Reigning national champion Hazel Hotchkiss battles Miss Florence Sutton during the U.S. Women's National Singles Championship at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, summer 1911.

Credit: Courtesy of the Chestnut Hill Historical Society and the Philadelphia Cricket Club

One of the nation's oldest country clubs, the Philadelphia Cricket Club in 1881 was a founding member of the United States Lawn Tennis Association. The club hosted the U.S. Women's National Singles Championship from 1887 until 1921 when it moved to Forest Hills.