8-663: The Seabright Invitational Tournament also known as the Seabright Invitation was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament staged annually at the Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club , Rumson, New Jersey , United States from 1884 to 1950. The Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club is a historic private sports club in Rumson , Monmouth County , New Jersey in the United States. It
16-413: Is located near the northern end of the property, with much of the property given over to tennis courts. The clubhouse was built in 1886 to a design by Renwick, Aspinwall and Russell , and is a Tudor Revival example of a 19th-century casino , or gathering place for entertainment and socialization. The tennis facilities are divided into five groups. Three bands of lawn tennis courts are laid out south of
24-425: Is one of the oldest active tennis clubs and claims to be the oldest lawn tennis club in the United States. Most of the club's present facilities were designated a National Historic Landmark in 1992 in recognition of this history. The Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club is located in eastern Rumson, on more than 6 acres (2.4 ha) of land at the junction of Rumson Road and Tennis Court Lane. The clubhouse
32-416: The clubhouse, with a fourth band of hard-surface courts between those and Rumson Road. To the east of these are a fifth group of clay courts. A single court is located just northwest of the clubhouse at the northern edge of the property. The first documented instance of lawn tennis to be played in the United States took place in 1874 on Staten Island . In the wake of this event, several clubs dedicated to
40-428: The event. (Incomplete roll) (Incomplete roll) The club during the 1880s early 1890s also organised other tournaments usually as a one off events occasionally a couple of editions. Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club The Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club is a historic private sports club in Rumson , Monmouth County , New Jersey , United States. Founded in 1877 and incorporated in 1886, it
48-402: The organizing committee of Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club voted to discontinue the event, due to ongoing cost of the maintenance of the grass courts, and the budget needed to build new permanent spectator seating made it untenable. Contrary to official sources the other reason the tournament was ended was not because of funding, but because the members grew tired of the fuss of organizing
56-413: The sport were organized. Seabright's exact date of organization is uncertain: it claims a date 1876, but contemporaries have claimed 1877 as the founding date of Seabright and other early tennis clubs. Although it originally also included cricket and archery , interest in those sports waned, and the club's cricket pitch was converted into tennis courts in 1890. The club's historic interest in archery
64-509: Was founded in 1877 and incorporated officially in 1886. In 1884, the club held its first Seabright Invitational Tournament, the men's singles was won Joseph Sill Clark Sr. The tournament continued to be staged annually until 1889 when it was discontinued. In 1894 the tournament was reestablished, and in 1920 a permanent women's event was finally added to the schedule. The event was suspended from 1943 to 1945 because of World War II . It resumed in 1946 and continued to be held until 1949. In 1950,
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