Hampshire Tennis Championships

Hampshire Tennis Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameBournemouth Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club Tournament (1878–1882)
Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament (1882-91)
Bournemouth Open Tournament (1891-1905)
Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championship (1906-10)
Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships (1911-1960)
Hampshire Championships (1960-1971)
Hampshire Tennis Championships(1972-1982)
Founded1878; 146 years ago (1878)
Abolished1981; 43 years ago (1981)
LocationBournemouth, Dorset, England
VenueDean Park
SurfaceGrass

The Hampshire Tennis Championships [1] or the Hampshire Championships was a men's and women's grass court tennis event established in 1878 as the Bournemouth CLTC Tournament. In 1906 the Bournemouth tournament was upgraded to a county level event and renamed as Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championships that ran continuously until 1981.

History

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On May 21, 1878 the Bournemouth Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club staged its first tennis spring meeting the Bournemouth CLTC Tournament held at the cricket ground Dean Park, Bournemouth, Dorset, England that concluded on May 24, 1878.[2] In October 1878 a second autumn meeting was also held at the same venue.

In 1891 the Bournemouth LTC Tournament became known as the Bournemouth Open Tournament.[3] In 1906 the Bournemouth Open Tournament as it was called, was upgraded to a county level event and renamed as the Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships,[4] that ran continuously until 1981 when it ceased to be part of the international tennis tour.

This tournament is still being staged today as a merged event called the Hampshire & IOW County Championships.[5]

Finals

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Men's Singles

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(Incomplete roll)[6]

