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Metropolitan Canvas Courts 1953

General Date0000-00-00 - 1953-11-08
Tournament typeAmateur
Surface
Rounds4
CityNew York
CountryUnited States of America

Source World Tennis

Report "Canvas Courts came into existence in 1905 when the Heights Casino first opened. Curiously enough the canvas was designed to spare the boards so the lower tennis court could be used for grand balls. It was feared the tennis players might injure the boards for the dancers.
It was soon found that the canvas gave the ball a bounce similar to that of the grass surface."

Media

Winner Player W.Eugene (Gene) Garrett

Players

Theodore Constant (Ted) Backe Jr.
Ricardo Balbiers
George A. Ball
Gene Cooke
William M. (Bill) Cranston
Ellsworth Donnell

W.Eugene (Gene) Garrett
Jack Geller
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall
Alvin L. (Al) Hollander Jr.
Ronald Edward Holmberg
William (Bill) Lurie

Jean Mariani
Alistair Bradley Martin
Richard (Dick) Raskind
William Joseph (Bill) Tully

Rounds
Round 1

W.Eugene (Gene) Garrett*
Alvin L. (Al) Hollander Jr.

6-0 6-1

Ron Holmberg*
Jean Mariani

6-4 6-4

Ted Backe*
Alistair Bradley Martin

6-4 6-3

Ellsworth Donnell*
Gene Cooke

6-0 6-0

Bill Tully*
George A. Ball

6-4 8-6

William M. (Bill) Cranston*
J. Gilbert (Gil) Hall

6-3 7-5

Ricardo Balbiers*
Jack Geller

6-8 6-4 6-4

William (Bill) Lurie*
Richard (Dick) Raskind

2-6 11-9 7-5

Quarterfinals

W.Eugene (Gene) Garrett*
Ron Holmberg

6-3 6-1

Ted Backe*
Ellsworth Donnell

6-3 6-2

William M. (Bill) Cranston*
Bill Tully

6-2 6-4

William (Bill) Lurie*
Ricardo Balbiers

6-2 6-3

Semifinals

W.Eugene (Gene) Garrett*
Ted Backe

6-0 6-3 6-3 (sic)

William M. (Bill) Cranston*
William (Bill) Lurie