South Orange Open

South Orange Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Created 1970
Ended 1983
Event name South Orange Open (1970–83)
Tour Grand Prix circuit (1970–83)
Surface Hard (1970–72, 1974)
Grass (1973)
Clay (1975–83)

The South Orange Open (formely as 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 hard courts from 1970 to 1972 and again in 1974, then played on outdoor grass courts in 1973, 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.

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.

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Results

Men's Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1930 Clifford Sutter Gregory Mangin 4-6, 8-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1
1936 Donald Budge Robert Riggs 6-8, 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945 William Talbert Pancho Segura 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 5-7, 6-0
1946 Donald McNeill Gardnar Mulloy 3-6, 4-6, 12-10, 7-5, 6-3
1947 Ted Schroeder Gardnar Mulloy 6-1, 7-5, 6-3
1948 Frank Parker 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 William Talbert Gardnar Mulloy 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
1952 Ken McGregor Frank Sedgman 6-3, 6-4
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958 Malcolm Anderson Hamilton 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
1964 Arthur Ashe Clark Graebner 4-6, 8-6, 6-4, 6-3
1965 Fred Stolle Roy Emerson 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
1966
1967
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
1970 Rod Laver Bob Carmichael 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
1971 Clark Graebner Pierre Barthès 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
1972 Ilie Năstase Manuel Orantes 6-4, 6-4
1973 Colin Dibley Vijay Amritraj 6-4, 6-7, 6-4
1974 Alex Metreveli Jimmy Connors W/O
1975 Ilie Năstase Bob Hewitt 7–6, 6–1
1976 Ilie Năstase Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–2
1977 Guillermo Vilas Roscoe Tanner 6–4, 6–1
1978 Guillermo Vilas José Luis Clerc 6–1, 6–3
1979 John McEnroe John Lloyd 6–7, 6–4, 6–0
1980 José Luis Clerc John McEnroe 6–3, 6–2
1981 Shlomo Glickstein Dick Stockton 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
1982 Yannick Noah Raúl Ramírez 6–3, 7–6
1983 Brad Drewett John Alexander 4–6, 6–4, 7–6

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
1972 Not 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

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