Year Champion Runner-up Score
Bournemouth Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
1878 England Hubert Medlycott ? ?
1879 England Edmond Brackenbury England Hubert Medlycott 3 sets to 2
1880 England Frank Benson England F.A. Campbell 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
1881 England Montague Hankey England J.G. Johnston 6-2, 6-3, 6-0
1882 England Montague Hankey England William Henry Birkbeck 2 sets to 1
Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
1883 United Kingdom Ernest Wool Lewis Spain Jose d'Almeida 6-0, 6-0 ret.
1884 United Kingdom Ernest Wool Lewis (2) United Kingdom Aston Cooper-Key 6-0, 6-2, 6-3
1885 United Kingdom Ernest Wool Lewis (3) United Kingdom Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
1886 United Kingdom Ernest Wool Lewis (4) United Kingdom H.M. Nicholls 6-0, 6-1, 6-2
1887 United Kingdom Ernest Wool Lewis (5) United Kingdom H. Phillip 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
1888 United Kingdom Ernest Wool Lewis (6) United Kingdom Arthur Story 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
1889 United Kingdom Ernest Wool Lewis (7) United Kingdom Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
1890 United Kingdom Henry George Biddle United Kingdom David Elgar Payn 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
Bournemouth Open Tournament
1891 United Kingdom Horace Chapman United Kingdom Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 10-12, 9-7, 6-3, 6-4
1892 United Kingdom Horace Chapman (2) Ireland Joshua Pim w.o.
1896 Ireland Herbert Newcombe Craig United Kingdom Allan Campbell Pearson 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
1897 Ireland Herbert Newcombe Craig (2) United Kingdom Arthur Cyril Ransome 3-6, 2-6 6-2, 6-2, 6-1
1898 Ireland Herbert Newcombe Craig (3) Ireland Grainger Chaytor (stopped bad weather)
1899 United Kingdom Philip Graeme Pearson United Kingdom Allan Campbell Pearson 6-1 6-2 6-4
1900 United Kingdom D.G. Fry United Kingdom Hugh Matthew Sweetman 0-6 9-7 ret.
1901 United Kingdom Brame Hillyard United Kingdom Edward Yatman 6-3, 6-3
1902 United Kingdom Jack Ridding United Kingdom Robert Fletcher Leslie 6-4, 6-4
1903 United Kingdom Alexander Fellowes United Kingdom John Baker Dufall
1904 United Kingdom Roy Allen New Zealand Anthony Wilding 6-1, 6-1
1905 United Kingdom Roy Allen (2) United Kingdom G. Elwin Evered 6-0, 6-3
Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championship
1906 United Kingdom Jack Ridding (2) United Kingdom Roy Allen 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
1907 United Kingdom Roy Allen (3) United Kingdom John Rendall 6-0, 6-1
1908 United Kingdom Roy Allen (4) India Bernard Oswald Roe 6-2, 6-1
1909 United Kingdom Roy Allen (5) United Kingdom Gordon W. Smith 7-5, 6-0
1910 United Kingdom George Alan Thomas Australia Stanley Doust 6-3, 7-5
1915/1918 men's event not held due to World War I
Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships
1919 New Zealand Frank Fisher United Kingdom Charles Tuckey 6-3, 7-5
1920 South Africa Louis Bosman Raymond South Africa Cecil Blackbeard 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
1921 New Zealand Frank Fisher (2) United Kingdom A.C.D. Campbell 6-3, 6-2
1922 New Zealand Frank Fisher (3) United Kingdom F.T. Martin ?
1923 United Kingdom Brame Hillyard (2) United Kingdom Mr. Henley 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
1924 Australia James Bayley New Zealand Frank Fisher 6-4, 6-3
1925 United Kingdom Patrick Wheatley United Kingdom N.R. Chapman 6-2, 6-3
1926 United Kingdom Jack Hillyard India Udupi Diggavi Ranga Rao 6-3, 6-1
1927 United Kingdom John Pennycuick India Sydney Jacob 6-0, 6-8, 7-5
1928 New Zealand Eskel Andrews United Kingdom Keats Lester 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
1929 United Kingdom Eric Peters United Kingdom Jack Lysaght 6-2, 6-4
1930 New Zealand Eskel Andrews (2) United Kingdom Patrick Wheatley 7-5, 6-2
1931 Japan Jiro Sato South Africa Vernon Kirby 3-6, 9-7, 7-5
1932 United Kingdom Henry G. E. Evered United Kingdom Norman Taylor 6-1, 6-4
1933 South Africa Norman Farquharson South Africa Vernon Kirby 6-2, 9-7
1934 Australia Vivian McGrath Australia Cam Malfroy 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
1935 Australia Cam Malfroy Republic of Ireland George McVeagh 6-8, 6-2, 6-1
1936 Australia Adrian Quist Australia Clifford Sproule 6-2, 6-0
1937 New Zealand Alan Stedman Australia Cam Malfroy 6-2, 6-1
1938 United Kingdom Don Butler United Kingdom George Godsell 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
1939 United Kingdom Don Butler (2) New Zealand Jack Gunn 6-4, 6-4
1949/1945 men's event not held due to World War I
1946 Poland Ignacy Tłoczyński United Kingdom Derek Hardwick 6-1, 6-3
1947 Republic of Ireland Joseph McHale United Kingdom R.G. Salmon 8-6, 8-6
1948 United Kingdom Tim Lewis United Kingdom George Godsell 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
1949 United Kingdom David S. Anderton United Kingdom Derek Hardwick 6-3, 6-4
1950 United Kingdom Tim Lewis (2) United Kingdom David S. Anderton 6-2, 6-2
1952 United Kingdom Tim Lewis (3) United Kingdom Colin W. Hannam 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
1953 United Kingdom Ron G. Reeve United Kingdom John M. Melhuish 6-4, 6-3
1954 United Kingdom E.M.G. Earl United Kingdom David S. Anderton 6-2 6-1
1955 United Kingdom Ed Bulmer United Kingdom I.N. Stewart 6-2, 6-4
1956 United Kingdom Ian Charles King United Kingdom Derek Collins[7] 7-5, 6-3
1959 Kenya Henry D 'Souza United Kingdom R.P. Chesterton 6-3, 6-1
Hampshire Championships
1960 United Kingdom Geoff Bluett United Kingdom M. Frost 6-2, 6-3
1966 United Kingdom A.S. Bull United Kingdom J.J. Quinn ?
Open era
1968 United Kingdom John Crump South Africa Colin Rees 6-2, 6-3
1969 United Kingdom John Crump (2) United Kingdom John de Mendoza 8-6, 6-2
1970 Australia Alun Jones United Kingdom Mike Wayman 6-4, 4-6, 8-6
1971 United Kingdom Richard A. Leslie[8] United Kingdom A.P. Billingham 6-4, 1-6, 8-6
Hampshire Tennis Championships
1972 United Kingdom Richard A. Leslie (2) Israel Yair Wertheimer 7-5, 6-1
1973 United Kingdom Jasper Cooper United Kingdom Martin Cornish 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
1975 United Kingdom Jasper Cooper (2) United Kingdom C. Collins 6-2, 6-1
1976 United Kingdom Jasper Cooper (3) Cyprus B. Joannides 6-2, 6-1
1977 United Kingdom Andy W Paton Sweden Ola Malmqvist 6-3, 7-5
1978 United Kingdom Robert Booth New Zealand Clint Harris 6-1, 6-4
1979 Egypt Tarek El-Sakka United Kingdom Tim Robson[9]
1980 United Kingdom Patrick Hughesman United Kingdom G. Petrie 6-2, 6-2
1981 New Zealand Clint Harris United Kingdom Tim Robson 6-2, 6-2

