Longwood Bowl

Longwood Bowl
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1891; 133 years ago (1891)
Abolished1949; 75 years ago (1949)
LocationBrookline, Massachusetts, United States
VenueLongwood Cricket Club
SurfaceGrass

The Longwood Bowl[1] was a men's and women's tennis tournament first played at the Longwood Cricket Club courts at Brookline, Massachusetts, United States from 1882 to 1949.

The men's tournament was also known as the Longwood Challenge Bowl.[2] The first women's event was the Longwood Tennis Cup it later became known as the Longwood Bowl Invitational.

  1. ^ Baltzell, E. Digby (2013). Sporting Gentlemen: Men's Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar. Piscataway, New Jersey, United States: Transaction Publishers. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-4128-5180-0.
  2. ^ Times, Special to The New York (July 25, 1899). "LONGWOOD CONTEST OPENS.; Tennis Expert to Play for Championship and Challenge Bowl – Davis Beats Huntington in Singles". The New York Times. New York. p. 8. Retrieved April 18, 2023.