South Orange Open
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1970 Rod Laver Bob Carmichael 6-4 , 6-2 , 6-2
1971 Clark Graebner Pierre Barthès 6-3 , 6-4 , 6-4
1972 Ilie Năstase Manuel Orantes 6-4 , 6-4
1973 Colin Dibley Vijay Amritraj 6-4 , 6-7 , 6-4
1974 Alex Metreveli Jimmy Connors W/O
1975 Ilie Năstase Bob Hewitt 7-6 , 6-1
1976 Ilie Năstase Roscoe Tanner 6-4 , 6-2
1977 Guillermo Vilas Roscoe Tanner 6-4 , 6-1
1978 Guillermo Vilas José Luis Clerc 6-1 , 6-3
1979 John McEnroe John Lloyd 6-7 , 6-4 , 6-0
1980 José Luis Clerc John McEnroe 6-3 , 6-2
1981 Shlomo Glickstein Dick Stockton 6-3 , 5-7 , 6-4
1982 Yannick Noah Raúl Ramírez 6-3 , 7-6
1983 Brad Drewett John Alexander 4-6 , 6-4 , 7-6
Results -- Men 's Singles
The South Orange Open, formerly known as the Eastern Grass Court Championships, is a defunct Grand Prix affiliated tennis tournament played from 1970 to 1983. It was held in South Orange, New Jersey in the United States and played on outdoor grass courts from 1970-1974, and then played on outdoor clay courts from 1975 to 1983. There were men's and women's singles tournaments, as well as men's, women's, and mixed doubles. Ilie Năstase was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the singles competition three times on two different surfaces and the doubles competition twice with American Jimmy Connors.