Amackassin Club Invitation

Amackassin Club Invitation
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1890 (1890)
Abolished1937 (1937)
LocationYonkers, New York, United States
VenueAmackassin Club
SurfaceClay

The Amackassin Club Invitation[1] was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1890.[2] It was played at the Amackassin Club, Yonkers, New York, from 1890 to 1936[3]. Its hosted events were all sanctioned by the United States Lawn Tennis Association.

History

The historic Amackassin Club is a privately owned pool and tennis club in Northwest Yonkers. It was founded as the Yonkers Lawn Tennis Club in 1888.[4] In September of that year, the club staged its first tennis tournament for members. In 1890, the club started an invitation tennis tournament. The men's singles was won by Victor Elting. The women's singles was won by Edith Elting.[5] The tournaments were held in conjunction with the Eastern New York State championships, 1920 to 1924.[6]

An exhibition match was played there between current world champion Bill Tilden and Yonkers native Vincent Richards in 1921. The revenue raised went to the American Committee for Devastated France. The following account was given in The New York Times. Excerpts: "Held before a gallery that taxed the club's seating accommodations, and filled every vantage point about the courts ... The crowd filled the street overlooking the courts and fringed roofs of adjoining houses."[7]

Finals

Men's singles[8]

  • The denoted editions were also valid as the Eastern New York State Tennis Championships.

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1890 Victor Elting Arthur Runyon 4-6, 6-2, 6-2[9]
1891 Arthur Runyon Schuyler Bogart 6-1, 6-0, 6-2[10]
1892 Carman S. Runyon Valentine G. Hall [11]
1893 Edwin P. Fischer Mr. C Harmstaad 6-4, 1-6, 6-2[12]
1894 Charles E. Sands Arthur Runyon 6-4, 6-4, 7-5[13]
1895-99 No Tournament
1900 Hobart D. Betts Henry D. Batt 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 [14]
1901 Calhoun Craigin Stephen F. Thayer 7-2, 6-2, 6-1 [15]
1902 Calhoun Craigin (2) J.L. Robertson Jr. 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 [16]
1903 Harry W. Mollenhauer Frederick C. Anderson 6-0, 11-9, 6-4 [17]
1904 Hugh Tallant Louis Northrop 6-1, 6-2, 6-3[18]
1905 No Tournament [19]
1906 No Tournament
1907 Gustave F. Touchard [20]
1908 Gustave F. Touchard (2) Walter Merrill Hall 6-4, 7-5, 2-1[21]
1909 Gustave F. Touchard (3) Fred Inman 7–5, 6–1, 1–6, 6–1[2]
1910 Nathaniel H. Bundy William Rosenbaum 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4[22]
1911 Fred Baggs S. Howard Voshell 6-4, 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3[23]
1912 Fred Baggs (2) Joseph Condon 4-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4[24]
1913 Fred Baggs (3) Ingo Hartman 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2[25]
1914 Francis Hunter W.S. Andrews 6-3, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2[26]
1915 Vanderbilt Ward L. H. Crowley 6-2, 6-3 (2-out-of-3)[27]
1916 King Smith Allen Behr 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2[28]
1917 Charles Chambers Ingo Hartman
1918 No Tournament [29]
1919 Ichiya Kumagae S. Howard Voshell 6-2. 6-2, 6-1[30]
1920  • Ichiya Kumagae (2) Vincent Richards 6–1, 8–6, 6–8, 6–4[2]
1921  • Vincent Richards Alfred Hammett 6–0, 6–1, 8–6[31]
1922  • George King Elliott H. Binzen 5-7, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2[32]
1923  • Percy Kynaston Paul Martin 7–5, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3[33]
1924  • Elliott H. Binzen Edward Fiebleman 6-3, 2-4, 6-4, 7-5[34]
1925-30 No Tournament
1931 Melvin Partridge Eugene McCauliff 5–7, 6–2, 6–1, 6–4[2]
1932 Melvin Partridge (2) Percy Kynaston 6–2, 6–1[2]
1933 John Pitman Edward Jenkins 2–6, 13–11, 6–4[2][35]
1934 Melvin Partridge (3) Edward Fiebleman 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 [36][37]
1935[38] Melvin Partridge (4) Frank Bowden 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3[2]
1936 Frank Bowden Leonard Hartman [39]
1937 Amackassin Invitational Discontinued [40]

