The Ardsley Invitation was a men's and women's tennis tournament founded in June 1916. It was organised by the Ardsley Country Club (f.1895), Ardsley-on-Hudson, United States and played on grass courts and ran until 1939.
History In 1895 the Ardsley Club and Casino was founded, and in 1898 it constructed outside grass tennis courts. 12 June 1916 the Ardsley club established a women's invitation tennis tournament. The owners of the club launched the tournament with a view of revving its fortunes in regards to staging prestigious tennis events, previously it had staged three national Intercollegiate Championships. There was no men's singles events, however a mixed doubles invitational tournament was also held along with the women's singles event. The tournament was originally played at part of the USNLTA Circuit from 1916 to 1922, after the United States Lawn Tennis Association joined the International Lawn Tennis Federation the same year, it became part of the ILTF World Circuit from 1923 until 1939 when it was discontinued.
Finals Women's singles (incomplete roll) YearWinnersRunners-upScore↓ USNLTA Circuit ↓ 1916 Adelaide Browning Green Grace Moore LeRoy 6–0, 6–2 1917 Molla Bjurstedt Marie Wagner 5–7, 7–5, 6–3 1918 Molla Bjurstedt (2) Adelaide Browning Green 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 1919 Clare Cassell Natalie Browning 6–4, 6–1 1920 Louise Hammond Raymond Marie Wagner 7–5, 6–2 1921 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (3) Louise Hammond Raymond6–4, 6–2 1922 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (4) Mary Browne 6–1, 2–6, 7–5↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓ 1923 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (5) Geraldine Beamish 3–6, 6–1, 6–0 1924 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (6) Adelaide Browning Green 6–0, 6–1 1925 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (7) Marion Zinderstein Jessup 6–1, 6–4 1927 Alice Francis Louise Hammond Raymond 6–1, 6–4 1928 Clara Greenspan Alice Francis 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 1929 Norma Taubele Ellice Mack Endicott 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 1930Dobbs Ferry Register Norma Taubele (2) Alice Francis 7–5, 3–6, 13–11 1931 Elsie Goldsack Pittman Joan Ridley 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 1932 Joan Ridley Alice Francis 6–3, 6–0 1939 Josephine Sanfilippo Nellie Sheer 8–6, 10–12, 6–2
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