Orange Spring Open

{{Infobox tennis tournament

|name = Orange Spring Open

|type = defunct

|tour =

|founded = 1882

|ended = 1899

|editions = 8

|location =South Orange, New Jersey, US

|surface = Outdoor (grass)

|website =

}}

The Orange Spring Open was an early men's open tennis tournament held in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. It was usually staged the second week of June annually from 1882 to 1889. The club also staged an Autumn event called the Orange Fall Open from 1881 to 1899.

History

The Orange Spring Tournament was a brief pre-open era tennis tournament was played on outdoor grass courts in Montrose, South Orange, New Jersey, United States, there were eight editions of this event.{{cite web |title=Tournament – Orange Spring Tournament |url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?t=1928&n=Orange%20Spring%20Tournament |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=TA |accessdate=28 July 2018 |date=2017}}

Finals

Incomplete list of tournaments included:

=Men's singles=

class="wikitable sortable" ! Year !! Champion !! Runner Up !! Score
1882	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Godfrey M. Brinley	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} J. F. Bacon	6-0 6-2 6-3
1884	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Richard Field Conover	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Wallace Percy Knapp	6-0 5-7 7-5 7-9 6-4 {{cite web \|title=Edition – Orange Spring Tournament 1884 \|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=6538 \|website=www.tennisarchives.com \|publisher=TA \|accessdate=28 July 2018 \|date=2017}}
1885	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Robert Livingston Beeckman{{cite book \|last1=Hall \|first1=Valentine Gill \|title=Lawn tennis in America. Biographical sketches of all the prominent players ... knotty points, and all the latest rules and directions governing handicaps, umpires, and rules for playing \|date=1889 \|publisher=New York, D. W. Granbery & co. \|location=New York, USA \|page=9 \|url=https://archive.org/stream/lawntennisinamer00hall#page/8}}	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} William V.S. Thorne	7-5 6-2 6-3 {{cite web \|title=Edition – Orange Spring Tournament 1884 \|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=6538 \|website=www.tennisarchives.com \|publisher=TA \|accessdate=28 July 2018 \|date=2017}}
1886	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Robert Livingston Beeckman{{cite book \|last1=Hall \|first1=Valentine G[ill \|title=Lawn tennis in America. Biographical sketches of all the prominent players ... knotty points, and all the latest rules and directions governing handicaps, umpires, and rules for playing \|date=1889 \|publisher=New York, D. W. Granbery & co. \|location=New York, USA \|page=11 \|url=https://archive.org/stream/lawntennisinamer00hall#page/10}}	{{flagicon\|GBR}} William Edward Glyn	6-2 6-0 6-4 {{cite web \|title=Edition – Orange Spring Tournament 1886 \|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=6571 \|website=www.tennisarchives.com \|publisher=TA \|accessdate=28 July 2018 \|date=2017}}
1887	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Oliver Campbell{{cite book \|last1=Hall \|first1=Valentine G[ill \|title=Lawn tennis in America. Biographical sketches of all the prominent players ... knotty points, and all the latest rules and directions governing handicaps, umpires, and rules for playing \|date=1889 \|publisher=New York, D. W. Granbery & co. \|location=New York, USA \|page=15 \|url=https://archive.org/stream/lawntennisinamer00hall#page/14}}	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Edward P. MacMullen	1-6 6-2 7-5 6-4 {{cite web \|last1=Times \|first1=New York \|title=Edition – Orange Spring Tournament 1887 \|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=20031 \|website=www.tennisarchives.com \|publisher=TA \|accessdate=28 July 2018 \|date=June 1887}}
1888	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Howard Augustus Taylor{{cite book \|last1=Hall \|first1=Valentine G[ill \|title=Lawn tennis in America. Biographical sketches of all the prominent players ... knotty points, and all the latest rules and directions governing handicaps, umpires, and rules for playing \|date=1889 \|publisher=New York, D. W. Granbery & co. \|location=New York, USA \|page=26 \|url=https://archive.org/stream/lawntennisinamer00hall#page/26}}	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} A.W. Post	6-3 6-2 6-4 {{cite web \|last1=History \|first1=Fulton \|title=Edition – Orange Spring Tournament 1888 \|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=7796 \|website=www.tennisarchives.com \|publisher=TA \|accessdate=28 July 2018 \|date=2017}}
1897 {{efn\|1897 edition there was a challenge round}}	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Joseph D. Forbes	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Jahail (John) Parmly Paret	6-1 2-6 4-6 6-0 6-2
1899 {{efn\|1899 edition there was a challenge round}}	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Jahail (John) Parmly Paret	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} George H. Mile	6-4 5-7 6-2 6-4

Notes

References

Citations

Sources

Hall, Valentine G[ill (1889). Lawn tennis in America. Biographical sketches of all the prominent players ... knotty points, and all the latest rules and directions governing handicaps, umpires, and rules for playing. New York, USA: New York, D. W. Granbery & co.
Tournament – "Orange Spring Tournament". www.tennisarchives.com. TA. 2017.

