The South Orange Open, formerly known as the Eastern Grass Court Championships, is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated tennis tournament founded in 1970 as the Marlborough Open ChampionshipsBarrett, John. Tingay, Lance. West, Peter. (1971) World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook. Queen Anne Press. London. . p.243. and in existence until 1983. It was held in South Orange, New Jersey in the United States and played on outdoor grass courts from 1970 to 1974, and then played on outdoor clay courts from 1975 to 1983. There were men's and women's singles tournaments as well as men's, women's, and mixed doubles.
Ilie Năstase was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times on two different surfaces and the doubles competition twice with American Jimmy Connors.
Results
Men's singles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1970 Rod Laver Bob Carmichael 6–4, 6–2, 6–21971 Clark Graebner Pierre Barthès 6–3, 6–4, 6–41972 Ilie Năstase Manuel Orantes 6–4, 6–41973 Colin Dibley Vijay Amritraj 6–4, 6–7, 6–41974 Alex Metreveli Jimmy Connors walkover1975 Ilie Năstase Bob Hewitt 7–6, 6–11976 Ilie Năstase Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–21977 Guillermo Vilas Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–11978 Guillermo Vilas José Luis Clerc 6–1, 6–31979 John McEnroe John Lloyd 6–7, 6–4, 6–01980 José Luis Clerc John McEnroe 6–3, 6–21981 Shlomo Glickstein Dick Stockton 6–3, 5–7, 6–41982 Yannick Noah Raúl Ramírez 6–3, 7–61983 Brad Drewett John Alexander 4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Men's doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1970 Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol Andrés Gimeno Rod Laver 6–2, 6–41971 Bob Carmichael Tom Leonard Clark Graebner Erik van Dillen 7–6, 6–7, 6–41972 Not held1973 Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase Pancho Gonzales Tom Gorman 6–7, 6–3, 6–21974 Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj 7–6, 6–7, 7–61975 Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase Dick Crealy John Lloyd 7–6, 7–51976 Fred McNair Marty Riessen Vitas Gerulaitis Ilie Năstase 7–5, 4–6, 6–21977 Colin Dibley Wojciech Fibak Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas 6–1, 7–51978 Peter Fleming John McEnroe Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas 6–3, 6–31979 Peter Fleming John McEnroe Fritz Buehning Bruce Nichols 6–1, 6–31980 Bill Maze John McEnroe Fritz Buehning Van Winitsky 7–6, 6–41981 Fritz Buehning Andrew Pattison Shlomo Glickstein David Schneider 6–1, 6–41982 Raúl Ramírez Van Winitsky Jai DiLouie Blaine Willenborg 3–6, 6–4, 6–11983 Fritz Buehning Tom Cain John Lloyd Dick Stockton 6–2, 7–5
Women's singles (incomplete roll) YearChampionsRunners-upScore1970 Kerry Melville Patti Hogan 7–6, 6–4.World of Tennis 1971.
Women's doubles (incomplete roll) YearChampionsRunners-upScore1970 Rosie Casals Virginia Wade Gail Chanfreau Francoise Durr 6–3, 6–4.World of Tennis 1971.
See also Orange Spring Tournament Orange LTC Open Orange Invitation
References
External links Orange Lawn Tennis Club 1880–1980 (Part 2) ATP results archive