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The historic Alcazar Hotel and Casino, St. Augustine, Florida (built 1887). The image taken c. 1897-1924 was the location of this event (1889-94).
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from 1887 until 1894. The tournament was mainly won by American players except for 1892 when the English tennis player
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In March 1887 the St. Augustine Lawn Tennis Tournament was inaugurated at the St. Augustine Lawn Tennis Club,
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won the event. In 1894 the championships were discontinued the final singles champion was
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Whittersley, Joseph T. (1895). "Sectional Championships: Tropical Championships".
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Robertson, Max (1974). "The United States Story by Alison Danzig".
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was a men's open tennis tournament founded in 1887 as the
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Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide
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