Category:Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States

Category:Grass court tennis tournaments

Category:South Orange, New Jersey

Category:Tennis tournaments in New Jersey

class="wikitable sortable" ! Year !! Champion !! Runner Up !! Score
1882	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Godfrey M. Brinley	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} J. F. Bacon	6-0 6-2 6-3
1884	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Richard Field Conover	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Wallace Percy Knapp	6-0 5-7 7-5 7-9 6-4 {{cite web \|title=Edition – Orange Spring Tournament 1884 \|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=6538 \|website=www.tennisarchives.com \|publisher=TA \|accessdate=28 July 2018 \|date=2017}}
1885	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Robert Livingston Beeckman{{cite book \|last1=Hall \|first1=Valentine Gill \|title=Lawn tennis in America. Biographical sketches of all the prominent players ... knotty points, and all the latest rules and directions governing handicaps, umpires, and rules for playing \|date=1889 \|publisher=New York, D. W. Granbery & co. \|location=New York, USA \|page=9 \|url=https://archive.org/stream/lawntennisinamer00hall#page/8}}	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} William V.S. Thorne	7-5 6-2 6-3 {{cite web \|title=Edition – Orange Spring Tournament 1884 \|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=6538 \|website=www.tennisarchives.com \|publisher=TA \|accessdate=28 July 2018 \|date=2017}}
1886	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Robert Livingston Beeckman{{cite book \|last1=Hall \|first1=Valentine G[ill \|title=Lawn tennis in America. Biographical sketches of all the prominent players ... knotty points, and all the latest rules and directions governing handicaps, umpires, and rules for playing \|date=1889 \|publisher=New York, D. W. Granbery & co. \|location=New York, USA \|page=11 \|url=https://archive.org/stream/lawntennisinamer00hall#page/10}}	{{flagicon\|GBR}} William Edward Glyn	6-2 6-0 6-4 {{cite web \|title=Edition – Orange Spring Tournament 1886 \|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=6571 \|website=www.tennisarchives.com \|publisher=TA \|accessdate=28 July 2018 \|date=2017}}
1887	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Oliver Campbell{{cite book \|last1=Hall \|first1=Valentine G[ill \|title=Lawn tennis in America. Biographical sketches of all the prominent players ... knotty points, and all the latest rules and directions governing handicaps, umpires, and rules for playing \|date=1889 \|publisher=New York, D. W. Granbery & co. \|location=New York, USA \|page=15 \|url=https://archive.org/stream/lawntennisinamer00hall#page/14}}	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Edward P. MacMullen	1-6 6-2 7-5 6-4 {{cite web \|last1=Times \|first1=New York \|title=Edition – Orange Spring Tournament 1887 \|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=20031 \|website=www.tennisarchives.com \|publisher=TA \|accessdate=28 July 2018 \|date=June 1887}}
1888	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Howard Augustus Taylor{{cite book \|last1=Hall \|first1=Valentine G[ill \|title=Lawn tennis in America. Biographical sketches of all the prominent players ... knotty points, and all the latest rules and directions governing handicaps, umpires, and rules for playing \|date=1889 \|publisher=New York, D. W. Granbery & co. \|location=New York, USA \|page=26 \|url=https://archive.org/stream/lawntennisinamer00hall#page/26}}	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} A.W. Post	6-3 6-2 6-4 {{cite web \|last1=History \|first1=Fulton \|title=Edition – Orange Spring Tournament 1888 \|url=http://www.tennisarchives.com/edition/?v=7796 \|website=www.tennisarchives.com \|publisher=TA \|accessdate=28 July 2018 \|date=2017}}
1897 {{efn\|1897 edition there was a challenge round}}	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Joseph D. Forbes	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Jahail (John) Parmly Paret	6-1 2-6 4-6 6-0 6-2
1899 {{efn\|1899 edition there was a challenge round}}	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} Jahail (John) Parmly Paret	{{flagicon\|USA\|1884}} George H. Mile	6-4 5-7 6-2 6-4