1881 U.S. National Championship – Men's Doubles

Men's Doubles
1881 U.S. National Championships
Champion United States Clarence Clark
United States Frederick Winslow Taylor
Runner-up United States Arthur Newbold
United States Alexander Van Rensselaer
Final score 6–5, 6–4, 6–5

The doubles' champions of the first U.S. championships were Clarence Clark and Frederick Winslow Taylor.

Draw

The draw is for the most part unknown. It seems to have consisted of four rounds. In the first round, Clark and Taylor defeated Smith and Crawford Nightingale. In a second match, Alexander Van Rensselaer and Arthur Newbold beat Arthur Rives and Stevens 6–5 and 6–2. Like in the singles competition, except for the final each match was played on the best of three sets.

The final was:

Final
United States Clark
United States Taylor
6 6 6  
United States Newbold
United States Van Rensselaer
5 4 5  

Reference


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