Women's singles

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(Incomplete roll) two versions of the women's event held in * May and ** August.

Year Champion Runner-up Score
Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
1883 England Mrs Hornby England M. Richards 5-6, 6-3, 6-1
1884 England F. Davies England Mrs Hornby 3-6, 6-2, 6-5
1885 England Mrs Surman England Mrs Hornby divided title
1886 England Mrs Hornby (2) England B. Hannaford 6-3, 6-3
1887 England Constance Bryan Ireland Beatrice Langrishe 6-1, 6-3
1888 Ireland May Langrishe England Constance Bryan 6-1, 7-5
1889 Ireland May Langrishe (2) England Constance Bryan 6-4, 6-4
1890 Ireland May Langrishe (3) England Constance Bryan 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Bournemouth Open Tournament
1891 United Kingdom Violet Pinckney United Kingdom Elsie Pinckney w.o.
1892 United Kingdom Violet Pinckney (2) United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper w.o.
1893/1895 women's event not held
1896 United Kingdom Violet Pinckney (3) United Kingdom Amy Ransome 6-3, 6-1
1897 women's event not held
1898 United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper United Kingdom Blanche Bingley Hillyard divided title
1899 United Kingdom Ruth Winch United Kingdom Alice Greene 6-2, 6-0
1900 women's event not held
1901 United Kingdom Ruth Winch (2) United Kingdom Violet Pinckney 6-1, 6-4
1902 United Kingdom Ruth Winch (3) United Kingdom Amy Ransome 11-9, 6-1
1903 United Kingdom Connie Wilson United Kingdom Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown 6-4, 6-2
1904 United Kingdom Connie Wilson (2) United Kingdom M. Britain 6-2, 6-4
1905 United Kingdom Violet Pinckney (4) United Kingdom Amy Ransome 1-6, 6-1, 6-2
Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championship
1906 United Kingdom Gladys Eastlake-Smith United Kingdom Ellen Thynne Evered 6-2, 6-3
1907 United Kingdom Gladys Eastlake-Smith United Kingdom Ellen Thynne Evered 1-6, 6-2, 7-5
1908 United Kingdom Edith Boucher United Kingdom Gladys Lamplough 6-1, 6-3
1909 United Kingdom Violet Pinckney (5) United Kingdom Beryl Tulloch 8-6, 6-3
1910 United Kingdom Beryl Tulloch United Kingdom Jessie Tripp 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships
1911 United Kingdom Edith Hannam (2) United Kingdom Agnes Tuckey 6-4, 6-3
1912 United Kingdom Edith Hannam (3) United Kingdom Agnes Tuckey 6-2, 6-2
1913 United Kingdom Edith Hannam (4) United Kingdom Agnes Tuckey 8-6, 6-0
1914 United Kingdom Agnes Tuckey United Kingdom Lavinia Radeglia 6-0, 6-4
1915/1918 women's event not held due to World War I
1919 United Kingdom Kitty McKane United Kingdom Doris Craddock 6-2, 6-1
1920 United Kingdom Doris Craddock United Kingdom Mrs A.A. Hall 6-2, 6-1
1921 United Kingdom Kathleen Lidderdale United Kingdom Doris Covell Craddock 6-3, 6-2
1922 United Kingdom Aurea Farrington Edgington United Kingdom Eleanor Rose divided title
1923 United Kingdom Eleanor Rose United Kingdom E. Tanner 6-4, 8-6
1924 United Kingdom Geraldine Beamish United Kingdom Eleanor Rose 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
1925 United Kingdom Geraldine Beamish (2) United Kingdom Violet Chamberlain 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
1926 United Kingdom Violet Chamberlain United Kingdom Geraldine Beamish 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
1927 United Kingdom Violet Chamberlain (2) United Kingdom Geraldine Beamish 6-1, 6-3
1928 United Kingdom Joan Ridley United Kingdom Violet Chamberlain 6-3, 6-3
1929 United Kingdom Joan Ridley (2) United Kingdom Elsie Goldsack 6-4, 8-6
1930 United Kingdom Joan Ridley (3) United Kingdom Elsie Goldsack Pittman 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
