The Merion Cricket Club Amateur Tennis Tournament was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1886.Hall, Valentine Gill The tournament was organised by the Merion Cricket Club and was staged annually until 1901 when it was discontinued.
History In 1886 the Merion Cricket Club Amateur Tournament was established at the Merion Cricket Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania, United States. In 1887 a women's event was added to the schedule the final was unfinished and both Lydia Wood and Miss. Lycett shared the title. In 1892 the club moved to is current location in Haverford, PA. This event was the precursor tournament, to the Pennsylvania State Lawn Tennis Championships that began in 1894 and it continued to host the tournament for the next eight decades.The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Finals Men's singles (Incomplete roll) YearWinnerRunner-upScore1886Hall, Valentine Gill William Linton Landreth Frederick Winslow Taylor6–4, 3–6, 6–31887 Frederick Winslow Taylor William Linton Landreth7–5, 8–61890 Rodmond Vernon Beach Benjamin C. Allen2–6, 8–6, 6–31901Wright & Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guide for 1902 page 166. Kane Green Marmaduke Smith6–4, 2–6, 6–4.
Women's singles (Incomplete roll) YearWinnerRunner-upScore1887 Lydia Wood Miss. Lycett2–6, unfinished.Philadelphia Inquirer 1888 Bertha Townsend Lydia Wood6–3, 6–3.
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