Ardsley Invitation

In 1895 the Ardsley Club and Casino was founded, and in 1898 it constructed outside grass tennis courts.^[3] 12 June 1916 the Ardsley club established a women's invitation tennis tournament.^[4] The owners of the club launched the tournament with a view of revving its fortunes in regards to staging prestigious tennis events, previously it had staged three national Intercollegiate Championships.^[2] There was no men's singles events, however a mixed doubles invitational tournament was also held along with the women's singles event.^[2] The tournament was originally played at part of the USNLTA Circuit from 1916 to 1922,^[2] after the United States Lawn Tennis Association joined the International Lawn Tennis Federation the same year,^[5] it became part of the ILTF World Circuit from 1923 until 1939 when it was discontinued.^[2]

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
↓  USNLTA Circuit  ↓
1916	Adelaide Browning Green	Grace Moore LeRoy	6–0, 6–2
1917	Molla Bjurstedt	Marie Wagner	5–7, 7–5, 6–3
1918	Molla Bjurstedt (2)	Adelaide Browning Green	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
1919	Clare Cassell	Natalie Browning	6–4, 6–1
1920	Louise Hammond Raymond	Marie Wagner	7–5, 6–2
1921	Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (3)	Louise Hammond Raymond	6–4, 6–2
1922	Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (4)	Mary Browne	6–1, 2–6, 7–5
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1923	Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (5)	Geraldine Beamish	3–6, 6–1, 6–0
1924	Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (6)	Adelaide Browning Green	6–0, 6–1
1925	Molla Bjurstedt Mallory (7)	Marion Zinderstein Jessup	6–1, 6–4
1927	Alice Francis	Louise Hammond Raymond	6–1, 6–4
1928[6]	Clara Greenspan	Alice Francis	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1929[7]	Norma Taubele	Ellice Mack Endicott	6–4, 1–6, 6–2
1930[8]	Norma Taubele (2)	Alice Francis	7–5, 3–6, 13–11
1931[8]	Elsie Goldsack Pittman	Joan Ridley	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1932	Joan Ridley	Alice Francis	6–3, 6–0
1939	Josephine Sanfilippo	Nellie Sheer	8–6, 10–12, 6–2