–8, 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 10–10, ret.[2]
1929 John Doeg Dick Williams 6–3, 7–5, 8–6.[2]
1930 Sidney Wood Ellsworth Vines 6–2, 6–2, 6–0.[2]
1931 Ellsworth Vines John Doeg 10–12, 6–8, 6–3, 8–6, 6–1.[2]
1932 Sidney Wood (2) Gregory Mangin 1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1933 Frank Shields Gregory Mangin 6–1, 6–3, 6–1
1934 Berkeley Bell Bryan Grant 5–7 6–1 6–3 2–6 6–4.[2]
1935 Gregory Mangin Wilmer Hines 6–8, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5.[2]
1936 John McDiarmid Joe Hunt 9–7, 6–2, 6–2.[2]
1937 Bobby Riggs Wilmer Allison w.o.[2]
1938 Bobby Riggs (2) Elwood Thomas Cooke 6–1, 6–3, 6–1.[2]
1939 Frank Parker Don McNeill 6–3, 8–6, 6–0.[2]
1940 Bobby Riggs (3) Frank Kovacs 2–6, 0–6, 6–3, 11–9, 10–8.[2]
1941 Bobby Riggs (4) Ted Schroeder 6–4, 6–4, 6–0.[2]
1942/1943 Not held (due to World War I)
1945 Bill Talbert Gardnar Mulloy 6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4.[2]
1946 Jack Kramer Gardnar Mulloy 6–4, 6–4, 6–4.[2]
1947 Gardnar Mulloy Frank Parker w.o.[2]
1948 Earl Cochell Bill Talbert 9–7, 8–6, 6–4.[2]
1949 Earl Cochell (2) Gianni Cucelli 6–2, 2–6, 6–0, 6–1.[2]

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

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

Other tournaments

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


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. ^ 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.
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