Men's doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1890 Schuyler Bogart
Arthur Runyon
Victor M. Elting
Henry M. Baird Jr.
8-6, 7-5[9]
1891 Schuyler Bogart
Arthur S. Runyon
H. Thayer
S.M. Warnock
6-1, 6-3, 6-2[41]
1892 Carman S. Runyon
Arthur S. Runyon
S.A. Bogart
Henry M. Baird Jr.
6-4, 6-1, 6-3[42]
1893 Edwin P. Fischer
G. I. Burr
S.A. Bogart
Walter E. Hodgman
7-9, 6-3, 6-3, 1-6, 6-1[43]
1894 J.C.W Brooks
R.P. Davis
H.D. Betts
H.A. Waldron
6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2[13]
1900 C.S. Batt
C.D. Millard
J. L. Robertson Jr
David Todd
6-2, 6-1,6-8, 6-4 [44]
1901 Calhoun Craigin
Bostwick
Hugh Tallant
C.C. Kelley
6-3, 3-6, 6-8, 6-3, 6-2 [15]
1902 Calhoun Craigin
C.C. Kelley
Harry Mollenhauer
Louis Ledoux
By Default[16]
1903 Frederick C. Anderson
Samuel C. Westfall
J.L. Robertson Jr
David Todd
6-1, 6-3, 6-2 [45]
1904 Smith
L. Northrop
Hugh Tallant
E.A. Jova
6-4, 9-7, 4-6, 8-6 [46]
1905 No Tournament [19]
1906 No Tournament
1907 Hugh Tallant
W.D. Lyon
J.C. Tomilson
Rolfe Floyd
6-2, 6-1, 6-1 [47]
1908 Walter Merrill Hall
L. Millens Burt
James L. Robinson
David Todd
11-9, 7-5, 6-3[48]
1909 O.M.Bostwick
Calhoun Craigin
Edgar F. Leo
Benjamin M. Phillips
7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 [49]
1910 Nathaniel H. Bundy
L.H. Fitch
S. Howard Voshell
Julio Steinaeher
0-6, 11-13, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2[50]
1911 S. Howard Voshell
Fred Baggs
Ralph Baggs
George S. Groesbeck
6-3, 7-9, 6-4, 6-1 [51]
1912 S. Howard Voshell
Fred Baggs
R.L. James
Albert Ostendorf
6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3[52]
1913 J.H. Steinkempf
Ingo Hartmann
S. Howard Voshell
Fred Baggs
[53]
1914 S. Howard Voshell
Fred Baggs
Albert Ostendorf
Ralph Baggs
6-1, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4[54]
1915 E.H. Henderson
E.H. James
W.J. Toussaint
P.F. Fuller
6-3, 6-3, 6-3 [55]
1916 Elliott Binzen
Ingo Hartmann
L.H. Croley
Harry Bassford
8-6, 6-3, 6-4 [56]
1917 Finals Allen Behr & Leon Croley vs. Ingo Hartmann & H. Bassford [57]
1918 No Tournament [58]
1919 Ichiya Kumagae
Francis Hunter
Elliott Binzen
Embree Henderson
6-3, 6-3, 6-3 [59]
1920 Ichiya Kumagae
Francis Hunter
Frederick C. Anderson
Ben Letson
7-5, 5-7, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 [60]
1921 Vanderbilt B. Ward
Ben Letson
Leonard Beekman
Albert Ostendorf
Walkover[61]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1890 Edith Elting Miss Hale 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 [9]
1891 Miss Temple Miss Moore 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 [41]
1892 Miss Scofield Miss Cahill By Default [62]
1893
1894 Miss Augustus Bradley Miss Mabel Ferris 3-6, 8-10, 6-4, 7-5, 6-1 [13]
1900 Mrs. W.H. Pouch Miss Ewings 6-1, 6-3 [14]
1901 Marie Matthiessen Miss Atkins 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 [15]
1904 Mrs. Clark Mabel Benedict 6–4, 6–3 [63]
1905 No Tournament [19]
1906 No Tournament
1907 Elisabeth Moore Marie Wagner 6–0, 6–4 [64]
1908 Women's Singles Cancelled [65]
1909 Elisabeth Moore (2) Natalie Browning 6–0, 7–5 [66]
1910 Elisabeth Moore (3) Natalie Browning By Default[67]
1911 Nora Meyer Schmitz Gertrude Hill 6–1, 6–2 [68]
1912 Adelaide Browning Nora Meyer Schmitz 6–2, 6–4 [69]
1913 Marie Wagner Mrs. A. Lehman 6-1, 6-3[70]
1914 Clare Cassell Marie Wagner 6–4, 6–3 [71]
1915 Marie Wagner (2) Natalie Browning 6–1, 6–3 [27]
1916 Marie Wagner (3) Helene Pollak 6–1, 6–0 [72]
1917 Miss E. Means Mrs. M. B. Fuff 6-8, 6-3, 6-3[73]
1918 No Tournament [58]
1920 Mrs. Edward Lynch Mrs. Benjamin F. Briggs 8-6, 6-4[74]

