The Buffalo Open was a grass court open tennis tournament organised by the Buffalo Lawn Tennis Club and played at the Summer Street Grounds, Buffalo, New York, United States. It was established in 1885. The tournament was staged until the 1897.
History The original Buffalo Lawn Tennis Club was established in 1884 it had no permanent home of its own, the club held the Buffalo Lawn Tennis Tournament on the Summers Street Grounds from 1885.Hall, Valentine Gill (1889) Lawn Tennis in America. D. W. Granbery & Co., New York, NY. USA. page.10. The organisation behind the first Buffalo Lawn Club influenced the development of the present Buffalo Tennis and Squash Club. It ran annually until 1897 then stopped.Tennis events returned to Buffalo in 1903 when The Park Country Club opened. In 1908 it held the Buffalo City Lawn Tennis Championship until 1920. In 1921 the Buffalo Tennis and Squash Club opened it then held the Buffalo Covered Court Championships (later the name changed to Buffalo Indoor Championships (also known as the Buffalo Mid Winter Indoor) until 1975.
Finals Men's singles (incomplete roll) Year Wnner Runner-up Score 1885 Andrew L. Plummer William Glyn 6–4, 6–3 1886 Ganson Depew Edward E. Tanner 6–3, 6–2, 6–1 1887 Andrew L. Plummer (2) Ganson Depew 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 1888 Andrew L. Plummer (3) Laurence H. Baldwin 6–3, 6–4, 6–1 1889 Andrew L. Plummer (4) F.H. Goodyear Jr. 6–2, 6–0, 6–1 1890 Edward E. Tanner Andrew L. Plummer 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 1891 Edward E. Tanner (2) Walter A. Wyckoff 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 1892 Edward E. Tanner (3) S.R. Hammill 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 1893 Edward E. Tanner (4) Lawrence D. Rumsey 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 1894 Edward E. Tanner (5) Andrew L. Plummer 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 1895 Carr Neel Edwin P. Fischer 6–2, 1–6, 0–6, 15–13, 6–4 1896 Edwin P. Fischer Leo Ware 7–5, 3–6, 6–1, 10–8 1897 Tournament Abolished
See also Buffalo Tennis and Squash Club
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