Buffalo Open (tennis)

Buffalo Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1885 (1885)
Abolished1897 (1897)
LocationBuffalo, New York, United States
VenueSummer Street Grounds
SurfaceGrass

The Buffalo Open was a grass court open tennis tournament organised by the Buffalo Lawn Tennis Club and played at the Summer Street Grounds, Buffalo, New York, United States. It was established in 1885. The tournament was staged until the 1897.[1]

History

The original Buffalo Lawn Tennis Club was established in 1884 it had no permanent home of its own, the club held the Buffalo Lawn Tennis Tournament on the Summers Street Grounds from 1885.[2] The organisation behind the first Buffalo Lawn Club influenced the development of the present Buffalo Tennis and Squash Club.[3] It ran annually until 1897 then stopped.Tennis events returned to Buffalo in 1903 when The Park Country Club opened.[4] In 1908 it held the Buffalo City Lawn Tennis Championship until 1920.[5] In 1921 the Buffalo Tennis and Squash Club opened it then held the Buffalo Covered Court Championships (later the name changed to Buffalo Indoor Championships (also known as the Buffalo Mid Winter Indoor)[6] until 1975.[7]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Wnner Runner-up Score
1885[1] Andrew L. Plummer William Glyn 6–4, 6–3
1886[1] Ganson Depew Edward E. Tanner 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
1887[8] Andrew L. Plummer (2) Ganson Depew 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1888[9] Andrew L. Plummer (3) Laurence H. Baldwin 6–3, 6–4, 6–1
1889[10] Andrew L. Plummer (4) F.H. Goodyear Jr. 6–2, 6–0, 6–1
1890[11] Edward E. Tanner Andrew L. Plummer 6–4, 6–3, 6–2
1891[12] Edward E. Tanner (2) Walter A. Wyckoff 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1892[13] Edward E. Tanner (3) S.R. Hammill 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1893[14] Edward E. Tanner (4) Lawrence D. Rumsey 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
1894[15] Edward E. Tanner (5) Andrew L. Plummer 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1895[16] Carr Neel Edwin P. Fischer 6–2, 1–6, 0–6, 15–13, 6–4
1896[17] Edwin P. Fischer Leo Ware 7–5, 3–6, 6–1, 10–8
1897 Tournament Abolished

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Tournaments:Buffalo LTC". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  2. ^ Hall, Valentine Gill (1889) Lawn Tennis in America. D. W. Granbery & Co., New York, NY. USA. page.10.
  3. ^ Banham, Reyner, ed. (1985). "Buffalo Tennis and Squash Club". Buffalo architecture: a guide (4th print ed.). Cambridge, Mass.: The MIT Press. ISBN 9780262520638.
  4. ^ "About Us". www.parkclub.org. Williamsville, NY: The Park Country Club of Buffalo. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Tournaments:Buffalo City Championship". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Belkin Wins Mid-Winter Net Tourney". Danville Bee. Danville, Virginia, USA: Newspaper Archive. 12 February 1973. p. 27. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Tournaments:Buffalo Indoors". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Lawn Tennis: The Buffalo Tournament". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, NY. July 1887. p. 2 – via Google News Archive.
  9. ^ "Lawn Tennis: The Buffalo Tournament". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, NY. July 28, 1888. p. 2 – via Google News Archive.
  10. ^ "Plummer Still Champion". The Buffalo Commercial. Buffalo, NY. July 20, 1889. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Tanner the Champion". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, NY. July 19, 1890. p. 4 – via Google News Archive.
  12. ^ "The Tennis Tournament". The Buffalo Commercial. Buffalo, NY. July 18, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Lawn Tennis: Tanner Again Wins the Buffalo Open". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, NY. July 16, 1892. p. 2 – via Google News Archive.
  14. ^ "Tanner is Still King". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, NY. July 22, 1893. p. 5 – via Google News Archive.
  15. ^ "Tennis at Summer Street". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, NY. July 21, 1894. p. 4 – via Google News Archive.
  16. ^ "Neel the Victor". Buffalo Evening News. Buffalo, NY. July 6, 1895. p. 2 – via Google News Archive.
  17. ^ "Fischer the Champion". The Buffalo Commercial. Buffalo, NY. July 4, 1896. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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