Edition 1st Venue Newport Casino | Surface Grass | |
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Date August 31 – September 3 Location Newport, Rhode Island,
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The inaugural U.S. National Championship was a tennis tournament that took place in August 1881 at the Newport Casino, Newport, Rhode Island and in that first year only clubs that were members of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association were permitted to enter. A Men's Singles and Men's Doubles competition were played and Richard Sears became the first men's single U.S. National Tennis Champion.
Contents
Men's Singles
Richard Sears defeated William E. Glyn 6–0, 6–3, 6–2
Men's Doubles
Clarence Clark / Fred Taylor defeated Arthur Newbold / Alexander Van Rensselaer, 6-5, 6-4, 6-5
References
1881 U.S. National Championships (tennis) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA