The Far & Near Open was a late 19th-century men's grass court tennis tournament held at the Far and Near Lawn Tennis Club in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States. Also known as the Far & Near Fall Open it was part of the USNLTA Circuit from 1883 to 1886.
History The Fall Open Tournament was a 19th-century men's grass court tennis tournament held at the Far and Near Lawn Tennis Club in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States. The Far and Near Lawn Tennis Club existed from 1882 to 1890.
Of note: The Fall Open Tournament was probably staged until the club ceased in 1890 newspaper reports from 1885 indicate the same tournament was still going.
Finals Notes: Challenge round: The final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) in some tournaments not all.
Men's singles Included:
Year Winners Runners up Score 1883 Richard Field Conover Alexander Van Rensselaer 6–1, 6–4 1884 Joseph Sill Clark Sr. Richard Field Conover 6–3, 7–5, 0–6, 6–3 1885 Robert L. Beeckman? ? 1886 Robert L. Beeckman? ?
Men's doubles Included:
Year Winners Runners up Score 1885 Robert L. Beeckman H. L. Taylor ? ? 1886 Robert L. Beeckman H. W. Slocum? ?
Women's singles Year Winners Runners up Score 1887 Adeline RobinsonEllen Roosevelt defeated Hall, Valentine Gill p.18.
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References
Sources "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922. Hall, Valentine G. (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. Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC". New York Tribune. New York, United States. 27 October 1883. Nieuwland, Alex (2017). "Tournament – Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC". www.tennisarchives.com. Harlingen, Netherlands: Idzznew BV. "LAWN TENNIS AT HASTINGS". The New York Times. Hastings-on-the-Hudson, New York, United States. 27 June 1885. Society, Hastings Historical (2008). Hastings-on-Hudson. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States: Arcadia Publishing. .
Further reading Spalding's Lawn Tennis Annuals from 1885 to 1922, American Sports Pub. Co, USA.
External links http://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/Fall Open Tournament Far and Near LTC