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A beautiful sterling trophy crafted by Shreve & Company of San Francisco. The doubles champions in 1896 and 1900 were brothers George and Robert Whitney, both regarded as among the finest players in the world at the time. This trophy is for their first win in 1896. The sterling trophy weighs 530 grams (18.6 oz.).
The Pacific Coast Championships, originally founded as the Pacific States Championships, was one of the longest-running men’s tennis tournaments in the United States. Established in 1889 at the Old Del Monte Lodge in Monterey, California, it moved the following year to the Hotel Rafael in San Rafael, where it remained until 1900. The tournament then relocated to the Berkeley Tennis Club in Berkeley. As the second-oldest tennis tournament in the country—predated only by the U.S. Championships (now the US Open)—it even began before the Australian Open and the French Open. The final edition was held in 2013.
Notable multiple-time champions include William H. Taylor, Samuel Hardy, Sumner Hardy, George F. Whitney, Melville H. Long, Maurice McLoughlin, George C. Janes, William Johnston, Fred Perry, Don Budge, Robert Riggs, Ted Schroeder, Barry MacKay, Stan Smith, Arthur Ashe, John McEnroe, Michael Chang, Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, Mark Philippoussis, Andy Roddick, Andy Murray, and Milos Raonic.