1931 United Kingdom Madge Slaney United Kingdom Jeanette Morfey 6-3, 6-3
1932 United Kingdom Evelyn Dearman United Kingdom Nancy Lyle 6-4, 6-3
1933 United Kingdom Margaret Walsh Mellows Australia Muff Wilson 1-6, 7-5, 6-1
1934 Australia Joan Hartigan United Kingdom Madge Slaney 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
1935 India Leila Row United Kingdom Joan Ingram 7-5, 6-8 retd.
1936 United Kingdom Madge Slaney (2) United Kingdom Patience Thomson 6-2, 6-2
1937 United Kingdom Margot Stewart United Kingdom Betty Cooke 7-5, 6-3
1938 United Kingdom Mary Hardwick United Kingdom Mona Riddell 6-0, 6-4
1939 United Kingdom Margot Stewart United Kingdom Edie Rudd Luxton 6-4, 6-3
1915/1918 women's event not held due to World War II
1946 Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska United Kingdom Janet Morgan 6-3, 6-4
1947 Australia Nancye Wynne Bolton United Kingdom Jean Walker-Smith 6-2, 6-2
1948 United Kingdom Jean Walker-Smith United Kingdom Kathleen Tuckey 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
1949 United Kingdom Margaret Emerson United Kingdom Hilaire Newberry 6-0, 6-2
1950 United Kingdom Jean Walker-Smith (2) Kathleen Tuckey 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
1951 United Kingdom Angela Buxton United Kingdom Mrs R. Chapman divided title
1952 United Kingdom Anne Shilcock United Kingdom Angela Buxton 6-8, 6-1, 6-2
1953 United Kingdom Marion Boundy United Kingdom Mrs R. Chapman 6-1, 6-2
1954 United Kingdom Viola White United Kingdom Margaret Grace 6-4, 6-2
1955 Chile Anita Lizana Ellis United Kingdom Viola White 6-0, 5-7, 6-0
1956 United Kingdom Sheila Bramley United Kingdom Mrs R. Chapman 6-3, 6-3
1957 United Kingdom Sheila Bramley (2) United Kingdom Elaine Shenton 4-1, rained out.
1958 United Kingdom Sheila Bramley (3) United Kingdom J. Chamberlain 10-8, 7-5
1959 Chile Anita Lizana Ellis (2) United Kingdom Elizabeth Starkie 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
1960 United Kingdom Sheila Bramley (4) United Kingdom Margaret Lee 6-3, 6-1
Hampshire Championships
1961 United Kingdom A. O'Neill United Kingdom K. Howarth 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1962 United Kingdom Ann Owen K. Wainwright 6-1, 6-4
1963 United Kingdom M. White United Kingdom Anthea Rigby 6-1, 7-5
1964 United Kingdom Anthea Rigby United Kingdom G. Chapman 8-6, 8-6
1965 United Kingdom Elaine Shenton United Kingdom G. Chapman 6-3, 6-1
1966 United Kingdom Anthea Rigby (2) United Kingdom Elaine Shenton divided title
Open era
1968 South Africa Brenda Kirk South Africa Marianna Brummer 6-0, 7-5
1969 United Kingdom Penny Moor United Kingdom Diane Riste divided title
1970 United Kingdom Diane Riste Australia Barbara Walsh 8-6, 6-1
1971 United Kingdom Mrs P. Blackburn United Kingdom Diane Riste 6-2, 6-4
Hampshire Tennis Championships
1972 United Kingdom Rosemary Pearson United Kingdom Nuala Dwyer 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
1973 United Kingdom Nuala Dwyer United Kingdom M. O'Toole 6-2, 6-2
1975 Australia Dianne Evers Australia Michelle Ballheimer 6-1, 6-4
1976 United Kingdom P. Roberts United Kingdom L. Hobley 6-3, 9-7
1977 United Kingdom L. Hobley United Kingdom Judy Erskine 6-3, 6-1
1978 United Kingdom A. Tripp United Kingdom Josephine Smedley 6-2, 6-2
1979* United States Mary Carillo United Kingdom Belinda Thompson 6-2, 6-3
1979** Malta Helen de Giorgio United States Jill Andrews 3-6 6-3 7-5 *
1980* South Africa Susan Rollinson Australia Kate Gulley 6-3, 6-4
1980** United Kingdom Elspeth Young United Kingdom K. Treloar 6-3, 6-3
1981 Australia Judy Tegart-Dalton United Kingdom Jane Langstaff 6-0 6-0

