# Meadow Club Invitation

The Meadow Club Invitation or formally the Meadow Club of Southampton Invitation and also known as the Southampton Invitation or Southampton Invitational was predominantly a men's grass court tennis tournament established in 1887 at the Meadow Club, Southampton, Long Island, New York, United States. The tournament was staged as part of ILTC Circuit until 1973 when it was discontinued.

## History

In 1887 the Meadow Club was founded It is a private members located at Southampton, Long Island, New York, United States. The club inaugurated a major international tennis tournament called the Meadow Club Invitation that was staged for 85 editions between 1888 and 1973, though it was not staged continuously. A women's invitation singles tournament was introduced briefly in the late 1920s to early 1940s under the title of the Southampton Invitational Round Robin or Meadow Club Invitational Round Robin, though women did take part most years in the mixed doubles events.
With the exception of 1903 when the English player Laurie Doherty won the men's event it was completely dominated by American players until the mid-1940s with multiple winners such as; Howard Augustus Taylor, Vinnie Richards, Bill Tilden II, Frank Parker, and Bobby Riggs. After World War II up until at least 1969 more foreign players won this event including; Pancho Segura, Roy Emerson, Ian Vermaak, Fred Stolle, Tony Roche and Owen Davidson and Rod Laver. The Meadow Club Invitation ran until 1973 when it was discontinued.

## Finals
### Men's singles

(incomplete roll)
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| ↓ USNLTA Circuit ↓ ||||
| 1887 | Howard Augustus Taylor | Henry Warner Slocum | 6-4, 7-9, 3-6, 9-7, 6-3 |
| 1888 | Howard Augustus Taylor (2) | Joseph Sill Clark | 6-8, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1889 | Howard Augustus Taylor (3) | Joseph Sill Clark | 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1890 | Howard Augustus Taylor (4) | Rodmond Vernon Beach | 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1891 | Valentine Gill Hall | Howard Augustus Taylor | w.o. |
| 1892 | Edward Ludlow Hall | Valentine Gill Hall | 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 2-6, 8-6 |
| 1893 | William Larned | Edward Ludlow Hall | 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-0 |
| 1899 | Mal Whitman | Leo Ware | 7-5, 6-4, 8-6 |
| 1903 | Laurence Doherty | William Larned | 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 |
| 1918 | Bill Tilden II | Theodore Pell | 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1919 | Chuck Garland | Willis Davis | 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1920 | Vinnie Richards | William Jackson Clothier | 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 |
| 1921 | Willis E. Davis | Vinnie Richards | 3-6, 8-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1922 | Vinnie Richards (2) | Robert Kinsey | 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 |
| 1923 | Vinnie Richards (3) | Carl Fischer | 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 |
| ↓ ILTF Circuit ↓ ||||
| 1924 | Howard Kinsey | Harvey Burton Snodgrass | 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 |
| 1925 | Howard Kinsey (2) | George Lott | 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 |
| 1926 | Bill Tilden II (2) | Brian Norton | 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 |
| 1927 | Bill Tilden II (3) | George Lott | 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 |
| 1928 | Berkeley Bell | Gregory Mangin | 6-0, 6-3, 7-5 |
| 1929 | Fritz Mercur | John Doeg | 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1930 | Sidney Wood | Wilmer Allison | 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1931 | George Lott | Clifford Sutter | 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 |
| 1932 | Sidney Wood (2) | Gregory Mangin | 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 12-14, 7-5 |
| 1933 | Frank Shields | Frank Parker | 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 |
| 1934 | Frank Parker | Bryan Grant | 6-3, 9-7, 6-0 |
| 1935 | Frank Parker (2) | J. Gilbert Hall | 7-5, 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1936 | Frank Parker (3) | Gregory Mangin | 1-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0 |
| 1937 | Bobby Riggs | Jiro Yamagishi | 6-4, 6-3, ret. |
| 1938 | Bobby Riggs (2) | Sidney Wood | 6-0, 6-3, 7-5 |
| 1939 | Bobby Riggs (3) | Sidney Wood | 10-8, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1940 | Don McNeill | Frank Kovacs | 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1941 | Bobby Riggs (4) | Frank Kovacs | 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1942 | Ted Schroeder | Sidney Wood | 3-6, 6-1, 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 |
| 1943 | Pancho Segura | Sidney Wood | 6-3, 7-5, 9-7 |
| 1944 | Pancho Segura (2) | Don McNeill | 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1945 | Bill Talbert | Alejo Russell | 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1946 | Gardnar Mulloy | Bill Talbert | 8-6, 6-0, 3-6, 2-6, 10-8 |
| 1947 | Pancho Segura (3) | Seymour Greenberg | 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 |
| 1948 | Pancho Gonzales | Budge Patty | 6-3, 6-0, 6-3 |
| 1949 | Bill Talbert (2) | Pancho Gonzales | 6-4, 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 |
| 1950 | Earl Cochell | Gardnar Mulloy | 9-7, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 |
| 1951 | Tony Trabert | Herb Flam | 6-2, 10-8, 5-7, 6-3 |
| 1952 | Noel Brown | Sidney Schwartz | 8-6, 6-1, 6-0 |
| 1953 | Jack Tuero | Charles F. Masterson | 6-2, 10-8, 5-7, 3-6, 7-5 |
| 1954 | Eddie Moylan | Bill Talbert | 6-0, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1955 | Eddie Moylan (2) | Tony Trabert | 6-3, 2-6, 6-8, 8-6, 1-0, ret. |
| 1956 | Roy Emerson | Grant Golden | 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 8-6 |
| 1957 | Whitney Reed | Roy Emerson | 10-8, 1-0, ret. |
| 1958 | Ham Richardson | Sammy Giammalva Jr. | 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 |
| 1959 | Ian Vermaak | Raymond Weedon | 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 |
| 1960 | Rod Laver | Ronald Holmberg | 12-10, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3 |
| 1961 | Allen E. Fox | Bob Mark | 5-7, 8-6, 6-1, 4-4, ret. |
| 1962 | Fred Stolle | Whitney Reed | 7-5, 6-2, 8-6 |
| 1964 | Gene Scott | Charlie Pasarell | 10-8, 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-4 |
| 1965 | Chuck McKinley | Gene Scott | 3-6, 6-3, 8-6, 10-8 |
| 1966 | Tony Roche | Graham Stilwell | 6-3, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 |
| 1967 | Owen Davidson | Ray Ruffels | 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 |
| 1968 | Ronald Holmberg | Gene Scott | 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 13-11 |
| ↓ Open era ↓ ||||
| 1969 | Clark Graebner | Bob Lutz | 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 |

### Women's singles

| Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| 1943 | Pauline Betz (1st) | Louise Brough (2nd) | Round Robin |