The Westchester County Championships^[1] was a tennis tournament founded in 1885 as the Westchester Lawn Tennis Club (Invitation) ^[2] and first played at the Westchester Lawn Tennis Club, Harrison, Westchester County, New York, United States on grass courts, later switching to clay courts, the finally hard courts. The tournament was played at various locations during its run until 1974.

History

In 1884 the Westchester Lawn Tennis Club was founded.^[1] In September 1885 it staged the Westchester Invitation men's singles tennis tournament that event ran until 1895 when it was discontinued when the lawn tennis club was disbanded. In 1902 a new tournament was revived as a men's doubles event called the Westchester Invitation Round Robin.^[3]

In 1911 a singles tournament called the Westchester County Championships was revived and was played at the Country Club of Westchester.^[4][5][6] In 1912 the tournament moved to Mount Vernon, New York and was organized by the Westchester Lawn Tennis Association.^[7] During the 1950s when played in Rye, New York the men's event was known as the Westchester Bowl Invitation.^[8] The first winner of the men's singles was Robert Livingston Beeckman, and the final men's winner was Australian player Rod Brent.

Finals

Men's Singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1885	Robert Livingston Beeckman	Howard Augustus Taylor	6–4, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1886	Howard Augustus Taylor	Henry Slocum	6–3, 6–3.[1]
1887	Henry Slocum	Valentine Gill Hall	7–5, 6–3.[1]
1888	Oliver Samuel Campbell	Robert Livingston Beeckman	6–8, 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 6–3.[1]
1889	Howard Augustus Taylor	Oliver Samuel Campbell	6–4, 6–2, 7–5.[1]
1890	Bob Huntington	Percy Knapp	7–9, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1891	Clarence Hobart	Bob Huntington	7–9, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1892	Richard Stevens	Edward L. Hall	7–9, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1912[9]	Allen Toby	Edgar F Leo	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1919[10]	George King	?
1920[11]	Frank Hunter	Harold Throckmorton	1–6, 2–6, 6–2, 8–6, 8–6.[1]
1922	George King	Herbert Bowman	6–3, 6–4, 6–2.[1]
1931	Melvin H. Partridg	Edward G. Tarangioli[12]	7–9, 6–0, 6–1, 6–2.[1]
1932	Eugene McCauliff	Berkeley Bell	7–5, 6–3, 6–4.[1]
1954	William Tully	Bob Greene	6–0, 6–1, 6–0.[1]
1955	Herb Flam	Sidney Schwartz	6–3, 6–4.[1]
1958	Vic Seixas	Ulf Schmidt	13–11, 6–2.[1]
1967	Dick Stockton	Ken Abere	6–1, 6–2, 7–5.[1]
↓  Open era  ↓
1970[13]	Dave Bonner	John F. Mangan	6–1, 6–4.[1]
1974	Rod Brent	Bailey Brown	7–6, 6–2.[1]

Women's Singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1914	Clare Cassell	Eleanor Coward	6–4, 6–3
1918	Helen Gilleaudeau	Madeline Lowerre	6–2, 6–2
1920	Molla Mallory	Eleanor Goss	6–3, 3–6, 6–0
1931	Margaret Muhl	Clara Greenspan	8–6, 3–6, 6–4
1932	Maud Levi	Norma Taubele	6–2, 6–4
1958	Bonnie Mencher	Joan Silbersher	6–4, 6–4
1959	Sally Wilson	Laura Krieger	6–4, 6–1
1964	Yale Stockwell	Adria Fisher Price	6–0, 6–0
1965	Diane Matzner	Marilyn Aschner	4–6, 6–3, 1–1, retd.
1968	Pat Stewart	Susan Tenney	6–2, 6–3
↓  Open era  ↓
1970[14]	Louise Gonnerman	Pat Stewart	0–6, 6–3, 6–4
1973	Marilyn Aschner	Louise Gonnerman	6–4, 2–6, 6–2

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