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Longwood Bowl

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The Longwood Bowl[1] was a men's and women's tennis tournament first played at the Longwood Cricket Club courts at Brookline, Massachusetts, United States from 1882 to 1949.

Longwood Bowl
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1891; 133 years ago (1891)
Abolished1949; 75 years ago (1949)
LocationBrookline, Massachusetts, United States
VenueLongwood Cricket Club
SurfaceGrass

The men's tournament was also known as the Longwood Challenge Bowl.[2] The first women's event was the Longwood Tennis Cup it later became known as the Longwood Bowl Invitational.

History edit

In 1877 the Longwood Cricket Club was founded.[3] In 1881 the club held its first tennis tournament.[4] In 1882 the club held its first important tennis event the Longwood Cricket Club Tournament it was the precursor event to the Longwood Bowl also known as the Longwood Challenge Bowl tournament founded in 1891.[5] The men's event was held through till 1942 when it was discontinued, and the women's event continued on till 1949 before it was also abolished.

The tournament was played for the entire time at Brookline, Massachusetts where Longwood Cricket Club's tennis courts are located.[6] In 1922 the club house and administrative center was moved to Newton, Massachusetts.[7] The winners of the men's tournament retain a permanent replica of the Longwood Bowl Trophy if they win it three times.[8]

Finals edit

Men's singles edit

 
William Augustus Larned was the most successful men's player winning 11 singles titles.

Incomplete roll included:[9]

Longwood Tournament
Year Winner Runner-up Score
Longwood Cricket Club Tournament
1882   Mr Winslow   Warren W. Smith 0–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3[9]
1883   Joseph Sill Clark   James Dwight 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4[9]
1884   James Dwight   Quincy Adams Shaw Jr. ?[9]
1885   Howard Augustus Taylor   ? ?[9]
Longwood Bowl
1891[10]   Eddie Hall Jr.   Philip Shelton Sears 6–1, 8–6, 6–3[9]
1892[11]   Fred Hovey   Eddie Hall Jr. 6–3, 7–5, 1–6, 4–6, 6–2[9]
1893[11]   Fred Hovey (2)   Richard W. Stevens 8–6, 7–5, 8–6[9]
1894[12]   William Larned   Richard W. Stevens 6–2, 6–4, 6–2[9]
1895[12]   William Larned (2)   Fred Hovey 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4[13]
1897[12]   William Larned (3)   Bob Wrenn 6–2, 9–7, 2–6, 4–6, 6–2[9]
1898   Mal Whitman   Leo Ware 8–6, 6–3, 0–6, 6–3[9]
1899   Mal Whitman (2)   Dwight Filley Davis Sr. 6–1, 6–4, 7–5[9]
1901[12]   William Larned (4) ? ?
1902   William Jackson Clothier   William Larned 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5[9]
1903[12]   William Larned (5)   William Jackson Clothier 2–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–2[9]
1904[12]   William Larned (6)   Holcombe Ward 3–1 sets[14]
1905[12]   William Larned (7) ? ?
1906[12]   William Larned (8)   Karl Howell Behr Jr. 8–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3[9]
1907[12]   William Larned (9)   Clarence Hobart w.o.[9]
1908[12]   William Larned (10)   Raymond D. Little ?[15]
1909[12]   William Larned (11) ? ?
1919   Bill Johnston   Dick Williams Jr. 6–3, 6–3, 6–4[9]
1920[16]   Bill Johnston (2)   Nat Niles 6–4, 6–0, 6–0[9]
1921   Bill Johnston (3)   Dick Williams Jr. 6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 8–6[9]
1922   Bill Tilden II   Dick Williams Jr. 6–1, 8–6, 5–7, 6–0[9]
1923   Dick Williams Jr.   Takeichi Harada 6–2, 6–4, 6–2[9]
1924   Fritz Mercur   Lawrence Bridges Rice 4–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4[9]
1925   Gerald Patterson   Lawrence Bridges Rice 4–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4[9]
1926   Bill Tilden II (2)   Lewis Nelson White 6–3, 6–4, 6–3[9]
1927   John Doeg   Cranston Holman 6–8, 10–8, 8–6, 6–3[9]
1928   Wilmer Allison Jr.   John Van Ryn 7–9, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2[9]
1929   John Doeg (2)   Fritz Mercur 10–8, 6–4, 8–6[9]
1930[17]   Cliff Sutter   Sidney Wood Jr. 5–7, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2[9]
1931[18]   Ellsworth Vines   John Doeg 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3[9]
1932   Arnold Wheeler Jones   Jack Tidball 6–3, 6–4, 6–1[9]
1933   Richard T. Murphy   Martin Buxby 8–6, 6–4, 6–2[9]
1934   Wilmer Allison Jr. (2)   Berkeley Bell 4–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–3[9]
1935   Wilmer Moore Hines[19]   Norcross S. Tilney 6–1, 6–1, 6–4[9]
1936[20]   Frank Parker   Bobby Riggs 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5[9]
1937   Wilmer Allison Jr. (3)   Gilbert A. Hunt 2–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–4[9]
1938   Bobby Riggs   Frank Kovacs 6–4, 6–0, 6–4[9]
1939   Adrian Quist   Gene Mako 6–1, 6–2, 6–4[9]
1942   Pancho Segura   Gardnar Mulloy 6–1, 8–6, 6–3[9]

Women's singles edit

 
Molla Bjurstedt Mallory was the joint most successful women's player with Elizabeth Ryan winning 4 singles titles.

