Kebo Valley Club Open

The Kebo Valley Club Open[1] was men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1890.[2] It was played at the Kebo Valley Club in Bar Harbor, Maine, United States.[2] The tournament was staged annually until at least 1916.

Kebo Valley Club Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourUSNLTA Circuit
Founded1890 (1890)
Abolished1916 (1916)
LocationBar Harbor, Maine, United States
VenueKebo Valley Golf Club
SurfaceGrass

History

The Kebo Valley Club was founded in 1888 by Charles T. How and DeGrasse Fox.[3][4] In 1889 the club officially opened, with the surrounding land held a race track, tennis and croquet lawns, and a baseball field.[5] There was no golf course built until 1892.[5] In 1890 the club initiated an open tennis tournament,[6] with the singles won by Valentine Gill Hall.[2] In 1900 Henry Lane Eno donated a silver cup called the Henry Lane Eno Cup[7] for winners of the men's singles.[2] The tournament was staged annually until at least 1916 when it was discontinued.[2]

Finals

Men's Singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1890 Valentine Gill Hall Edward Ludlow Hall6–3, 5–7, 8–6, 6–4.[2]
1892 Bob Wrenn Edward Ludlow Hall4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4.[2]
1893 Valentine Gill Hall Gregory Seeley Bryan10–8, 6–4, 6–3.[2]
1908[8] Stanley W. Pearson Harold Hackett8–6, 3–6, 6–3.[2]

Women's Singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1893 Miss Goodfellow Miss Gibson6–2 6–1 6–2.[2]

References
  1. "Summer Tennis Tournaments". www.thecrimson.com. Cambridge. MASS: The Harvard Crimson. 23 May 1890. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  2. "Tournaments: Kebo Valley Club Open". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  3. "Kebo Valley Golf Club, Bar Harbor, 1907". Maine Memory Network. Bar Harbor: Maine Historical Society. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  4. "Our History". kebovalleyclub.com. Bar Harbor, Maine: Kebo Valley Golf Club. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  5. Maine Historical Society
  6. The Harvard Crimson
  7. "AT BAR HARBOR". The New York Times. New York City. 12 July 1909. p. 7. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
  8. "Pearson Won Kebo Valley Tennis. (Published 1906)". The New York Times. New York City. 7 September 1906. p. 10. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
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