The St. George's Cricket Club Invitation Orcutt, William Dana. (1899). American Lawn Tennis Volume II. USNLTA. Fixtures 1899. Princeton University Press. Cambridge MA. page.87. was a late 19th century men's international grass court tennis tournament first held on courts at the St. George's Cricket Club, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States, in 1881. The event was staged to at least 1899, when it had become an invitational tournament.Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022). Source: https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/ St. Georges Cricket Club. Search tournament by name. Tennis Archives. Netherlands.Orcutt, William Dana. (1899).l
History The St. George's Cricket Club Tournament was a late 19th century tennis event first staged in 1881 at the St. George's Cricket Club, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA.
The tournament was initially open to all comers, however by the turn of the twentieth century it was by invitation of the club. The first winner of the men's singles was Ireland's John J. Cairnes. The final known men's edition in 1886 was won by American player Robert Livingston Beeckman. It was a regular annual event for three years on the men's U.S.N.L.T.A lawn tennis seasons.
Finals Men's Singles YearWinnerRunner-upScore1881 John Jameson Cairnes James Rankine7-5, 6–2, 6-31882 Alexander Van Rensselaer S. Williams6-0, 5–6, 6–1, 6-51883 Clarence Clark William Edward Glyn6-0, 6–4, 8-61886 Robert Livingston Beeckman Henry Slocum?Solomon (1887)
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