# 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 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.

## History

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 the Eastern Lawn Tennis Association.
The first edition was held in 1927 at the Westchester Country Club, in Rye, New York. In 1946 the tournament relocated to the Orange Lawn Tennis Club in South Orange, New Jersey. The tournament was played on outdoor grass courts and was usually held in August. In 1970 the tournament was renamed the Marlboro Open, which continued until 1983.

## Finals
### Men's singles

| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 1927 | Julius Seligson | William Aydelotte | 6–3, 6–3, 9–7 |
| 1928 | John Doeg | Fritz Mercur | 7–5, 8–6, 6–1 |
| 1929 | Bill Tilden | Francis Hunter | 6–2, 6–2, 10-8 |
| 1930 | Clifford Sutter | Gregory Mangin | 4–6, 8–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 |
| 1931 | Fred Perry | J. Gilbert Hall | 4–6, 8–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 |
| 1932 | Clifford Sutter (2) | Gregory Mangin | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–0 |
| 1933 | Sidney Wood | Clifford Sutter | 6–1, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1934 | Frank Parker | George Lott | 3–6, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6 |
| 1935 | Bitsy Grant | Frank Shields | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–9, 6–4 |
| 1936 | Don Budge | Bobby Riggs | 6–8, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1937 | Bobby Riggs | Frank Parker | 6–3, 7–5, 7–5 |
| 1938 | Bobby Riggs (2) | Joe Hunt | 6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 10-8 |
| 1939 | Bobby Riggs (3) | Frank Parker | 1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–5 |
| 1940 | Bobby Riggs (4) | Don McNeill | 6–2, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 1941 | Frank Kovacs | Wayne Sabin | 7–5, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1942 | Ted Schroeder | Seymour Greenberg | w.o. |
| 1943 | Pancho Segura | Joe Hunt | 6–4, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1944 | Bill Talbert | Pancho Segura | 9–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1945 | Bill Talbert (2) | Pancho Segura | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 6–0 |
| 1946 | Don McNeill | Gardnar Mulloy | 3–6, 4–6, 12–10, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 1947 | Ted Schroeder (2) | Gardnar Mulloy | 6–1, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 1948 | Frank Parker (2) | Ted Schroeder | 6–2, 9–7, 6–2 |
| 1949 | Gardnar Mulloy | Arthur Larsen | 5–7, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1950 | Herbert Flam | Vic Seixas | 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1951 | Bill Talbert (3) | Gardnar Mulloy | 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1952 | Ken McGregor | Frank Sedgman | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1953 | Lew Hoad | Rex Hartwig | 7–5, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1954 | Lew Hoad (2) | Ken Rosewall | 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1955 | Sam Giammalva | Gilbert Shea | 6–2, 3–6, 11–9, 9–7 |
| 1956 | Ham Richardson | Neale Fraser | 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1957 | Dick Savitt | Vic Seixas | 6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 8–6 |
| 1958 | Malcolm Anderson | Ham Richardson | 6–3, 6–4, 6–8, 13–15, 6–4 |
| 1959 | Alex Olmedo | Mike Green | 6–4, 3–6, 6–0, 6–2 |
| 1960 | Rod Laver | Donald Dell | 6–1, 10–8, 6–4 |
| 1961 | Chuck McKinley | Frank Froehling | 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1962 | Fred Stolle | Donald Dell | 8–6, 14–16, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1963 | Gene Scott | Marty Riessen | 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1964 | Arthur Ashe | Clark Graebner | 4–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1965 | Fred Stolle (2) | Roy Emerson | 6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1966 | Tony Roche | Clark Graebner | 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1967 | Marty Riessen | Clark Graebner | 18–16, 6–2, 6–1 |
| ↓ Open Era ↓ ||||
| 1968 | Charles Pasarell | Clark Graebner | 3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1969 | Stan Smith | Clark Graebner | 6–1, 6–4, 6–4 |

### Women's singles

| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 1927 | Molla Bjurstedt Mallory | Charlotte Hosmer Chapin | 2–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
| 1928 | May Sutton Bundy | Charlotte Hosmer Chapin | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 1929 | Sarah Palfrey | Mary Greef | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1930 | Marjorie Gladman | Maud Rosenbaum | 7–5, 4–6, 8–6 |
| 1931 | Elsie Goldsack Pittman | Joan Ridley | shared |
| 1932 | Elsie Goldsack Pittman (2) | Joan Ridley | 6–8, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1933 | Dorothy Round | Mary Heeley | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1934 | Kay Stammers | Freda James | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 1935 | Agnes Sherwood Lamme | Mary Greef | 4–6, 8–6, 6–3 |
| 1936 | Sylvie Jung Henrotin | Helen Pedersen | 5–7, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1937 | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | Alice Marble | 7–5, 6–4 |
| 1938 | Alice Marble | Dorothy Bundy | 7–5, 6–0 |
| 1939 | Alice Marble (2) | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1940 | Alice Marble (3) | Helen Jacobs | 6–1, 6–0 |
| 1941 | Pauline Betz | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | 2–6, 8–6, 7–5 |
| 1942 | Louise Brough | Pauline Betz | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 1943 | Margaret Osborne | Doris Hart | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1944 | Louise Brough (2) | Pauline Betz | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1945 | Sarah Palfrey Cooke | Pauline Betz | 5–7, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1946 | Shirley Fry | Virginia Wolfenden | 6–4, 9–7 |
| 1947 | Margaret Osborne (2) | Louise Brough | 6–3, 4–6, 9–7 |
| 1948 | Louise Brough (3) | Margaret Osborne duPont | 6–3, 8–6 |
| 1949 | Doris Hart | Shirley Fry | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1950 | Doris Hart (2) | Louise Brough | 6–4, 9–7 |
| 1951 | Patricia Canning Todd | Maureen Connolly | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1952 | Doris Hart (3) | Shirley Fry | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1953 | Doris Hart (4) | Shirley Fry | 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
| 1954 | Louise Brough (4) | Margaret Osborne duPont | 8–6, 6–2 |
| 1955 | Barbara Scofield | Barbara Breit | 6–4, 1–6, 6–1 |
| 1956 | Althea Gibson | Louise Brough | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1957 | Mary Ann Mitchell | Jeanne Arth | 7–5, 6–2 |
| 1958 | Althea Gibson (2) | Sally Moore | 9–7, 6–2 |
| 1959 | Renée Schuurman | Sandra Reynolds | 6–4, 1–6, 6–1 |
| 1960 | Karen Hantze | Nancy Richey | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1961 | Karen Hantze (2) | Edda Buding | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1962 | Margaret Smith | Karen Hantze Susman | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1963 | Margaret Smith (2) | Darlene Hard | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1964 | Billie Jean Moffitt | Nancy Richey | 7–5, 3–6, 8–6 |
| 1965 | Billie Jean Moffitt (2) | Jane Albert | 7–5, 6–3 |
| 1966 | Donna Floyd Fales | Rosemary Casals | 5–7, 6–3, 6–0 |