Incomplete roll

Notes:[21]
Longwood Tournament
Year Winner Runner-up Score
Longwood Tennis Cup
1895   Miss Mary Larned   Miss Hovey ?
Longwood Bowl Ladies Tournament
1898   Margaret Hunnewell   Miss Nichols 6–2, 6–3, 6–0
1899   Margaret Hunnewell (2)   Miss Nichols 4–6, 5–7, 12–10, 6–3, 6–2
1900   Margaret Hunnewell (3)   Myrtle McAteer 2–6, 1–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–2
1901   Eleanor Stockton   Miss Sears 4–6, 6–4, 6–6, 7–5, 6–3
1902   Eleanor Stockton (2)   Jane Stockton 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
1903[22]   Margaret Homer Nichols ? ?
1904[23]   Margaret Homer Nichols (2) ? ?
1905[23]   Evelyn Sears   Maud Barger-Wallach 8–6, 6–2
1906   May Sutton   Marion Fenno 6–0, 6–0
1907[23]   Evelyn Sears (2)   Maud Barger-Wallach 8–6, 6–2
1908   Maud Barger-Wallach   Evelyn Sears ?
1909[24]   Maud Barger-Wallach (2)   Evelyn Sears 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1910   Louise Hammond   Maud Barger-Wallach 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1911   Hazel Hotchkiss   Edith Rotch 6–2, 6–0
1912   Mary K. Browne   Eleonora Sears 13–11, 6–4
1913   Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (2)   Mary K. Browne 6–0, 6–2
Longwood Bowl Open
1914   Edith Rotch   Evelyn Sears 4–6, 7–5, 6–0
1915   Molla Bjurstedt   Edith Rotch 6–2, 6–2
1916   Evelyn Sears   Molla Bjurstedt 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1917   Nancy Sheafe Cole   Evelyn Sears 6–2, 6–2
1918   Molla Bjurstedt (2)   Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 6–1, 10–8
1919   Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (3)   Marion Zinderstein ?
1920[25]   Marion Zinderstein   Eleanor Tennant 6–4, 6–3
1921   Leslie Bancroft   Catherine Gardner 6–3, 6–1
Longwood Bowl Invitation
1922   Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (3)   Helen Wills 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1923   Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (4)   Kitty Mckane 6–2, 6–1
1924   Eleanor Goss   Helen Jacobs 6–3, 6–2
1925 (Jul)   Helen Wills   Marion Zinderstein Jessup 7–5, 6–2
1925 (Aug)   Elizabeth Ryan   Joan Fryy 6–1, 6–1
Longwood Bowl (Fall)
1925 (Oct)   Elizabeth Ryan (2)   Anna Townsend Godfrey 6–2, 6–2
Longwood Bowl Invitation
1926 (Jul)   Elizabeth Ryan (3)   Martha Bayard 6–0, 3–6, 6–3
Longwood Bowl (Fall)
1926 (Oct)   Elizabeth Ryan (4)   Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 6–3, 6–4
Longwood Bowl Invitation
1927   Sarah Palfrey ? ?
1928   Eleanor Goss   Elizabeth Barber Corbiere 3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1929   Ethel Burkhardt   Dorothy Andrus 0–6, 6–4, 6–3
1930   Anna McCune Harper   Dorothy Weisel 7–5, 6–1
1931   Dorothy Andrus   Sarah Palfrey 6–2, 1–6, 6–4
1932   Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn   Marjorie Sachs 5–7, 6–1, 6–1
1933   Alice Marble   Carolin Babcock 6–3, 6–4
1934   Sarah Palfrey (2)   Jane Sharp 6–4, 6–2
1935   Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn (2)   Helen Pedersen 7–5, 6–3
1936[26]   Alice Marble   Carolyn Roberts 6–1, 8–6
1937   Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn (3)   Helen Pedersen 6–3, 6–4
1938   Helen Bernhard   Virginia Wolfenden 6–3, 6–3
1939   Helen Bernhard (2)   Kay Winthrop 6–4, 6–4
1942   Louise Brough   Margaret Osborne 6–2, 6–1
1944   Pauline Betz   Louise Brough 6–4, 6–3
1945   Pauline Betz (2)   Margaret Osborne 6–4, 8–6
1946   Louise Brough (2)   Margaret Osborne 6–3, 6–2
Longwood Invitational
1948   Magda Berescu Rurac ? ?
1949   Betty Clements Hilton   Jean Walker-Smith 6–4, 6–8, 6–2

References edit

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  21. ^ The women's tournament featured three events in 1925 two summer editions and one fall (autumn) edition, and in 1926 there was one summer and one fall edition of the women's event.
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