# Longwood Bowl

The Longwood Bowl 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. The first women's event was the Longwood Tennis Cup it later became known as the Longwood Bowl Invitational.

## History

In 1877 the Longwood Cricket Club was founded. In 1881 the club held its first tennis tournament. 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. 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. In 1922 the club house and administrative center was moved to Newton, Massachusetts. The winners of the men's tournament retain a permanent replica of the Longwood Bowl Trophy if they win it three times.

## Finals
### Men's singles

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

### Women's singles

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