Meadow Club Invitation

The Meadow Club Invitation[1] or formally the Meadow Club of Southampton Invitation and also known as the Southampton Invitation or Southampton Invitational[2] was predominantly a men's grass court tennis tournament established in 1887 at the Meadow Club, Southampton, Long Island, New York, United States. The tournament was staged as part of ILTC Circuit until 1973 when it was discontinued.[3][4]

Meadow Club Invitation
Southampton Invitation
Defunct tennis tournament
TourUSNLTA Circuit (1887–1923)
ILTF Circuit (1924–73)
Founded1887 (1887)
Abolished1973 (1973)
Editions85
LocationSouthampton , Long Island, New York, United States
VenueThe Meadow Club
SurfaceGrass

History

In 1887 the Meadow Club was founded[5] It is a private members located at Southampton, Long Island, New York, United States.[6] The club inaugurated a major international tennis tournament called the Meadow Club Invitation[7] that was staged for 85 editions between 1888 and 1973, though it was not staged continuously.[8] A women's invitation singles tournament was introduced briefly in the late 1920s to early 1940s under the title of the Southampton Invitational Round Robin or Meadow Club Invitational Round Robin, though women did take part most years in the mixed doubles events.

With the exception of 1903 when the English player Laurie Doherty won the men's event it was completely dominated by American players until the mid-1940s with multiple winners such as; Howard Augustus Taylor,[4] Vinnie Richards, Bill Tilden II, Frank Parker, and Bobby Riggs.[9] After World War II up until at least 1969 more foreign players won this event including; Pancho Segura, Roy Emerson, Ian Vermaak, Fred Stolle, Tony Roche and Owen Davidson and Rod Laver.[10] The Meadow Club Invitation[11] ran until 1973 when it was discontinued.[12]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  USNLTA Circuit  ↓
1887[4] Howard Augustus Taylor Henry Warner Slocum6-4, 7-9, 3-6, 9-7, 6-3
1888[4] Howard Augustus Taylor (2) Joseph Sill Clark6-8, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
1889[4] Howard Augustus Taylor (3) Joseph Sill Clark6-1, 6-4, 6-3
1890[4] Howard Augustus Taylor (4) Rodmond Vernon Beach6-2, 6-2, 6-2
1891[4] Valentine Gill Hall Howard Augustus Taylorw.o.
1892[4] Edward Ludlow Hall Valentine Gill Hall4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 2-6, 8-6
1893[4] William Larned Edward Ludlow Hall2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-0
1899[4] Mal Whitman Leo Ware7-5, 6-4, 8-6
1903[4] Laurence Doherty William Larned6-1, 6-2, 6-1
1918[4] Bill Tilden II Theodore Pell6-4, 6-2, 6-4
1919[4] Chuck Garland Willis Davis6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1920[4] Vinnie Richards William Jackson Clothier6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0
1921[4] Willis E. Davis Vinnie Richards3-6, 8-6, 6-3, 6-4
1922[4] Vinnie Richards (2) Robert Kinsey6-3, 6-4, 7-5
1923[4] Vinnie Richards (3) Carl Fischer6-2, 6-2, 6-2
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1924[4] Howard Kinsey Harvey Burton Snodgrass3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
1925[4] Howard Kinsey (2) George Lott6-2, 6-4, 6-0
1926[4] Bill Tilden II (2) Brian Norton6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
1927[4] Bill Tilden II (3) George Lott6-2, 7-5, 6-2
1928[4] Berkeley Bell Gregory Mangin6-0, 6-3, 7-5
1929[4] Fritz Mercur John Doeg6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1930[4] Sidney Wood Wilmer Allison3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
1931[4] George Lott Clifford Sutter6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
1932[4] Sidney Wood (2) Gregory Mangin4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 12-14, 7-5
1933[4] Frank Shields Frank Parker6-2, 6-2, 6-1
1934[4] Frank Parker Bryan Grant6-3, 9-7, 6-0
1935[4] Frank Parker (2) J. Gilbert Hall7-5, 6-4, 6-1
1936[4] Frank Parker (3) Gregory Mangin1-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0
1937[4] Bobby Riggs Jiro Yamagishi6-4, 6-3, ret.
1938[4] Bobby Riggs (2) Sidney Wood6-0, 6-3, 7-5
1939[4] Bobby Riggs (3) Sidney Wood10-8, 6-4, 6-4
1940[4] Don McNeill Frank Kovacs6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1941[4] Bobby Riggs (4) Frank Kovacs6-2, 6-2, 6-3
1942[4] Ted Schroeder Sidney Wood3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
1943[4] Pancho Segura Sidney Wood6-3, 7-5, 9-7
1944[4] Pancho Segura (2) Don McNeill7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
1945[4] Bill Talbert Alejo Russell6-4, 6-2, 6-4
1946[4] Gardnar Mulloy Bill Talbert8-6, 6-0, 3-6, 2-6, 10-8
1947[4] Pancho Segura (3) Seymour Greenberg6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
1948[4] Pancho Gonzales Budge Patty6-3, 6-0, 6-3
1949[4] Bill Talbert (2) Pancho Gonzales6-4, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2
1950[4] Earl Cochell Gardnar Mulloy9-7, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
1951[4] Tony Trabert Herb Flam6-2, 10-8, 5-7, 6-3
1952[4] Noel Brown Sidney Schwartz8-6, 6-1, 6-0
1953[4] Jack Tuero Charles F. Masterson6-2, 10-8, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5
1954[4] Eddie Moylan Bill Talbert6-0, 6-2, 6-4
1955[4] Eddie Moylan (2) Tony Trabert6-3, 2-6, 6-8, 8-6, 1-0, ret.
1956[4] Roy Emerson Grant Golden6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 8-6
1957[4] Whitney Reed Roy Emerson10-8, 1-0, ret.
1958[4] Ham Richardson Sammy Giammalva Jr.6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
1959[4] Ian Vermaak Raymond Weedon[13]6-1, 4-6, 6-1
1960[4] Rod Laver Ronald Holmberg12-10, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3
1961[4] Allen E. Fox Bob Mark5-7, 8-6, 6-1, 4-4, ret.
1962[4] Fred Stolle Whitney Reed7-5, 6-2, 8-6
1964[4] Gene Scott Charlie Pasarell10-8, 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4
1965[4] Chuck McKinley Gene Scott3-6, 6-3, 8-6, 10-8
1966[4] Tony Roche Graham Stilwell6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
1967[4] Owen Davidson Ray Ruffels6-4, 7-5, 6-4
1968[4] Ronald Holmberg Gene Scott6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 13-11
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[4] Clark Graebner Bob Lutz6-2, 6-2, 6-4

Women's singles
Year Winners Runners-up Score
1943 Pauline Betz (1st) Louise Brough (2nd)Round Robin

References
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