South Orange Open

{{Infobox tennis tournament

| name = South Orange Open

| type = defunct

| founded = 1970

| ended = 1983

| editions = 14

| event name = South Orange Open

| location = South Orange, New Jersey, US

| venue = Orange Lawn Tennis Club

| tour = Grand Prix circuit

| surface = Grass (1970–74)
Clay (1975–83)

}}

The South Orange Open, formerly known as the Eastern Grass Court Championships, is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated tennis tournament founded in 1970 as the Marlborough Open ChampionshipsBarrett, John. Tingay, Lance. West, Peter. (1971) World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook. Queen Anne Press. London. {{ISBN|978-0-362-00091-7}}. p.243. and in existence until 1983. It was held in South Orange, New Jersey in the United States and played on outdoor grass courts from 1970 to 1974, and then played on outdoor clay courts from 1975 to 1983. There were men's and women's singles tournaments as well as men's, women's, and mixed doubles.

Ilie Năstase was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times on two different surfaces and the doubles competition twice with American Jimmy Connors.

Results

=Men's singles=

style="width:40px"\|Year !style="width:200px"\|Champions !style="width:200px"\|Runners-up !style="width:160px" class="unsortable"\|Score
class="wikitable" s
1970	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Rod Laver	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Bob Carmichael	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1971	{{flagicon\|USA}} Clark Graebner	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Pierre Barthès	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1972	{{flagicon\|ROU\|1965}} Ilie Năstase	{{flagicon\|ESP\|1945}} Manuel Orantes	6–4, 6–4
1973	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Colin Dibley	{{flagicon\|IND}} Vijay Amritraj	6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1974	{{flagicon\|URS}} Alex Metreveli	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jimmy Connors	walkover
1975	{{flagicon\|ROU\|1965}} Ilie Năstase	{{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Bob Hewitt	7–6, 6–1
1976	{{flagicon\|ROU\|1965}} Ilie Năstase	{{flagicon\|USA}} Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–2
1977	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Guillermo Vilas	{{flagicon\|USA}} Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–1
1978	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Guillermo Vilas	{{flagicon\|ARG}} José Luis Clerc	6–1, 6–3
1979	{{flagicon\|USA}} John McEnroe	{{flagicon\|GBR}} John Lloyd	6–7, 6–4, 6–0
1980	{{flagicon\|ARG}} José Luis Clerc	{{flagicon\|USA}} John McEnroe	6–3, 6–2
1981	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Shlomo Glickstein	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dick Stockton	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
1982	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Yannick Noah	{{flagicon\|MEX}} Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 7–6
1983	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Brad Drewett	{{flagicon\|AUS}} John Alexander	4–6, 6–4, 7–6

=Men's doubles=

style="width:40px"\|Year !style="width:200px"\|Champions !style="width:200px"\|Runners-up !style="width:160px" class="unsortable"\|Score
class="wikitable"
1970	{{flagicon\|CHI}} Patricio Cornejo {{flagicon\|CHI}} Jaime Fillol	{{flagicon\|ESP\|1945}} Andrés Gimeno {{flagicon\|AUS}} Rod Laver	6–2, 6–4
1971	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Bob Carmichael {{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Leonard	{{flagicon\|USA}} Clark Graebner {{flagicon\|USA}} Erik van Dillen	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
style="background:#efefef"\|1972	colspan=3 align=center style="background:#efefef" \| Not held
1973	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jimmy Connors {{flagicon\|ROU\|1965}} Ilie Năstase	{{flagicon\|USA}} Pancho Gonzales {{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Gorman	6–7, 6–3, 6–2
1974	{{flagicon\|USA}} Brian Gottfried {{flagicon\|MEX}} Raúl Ramírez	{{flagicon\|IND}} Anand Amritraj {{flagicon\|IND}} Vijay Amritraj	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
1975	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jimmy Connors {{flagicon\|ROU\|1965}} Ilie Năstase	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Dick Crealy {{flagicon\|GBR}} John Lloyd	7–6, 7–5
1976	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fred McNair {{flagicon\|USA}} Marty Riessen	{{flagicon\|USA}} Vitas Gerulaitis {{flagicon\|ROU\|1965}} Ilie Năstase	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
1977	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Colin Dibley {{flagicon\|POL}} Wojciech Fibak	{{flagicon\|ROU\|1965}} Ion Țiriac {{flagicon\|ARG}} Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 7–5
1978	{{flagicon\|USA}} Peter Fleming {{flagicon\|USA}} John McEnroe	{{flagicon\|ROU\|1965}} Ion Țiriac {{flagicon\|ARG}} Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 6–3
1979	{{flagicon\|USA}} Peter Fleming {{flagicon\|USA}} John McEnroe	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fritz Buehning {{flagicon\|USA}} Bruce Nichols	6–1, 6–3
1980	{{flagicon\|USA}} Bill Maze {{flagicon\|USA}} John McEnroe	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fritz Buehning {{flagicon\|USA}} Van Winitsky	7–6, 6–4
1981	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fritz Buehning {{flagicon\|ZIM}} Andrew Pattison	{{flagicon\|ISR}} Shlomo Glickstein {{flagicon\|ISR}} David Schneider	6–1, 6–4
1982	{{flagicon\|MEX}} Raúl Ramírez {{flagicon\|USA}} Van Winitsky	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jai DiLouie {{flagicon\|USA}} Blaine Willenborg	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
1983	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fritz Buehning {{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Cain	{{flagicon\|GBR}} John Lloyd {{flagicon\|USA}} Dick Stockton	6–2, 7–5

=Women's singles=

(incomplete roll)

class="wikitable"
style="width:40px"\|Year !style="width:200px"\|Champions !style="width:200px"\|Runners-up !style="width:160px" class="unsortable"\|Score
1970	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Kerry Melville	{{flagicon\|USA}} Patti Hogan	7–6, 6–4.World of Tennis 1971.

class="wikitable"

style="width:40px"|Year

!style="width:200px"|Champions

!style="width:200px"|Runners-up

!style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score

1970

{{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry Melville

{{flagicon|USA}} Patti Hogan

7–6, 6–4.World of Tennis 1971.

=Women's doubles=

(incomplete roll)

class="wikitable"
style="width:40px"\|Year !style="width:200px"\|Champions !style="width:200px"\|Runners-up !style="width:160px" class="unsortable"\|Score
1970	{{flagicon\|USA}} Rosie Casals {{flagicon\|GBR}} Virginia Wade	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Gail Chanfreau {{flagicon\|FRA}} Francoise Durr	6–3, 6–4.World of Tennis 1971.

class="wikitable"

style="width:40px"|Year

!style="width:200px"|Champions

!style="width:200px"|Runners-up

!style="width:160px" class="unsortable"|Score

1970

{{flagicon|USA}} Rosie Casals
{{flagicon|GBR}} Virginia Wade

{{flagicon|FRA}} Gail Chanfreau
{{flagicon|FRA}} Francoise Durr

6–3, 6–4.World of Tennis 1971.

References

External links

[http://www.sopl.org/mediawiki/images/6/60/Orange_Lawn_Tennis_Club_1880-1980_Part_2.pdf Orange Lawn Tennis Club 1880–1980 (Part 2)]
[https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/results-archive ATP results archive]

Category:Hard court tennis tournaments in the United States

Category:Grass court tennis tournaments

Category:Clay court tennis tournaments

Category:Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States

Category:Grand Prix tennis circuit

Category:Tennis tournaments in New Jersey

Category:1970 establishments in New Jersey

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1970

Category:1983 disestablishments in New Jersey

Category:South Orange, New Jersey

Category:Recurring sporting events disestablished in 1983

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