Eastern Grass Court Championships

Eastern Grass Court Championships
Eastern Grass Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	USLTA
Founded	1927
Abolished	1969
Editions	43
Location	Rye, N.Y, U.S. (1927–45) ; South Orange, N.J., U.S. (1946–69)
Venue	Westchester Country Club (1927–45) ; Orange Lawn Tennis Club (1946–74)
Surface	Grass

The Eastern Grass Court Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament held on outdoor grass courts in the New York City area from 1927 to 1969. It was founded by the Eastern Lawn Tennis Association of the USLTA, and in 1939, became the first tennis competition to be televised in the United States.^[1]

^ Deninger, Dennis (2012). Sport on Television: The How and Why Behind What You See. New York: Routlegde. p. 11. ISBN 978-0415896757.

[1] Deninger, Dennis (2012). Sport on Television: The How and Why Behind What You See. New York: Routlegde. p. 11. ISBN 978-0415896757.

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