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Longwood Bowl
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1891; 134 years ago (1891)
Abolished1949; 76 years ago (1949)
LocationBrookline, Massachusetts, United States
VenueLongwood Cricket Club
SurfaceGrass

The Longwood Bowl[1] was a men's and women's tennis tournament first played at the Longwood Cricket Club courts at Brookline, Massachusetts, United States from 1882 to 1949.

The men's tournament was also known as the Longwood Challenge Bowl.[2] The first women's event was the Longwood Tennis Cup it later became known as the Longwood Bowl Invitational.

History

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In 1877 the Longwood Cricket Club was founded.[3] In 1881 the club held its first tennis tournament.[4] In 1882 the club held its first important tennis event the Longwood Cricket Club Tournament it was the precursor event to the Longwood Bowl also known as the Longwood Challenge Bowl tournament founded in 1891.[5] The men's event was held through till 1942 when it was discontinued, and the women's event continued on till 1949 before it was also abolished.

The tournament was played for the entire time at Brookline, Massachusetts where Longwood Cricket Club's tennis courts are located.[6] In 1922 the club house and administrative center was moved to Newton, Massachusetts.[7] The winners of the men's tournament retain a permanent replica of the Longwood Bowl Trophy if they win it three times.[8]

Finals

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Men's singles

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William Augustus Larned was the most successful men's player winning 11 singles titles.

Incomplete roll included:[9]

Longwood Tournament
Year Winner Runner-up Score
Longwood Cricket Club Tournament
1882 United States Mr Winslow United States Warren W. Smith 0–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3[9]
1883 United States Joseph Sill Clark United States James Dwight 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4[9]
1884 United States James Dwight United States Quincy Adams Shaw Jr. ?[9]
1885 United States Howard Augustus Taylor United States ? ?[9]
Longwood Bowl
1891[10] United States Eddie Hall Jr. United States Philip Shelton Sears 6–1, 8–6, 6–3[9]
1892[11] United States Fred Hovey United States Eddie Hall Jr. 6–3, 7–5, 1–6, 4–6, 6–2[9]
1893[11] United States Fred Hovey (2) United States Richard W. Stevens 8–6, 7–5, 8–6[9]
1894[12] United States William Larned United States Richard W. Stevens 6–2, 6–4, 6–2[9]
1895[12] United States William Larned (2) United States Fred Hovey 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4[13]
1897[12] United States William Larned (3) United States Bob Wrenn 6–2, 9–7, 2–6, 4–6, 6–2[9]
1898 United States Mal Whitman United States Leo Ware 8–6, 6–3, 0–6, 6–3[9]
1899 United States Mal Whitman (2) United States Dwight Filley Davis Sr. 6–1, 6–4, 7–5[9]
1901[12] United States William Larned (4) ? ?
1902 United States William Jackson Clothier United States William Larned 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5[9]
1903[12] United States William Larned (5) United States William Jackson Clothier 2–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–2[9]
1904[12] United States William Larned (6) United States Holcombe Ward 3–1 sets[14]
1905[12] United States William Larned (7) ? ?
1906[12] United States William Larned (8) United States Karl Howell Behr Jr. 8–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–3[9]
1907[12] United States William Larned (9) United States Clarence Hobart w.o.[9]
1908[12] United States William Larned (10) United States Raymond D. Little ?[15]
1909[12] United States William Larned (11) ? ?
1919 United States Bill Johnston United States Dick Williams Jr. 6–3, 6–3, 6–4[9]
1920[16] United States Bill Johnston (2) United States Nat Niles 6–4, 6–0, 6–0[9]
1921 United States Bill Johnston (3) United States Dick Williams Jr. 6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 8–6[9]
1922 United States Bill Tilden II United States Dick Williams Jr. 6–1, 8–6, 5–7, 6–0[9]
1923 United States Dick Williams Jr. Japan Takeichi Harada 6–2, 6–4, 6–2[9]
1924 United States Fritz Mercur United States Lawrence Bridges Rice 4–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4[9]
1925 Australia Gerald Patterson United States Lawrence Bridges Rice 4–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4[9]
1926 United States Bill Tilden II (2) United States Lewis Nelson White 6–3, 6–4, 6–3[9]
1927 United States John Doeg United States Cranston Holman 6–8, 10–8, 8–6, 6–3[9]
1928 United States Wilmer Allison Jr. United States John Van Ryn 7–9, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2[9]
1929 United States John Doeg (2) United States Fritz Mercur 10–8, 6–4, 8–6[9]
1930[17] United States Cliff Sutter United States Sidney Wood Jr. 5–7, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2[9]
1931[18] United States Ellsworth Vines United States John Doeg 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3[9]
1932 United States Arnold Wheeler Jones United States Jack Tidball 6–3, 6–4, 6–1[9]
1933 United States Richard T. Murphy United States Martin Buxby 8–6, 6–4, 6–2[9]
1934 United States Wilmer Allison Jr. (2) United States Berkeley Bell 4–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–3[9]
1935 United States Wilmer Moore Hines[19] United States Norcross S. Tilney 6–1, 6–1, 6–4[9]
1936[20] United States Frank Parker United States Bobby Riggs 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5[9]
1937 United States Wilmer Allison Jr. (3) United States Gilbert A. Hunt 2–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–4[9]
1938 United States Bobby Riggs United States Frank Kovacs 6–4, 6–0, 6–4[9]
1939 Australia Adrian Quist United States Gene Mako 6–1, 6–2, 6–4[9]
1942 Ecuador Pancho Segura United States Gardnar Mulloy 6–1, 8–6, 6–3[9]

Women's singles

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Molla Bjurstedt Mallory was the joint most successful women's player with Elizabeth Ryan winning 4 singles titles.

