The Longwood Bowl was a men's and women's tennis tournament first played at the Longwood Cricket Club courts at Brookline, Massachusetts, United States from 1882 to 1949.
The men's tournament was also known as the Longwood Challenge Bowl. The first women's event was the Longwood Tennis Cup it later became known as the Longwood Bowl Invitational.
History In 1877 the Longwood Cricket Club was founded. In 1881 the club held its first tennis tournament.Michigan State University In 1882 the club held its first important tennis event the Longwood Cricket Club Tournament it was the precursor event to the Longwood Bowl also known as the Longwood Challenge Bowl tournament founded in 1891. The men's event was held through till 1942 when it was discontinued, and the women's event continued on till 1949 before it was also abolished.
The tournament was played for the entire time at Brookline, Massachusetts where Longwood Cricket Club's tennis courts are located. In 1922 the club house and administrative center was moved to Newton, Massachusetts.Hardwicke, Greer; Reed, Roger (1998) The winners of the men's tournament retain a permanent replica of the Longwood Bowl Trophy if they win it three times.
Finals Men's singles
Incomplete roll included:Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022). Source: https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/Longwood Bowl. Search tournament by name. Tennis Archives. Netherlands. Longwood TournamentYearWinnerRunner-upScoreLongwood Cricket Club Tournament1882 Mr Winslow Warren W. Smith0–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–31883 Joseph Sill Clark James Dwight6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–41884 James Dwight Quincy Adams Shaw Jr.?1885 Howard Augustus Taylor ??Longwood Bowl1891 Eddie Hall Jr. Philip Shelton Sears6–1, 8–6, 6–31892Harper's Weekly Fred Hovey Eddie Hall Jr.6–3, 7–5, 1–6, 4–6, 6–21893 Fred Hovey (2) Richard W. Stevens8–6, 7–5, 8–61894 William Larned Richard W. Stevens6–2, 6–4, 6–21895 William Larned (2) Fred Hovey 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 1897 William Larned (3) Bob Wrenn6–2, 9–7, 2–6, 4–6, 6–21898 Mal Whitman Leo Ware8–6, 6–3, 0–6, 6–31899 Mal Whitman (2) Dwight Filley Davis Sr.6–1, 6–4, 7–51901 William Larned (4) ? ?1902 William Jackson Clothier William Larned6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 7–51903 William Larned (5) William Jackson Clothier2–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–21904 William Larned (6) Holcombe Ward3–1 sets1905 William Larned (7) ? ? 1906 William Larned (8) Karl Howell Behr Jr.8–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–31907 William Larned (9) Clarence Hobartw.o.1908 William Larned (10) Raymond D. Little?1909 William Larned (11)? ? 1919 Bill Johnston Dick Williams Jr.6–3, 6–3, 6–41920 Bill Johnston (2) Nat Niles6–4, 6–0, 6–01921 Bill Johnston (3) Dick Williams Jr.6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 8–61922 Bill Tilden II Dick Williams Jr.6–1, 8–6, 5–7, 6–01923 Dick Williams Jr. Takeichi Harada6–2, 6–4, 6–21924 Fritz Mercur Lawrence Bridges Rice4–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–41925 Gerald Patterson Lawrence Bridges Rice4–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–41926 Bill Tilden II (2) Lewis Nelson White6–3, 6–4, 6–31927 John Doeg Cranston Holman6–8, 10–8, 8–6, 6–31928 Wilmer Allison Jr. John Van Ryn7–9, 6–4, 6–2, 6–21929 John Doeg (2) Fritz Mercur10–8, 6–4, 8–61930 Cliff Sutter Sidney Wood Jr.5–7, 6–4, 6–3, 6–21931Time USA LLC Ellsworth Vines John Doeg4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 6–31932 Arnold Wheeler Jones Jack Tidball6–3, 6–4, 6–11933 Richard T. Murphy Martin Buxby8–6, 6–4, 6–21934 Wilmer Allison Jr. (2) Berkeley Bell4–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–31935 Wilmer Moore Hines Norcross S. Tilney6–1, 6–1, 6–41936 Frank Parker Bobby Riggs6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 7–51937 Wilmer Allison Jr. (3) Gilbert A. Hunt2–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–41938 Bobby Riggs Frank Kovacs6–4, 6–0, 6–41939 Adrian Quist Gene Mako6–1, 6–2, 6–41942 Pancho Segura Gardnar Mulloy6–1, 8–6, 6–3
