The Harrisburg Open Championships was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1886 as the Harrisburg Lawn Tennis Tournament.Hall, Valentine Gill (1889) Lawn Tennis in America. D. W. Granbery & Co., New York, NY. USA. page.12. It was first organised by Harrisburg Outdoor Club, and played at the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States through till 1970 when it was discontinued.
History In September 1886 the Harrisburg Outdoor Club organised the first Harrisburg Lawn Tennis Tournament.Hall, Valentine Gill (1889) Following World War Two the tournament was re-branded as the Harrisburg Open Championships. The event continued to be held annually until 1970 when it was discontinued.
Finals Men's singles (Incomplete roll) YearChampionsRunners-upScore1886 Frank Beecher Wiestling George Reilly Jr. 6–3, 6–2.1887 Clarence Munroe Clark Frank Beecher Wiestling6–4, 6–4.1888 Joseph Sill Clark Sr. Frank Beecher Wiestling6–3, 3–6, 6–3.1970 Bell Loercher Ed Dailey6–1, 6–4.
Mixed doubles (Incomplete roll) YearChampionsRunners-upScore1886The Philadelphia Inquirer George E. Etter Miss. Wiestling?won.
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