WTA-toernooi van South Orange

WTA-toernooi van South Orange
South Orange
Officiële naam	Eastern Grass Court Championships
Stad, land	South Orange, NJ, VS
Locatie	South Orange Lawn Tennis Club[1]
Auspiciën	WTA
Prijzengeld	$ 60.000 (1976)
Ondergrond	gras (t/m 1974) gravel (1975–1977)
Periode	juli/augustus
Jaargangen	1946 - 1977
Recordwinnaar	Doris Hart (4)
Titelhouder	Lindsey Beaven
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Het WTA-toernooi van South Orange is een voormalig tennistoernooi voor vrouwen dat van 1946 tot en met 1977 plaatsvond in de Amerikaanse plaats South Orange. De officiële naam, Eastern Grass Court Championships, gaat terug tot 1927,^[2][3] gespeeld in Rye (New York) tot en met 1945.^[4]

De WTA organiseerde het toernooi, dat werd gespeeld op gras tot en met 1974, en daarna op gravel.

Er werd door een sterk variërend aantal (8 à 64) deelneemsters per jaar gestreden om de titel in het enkelspel, en door enkele paren om de dubbelspeltitel.

Officiële namen

Meervoudig winnaressen enkelspel

speelster	aantal titels	in de jaren
Doris Hart	4	1949, 1950, 1952, 1953
Billie Jean Moffitt-King	3	1964, 1965, 1967
Louise Brough	2	1948, 1954
Althea Gibson	2	1956, 1958
Karen Hantze	2	1960, 1961
Margaret Smith	2	1962, 1963

Enkel- en dubbelspeltitel in één jaar

speelster	in het jaar
Margaret Osborne	1947
Louise Brough	1948, 1954
Doris Hart	1952, 1953
Althea Gibson	1956, 1958
Renée Schuurman	1959
Karen Hantze	1960
Margaret Smith	1962
Billie Jean Moffitt	1964
Mary-Ann Eisel	1968
Olga Morozova	1972
Pam Teeguarden	1974

Finales

Enkelspel

Datum[5]	Naam	Cat.	($)	Ondergrond	Winnares	Verliezend finaliste	Uitslag
1946-08-03	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Shirley Fry	Virginia Kovacs	6-4, 9-7
1947-08-02	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Margaret Osborne	Louise Brough	6-3, 4-6, 9-7
1948-08-07	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Louise Brough	Margaret duPont	6-3, 8-6
1949-08-01	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Doris Hart	Shirley Fry	6-3, 6-4
1950-07-31	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Doris Hart	Louise Brough	6-4, 9-7
1951-07-31	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Patricia Todd	Maureen Connolly	3-6, 6-4, 6-2
1952-08-04	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Doris Hart	Shirley Fry	6-1, 6-3
1953-08-02	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Doris Hart	Shirley Fry	6-3, 2-6, 6-2
1954-08-02	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Louise Brough	Margaret duPont	8-6, 6-2
1955-08-01	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Barbara Davidson	Barbara Breit	6-4, 1-6, 6-1
1956-08-06	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Althea Gibson	Louise Brough	6-1, 6-3
1957-08-05	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Mary Ann Mitchell	Jeanne Arth	7-5, 6-2
1958-08-04	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Althea Gibson	Sally Moore	9-7, 6-2
1959-08-03	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Renée Schuurman	Sandra Reynolds	6-4, 1-6, 6-1
1960-08-08	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Karen Hantze	Nancy Richey	6-1, 6-3
1961-08-07	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Karen Hantze	Edda Buding	6-2, 6-4
1962-07-31	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Margaret Smith	Karen Susman	6-3, 7-5
1963-07-29	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Margaret Smith	Darlene Hard	6-1, 6-1
1964-07-27	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Billie Jean Moffitt	Nancy Richey	7-5, 3-6, 8-6
1965-07-26	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Billie Jean Moffitt	Jane Albert	7-5, 6-3
1966-07-25	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Donna Floyd Fales	Rosie Casals	5-7, 6-3, 6-0
1967-07-31	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Billie Jean King	Kathleen Harter	4-6, 6-2, 6-3
↓ open tijdperk ↓
1968-07-29	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Mary-Ann Eisel	Kristy Pigeon	3-6, 6-1, 6-2
1969-07-28	Eastern Grass Court Championships		3.150	gras, buiten	Patti Hogan	Kristy Pigeon	3-6, 6-3, 6-4
1970-08-24	Marlboro Open			gras, buiten	Kerry Melville	Patti Hogan	7-6, 6-4
1971-08-23	Eastern Grass Court Championships		25.000	gras, buiten	Chris Evert	Helen Gourlay	6-4, 6-0
1972-08-21	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Olga Morozova	Marina Krosjina	6-2, 6-7, 7-5
1973-08-20	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Fiorella Bonicelli	Lesley Bowrey	6-4, 7-5
1974-08-19	Eastern Mediquik Masters		50.000	gras, buiten	Pam Teeguarden	Dianne Fromholtz	7-5, 6-3
1975-08-18	Tennis Week Open			gravel, buiten	Virginia Ruzici	Mariana Simionescu	6-1, 6-1
1976-08-23	Tennis Week Open		60.000	gravel, buiten	Marise Kruger	Lea Antonoplis	6-3, 6-2
1977-08-??	Tennis Week Open			gravel, buiten	Lindsey Beaven	Renée Richards	1-6, 7-6, 6-1