Event names

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  • Bournemouth Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club Tournament (1878–1882)
  • Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament (1883–1891)
  • Bournemouth Open Tournament (1891–1905)
  • Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championship (1906–1910)
  • Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships (1911–1960)
  • Hampshire Championships (1960–1971)
  • Hampshire Tennis Championships (1972–1981)

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis: The Quarter Finals of the Hampshire Tennis Championships were played yesterday in Havant". Belfast Telegraph. Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland: British Newspaper Archives. 31 August 1978. p. 29.
  2. ^ "Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Spring Tournament: The tournament took place on May 21 and following days 22nd, 23rd and 24th.. The entries for all the events were numerous and, notwithstanding the unsettled state of tke weather, there was a large and fashionable crowd". The Field. London, England: British Newspaper Archives. 1 June 1878. p. 22.
  3. ^ "Lawn tennis: The new Bournemouth Open Tournament: Although a few showers fell, sunshine fortunately prevailed during the greater part of the proceedings of this annual meeting with a long history, was brought to an eventful close at Bournemouth on Saturday last". Clifton Society. British Newspaper Archives. 3 September 1891. p. 14.
  4. ^ "Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Tournament. The 1920 Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships. The 29th Open Tournament with a long and illustrious history, will be held on Dean Park Ground, on August 2 to 7. Play commences at 2 p.m.". Bournemouth Guardian. Bournemouth, England: British Newspaper Archives. 17 July 1920.
  5. ^ "Hampshire & IOW County Championships 2022". competitions.lta.org.uk. Lawn Tennis Association. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Tournament – Hampshire Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Derek Collins past President of Essex Tennis". Essex Tennis. Essex LTA. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Player Profile: Richard Leslie". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Player Profile: TIMOTHY Robson". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 March 2023.