South Orange Open Explained

South Orange Open
Type:	defunct
Founded:	1970
Ended:	1983
Editions:	14
Event Name:	South Orange Open
Location:	South Orange, New Jersey, US
Venue:	Orange Lawn Tennis Club
Surface:	Grass (1970–74) Clay (1975–83)

The South Orange Open, formerly known as the Eastern Grass Court Championships, is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated tennis tournament founded in 1970 as the Marlborough Open Championships^[1] and was until 1983. It was held in South Orange, New Jersey in the United States and played on outdoor grass courts from 1970 to 1974, and then played on outdoor clay courts from 1975 to 1983. There were men's and women's singles tournaments as well as men's, women's, and mixed doubles.

Ilie Năstase was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times on two different surfaces and the doubles competition twice with American Jimmy Connors.

Results

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1970			6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1971			6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1972			6–4, 6–4
1973			6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1974			walkover
	Ilie Năstase		7–6, 6–1
1976	Ilie Năstase		6–4, 6–2
		Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–1
1978	Guillermo Vilas		6–1, 6–3
1979			6–7, 6–4, 6–0
1980			6–3, 6–2
1981			6–3, 5–7, 6–4
1982			6–3, 7–6
1983			4–6, 6–4, 7–6

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1970			6–2, 6–4
1971			7–6, 6–7, 6–4
1972	Not held
1973			6–7, 6–3, 6–2
1974			7–6, 6–7, 7–6
1975	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase		7–6, 7–5
1976			7–5, 4–6, 6–2
1977			6–1, 7–5
1978		Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	6–3, 6–3
1979	Peter Fleming John McEnroe		6–1, 6–3
1980	Bill Maze John McEnroe		7–6, 6–4
1981			6–1, 6–4
1982			3–6, 6–4, 6–1
1983			6–2, 7–5

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Women's doubles