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1888 U.S. National Championships (tennis)

1888 US Tennis Championships

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ2382474 ↗
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The 1888 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open) was a tennis tournament that took place in June and August of 1888.

The women's tournament was held from June 12 to June 15 on the outdoor grass courts at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The men's tournament was held from August 22 to August 30 on the outdoor grass courts at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island. The men's doubles event was played at the Staten Island Cricket Club in Livingston, Staten Island, New York.

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Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1888—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where National, Championships and tennis can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “1888 U.S. National Championships (tennis)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.