# New York Tennis Club Open

The New York Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1886. Its first annual open tournament was held from September to October, 1886. It was played on dirt courts at 147th St. and Nicholas Ave. in Manhattan (Washington Heights section). Their quarters were demolished to make way for new construction in 1898. The club's courts ceremoniously opened at 123rd St. and Nicholas Ave. in 1901. The tournament games were played at the Columbia Oval from 1912 to 1917. The club moved out of Manhattan to 238th and Broadway in the Bronx, 1918. It actually took over and restored the former house and courts of the West Side Tennis Club. Its fourth and final move was to the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx in 1928.

## Finals
### Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 1886 | Oliver Campbell | P. B. Ruggles | 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1887 | Clarence Hobart | P. B. Ruggles | 6–2, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1888 | Edward MacMullen | Clarence Hobart | 7–5, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1889 | A. W. Post | Edward L. Hall | 6–3, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1890 | Arthur Runyon | Stephen Millett | 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1893 | Gordon Parker | Stephen Millett | 1–6, 6–4, 7–5, 5–7, 6–4 |
| 1895 | Clarence Hobart (2) | Leo Ware | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1897 | J. Parmly Paret | P. B. Ruggles | 6–1, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1901 | J. Parmly Paret (2) | Irving Wright | 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1902 | Harold Hackett | C. C. Kelley | 7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 6–0 |
| 1903 | J. Parmly Paret (3) | Robert LeRoy | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1904 | Robert LeRoy | Frederick Anderson | 7–5, default |
| 1905 | Malcolm Whitman | Theodore Pell | 6–3, 6-4 |
| 1906 | Harold Hackett (2) | C. C. Kelley | 6–4, 7–5, 8–6 |
| 1907 | Harold Hackett (3) | Henry Mollenhauer | 6–2, 6–3, 1–6, 1–6, 6–2 |
| 1908 | Ross Burchard | Gustave Touchard | 6–4, 9–7, 5–7, 6–1 |
| 1909 | Gustave Touchard | Theodore Pell | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 12–10 |
| 1910 | Wylie Grant | Fred Inman | 6–2, 5–7, 8–6, 6–2 |
| 1912 | Wylie Grant (2) | S. Howard Voshell | 6–2, 10–8, 6–1 |
| 1914 | Arthur Lovibond | Hasley Wood | 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1915 | Arthur Lovibond (2) | Arthur Waite | 6–1, 6–3, 8–6, 7–9, 6–4 |
| 1918 | Bill Tilden | S. Howard Voshell | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 1919 | S. Howard Voshell | Harold Throckmorton | 6–0, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 |
| 1920 | Ichiya Kumagae | S. Howard Voshell | 6–0, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1921 | Vincent Richards | A. J. Cawse | 6–0, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1922 | Vincent Richards (2) | Francis Hunter | 6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 1923 | George King | Watson Washburn | 6–4, 0–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1924 | Herbert Bowman | Elliot Binzen | 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1925 | Bill Tilden (2) | Vincent Richards | 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1926 | Francis Hunter | Percy Kynaston | 6–0, 6–0, 6–4 |
| 1927 | Frank Shields | Gregory Mangin | 5-7, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1928 | Julius Seligson | Herbert Bowman | 7-5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–0 |

### Women's singles

(Incomplete roll; not held every year)
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 1886 | Miss Smallwood | Miss Leslie | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1887 | Miss Smallwood (2) | Miss Grundy | 6–4, 1–6, 6–2 |
| 1888 | Mrs. Badgeley | unknown | unknown |
| 1890 | Adeline McKinlay | Miss V. Hobart | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1903 | Elisabeth Moore | Anna Risch | 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1905 | Helen Homans | Elisabeth Moore | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1908 | Elisabeth Moore (2) | Margret Johnson | 6–2, 7–5 |
| 1915 | Molla Bjurstedt | Louise Hammond Raymond | 6–3, 0–6, 8–6 |
| 1916 | Molla Bjurstedt (2) | Marie Wagner | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1917 | Marie Wagner | Bessie Holden | 6–2, 6–1 |