The Edgewood Country Club OpenWright & Ditson (1894) Open Tournaments. Wright & Ditson Company. Boston, United States. page.63. also known as the Tivoli OpenWright & Ditson (1894) was a tennis tournament first established in 1885 at Tivoli, New York, United States and played at the Edgewood Country Club on clay courts. It was part of the U.S. lawn tennis circuit until 1916.
History The Edgewood Country Club Open was a tennis tournament first established in 1885 at Tivoli, New York, United States and played on clay courts at the Edgewood Country Club Open, originally founded as the Tivoli Lawn Tennis Club of which one of the founding members was Valentine Gill Hall. It was part of the U.S. lawn tennis circuit until 1916.
Finals Men's Singles 1885— Valentine Gill Hall def. ?Hall, Valentine Gill (1889) Lawn Tennis in America. D. W. Granbery & Co., New York, NY. USA. page.10. 1886— Valentine Gill Hall def. ?Hall, Valentine Gill (1889) Lawn Tennis in America p.13. 1887— Valentine Gill Hall def. ?Hall, Valentine Gill (1889) Lawn Tennis in America p.13. 1916— Frank Brown Ransom def. Michael Whitehead, 1–6, 6–3, 8–6, 4–6, 10–8
Venue In 1883 the Tivoli Lawn Tennis Club was established the name was later changed to the Edgewood Country Club.Musso
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