Incomplete roll

Notes:[21]
Longwood Tournament
Year Winner Runner-up Score
Longwood Tennis Cup
1895 United States Miss Mary Larned United States Miss Hovey ?
Longwood Bowl Ladies Tournament
1898 United States Margaret Hunnewell United States Miss Nichols 6–2, 6–3, 6–0
1899 United States Margaret Hunnewell (2) United States Miss Nichols 4–6, 5–7, 12–10, 6–3, 6–2
1900 United States Margaret Hunnewell (3) United States Myrtle McAteer 2–6, 1–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–2
1901 United States Eleanor Stockton United States Miss Sears 4–6, 6–4, 6–6, 7–5, 6–3
1902 United States Eleanor Stockton (2) United States Jane Stockton 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
1903[22] United States Margaret Homer Nichols ? ?
1904[23] United States Margaret Homer Nichols (2) ? ?
1905[23] United States Evelyn Sears United States Maud Barger-Wallach 8–6, 6–2
1906 United States May Sutton United States Marion Fenno 6–0, 6–0
1907[23] United States Evelyn Sears (2) United States Maud Barger-Wallach 8–6, 6–2
1908 United States Maud Barger-Wallach United States Evelyn Sears ?
1909[24] United States Maud Barger-Wallach (2) United States Evelyn Sears 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1910 United States Louise Hammond United States Maud Barger-Wallach 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1911 United States Hazel Hotchkiss United States Edith Rotch 6–2, 6–0
1912 United States Mary K. Browne United States Eleonora Sears 13–11, 6–4
1913 United States Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (2) United States Mary K. Browne 6–0, 6–2
Longwood Bowl Open
1914 United States Edith Rotch United States Evelyn Sears 4–6, 7–5, 6–0
1915 Norway Molla Bjurstedt United States Edith Rotch 6–2, 6–2
1916 United States Evelyn Sears Norway Molla Bjurstedt 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1917 United States Nancy Sheafe Cole United States Evelyn Sears 6–2, 6–2
1918 Norway Molla Bjurstedt (2) United States Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 6–1, 10–8
1919 United States Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (3) United States Marion Zinderstein ?
1920[25] United States Marion Zinderstein United States Eleanor Tennant 6–4, 6–3
1921 United States Leslie Bancroft United States Catherine Gardner 6–3, 6–1
Longwood Bowl Invitation
1922 United States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (3) United States Helen Wills 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1923 United States Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (4) United Kingdom Kitty Mckane 6–2, 6–1
1924 United States Eleanor Goss United States Helen Jacobs 6–3, 6–2
1925 (Jul) United States Helen Wills United States Marion Zinderstein Jessup 7–5, 6–2
1925 (Aug) United States Elizabeth Ryan United Kingdom Joan Fryy 6–1, 6–1
Longwood Bowl (Fall)
1925 (Oct) United States Elizabeth Ryan (2) United States Anna Townsend Godfrey 6–2, 6–2
Longwood Bowl Invitation
1926 (Jul) United States Elizabeth Ryan (3) United States Martha Bayard 6–0, 3–6, 6–3
Longwood Bowl (Fall)
1926 (Oct) United States Elizabeth Ryan (4) United States Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman 6–3, 6–4
Longwood Bowl Invitation
1927 United States Sarah Palfrey ? ?
1928 United States Eleanor Goss United States Elizabeth Barber Corbiere 3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1929 United States Ethel Burkhardt United States Dorothy Andrus 0–6, 6–4, 6–3
1930 United States Anna McCune Harper United States Dorothy Weisel 7–5, 6–1
1931 United States Dorothy Andrus United States Sarah Palfrey 6–2, 1–6, 6–4
1932 United States Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn United States Marjorie Sachs 5–7, 6–1, 6–1
1933 United States Alice Marble United States Carolin Babcock 6–3, 6–4
1934 United States Sarah Palfrey (2) United States Jane Sharp 6–4, 6–2
1935 United States Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn (2) United States Helen Pedersen 7–5, 6–3
1936[26] United States Alice Marble United States Carolyn Roberts 6–1, 8–6
1937 United States Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn (3) United States Helen Pedersen 6–3, 6–4
1938 United States Helen Bernhard United States Virginia Wolfenden 6–3, 6–3
1939 United States Helen Bernhard (2) United States Kay Winthrop 6–4, 6–4
1942 United States Louise Brough United States Margaret Osborne 6–2, 6–1
1944 United States Pauline Betz United States Louise Brough 6–4, 6–3
1945 United States Pauline Betz (2) United States Margaret Osborne 6–4, 8–6
1946 United States Louise Brough (2) United States Margaret Osborne 6–3, 6–2
Longwood Invitational
1948 Romania Magda Berescu Rurac ? ?
1949 United States Betty Clements Hilton United Kingdom Jean Walker-Smith 6–4, 6–8, 6–2

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