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; 137 years ago (1887)
Abolished1973; 51 years ago (1973)
Editions85
LocationSouthampton , Long Island, New York, United States
VenueThe Meadow Club
SurfaceGrass

History

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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

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Men's singles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  USNLTA Circuit  ↓
1887[4]   Howard Augustus Taylor   Henry Warner Slocum 6-4, 7-9, 3-6, 9-7, 6-3
1888[4]   Howard Augustus Taylor (2)   Joseph Sill Clark 6-8, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3
1889[4]   Howard Augustus Taylor (3)   Joseph Sill Clark 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
1890[4]   Howard Augustus Taylor (4)   Rodmond Vernon Beach 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
1891[4]   Valentine Gill Hall   Howard Augustus Taylor w.o.
1892[4]   Edward Ludlow Hall   Valentine Gill Hall 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 2-6, 8-6
1893[4]   William Larned   Edward Ludlow Hall 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-0
1899[4]   Mal Whitman   Leo Ware 7-5, 6-4, 8-6
1903[4]   Laurence Doherty   William Larned 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
1918[4]   Bill Tilden II   Theodore Pell 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
1919[4]   Chuck Garland   Willis Davis 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1920[4]   Vinnie Richards   William Jackson Clothier 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0
1921[4]   Willis E. Davis   Vinnie Richards 3-6, 8-6, 6-3, 6-4
1922[4]   Vinnie Richards (2)   Robert Kinsey 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
1923[4]   Vinnie Richards (3)   Carl Fischer 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1924[4]   Howard Kinsey   Harvey Burton Snodgrass 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3
1925[4]   Howard Kinsey (2)   George Lott 6-2, 6-4, 6-0
1926[4]   Bill Tilden II (2)   Brian Norton 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
1927[4]   Bill Tilden II (3)   George Lott 6-2, 7-5, 6-2
1928[4]   Berkeley Bell   Gregory Mangin 6-0, 6-3, 7-5
1929[4]   Fritz Mercur   John Doeg 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1930[4]   Sidney Wood   Wilmer Allison 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
1931[4]   George Lott   Clifford Sutter 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
1932[4]   Sidney Wood (2)   Gregory Mangin 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 12-14, 7-5
1933[4]   Frank Shields   Frank Parker 6-2, 6-2, 6-1
1934[4]   Frank Parker   Bryan Grant 6-3, 9-7, 6-0
1935[4]   Frank Parker (2)   J. Gilbert Hall 7-5, 6-4, 6-1
1936[4]   Frank Parker (3)   Gregory Mangin 1-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0
1937[4]   Bobby Riggs   Jiro Yamagishi 6-4, 6-3, ret.
1938[4]   Bobby Riggs (2)   Sidney Wood 6-0, 6-3, 7-5
1939[4]   Bobby Riggs (3)   Sidney Wood 10-8, 6-4, 6-4
1940[4]   Don McNeill   Frank Kovacs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1941[4]   Bobby Riggs (4)   Frank Kovacs 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
1942[4]   Ted Schroeder   Sidney Wood 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
1943[4]   Pancho Segura   Sidney Wood 6-3, 7-5, 9-7
1944[4]   Pancho Segura (2)   Don McNeill 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
1945[4]   Bill Talbert   Alejo Russell 6-4, 6-2, 6-4
1946[4]   Gardnar Mulloy   Bill Talbert 8-6, 6-0, 3-6, 2-6, 10-8
1947[4]   Pancho Segura (3)   Seymour Greenberg 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
1948[4]   Pancho Gonzales   Budge Patty 6-3, 6-0, 6-3
1949[4]   Bill Talbert (2)   Pancho Gonzales 6-4, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2
1950[4]   Earl Cochell   Gardnar Mulloy 9-7, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
1951[4]   Tony Trabert   Herb Flam 6-2, 10-8, 5-7, 6-3
1952[4]   Noel Brown   Sidney Schwartz 8-6, 6-1, 6-0
1953[4]   Jack Tuero   Charles F. Masterson 6-2, 10-8, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5
1954[4]   Eddie Moylan   Bill Talbert 6-0, 6-2, 6-4
1955[4]   Eddie Moylan (2)   Tony Trabert 6-3, 2-6, 6-8, 8-6, 1-0, ret.
1956[4]   Roy Emerson   Grant Golden 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 8-6
1957[4]   Whitney Reed   Roy Emerson 10-8, 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 Holmberg 12-10, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3
1961[4]   Allen E. Fox   Bob Mark 5-7, 8-6, 6-1, 4-4, ret.
1962[4]   Fred Stolle   Whitney Reed 7-5, 6-2, 8-6
1964[4]   Gene Scott   Charlie Pasarell 10-8, 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4
1965[4]   Chuck McKinley   Gene Scott 3-6, 6-3, 8-6, 10-8
1966[4]   Tony Roche   Graham Stilwell 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
1967[4]   Owen Davidson   Ray Ruffels 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
1968[4]   Ronald Holmberg   Gene Scott 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 13-11
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[4]   Clark Graebner   Bob Lutz 6-2, 6-2, 6-4

Women's singles

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

References

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  1. ^ Cummings, Mary (2006). Hurricane in the Hamptons, 1938. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States: Arcadia Publishing. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-7385-4548-6.
  2. ^ "The Stanford Quad". The Stanford Quad. 28. Stanford, California, United States: Associated Students of Stanford University: 10. 1921.
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  6. ^ "Home". www.meadowclubsouthampton.com. The Meadow Club of Southampton. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
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  8. ^ Cummings, Mary (2006) p.40.
  9. ^ "Tournament – Southampton Invitation (Long Island) – Meadow Club". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives.
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  11. ^ "U.S. Meadow Club Invitation Tennis Southampton (New York)". Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). Lahore, Pakistan: British Newspaper Archive. July 31, 1958. p. 11. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
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  13. ^ "Raymond Weedon: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved August 29, 2023.