The Flushing Athletic Club Championship^[1] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1888 as the Flushing Athletic Club Open^[2] also known as the Flushing Spring Tournament was a sanctioned event of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association.^[3] The tournament was held at the Flushing Athletic Club, Flushing, Queens, New York City, United States.^[4]

History

In 1888 the first edition of the Flushing Athletic Club Open was held.^[3] That tournament was a United States National Lawn Tennis Association sanctioned event.^[3] Previous winners of the men's singles title included; Walter Cecil Crawley,^[4] Anthony Wilding,^[4] The tournament ran annually till 1891 as part of the worldwide USNLTA Circuit when it was dropped from that schedule.^[4]

Finals

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner Up	Score
1888	A.W. Post[5]	Clarence Hobart	6–1, 1–6, 7–5, 6–1.[4]
1889	Clarence Hobart	Oliver Samuel Campbell	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4.[4]
1890	Henry Slocum	Clarence Hobart	3–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6-4
1891	Edward Ludlow Hall	Henry Slocum	6-4, 5–7, 6–2, 6-4

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champion	Runner Up	Score
1888	Miss Ellen M. Lynch	Miss Ward	6–3, 6–3, 6–3.[4]
1889	Adeline Robinson	Miss Ellen M. Lynch	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2.[4]
1890	Miss Ellen M. Lynch[6]	?	?
1891	Miss Ellen M. Lynch	Miss Jane Ryerson	6-2, 4–6, 5–6, 6–4, 6–3.[6]

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