Women's singles
Incomplete roll Notes:The women's tournament featured three events in 1925 two summer editions and one fall (autumn) edition, and in 1926 there was one summer and one fall edition of the women's event. Longwood TournamentYearWinnerRunner-upScoreLongwood Tennis Cup 1895 Miss Mary Larned Miss Hovey?Longwood Bowl Ladies Tournament 1898 Margaret Hunnewell Miss Nichols 6–2, 6–3, 6–0 1899 Margaret Hunnewell (2) Miss Nichols 4–6, 5–7, 12–10, 6–3, 6–2 1900 Margaret Hunnewell (3) Myrtle McAteer 2–6, 1–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–2 1901 Eleanor Stockton Miss Sears 4–6, 6–4, 6–6, 7–5, 6–3 1902 Eleanor Stockton (2) Jane Stockton 6–4, 5–7, 6–1 1903 Margaret Homer Nichols ? ? 1904The World Almanac and Book of Facts. New York: New York World Telegram. 1908. p. 463. Margaret Homer Nichols (2)? ? 1905 Evelyn Sears Maud Barger-Wallach8–6, 6–2 1906 May Sutton Marion Fenno 6–0, 6–0 1907 Evelyn Sears (2) Maud Barger-Wallach 8–6, 6–2 1908 Maud Barger-Wallach Evelyn Sears? 1909 Maud Barger-Wallach (2) Evelyn Sears 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 1910 Louise Hammond Maud Barger-Wallach4–6, 6–3, 6–2 1911 Hazel Hotchkiss Edith Rotch 6–2, 6–0 1912 Mary K. Browne Eleonora Sears 13–11, 6–4 1913 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (2) Mary K. Browne 6–0, 6–2Longwood Bowl Open 1914 Edith Rotch Evelyn Sears 4–6, 7–5, 6–0 1915 Molla Bjurstedt Edith Rotch 6–2, 6–2 1916 Evelyn Sears Molla Bjurstedt3–6, 6–3, 6–2 1917 Nancy Sheafe Cole Evelyn Sears 6–2, 6–2 1918 Molla Bjurstedt (2) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 6–1, 10–8 1919 Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (3) Marion Zinderstein? 1920 Marion Zinderstein Eleanor Tennant 6–4, 6–3 1921 Leslie Bancroft Catherine Gardner 6–3, 6–1Longwood Bowl Invitation 1922 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (3) Helen Wills 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 1923 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (4) Kitty Mckane6–2, 6–1 1924 Eleanor Goss Helen Jacobs 6–3, 6–21925 (Jul) Helen Wills Marion Zinderstein Jessup 7–5, 6–2 1925 (Aug) Elizabeth Ryan Joan Fryy6–1, 6–1Longwood Bowl (Fall) 1925 (Oct) Elizabeth Ryan (2) Anna Townsend Godfrey 6–2, 6–2Longwood Bowl Invitation 1926 (Jul) Elizabeth Ryan (3) Martha Bayard 6–0, 3–6, 6–3Longwood Bowl (Fall) 1926 (Oct) Elizabeth Ryan (4) Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 6–3, 6–4Longwood Bowl Invitation 1927 Sarah Palfrey ? ? 1928 Eleanor Goss Elizabeth Barber Corbiere 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 1929 Ethel Burkhardt Dorothy Andrus 0–6, 6–4, 6–3 1930 Anna McCune Harper Dorothy Weisel 7–5, 6–1 1931 Dorothy Andrus Sarah Palfrey 6–2, 1–6, 6–4 1932 Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn Marjorie Sachs 5–7, 6–1, 6–1 1933 Alice Marble Carolin Babcock 6–3, 6–4 1934 Sarah Palfrey (2) Jane Sharp 6–4, 6–2 1935 Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn (2) Helen Pedersen 7–5, 6–3 1936 Alice Marble Carolyn Roberts 6–1, 8–6 1937 Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn (3) Helen Pedersen 6–3, 6–4 1938 Helen Bernhard Virginia Wolfenden 6–3, 6–3 1939 Helen Bernhard (2) Kay Winthrop 6–4, 6–4 1942 Louise Brough Margaret Osborne 6–2, 6–1 1944 Pauline Betz Louise Brough 6–4, 6–3 1945 Pauline Betz (2) Margaret Osborne6–4, 8–6 1946 Louise Brough (2) Margaret Osborne6–3, 6–2Longwood Invitational 1948 Magda Berescu Rurac ?? 1949 Betty Clements Hilton Jean Walker-Smith 6–4, 6–8, 6–2
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