Seabright Invitational Tournament

The Seabright Invitational Tournament[1] also known as the Seabright Invitation [2] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament staged annually at the Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club, Rumson, New Jersey, United States from 1884 to 1950.[3]

Seabright Invitational Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit (1927–1949)
Founded1884 (1884)
Abolished1950 (1950)
LocationRumson, New Jersey, United States
VenueSeabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club
SurfaceGrass

History

The Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club is a historic private sports club in Rumson, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.[3] It was founded in 1877 and incorporated officially in 1886.[3] In 1884, the club held its first Seabright Invitational Tournament,[4][5] the men's singles was won Joseph Sill Clark Sr.[3] The tournament continued to be staged annually until 1889 when it was discontinued.[3]

In 1894 the tournament was reestablished, and in 1920 a permanent women's event was finally added to the schedule.[4] The event was suspended from 1943 to 1945 because of World War II.[3] It resumed in 1946 and continued to be held until 1949.[3] In 1950, the organizing committee of Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club voted to discontinue the event,[3] due to ongoing cost of the maintenance of the grass courts, and the budget needed to build new permanent spectator seating made it untenable.[3] Contrary to official sources the other reason the tournament was ended was not because of funding, but because the members grew tired of the fuss of organizing the event.[6]

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1886 H.W. Bucknall Richard W. Stevens6–2, 6–1, 6–1.[2]
1888 H. Alexander W. Ward6–2, 6–4.[2]
1892 Richard W. Stevens S.M. Allen6–2, 6–1, 6–1.[2]
1895 Bill Larned John Howland7–5, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2.[2]
1919 Bill Larned (2) Leonard Beekman6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1.[2]
1920 Watson Washburn Willis Davis1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3.[2]
1921 Bill Johnston Dick Williams6–0, 6–4, 6–2.[2]
1922 Bill Johnston (2) Dick Williams6–0, 6–2, 6–3.[2]
1923 Bill Johnston (3) Dick Williams?
1924 Howard Kinsey Bill Johnston?
1925 Vinnie Richards James Anderson6–1, 4–6, 6–0, 6–0.[2]
1926 Vinnie Richards (2) Manuel Alonso Areizaga6–2, 10–8.[2]
1927 Bill Tilden II Francis Hunter6–4, 6–1, 8–6.[2]
1928 John Van Ryn Wilmer Allison6–8, 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 10–10, ret.[2]
1929 John Doeg Dick Williams6–3, 7–5, 8–6.[2]
1930 Sidney Wood Ellsworth Vines6–2, 6–2, 6–0.[2]
1931 Ellsworth Vines John Doeg10–12, 6–8, 6–3, 8–6, 6–1.[2]
1932 Sidney Wood (2) Gregory Mangin1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1933 Frank Shields Gregory Mangin6–1, 6–3, 6–1
1934 Berkeley Bell Bryan Grant5–7 6–1 6–3 2–6 6–4.[2]
1935 Gregory Mangin Wilmer Hines6–8, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5.[2]
1936 John McDiarmid Joe Hunt9–7, 6–2, 6–2.[2]
1937 Bobby Riggs Wilmer Allisonw.o.[2]
1938 Bobby Riggs (2) Elwood Thomas Cooke6–1, 6–3, 6–1.[2]
1939 Frank Parker Don McNeill6–3, 8–6, 6–0.[2]
1940 Bobby Riggs (3) Frank Kovacs2–6, 0–6, 6–3, 11–9, 10–8.[2]
1941 Bobby Riggs (4) Ted Schroeder6–4, 6–4, 6–0.[2]
1942/1943Not held (due to World War I)
1945 Bill Talbert Gardnar Mulloy6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4.[2]
1946 Jack Kramer Gardnar Mulloy6–4, 6–4, 6–4.[2]
1947 Gardnar Mulloy Frank Parkerw.o.[2]
1948 Earl Cochell Bill Talbert9–7, 8–6, 6–4.[2]
1949 Earl Cochell (2) Gianni Cucelli6–2, 2–6, 6–0, 6–1.[2]

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1888 Miss Clarkson B. Lockwood6–2, 6–0.
1917 Mary Browne Miss Grundy6–4, 1–6, 6–2.
1920 Marion Zinderstein Eleanor Tennant6–4, 6–2
1921 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory Eleanor Goss8–6, 6–3
1922 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (2) Leslie Bancroft6–1, 6–2
1923 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (3) Mabel Davy Clayton6–2, 6–3
1924 Mary Browne (2) Mayme McDonald6–0, 6–1
1925 Elizabeth Ryan Helen Wills6–3, 6–3
1926 Elizabeth Ryan (2) Helen Wills6–4, 6–1
1927 Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (4) Helen Jacobs6–2, 1–6, 6–1
1928 Helen Jacobs Marjorie Gladman9–7, 6–3
1929 Helen Jacobs (2) Edith Cross6–1, 6–2
1930 Anna McCune Harper Josephine Cruickshank6–4, 6–4
1931 Helen Wills-Moody Helen Jacobs6–0, 6–0
1932 Helen Jacobs (3) Josephine Cruickshank6–4, 6–3
1933 Sarah Palfrey Helen Jacobs6–1, 2–6, 7–5
1934 Carolin Babcock Helen Jacobs6–4, 6–2
1935 Ethel Burkhardt Arnold Gracyn Wheeler6–1, 6–0
1936 Alice Marble Carolin Babcock6–0, 6–3
1937 Alice Marble (2) Jadwiga Jędrzejowska6–3, 5–7, 8–6
1938 Alice Marble (3) Dorothy Bundy6–2, 6–2
1939 Helen Bernhard Dorothy Workman6–3, 7–5
1940 Alice Marble (4) Mary Hardwick6–2, 6–0
1941 Sarah Palfrey Cooke (2) Helen Bernhard6–,8 6–2, 7–5
1942/1943Not held (due to World War I)
1944 Pauline Betz Margaret Osborne6–2, 2–6, 6–3
1945 Pauline Betz (2) Louise Brough10–8, 6–3
1946 Shirley Fry Mary Arnold Prentiss6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1947 Dorothy Head Shirley Fry7–5 6–4
1948 Gussie Moran Louise Snow Isaacs6–2, 6–2

Other tournaments

The club during the 1880s early 1890s also organised other tournaments usually as a one off events occasionally a couple of editions.


References
  1. Gems, Gerald R.; Borish, Linda J.; Pfister, Gertrud (April 10, 2017). Sports in American History: From Colonization to Globalization. Champaign, Illinois, United States.: Human Kinetics. p. 273. ISBN 978-1-4925-8614-2.
  2. "Tournaments: Seabright Invitation". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
  3. National Historic Landmark Nomination: Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club, National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior. pp. 16, 19–21.
  4. Gems, Borish and Pfister. (2017) p.173.
  5. "INVITATION TENNIS TOURNAMENT Well-known Players Competing SEABRIGHT (New Jersey), July 21. Many well-known lawn tennis Players figure in the 54th invitation tournament". Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). Lahore, Pakistan: British Newspaper Archive. July 23, 1941. p. 14. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  6. "Sport: Too Much Fuss", Time, August 14, 1950. Accessed March 12, 2023.
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