Hudson River Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit (1913–1968)
Founded1887 (1887)
Abolished1910 (1910)
LocationEnglewood
Hastings-on-Hudson
Newburg
Poughkeepsie
Yonkers
VenueVarious

The Hudson River Championships[1] also known as the Hudson River Association Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1888 by the Hudson River Lawn Tennis Association. It was first played at the Far and Near Lawn Tennis Club, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York,United States.[2] It was then played various venues of the association members through till 1910 when it was discontinued.

History

The championships were organised by the Hudson River Lawn Tennis Association that was founded in 1887.[3] that was composed of the Amakassin,[4] Englewood,[5] Park Hill,[6] Poughkeepsie,[7] Powelton,[8] Sleepy Hollow,[9] and West Point,[10] Country Clubs.[11] The association and the clubs it represented were members of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association.[12]

Previous winners of the men's and women's singles titles included; Carman Randolph Runyon,[13] Charles Sands, Valentine Gill Hall and Ellen Roosevelt.[14] The tournament was played at various locations including; Englewood, New Jersey, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, Newburgh, New York, Poughkeepsie, New York, and Yonkers, New York, United States.

References

  1. ↑ "KEEN TENNIS CONTESTS.; Many Surprises in Hudson River Championship Tourney". The New York Times. 11 July 1910. p. 8. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Tournament – Hudson River Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Hall, Valentine Gill (1889). Lawn Tennis in America: Biographical Sketches of All the Prominent Players ... Knotty Points, and All the Latest Rules and Directions Governing Handicaps, Umpires, and Rules for Playing. New York: D.W. Granbery & Company. p. 52.
  4. ↑ "History". www.amackassinclub.com/. The Amackassin Club. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Home". www.englewoodfieldclub.org. Bergen County New Jersey: Englewood Field Club. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "About". parkhill-racquetclub. Park Hill Country Club. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Home". www.poktennis.com. Poughkeepsie Tennis Club. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "The History of The Powelton Club". www.powelton.com. Newburgh, NY: The Powelton Club. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Historical Overview". sleepyhollowcc.org. Sleepy Hollow Country Club. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "About". Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  11. ↑ Times, Special to The New York (11 September 1899). "LAWN TENNIS AT YONKERS.; Hudson River Association's Tournament on Park Hill Courts". The New York Times. p. 3. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  12. ↑ "U.S.National Lawn Tennis Association Fixtures for 1892". Wright & Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guide. Boston: Wright & Ditson. 1892. p. 199.
  13. ↑ "Runyon – Wiley". The New York Times. New York City. 11 October 1892. p. 4. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  14. ↑ Bailey, Cassie. "Ellen C. Roosevelt: An Early Legend of Tennis" (Poughkeepsie, New York). www.poklib.org. Poughkeepsie Public Library District. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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