The East Orange Open was a late 19th-century combined grass court tennis tournament held at the East Orange Tennis Club, East Orange, New Jersey, United States.
History The East Orange Club Amateur Tournament was a late 19th-century men's grass court tennis tournament held at the East Orange Athletic Club Grounds, East Orange, New Jersey, United States founded in 1885 that ran annually for two editions. It was part of the USNLTA Circuit. The tournament was replaced by an indoor tennis event in 1888 called the East Orange Club Covered Courts Tournament that ran till 1895.
Finals Men's singles (Incomplete list) YearWinnerFinalistScore1885. Patrick Lyman Wallace Percy Knapp 6–4, 6–3, 6–3.1886 Oliver Samuel Campbell Robert Livingston Beeckman 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4.
See also Orange Fall Open Orange Invitational South Orange Open
References
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