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Eastern Grass Court Championships

Field	Value
name	Eastern Grass Court Championships
type	defunct
founded	1927
ended	1969
editions	43
location	Rye, N.Y, U.S. (1927–45)
South Orange, N.J., U.S. (1946–69)
venue	Westchester Country Club (1927–45)
Orange Lawn Tennis Club (1946–74)
tour	USLTA
surface	Grass

South Orange, N.J., U.S. (1946–69) Orange Lawn Tennis Club (1946–74)

The Eastern Grass Court Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament held on outdoor grass courts in the New York City area from 1927 to 1969. It was founded by the Eastern Lawn Tennis Association of the USLTA, and in 1939, became the first tennis competition to be televised in the United States.

History

The Eastern Grass Court Championships were founded in 1927 under the aegis of the Eastern Lawn Tennis Association (the New York City regional chapter of the USLTA). Also in 1927 the Eastern Clay Court Championships began under the direction of the Eastern Lawn Tennis Association.

The first edition was held in 1927 at the Westchester Country Club, in Rye, New York. In 1946 the tournament relocated to the Orange Lawn Tennis Club in South Orange, New Jersey. The tournament was played on outdoor grass courts and was usually held in August. In 1970 the tournament was renamed the Marlboro Open, which continued until 1983.

Finals

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1927	USA Julius Seligson	USA William Aydelotte	title=Eastern Grass Court Championships: Tournament Roll of Honour	url=https://app.thetennisbase.com/?enlace=tournament&accion=honour&pais=USA&nomTorneo=EASTERN+GRASS+COURT+CH.&descPais=USA&codpais=USA&stats=EASTERN+GRASS+COURT+CH.#datosDraw	website=thetennisbase.com	publisher=Tennismem SL	accessdate=19 November 2017}}
1928	USA John Doeg	USA Fritz Mercur	7–5, 8–6, 6–1
1929	USA Bill Tilden	USA Francis Hunter	6–2, 6–2, 10-8
1930	USA Clifford Sutter	USA Gregory Mangin	4–6, 8–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–1
1931	GBR Fred Perry	USA J. Gilbert Hall	4–6, 8–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–1
1932	USA Clifford Sutter (2)	USA Gregory Mangin	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1933	USA Sidney Wood	USA Clifford Sutter	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1934	USA Frank Parker	USA George Lott	3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6
1935	USA Bitsy Grant	USA Frank Shields	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–9, 6–4
1936	USA Don Budge	USA Bobby Riggs	6–8, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1937	USA Bobby Riggs	USA Frank Parker	6–3, 7–5, 7–5
1938	USA Bobby Riggs (2)	USA Joe Hunt	6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 10-8
1939	USA Bobby Riggs (3)	USA Frank Parker	1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–5
1940	USA Bobby Riggs (4)	USA Don McNeill	6–2, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
1941	USA Frank Kovacs	USA Wayne Sabin	7–5, 6–4, 6–2
1942	USA Ted Schroeder	USA Seymour Greenberg	w.o.
1943	ECU Pancho Segura	USA Joe Hunt	6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1944	USA Bill Talbert	ECU Pancho Segura	9–7, 6–4, 6–4
1945	USA Bill Talbert (2)	ECU Pancho Segura	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 6–0
1946	USA Don McNeill	USA Gardnar Mulloy	3–6, 4–6, 12–10, 7–5, 6–3
1947	USA Ted Schroeder (2)	USA Gardnar Mulloy	6–1, 7–5, 6–3
1948	USA Frank Parker (2)	USA Ted Schroeder	6–2, 9–7, 6–2
1949	USA Gardnar Mulloy	USA Arthur Larsen	5–7, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1950	USA Herbert Flam	USA Vic Seixas	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1951	USA Bill Talbert (3)	USA Gardnar Mulloy	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1952	AUS Ken McGregor	AUS Frank Sedgman	6–3, 6–4
1953	AUS Lew Hoad	AUS Rex Hartwig	7–5, 6–4, 6–1
1954	AUS Lew Hoad (2)	AUS Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1955	USA Sam Giammalva	USA Gilbert Shea	6–2, 3–6, 11–9, 9–7
1956	USA Ham Richardson	AUS Neale Fraser	6–3, 6–2, 6–2
1957	USA Dick Savitt	USA Vic Seixas	6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 8–6
1958	AUS Malcolm Anderson	USA Ham Richardson	6–3, 6–4, 6–8, 13–15, 6–4
1959	PER Alex Olmedo	USA Mike Green	6–4, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
1960	AUS Rod Laver	USA Donald Dell	6–1, 10–8, 6–4
1961	USA Chuck McKinley	USA Frank Froehling	6–3, 6–3, 6–2
1962	AUS Fred Stolle	USA Donald Dell	8–6, 14–16, 6–3, 6–4
1963	USA Gene Scott	USA Marty Riessen	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1964	USA Arthur Ashe	USA Clark Graebner	4–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–3
1965	AUS Fred Stolle (2)	AUS Roy Emerson	6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1966	AUS Tony Roche	USA Clark Graebner	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1967	USA Marty Riessen	USA Clark Graebner	18–16, 6–2, 6–1
↓ Open Era ↓
1968	USA Charles Pasarell	USA Clark Graebner	3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
1969	USA Stan Smith	USA Clark Graebner	6–1, 6–4, 6–4

