Wentworth Open Tournament

The Wentworth Open Tournament[1] also known as the Wentworth Invitation, and for sponsorship reasons the Wright and Ditson Open Tournament (1885-1888), was a men's tennis tournament played at the Outing Lawn Tennis Club, Hotel Wentworth,[2] New Castle, New Hampshire, United States, on grass courts and also clay courts.

Wentworth Open Tournament
Wentworth Invitation
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameWright and Ditson Open Tournament
TourMens Amateur Tour (1877–1912)
ILTF Mens Amateur Tour (1913–1967)
SponsorWright and Ditson (1884-1888)
Founded1884
Abolished1970
LocationHotel Wentworth, New Castle, New Hampshire, United States
VenueOuting Lawn Tennis Club
Surfaceoutdoor (grass)
outdoor (clay)

The first tournament ran from 1884 until 1900, then was abolished. The second tournament was revived in 1953 and ran until 1970.

History

The first edition was played between 30 July and 1 August 1884. From 1893 until 1899 the event was played on clay courts. The first tournament attracted notable players including existing and future major champions, and was staged until 1900. The second tournament was revived in 1953, though it did not feature as many prominent players, which ran till 1970.

Finals

Men's Singles
Incomplete roll
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1884United States Howard Augustus TaylorUnited States Wallace Percy Knapp?
1885[3]United States Walter Van Rensselaer BerryUnited States Wallace Percy Knapp?
1886[4]United States Joseph Sill ClarkUnited States ??
1887[5]United States Henry Warner SlocumUnited States Philip Shelton Sears6-4, 6-0, 6-3
1888[6]United States Charles Amherst ChaseUnited States Oliver Samuel Campbell6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 4-6 6-3
1890United States George Winthrop LeeUnited States Frederick Hovey5-7, 6-3, 10-8, 7-5
1892United States Frederick HoveyUnited States Henry George Bixby[7]6-3, 6-4, 6-2
1893United States Bob WrennUnited States Malcolm Greene Chace7-5, 6-4, 6-2
1894United States William Gordon ParkerUnited States Clarence R. Budlong7-5, 7-5, 7-5
1898[8]United States Edwin P. FischerUnited States Harold Humphrey Hackett6-4, 2-6, 8-6
1899United States Beals WrightUnited States Clarence R. Budlong8-6, 7-5, 6-3
1905[9]United States Alphonzo Edward BellUnited States M. Sargent6-1, 6-1, 6-2
1970United States Ned WeldUnited States Jon Buchman4-6, 6-4, 6-2

References
  1. Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide. Boston, Massachusetts, United States: Wright & Ditson. 1905. p. 140.
  2. Turkel, Stanley. "Nobody Asked Me, But… No. 268: Hotel History: Wentworth by the Sea". Hospitality Net. Hospitality Net. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. Hall, Valentine Gill (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: D. W. Granbery & co. p. 9.
  4. Hall, Valentine Gill (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: D. W. Granbery & co. p. 12.
  5. Hall, Valentine Gill (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: D. W. Granbery & co. p. 16.
  6. Hall, Valentine Gill (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: D. W. Granbery & co. pp. 35–37.
  7. "Player Profile: H. Bixby". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  8. "Wentworth tennis tournament was concluded today". Chronicling America. Washington D.C.: Library of Congress. 7 August 1898.
  9. Wright & Ditson (1905)
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