Flushing Athletic Club Championship | |
Type: | Defunct |
Tour: | USNLTA Circuit (1988–1900) |
Location: | Flushing, Queens, New York City, United States |
Venue: | Flushing Athletic Club |
Surface: | Grass |
The Flushing Athletic Club Championship[1] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1888 as the Flushing Athletic Club Open[2] also known as the Flushing Spring Tournament was a sanctioned event of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association.[3] The tournament was held at the Flushing Athletic Club, Flushing, Queens, New York City, United States.[4]
In 1888 the first edition of the Flushing Athletic Club Open was held.[3] That tournament was a United States National Lawn Tennis Association sanctioned event.[3] Previous winners of the men's singles title included; Walter Cecil Crawley,[4] Anthony Wilding,[4] The tournament ran annually till 1891 as part of the worldwide USNLTA Circuit when it was dropped from that schedule.[4]
Year | Champion | Runner Up | Score |
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1888 | A.W. Post[5] | Clarence Hobart | 6–1, 1–6, 7–5, 6–1. |
1889 | Clarence Hobart | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4. | |
1890 | Clarence Hobart | 3–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6-4 | |
1891 | 6-4, 5–7, 6–2, 6-4 | ||
(incomplete roll)
Year | Champion | Runner Up | Score |
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1888 | Miss Ellen M. Lynch | Miss Ward | 6–3, 6–3, 6–3. |
1889 | Adeline Robinson | Miss Ellen M. Lynch | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2. |
1890 | Miss Ellen M. Lynch[6] | ? | ? |
1891 | Miss Ellen M. Lynch | Miss Jane Ryerson | 6-2, 4–6, 5–6, 6–4, 6–3. |