The Kebo Valley Club Open was men's and women's
grass court tennis tournament founded in 1890.
It was played at as the Kebo Valley Club,
Bar Harbor, Maine
Bar Harbor is a resort town on Mount Desert Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population is 5,089. During the summer and fall seasons, it is a popular tourist destination and, until a catastrophic fire i ...
,
United States.
The tournament was staged annually until at least 1916.
History
The Kebo Valley Club was founded in 1888 by Charles T. How and DeGrasse Fox. In 1889 the club officially opened, with the surrounding land held a race track, tennis and croquet lawns, and a baseball field.
[Maine Historical Society] There was no golf course built until 1892.
In 1890 the club initiated an open tennis tournament, with the singles won by
Valentine Gill Hall
Valentine Gill "Vallie" Hall III (November 12, 1867, New York – October 26, 1934) was an American tennis player who was active in the late 19th century. He was the elder son of Valentine Gill Hall Jr. and Mary Livingston Ludlow of the Livingsto ...
.
In 1900
Henry Lane Eno
Henry Lane Eno was born in New York City on July 8, 1871; he died at Montacute House, Somerset, on September 28, 1928. A member of the Eno real estate and banking family, he was the son of Henry Clay Eno and his wife Cornelia, the daughter of Geo ...
donated a silver cup called the Henry Lane Eno Cup
for winners of the men's singles.
The tournament was staged annually until at least 1916 when it was discontinued.
Finals
Men's Singles
(Incomplete roll)
Women's Singles
(Incomplete roll)
References
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Grass court tennis tournaments
Defunct tennis tournaments in the United States