Dubbelspel

Datum[5]	Naam	Cat.	($)	Ondergrond	Winnaressen	Verliezend finalistes	Uitslag
1946-08-03	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Mary Prentiss Patricia Todd	Dorothy Head Phyllis Hunter	6-3, 5-7, 6-3
1947-08-02	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Louise Brough Margaret Osborne	Shirley Fry Barbara Krase	6-3, 6-1
1948-08-07	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Louise Brough Margaret duPont	Doris Hart Patricia Todd	6-2, 4-6, 6-4
1949-08-01	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Gussie Moran Patricia Todd	Shirley Fry Doris Hart	6-4, 3-6, 6-4
1950-07-31	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Louise Brough Margaret duPont	Shirley Fry Doris Hart	6-2, 7-5
1951-07-31	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Shirley Fry Doris Hart	Midge Buck Margaret Varner	6-0, 6-1
1952-08-04	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Shirley Fry Doris Hart	Louise Brough Maureen Connolly	6-3, 1-6, 6-3
1953-08-02	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Shirley Fry Doris Hart	Helen Fletcher Jean Rinkel-Quertier	6-2, 6-4
1954-08-02	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Louise Brough Margaret duPont	Helen Fletcher Anne Shilcock	6-2, 6-2
1955-08-01	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Barbara Breit Darlene Hard	Althea Gibson Dorothy Knode	6-4, 10-8
1956-08-06	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Althea Gibson Darlene Hard	Janet Hopps Diane Wootton	6-2, 6-4
1957-08-05	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Barbara Davidson Patricia Todd	Janet Hopps Diane Wootton	6-1, 6-1
1958-08-04	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Althea Gibson Sally Moore	Karol Fageros Dorothy Knode	6-2, 6-1
1959-08-03	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Sandra Reynolds Renée Schuurman	Donna Floyd Belmar Gunderson	6-4, 1-6, 6-1
1960-08-08	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Karen Hantze Janet Hopps	Deidre Catt Ann Haydon	6-4, 6-3
1961-08-07	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Margaret duPont Margaret Varner	Karen Hantze Billie Jean Moffitt	6-4, 2-6, 6-2
1962-07-31	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Justina Bricka Margaret Smith	Billie Jean Moffitt Karen Susman	7-5, 6-4
1963-07-29	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Maria Bueno Darlene Hard	Robyn Ebbern Margaret Smith	7-5, 7-5
1964-07-27	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Billie Jean Moffitt Karen Susman	Carole Graebner Nancy Richey	3-6, 6-3, 6-4
1965-07-26	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Justina Bricka Mary-Ann Eisel	Kathy Blake Kathleen Harter	1-6, 6-3, 6-2
1966-07-25	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Winnie Shaw Virginia Wade	15-13, 7-9, 7-5
↓ open tijdperk ↓
1968-07-29	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Mary-Ann Eisel Valerie Ziegenfuss	Tory Fretz Victoria Rogers	8-6, 8-6
1970-08-24	Marlboro Open			gras, buiten	Rosie Casals Virginia Wade	Gail Chanfreau Françoise Dürr	6-3, 6-4
1972-08-21	Eastern Grass Court Championships			gras, buiten	Marina Krosjina Olga Morozova	Carole Caldwell Patti Hogan	6-7, 6-2, 6-2
1974-08-19	Eastern Mediquik Masters		50.000	gras, buiten	Ann Kiyomura Pam Teeguarden	Kathleen Harter Marita Redondo	6-2, 6-0
1975-08-18	Tennis Week Open			gravel, buiten	Kristien Shaw Greer Stevens	Kathleen Harter Kathy May	walk-over

Externe links

• (en) Toernooischema Tennisforum 1966 (64 deelneemsters)
• (en) Toernooischema Tennisforum 1972 (8 deelneemsters)