Women's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1927	USA Molla Bjurstedt Mallory	USA Charlotte Hosmer Chapin	2–6, 6–2, 7–5
1928	USA May Sutton Bundy	USA Charlotte Hosmer Chapin	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
1929	USA Sarah Palfrey	USA Mary Greef	6–1, 6–3
1930	USA Marjorie Gladman	USA Maud Rosenbaum	7–5, 4–6, 8–6
1931	GBR Elsie Goldsack Pittman	GBR Joan Ridley	shared
1932	GBR Elsie Goldsack Pittman (2)	GBR Joan Ridley	6–8, 6–1, 6–2
1933	GBR Dorothy Round	GBR Mary Heeley	6–2, 6–4
1934	GBR Kay Stammers	GBR Freda James	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1935	USA Agnes Sherwood Lamme	USA Mary Greef	4–6, 8–6, 6–3
1936	FRA Sylvie Jung Henrotin	USA Helen Pedersen	5–7, 6–2, 6–2
1937	POL Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	USA Alice Marble	7–5, 6–4
1938	USA Alice Marble	USA Dorothy Bundy	7–5, 6–0
1939	USA Alice Marble (2)	USA Sarah Palfrey Cooke	6–4, 6–4
1940	USA Alice Marble (3)	USA Helen Jacobs	6–1, 6–0
1941	USA Pauline Betz	USA Sarah Palfrey Cooke	2–6, 8–6, 7–5
1942	USA Louise Brough	USA Pauline Betz	6–3, 7–5
1943	USA Margaret Osborne	USA Doris Hart	6–2, 6–4
1944	USA Louise Brough (2)	USA Pauline Betz	6–3, 6–1
1945	USA Sarah Palfrey Cooke	USA Pauline Betz	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
1946	USA Shirley Fry	USA Virginia Wolfenden	6–4, 9–7
1947	USA Margaret Osborne (2)	USA Louise Brough	6–3, 4–6, 9–7
1948	USA Louise Brough (3)	USA Margaret Osborne duPont	6–3, 8–6
1949	USA Doris Hart	USA Shirley Fry	6–3, 6–4
1950	USA Doris Hart (2)	USA Louise Brough	6–4, 9–7
1951	USA Patricia Canning Todd	USA Maureen Connolly	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1952	USA Doris Hart (3)	USA Shirley Fry	6–1, 6–3
1953	USA Doris Hart (4)	USA Shirley Fry	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
1954	USA Louise Brough (4)	USA Margaret Osborne duPont	8–6, 6–2
1955	USA Barbara Scofield	USA Barbara Breit	6–4, 1–6, 6–1
1956	USA Althea Gibson	USA Louise Brough	6–1, 6–3
1957	USA Mary Ann Mitchell	USA Jeanne Arth	7–5, 6–2
1958	USA Althea Gibson (2)	USA Sally Moore	9–7, 6–2
1959	RSA Renée Schuurman	RSA Sandra Reynolds	6–4, 1–6, 6–1
1960	USA Karen Hantze	USA Nancy Richey	6–1, 6–3
1961	USA Karen Hantze (2)	FRG Edda Buding	6–2, 6–4
1962	AUS Margaret Smith	USA Karen Hantze Susman	6–3, 6–4
1963	AUS Margaret Smith (2)	USA Darlene Hard	6–1, 6–1
1964	USA Billie Jean Moffitt	USA Nancy Richey	7–5, 3–6, 8–6
1965	USA Billie Jean Moffitt (2)	USA Jane Albert	7–5, 6–3
1966	USA Donna Floyd Fales	USA Rosemary Casals	5–7, 6–3, 6–0

References

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