Flushing Athletic Club Championship Explained

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]

History

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]

Finals

Men's singles

Year Champion Runner Up Score
1888 A.W. Post[5] Clarence Hobart6–1, 1–6, 7–5, 6–1.
1889 Clarence Hobart6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4.
1890 Clarence Hobart3–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6-4
1891 6-4, 5–7, 6–2, 6-4

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Champion Runner Up Score
1888 Miss Ellen M. Lynch Miss Ward6–3, 6–3, 6–3.
1889 Adeline Robinson Miss Ellen M. Lynch6–4, 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.

Notes and References

  1. News: Miss Lynch Suffers Defeat . 23 August 2023 . . The Wikipedia Library: Newspapers.Com . 12 Jul 1891 . Boston . 6. subscription.
  2. News: The Flushing Athletic Club . 23 August 2023 . . The Wikipedia Library: Newspapers.Com . 6 Jun 1889 . New York City . 5. subscription.
  3. Times Union
  4. Web site: Tournaments: Flushing Athletic Club Championship. The Tennis Base . Tennismem SL . August 23, 2023. subscription.
  5. Book: Hall . Valentine G[ill |title=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 |date=1889 |publisher=New York, D. W. Granbery & co. |location=New York, USA |page=20 |url=https://archive.org/stream/lawntennisinamer00hall#page/20].
  6. The Boston Globe