Women's doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1892 Miss Scofield
Miss Morgan
Miss Hale
Miss Kate Atkins
7-5, 6-4 [42]
1893

1894 Miss Ferris
Miss Mabel Ferris
Miss Bertha Strang
Miss Kate Atkins
6-2, 2-6, 6-4 [13]
1900 Mrs. W.H Pouch
Miss Marie Matthiessen
Miss Pauline Lowerre
Miss Miriam Birdseys
6-1, 6-1 [75]
1904 Miss Elizabeth Elting
Miss Mabel Benedict
Miss Maclay
Miss Langdon Bellows
8-6, 6-2[46]
1905 No Tournament [19]
1906 No Tournament
1907 Elisabeth Moore
Mrs. W.H. Pouch
Mrs. George L. Chapman
Miss Clover Boldt
6-0, 6-8, 64 [76]
1908 Women's Doubles Cancelled [65]
1909 Elisabeth Moore
Miss Bunce
Miss H.H. Bundick
Miss Martin
[77]
1910 Elisabeth Moore
Mrs. S.F Weaver
Edna Widley
Natalie Browning
By Default [78]
1911 Nora Meyer Schmitz
Mrs. Humphries
Miss Fish
Edith A. Bagg
6-2, 12-10 [79]
1912 Miss Clara Kuproff
Marie Wagner
Elisabeth Moore
Mrs. S.F Weaver
6-2, 6-3 [80]
1913 Mrs. Weaver
Marie Wagner
Clare Cassell
Mrs. Beard
6-0, 6-3 [81]
1914 Clare Cassell
Marie Wagner
Mrs J.O. Blanchard
Isabel de Gersdorff
6–1, 6–2[2]
1915 Mrs. Percy Wilbourn
Marie Wagner
Miss Holder
Mrs Humphries
4-6, 6-2, 6-4 [82]
1916 Mrs. Percy Wilbourn
Marie Wagner
Mrs. Waring
Mrs. Henderson
6-1, 6-4 [83]
1918 No Tournament [58]

Mixed doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1890 Arthur Runyon
Miss Edith Elting
Victor Elting
Miss Atkins
6-3, 6-3 [9]
1891 Mr. A. Runyon
Miss Elting
Mr. Bogart
Miss Atkins
7-5, 8-6, 5-7, ?,? . [84] and [85]
1892

1893 Edwin P. Fischer
Miss Fitch
S.A. Bogart
Miss Sliver
6-2, 6-3 [43]
1894 Miss Mabel Ferris
R.M. Ferris Jr
Miss Hale
John Kingman
[86]
1900 Mrs. W.H. Pouch
Mr. W. H. Pouch
J. L. Robertson Jr.
Miss Pauline Lowerre
6-4, 3-6, 6-3 [14]
1901 Hugh Tallant
Miss Woodward
Miss Marie Matthiessen
Louis V. Ledouz
6-2, 6-3 [15]
1903 Miss Strang
H.D. Betts
Miss Homans
Mr. Ledoux
6-1, 6-3, 7-5 [87]
1904 Miss Kate Atkins
Hugh Tallant
F. H. Blake
Miss Elizabeth Elting
6-0, 6-0 [46]
1905 No Tournament [19]
1906 No Tournament
1907 Artemus Holmes
Mrs. Chapman
J.M. Steinacher
Marie Wagner
6-8, 8-6, 6-1 [47]
1908 Mixed Doubles Cancelled [65]
1909 Elisabeth Moore
Julio M. Steinacher
Miss Morris
Albert Ostendorf
[88]
1910 Mrs. S.F Weaver
N.H. Bundy
Dr. William Rosenbaum
Marie Wagner
6-4, 8-6 [89]
1912 Mrs. W.H. Manvel
Joseph C. Condon
Adelaide Browning
Allen Behr
3-6, 6-3, 6-3
1913 Mr. Albert Ostendorf
Marie Wagner
Mr. Phillips
Mrs. Lehman
6-3, 9-7[90]
1914 Ralph Baggs
Clare Cassell
F.T. Hunter
Teresa Wood
8–6, 6–2[2]
1915 Natalie Browning
A.W. Waite
Mrs. A. Humphries
Ingo Hartmann
6-1, 7-5[91]
1918 No Tournament [58]

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