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Prominent Oregon Men Players:
* Lt Walter A. Bethel
* Walter Goss
* Carll D. Lewis
* Joe Smith
* F.H.V. Andrews

Prominent Oregon Women Players:
* Miss Halstead
* Miss Elmore
* Mrs. W.M. Cook
* Miss Lillie Carstens

CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY - TENNIS PRIOR TO 1900

Home of H.D. Greene - site of first tennis courts in Oregon


1880 First tennis courts in Portland at home of H.D. Greene in vicinity of 23rd and W. Burnside Street. See picture of Greene home.

1891 Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club (MAAC) established

1892 MAAC leased Multnomah Field

1898 First clay tennis court on Multnomah Field

1898 Irvington Tennis Club established with two clay courts, between Tillamook and Hancock and 19th and 21st

1899 Tennis exhibition on Multnomah Field by eastern players including Malcolm D. Whitman, national champion, Holcombe Ward, and Wright brothers

1899 First Oregon State Tennis Championships on Multnomah Field. Men's singles won by Lt. Walter A. Bethel

1900 MAAC purchased Multnomah Field and constructed new clubhouse at top of Yamhill Street

1900 Oregon State Tournament


1900 Oregon State Tennis Championships on Multnomah Field included ladies' events. Ladies singles won by Miss Halstead, Astoria. See picture.

See Tennis From 1901 to 1920