South Orange Open

The South Orange Open, formerly known as the Eastern Grass Court Championships, is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated tennis tournament played from 1970 to 1983. It was held in South Orange, New Jersey in the United States and played on outdoor grass courts from 1970-1974, and then played on outdoor clay courts from 1975 to 1983. There were men's and women's singles tournaments, as well as men's, women's, and mixed doubles.

South Orange Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameSouth Orange Open
TourGrand Prix circuit
Founded1970
Abolished1983
Editions14
LocationSouth Orange, New Jersey, US
SurfaceGrass (1970–74)
Clay (1975–83)

Ilie Năstase was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times on two different surfaces and the doubles competition twice with American Jimmy Connors.

Results

Men's Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1970 Rod Laver Bob Carmichael6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1971 Clark Graebner Pierre Barthès6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1972 Ilie Năstase Manuel Orantes6–4, 6–4
1973 Colin Dibley Vijay Amritraj6–4, 6–7, 6–4
1974 Alex Metreveli Jimmy ConnorsW/O
1975 Ilie Năstase Bob Hewitt7–6, 6–1
1976 Ilie Năstase Roscoe Tanner6–4, 6–2
1977 Guillermo Vilas Roscoe Tanner6–4, 6–1
1978 Guillermo Vilas José Luis Clerc6–1, 6–3
1979 John McEnroe John Lloyd6–7, 6–4, 6–0
1980 José Luis Clerc John McEnroe6–3, 6–2
1981 Shlomo Glickstein Dick Stockton6–3, 5–7, 6–4
1982 Yannick Noah Raúl Ramírez6–3, 7–6
1983 Brad Drewett John Alexander4–6, 6–4, 7–6

Men's Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1970 Patricio Cornejo
Jaime Fillol
Andrés Gimeno
Rod Laver
6–2, 6–4
1971 Bob Carmichael
Tom Leonard
Clark Graebner
Erik van Dillen
7–6, 6–7, 6–4
1972Not held
1973 Jimmy Connors
Ilie Năstase
Pancho Gonzales
Tom Gorman
6–7, 6–3, 6–2
1974 Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez
Anand Amritraj
Vijay Amritraj
7–6, 6–7, 7–6
1975 Jimmy Connors
Ilie Năstase
Dick Crealy
John Lloyd
7–6, 7–5
1976 Fred McNair
Marty Riessen
Vitas Gerulaitis
Ilie Năstase
7–5, 4–6, 6–2
1977 Colin Dibley
Wojciech Fibak
Ion Ţiriac
Guillermo Vilas
6–1, 7–5
1978 Peter Fleming
John McEnroe
Ion Ţiriac
Guillermo Vilas
6–3, 6–3
1979 Peter Fleming
John McEnroe
Fritz Buehning
Bruce Nichols
6–1, 6–3
1980 Bill Maze
John McEnroe
Fritz Buehning
Van Winitsky
7–6, 6–4
1981 Fritz Buehning
Andrew Pattison
Shlomo Glickstein
David Schneider
6–1, 6–4
1982 Raúl Ramírez
Van Winitsky
Jai DiLouie
Blaine Willenborg
3–6, 6–4, 6–1
1983 Fritz Buehning
Tom Cain
John Lloyd
Dick Stockton
6–2, 7–5

References


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