List of champions of the 1897 U.S. National Championships

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tournament (now known as the US Open). The men's tournament was held from August 16 to August 23 on the outdoor

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. The women's tournament was held from June 15 to June 19 on the outdoor grass courts at the

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. It was the 18th U.S. National Championships and the second

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tournament of the year.

Finals

Men's singles

Robert Wrenn Robert Duffield Wrenn (September 20, 1873 – November 12, 1925) was an American left-handed tennis player, four-time U.S. singles championship winner, and one of the first inductees in the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Biography Wrenn w ...

defeated

Wilberforce Eaves Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves MBE (10 December 1867 – 10 February 1920) was an Australian-born tennis player from the United Kingdom. At the 1908 London Olympics he won a bronze medal in the Men's Singles tournament. Biography Eaves was born i ...

4–6, 8–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–2

Women's singles

Juliette Atkinson Juliette Paxton Atkinson Buxton (née Atkinson; April 15, 1873 – January 12, 1944) was an American tennis player. She was born in Rahway, New Jersey, United States. Biography Atkinson was the daughter of a Brooklyn, New York physician. She won ...

defeated

Elisabeth Moore Elisabeth 'Bessie' Holmes Moore (March 5, 1876 – January 22, 1959) was an American tennis champion who was active at the beginning of the 20th century. Moore won the singles title at the U.S. Championships on four occasions. She was inducted i ...

6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3

Men's doubles

Leo Ware Leonard Everett Ware (September 27, 1876 – December 28, 1914) was an American male tennis player of Canadian origin. He won two titles in the men's doubles competition at the U.S. National Championships played at the Newport Casino, and reach ...

/ George Sheldon defeated

Harold Mahony Harold Segerson Mahony (13 February 1867 – 27 June 1905) was a Scottish-born Irish tennis player who is best known for winning the singles title at the Wimbledon Championships in 1896. His career lasted from 1888 until his death in 1905. Maho ...

Harold Nisbet Harold Adair Nisbet (22 June 1873 – 12 March 1937) was a British lawn tennis player who was active at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. During his career he reached four doubles finals at the Wimbledon Championship ...

11–13, 6–2, 9–7, 1–6, 6–1

Women's doubles

Kathleen Atkinson Kathleen Gill Atkinson (November 5, 1875 – April 30, 1957) was an American tennis player. With her older sister, Juliette, both residents of Maplewood, she won the '' US Women's National Championship'' in women's doubles 1897 and 1898.Staff" ...

defeated Mrs. Edwards /

Elizabeth Rastall Elizabeth J. Rastall was an American female tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that ...

6–2, 6–1, 6–1

Mixed doubles

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/ D.L. Magruder defeated

Maud Banks Maud Banks of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was an English-born American tennis champion who played in the latter stages of the 19th century and in the early part of the 20th century. Career She reached the singles final of the all-comers tourname ...

/ B.L.C. Griffith 6–4, 6–3, 7–5

References

External links

Official US Open website
{{US Open championships U.S. National Championships U.S. National Championships (tennis) by year U.S. National Championships (tennis) U.S. National Championships (tennis) June 1897 events 1897 in sports August 1897 events