# Seabright Invitational Tournament

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.

## History

The Seabright Lawn Tennis and Cricket Club is a historic private sports club in Rumson, Monmouth County, New Jersey in the United States. It 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, 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 the event.

## Finals
### Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| 1886 | H.W. Bucknall | Richard W. Stevens | 6–2, 6–1, 6–1. |
| 1888 | H. Alexander | W. Ward | 6–2, 6–4. |
| 1892 | Richard W. Stevens | S.M. Allen | 6–2, 6–1, 6–1. |
| 1895 | Bill Larned | John Howland | 7–5, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2. |
| 1919 | Bill Larned (2) | Leonard Beekman | 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1. |
| 1920 | Watson Washburn | Willis Davis | 1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3. |
| 1921 | Bill Johnston | Dick Williams | 6–0, 6–4, 6–2. |
| 1922 | Bill Johnston (2) | Dick Williams | 6–0, 6–2, 6–3. |
| 1923 | Bill Johnston (3) | Dick Williams | ? |
| 1924 | Howard Kinsey | Bill Johnston | ? |
| 1925 | Vinnie Richards | James Anderson | 6–1, 4–6, 6–0, 6–0. |
| 1926 | Vinnie Richards (2) | Manuel Alonso Areizaga | 6–2, 10–8. |
| 1927 | Bill Tilden II | Francis Hunter | 6–4, 6–1, 8–6. |
| 1928 | John Van Ryn | Wilmer Allison | 6–8, 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 10–10, ret. |
| 1929 | John Doeg | Dick Williams | 6–3, 7–5, 8–6. |
| 1930 | Sidney Wood | Ellsworth Vines | 6–2, 6–2, 6–0. |
| 1931 | Ellsworth Vines | John Doeg | 10–12, 6–8, 6–3, 8–6, 6–1. |
| 1932 | Sidney Wood (2) | Gregory Mangin | 1–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1933 | Frank Shields | Gregory Mangin | 6–1, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1934 | Berkeley Bell | Bryan Grant | 5–7 6–1 6–3 2–6 6–4. |
| 1935 | Gregory Mangin | Wilmer Hines | 6–8, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5. |
| 1936 | John McDiarmid | Joe Hunt | 9–7, 6–2, 6–2. |
| 1937 | Bobby Riggs | Wilmer Allison | w.o. |
| 1938 | Bobby Riggs (2) | Elwood Thomas Cooke | 6–1, 6–3, 6–1. |
| 1939 | Frank Parker | Don McNeill | 6–3, 8–6, 6–0. |
| 1940 | Bobby Riggs (3) | Frank Kovacs | 2–6, 0–6, 6–3, 11–9, 10–8. |
| 1941 | Bobby Riggs (4) | Ted Schroeder | 6–4, 6–4, 6–0. |
| 1942/1943 | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) |
| 1945 | Bill Talbert | Gardnar Mulloy | 6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4. |
| 1946 | Jack Kramer | Gardnar Mulloy | 6–4, 6–4, 6–4. |
| 1947 | Gardnar Mulloy | Frank Parker | w.o. |
| 1948 | Earl Cochell | Bill Talbert | 9–7, 8–6, 6–4. |
| 1949 | Earl Cochell (2) | Gianni Cucelli | 6–2, 2–6, 6–0, 6–1. |

### Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| 1888 | Miss Clarkson | B. Lockwood | 6–2, 6–0. |
| 1917 | Mary Browne | Miss Grundy | 6–4, 1–6, 6–2. |
| 1920 | Marion Zinderstein | Eleanor Tennant | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1921 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory | Eleanor Goss | 8–6, 6–3 |
| 1922 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (2) | Leslie Bancroft | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1923 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (3) | Mabel Davy Clayton | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1924 | Mary Browne (2) | Mayme McDonald | 6–0, 6–1 |
| 1925 | Elizabeth Ryan | Helen Wills | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1926 | Elizabeth Ryan (2) | Helen Wills | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1927 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (4) | Helen Jacobs | 6–2, 1–6, 6–1 |
| 1928 | Helen Jacobs | Marjorie Gladman | 9–7, 6–3 |
| 1929 | Helen Jacobs (2) | Edith Cross | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1930 | Anna McCune Harper | Josephine Cruickshank | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1931 | Helen Wills-Moody | Helen Jacobs | 6–0, 6–0 |
| 1932 | Helen Jacobs (3) | Josephine Cruickshank | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1933 | Sarah Palfrey | Helen Jacobs | 6–1, 2–6, 7–5 |
| 1934 | Carolin Babcock | Helen Jacobs | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1935 | Ethel Burkhardt Arnold | Gracyn Wheeler | 6–1, 6–0 |
| 1936 | Alice Marble | Carolin Babcock | 6–0, 6–3 |
| 1937 | Alice Marble (2) | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | 6–3, 5–7, 8–6 |
| 1938 | Alice Marble (3) | Dorothy Bundy | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1939 | Helen Bernhard | Dorothy Workman | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 1940 | Alice Marble (4) | Mary Hardwick | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1941 | Sarah Palfrey Cooke (2) | Helen Bernhard | 6–,8 6–2, 7–5 |
| 1942/1943 | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) |
| 1944 | Pauline Betz | Margaret Osborne | 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 |
| 1945 | Pauline Betz (2) | Louise Brough | 10–8, 6–3 |
| 1946 | Shirley Fry | Mary Arnold Prentiss | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 1947 | Dorothy Head | Shirley Fry | 7–5 6–4 |
| 1948 | Gussie Moran | Louise Snow Isaacs | 6–2, 6–2 |

## Other tournaments

The club during the 1880s early 1890s also organised other tournaments usually as a one off events occasionally a couple of editions.