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The Montclair Open was a tennis tournament first established in 1882 at Montclair, New Jersey, United States that ran until 1892.

History

The Montclair Open was a tennis tournament first established in 1882 by the Montclair Lawn Tennis Club (formally incorporated in 1885), Montclair, New Jersey, United States. The tournament ran until 1892. In 1893 the tennis clubs land was given over to redevelopment thus ending the tournament.

Notable winners of the men's singles title included; Henry Slocum, Howard Augustus Taylor, Clarence Hobart and Edward L. Hall.

References

1. Hall, Valentine Gill (1889). Lawn Tennis in America. New York, NY. USA: D. W. Granbery & Co. pp. 27–28.
2. "MONTCLAIR'S OPEN TENNIS TOURNEY". The New York Times. June 30, 1888. p. 6. Retrieved March 17, 2023.
3. Whittemore, Henry (1894). History of Montclair Township, State of New Jersey: Including the History of Families who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Prosperity. New York: Suburban Publishing. p. 170.
4. Wright & Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guide. Boston: Wright & Ditson. 1892. p. 155.
5. Whittemore (1894)
6. Whittemore (1894)

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