title: Orange Spring Tournament
text: # Orange Spring Tournament
  
  The Orange Spring Tournament was an early men's open tennis tournament held in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. It was usually staged the second week of June annually from 1882 to 1899.
  
  ## History
  
  The Orange Spring Tournament was a brief pre-open era tennis tournament was played on outdoor grass courts in Montrose, South Orange, New Jersey, United States, there were eight editions of this event.
  
  ## Past tournaments
  
  Incomplete list of tournaments included:
  
  ### Men's singles
  
  | Year | Champion | Runner Up | Score |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1882 | Godfrey M. Brinley | J. F. Bacon | 6-0 6-2 6-3 |
  | 1884 | Richard Field Conover | Wallace Percy Knapp | 6-0 5-7 7-5 7-9 6-4 |
  | 1885 | Robert Livingston Beeckman | William V.S. Thorne | 7-5 6-2 6-3 |
  | 1886 | Robert Livingston Beeckman | William Edward Glyn | 6-2 6-0 6-4 |
  | 1887 | Oliver Campbell | Edward P. MacMullen | 1-6 6-2 7-5 6-4 |
  | 1888 | Howard Augustus Taylor | A.W. Post | 6-3 6-2 6-4 |
  | 1897 | Joseph D. Forbes | Jahail (John) Parmly Paret | 6-1 2-6 4-6 6-0 6-2 |
  | 1899 | Jahail (John) Parmly Paret | George H. Mile | 6-4 5-7 6-2 6-4 |
  