South Orange Open

South Orange Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	South Orange Open (1970–83)
Tour	Grand Prix circuit (1970–83)
Founded	1927
Abolished	1983
Surface	Grass (1970–74); Clay (1975–83)

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.

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
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	Lew Hoad	Rex Hartwig
1954	Lew Hoad	Ken Rosewall	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1955	Sam Giammalva	Gilbert Shea	6–2, 3–6, 11–9, 9–7
1956	Ham Richardson	Neale Fraser
1957	Dick Savitt	Vic Seixas
1958	Malcolm Anderson	Ham 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	Tony Roche	Clark Graebner	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1967	Marty Riessen	Clark Graebner	18–16, 6–2, 6–1
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	23x15px 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

Men's Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1970	Patricio Cornejo Jaime Fillol	23x15px 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