The Staten Island Ladies' Club Open was a tennis competition founded in 1878 as the Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club Tournament. In 1883, the event was known as the Camp Washington Ladies Lawn Tennis Tournament. In 1885, it was branded as the Ladies Club for Outdoor Sports Open The tournament was discontinued in 1908.
History In 1878, as the Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club tournament was organised for the first time by the Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club and played at Camp Washington, New Brighton, Staten Island New York City, United States.
That event was staged one time and featured a doubles competition only won by Mary Outerbridge and L. Outerbridge who defeated Adeline Robinson and a Miss West. In 1880, the first ladies open tournament was held. The organisers of these events were the Ladies Club of Staten Island and Outdoor Sports composed entirely of women contained some of the best women players in the United States. In October 1883, the Ladies Club for Outdoor Sports (part of the Staten Island Cricket Club) revived the event as the Camp Washington Ladies Lawn Tennis Tournament.
By 1885, the tournament was known as the Ladies Club for Outdoor Sports Open.Alexander, George E. (1974) By the 1890s, the event was known as Staten Island Ladies' Club Open that was held annually until 1908 when it was discontinued.Alexander, George E. (1974) In 1886, the Staten Island Cricket and Baseball Club organized a men only event usually held in July annually called the Staten Island Invitation, that event ended in 1922. The event was usually held in late September or early October.
Location The tournament was initially held in New Brighton, then moved to Tompkinsville it was also held in Livingston, Staten Island.
Finals Women's singles (Incomplete roll) YearWinnersRunners-upScore1878 Mary Outerbridge Laura Outerbridge13–11, 5–0 1883 Miss Goodwin Adeline Robinson6–2, 4–6, 6–5. 1885 Miss Lesley Miss Austin4–6, 6–2, 6–3. 1887 Adeline RobinsonStaten Island Cricket Club Mrs A Harris6–0, 6–1. 1888 Adeline RobinsonStaten Island Cricket Club Miss Lesley4–6, 6–2, 6–3. 1892 Ellen Roosevelt Annie Burdette6–4, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3
Women's doubles (Incomplete roll) YearWinnersRunners-upScore 1878 Mary Outerbridge Laura Outerbridge Adeline Robinson Miss West13–11, 5–1 1885 Annie Lesley Annie Miller Miss Etting Kitty Smith6–3, 7–5 1887 Adeline Robinson Kitty Smith Mary Fellowes-Morgan Miss Ward 6–2, 6–2 1888 Ellen Roosevelt Grace Roosevelt Adeline Robinson G. Williams6–2, 6–0 1892 Ellen Roosevelt Grace Roosevelt Annie Burdette Sallie Homans2–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–5
Mix doubles (Incomplete roll) YearWinnersRunners-upScore 1885 Kitty Smith Robert L. Beeckman Annie Miller Henry Slocum ? 1888 Adeline Robinson Henry Slocum Mary Fellowes-Morgan H. Waldo6–0, 6–2. 1888 Adeline Robinson Henry Slocum G. Williams Oliver Samuel Campbell 3–6, 6–4, 4–1 ret. 1892 Mabel Cahill Carroll J. Post Adelaide Badgley Manliffe Goodbody3–6, 6–2, 6–4
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