East Gloucestershire Championships

East Gloucestershire Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1879
Abolished1969
Editions55
LocationCheltenham
Gloucestershire
Great Britain
VenueCheltenham LTC (1879-1904)
East Gloucestershire LTC (1905-69)
SurfaceWood (indoor)
Grass - outdoor

The East Gloucestershire Championships was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1879 as the Cheltenham Lawn Tennis Championships. In 1904 it was renamed the East Gloucestershire Championships after it moved to a new venue. It ran annually with breaks until 1969.

History

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The East Gloucestershire Championships was played at the Cheltenham Lawn Tennis Club, Cheltenham, Great Britain the tournament was initially played on indoor hard courts (partially covered) from 1879 to 1881 then switched to outdoor grass courts there were fifty five editions of the event.[1]

Finals

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Incomplete list of tournaments included:[2][3]

Men's singles

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Year Champion Runner Up Score
1879 United Kingdom William Renshaw Ireland Vere St. Leger Goold 6-4 6-3 5-6 6-4
1880 United Kingdom Ernest Renshaw Ireland Ernest Browne 6-2 3-6 6-1 8-6
1881 Ireland Ernest Browne United Kingdom Robert Braddell 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-0
1882 United Kingdom Robert Braddell United Kingdom Arthur Walton Fuller 6-1 6-4
1883 United Kingdom Donald Stewart United Kingdom William Bush-Salmon 6-0 6-1 6-0
1884 United Kingdom Donald Stewart United States Richard Sears 10-8 6-1 6-3
1885 Ireland Ernest Browne United Kingdom Charles Ross 6-4 6-3 6-2
1886 Ireland Ernest Browne United States James Dwight 6-3 6-2 2-6 9-7
1887 Ireland Ernest Browne United States James Dwight 3-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-2
1888 United Kingdom Harry Grove Ireland Ernest Browne 7-5 6-3 4-6 2-6 ret.
1889 United Kingdom George Hillyard United Kingdom James Baldwin 6-1 6-1 2-6 4-6 6-3
1890 Ireland Harold Mahony United Kingdom James Baldwin 6-4 1-6 6-1 6-4
1891 United Kingdom Ernest Wool Lewis United Kingdom Harry S. Barlow 6-4 6-3 6-2
1892 Ireland Manliffe Goodbody United Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith 6-1 8-6 7-5
1914 United Kingdom Hope Crisp United Kingdom Charles P. Dixon 5-7 6-2 6-2 8-6
1920 United Kingdom George A. Thomas United Kingdom C. J. Brierley 6-2 6-1
1922 United Kingdom George A. Thomas United Kingdom Clinton McIlquham 6-3 6-0 6-1
1923 United Kingdom C. J. Brierley Denmark Henning Larsen 6-3 6-3 6-3
1924 United Kingdom George A. Thomas United Kingdom G. W. Lucas 0-6 6-2 6-1 8-6
1925 United Kingdom Nigel Sharpe United Kingdom Nigel Jones. 6-3 6-2 6-1
1926 United Kingdom R. G. Bernard United Kingdom Clinton McIlquham 7-5 5-7 6-3
1927 United Kingdom Nigel Sharpe United Kingdom R. D. England 10-8 8-6 6-0
1928 United Kingdom J. D Page Republic of Ireland Henry B. Purcell 6-2 3-6 9-7
1929 United Kingdom Eric Peters United Kingdom R. G. Bernard 6-2 0-6 6-3
1930 United Kingdom George Godsell Republic of Ireland Noel G. Holmes 8-6 6-0
1931 United Kingdom R. N. A. Leyton United Kingdom Clinton McIlquham 6-4 6-4
1932 United Kingdom George Godsell United Kingdom C. P. Luck 6-3 5-7 6-3 6-3
1934 United Kingdom George Godsell United Kingdom Ronald Shayes 6-3 6-1
1935 United Kingdom Frank Wilde United Kingdom George Godsell 6-4 7-5
1936 United Kingdom George Godsell United States John Burke Wilkinson w.o.
1937 Republic of China (1912–1949) Kho Sin-Kie United Kingdom Jimmy Jones 6-0 7-5
1938 Republic of China (1912–1949) Kho Sin-Kie United Kingdom George Godsell 2-6 6-3 6-4
1939 United Kingdom Donald Butler United KingdomP. M. Lindner 6-0 6-3
1946 United Kingdom John K. Drinkall United Kingdom Derrick F. Leyland 6-4 5-7 6-4
1947 United Kingdom Derrick F. Leyland United Kingdom Richard Guise 5-7 6-3 7-5
1948 United Kingdom Norman Lewis United Kingdom Richard Guise 10-8 6-2
1949 United Kingdom Arthur G. Roberts United Kingdom Richard Guise 3-6 6-3 6-3
1950 United Kingdom Richard Guise United Kingdom Arthur G. Roberts 6-4 6-1
1951 Malaysia Chew Bee Ong United Kingdom Richard Guise 4-6 6-4 6-3
1952 Australia Peter Cawthorn Southern Rhodesia Basil Katz 6-4 9-7
1953 United Kingdom John Horn Poland Czesław Spychała 6-1 16-14
1954 Australia Dawson Hamilton Australia Cedric Mason 3-6 7-5 6-4
1955 United States Malcom Fox Australia Cedric Mason 7-5 6-1
1956 Australia Louis Surville Australia Arthur Marshall 6-0 6-3
1957 South Africa Derek Lawer South Africa R. Lautenberg 6-1 7-5
1958 United Kingdom Alan Mills Brazil Ivo Ribeiro 6-4 6-3
1959 South Africa Trevor Fancutt United Kingdom Tony Pickard 6-3 6-2
1960 United Kingdom Robert Griffin United Kingdom J. Guirdham 9-7 6-4
1961 South Africa Keith Diepraam South Africa Robin Sanders 2-6 6-2 6-2
1962 Brazil José Edison Mandarino Brazil Ron Barnes 10-8 7-5
1963 Australia Warren Jacques Australia Alan Lane 6-3 7-5
1964 ?, ? ?, ? WEA
1965 South Africa Cliff Drysdale South Africa Keith Diepraam 6-4 6-1
1966 South Africa Raymond Moore Australia Dick Crealy 2-6 6-1 6-4
1969 New Zealand Brian Fairlie West Germany Hans Joachim Plötz 6-4 6-3

References

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  1. ^ Archives, Tennis. "Cheltenham: East Gloucestershire Championships England". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives, 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  2. ^ Archives, Tennis. "Cheltenham: East Gloucestershire Championships England". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives, 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  3. ^ Garcia, Gabriel. "CHELTENHAM: East Gloucs Champs Tournament Roll of honour". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 24 July 2018.