3-810: The South Orange Open , formerly known as the Eastern Grass Court Championships , is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated tennis tournament founded in 1970 as the Marlborough Open Championships and in existence until 1983. It was held in South Orange, New Jersey in the United States and played on outdoor grass courts from 1970 to 1974, and then played on outdoor clay courts from 1975 to 1983. There were men's and women's singles tournaments as well as men's, women's, and mixed doubles. Ilie Năstase
6-743: Was founded by the Eastern Lawn Tennis Association of the USLTA, and in 1939, became the first tennis competition to be televised in the United States. The Eastern Grass Court Championships were founded in 1927 under the aegis of the Eastern Lawn Tennis Association (the New York City regional chapter of the USLTA ). Also in 1927 the Eastern Clay Court Championships began under the direction of
9-440: Was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times on two different surfaces and the doubles competition twice with American Jimmy Connors . (incomplete roll) (incomplete roll) Eastern Grass Court Championships The Eastern Grass Court Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament held on outdoor grass courts in the New York City area from 1927 to 1969. It
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