The New York Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1886. Its first annual open tournament was held from September to October, 1886. It was played on dirt courts at 147th St. and Nicholas Ave. in Manhattan (Washington Heights section). Their quarters were demolished to make way for new construction in 1898. The club's courts ceremoniously opened at 123rd St. and Nicholas Ave. in 1901. The tournament games were played at the Columbia Oval from 1912 to 1917. The club moved out of Manhattan to 238th and Broadway in the Bronx, 1918. It actually took over and restored the former house and courts of the

West Side Tennis Club The West Side Tennis Club is a private tennis club located in Forest Hills, a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. The club has 38 tennis courts in all four surfaces (clay court, Har-Tru, grass court and hardcourt), a junior ...

. Its fourth and final move was to the

Throggs Neck Throggs Neck (also known as Throgs Neck) is a neighborhood and peninsula in the south-eastern portion of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It is bounded by the East River and Long Island Sound to the south and east, Westchester Creek o ...

section of the Bronx in 1928.''American Lawn Tennis'', July 20, 1928, pp. 288–289; Dec. 20, 1928 p. 633.

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Women's singles

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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 ...

, , Anna Risch, , 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 , - , 1908, ,

(2), , Margret Johnson, , 6–2, 7–5 , - , 1916 , ,

Molla Bjurstedt Anna Margrethe "Molla" Bjurstedt Mallory ( Bjurstedt; 6 March 1884 – 22 November 1959) was a former Norwegian-American world no 2 ranked tennis player. She won a record eight singles titles at the U.S. National Championships. She was the first ...

, ,

Marie Wagner Marie Wagner (February 2, 1883 – April 1, 1975 or March 28, 1975) was an American tennis champion. Biography Wagner was born on February 2, 1883, in Freeport, New York. An outstanding tennis player, she won the United States Indoor Champions ...

, , 6–3, 6–3 , - , 1917, , {,

, , Bessie Holden, , 6–2, 6–1''The Sun'', October 4, 1917 p. 13. , -

References

{{Reflist, 2 Clay court tennis tournaments Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States