Hampshire Tennis Championships

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.

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

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   Hubert Medlycott ? ?
1879   Edmond Brackenbury   Hubert Medlycott 3 sets to 2
1880   Frank Benson   F.A. Campbell 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
1881   Montague Hankey   J.G. Johnston 6-2, 6-3, 6-0
1882   Montague Hankey   William Henry Birkbeck 2 sets to 1
Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
1883   Ernest Wool Lewis   Jose d'Almeida 6-0, 6-0 ret.
1884   Ernest Wool Lewis (2)   Aston Cooper-Key 6-0, 6-2, 6-3
1885   Ernest Wool Lewis (3)   Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
1886   Ernest Wool Lewis (4)   H.M. Nicholls 6-0, 6-1, 6-2
1887   Ernest Wool Lewis (5)   H. Phillip 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
1888   Ernest Wool Lewis (6)   Arthur Story 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
1889   Ernest Wool Lewis (7)   Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
1890   Henry George Biddle   David Elgar Payn 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
Bournemouth Open Tournament
1891   Horace Chapman   Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 10-12, 9-7, 6-3, 6-4
1892   Horace Chapman (2)   Joshua Pim w.o.
1896   Herbert Newcombe Craig   Allan Campbell Pearson 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
1897   Herbert Newcombe Craig (2)   Arthur Cyril Ransome 3-6, 2-6 6-2, 6-2, 6-1
1898   Herbert Newcombe Craig (3)   Grainger Chaytor (stopped bad weather)
1899   Philip Graeme Pearson   Allan Campbell Pearson 6-1 6-2 6-4
1900   D.G. Fry   Hugh Matthew Sweetman 0-6 9-7 ret.
1901   Brame Hillyard   Edward Yatman 6-3, 6-3
1902   Jack Ridding   Robert Fletcher Leslie 6-4, 6-4
1903   Alexander Fellowes   John Baker Dufall
1904   Roy Allen   Anthony Wilding 6-1, 6-1
1905   Roy Allen (2)   G. Elwin Evered 6-0, 6-3
Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championship
1906   Jack Ridding (2)   Roy Allen 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
1907   Roy Allen (3)   John Rendall 6-0, 6-1
1908   Roy Allen (4)   Bernard Oswald Roe 6-2, 6-1
1909   Roy Allen (5)   Gordon W. Smith 7-5, 6-0
1910   George Alan Thomas   Stanley Doust 6-3, 7-5
1915/1918 men's event not held due to World War I
Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships
1919   Frank Fisher   Charles Tuckey 6-3, 7-5
1920   Louis Bosman Raymond   Cecil Blackbeard 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
1921   Frank Fisher (2)   A.C.D. Campbell 6-3, 6-2
1922   Frank Fisher (3)   F.T. Martin ?
1923   Brame Hillyard (2)   Mr. Henley 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
1924   James Bayley   Frank Fisher 6-4, 6-3
1925   Patrick Wheatley   N.R. Chapman 6-2, 6-3
1926   Jack Hillyard   Udupi Diggavi Ranga Rao 6-3, 6-1
1927   John Pennycuick   Sydney Jacob 6-0, 6-8, 7-5
1928   Eskel Andrews   Keats Lester 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
1929   Eric Peters   Jack Lysaght 6-2, 6-4
1930   Eskel Andrews (2)   Patrick Wheatley 7-5, 6-2
1931   Jiro Sato   Vernon Kirby 3-6, 9-7, 7-5
1932   Henry G. E. Evered   Norman Taylor 6-1, 6-4
1933   Norman Farquharson   Vernon Kirby 6-2, 9-7
1934   Vivian McGrath   Cam Malfroy 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
1935   Cam Malfroy   George McVeagh 6-8, 6-2, 6-1
1936   Adrian Quist   Clifford Sproule 6-2, 6-0
1937   Alan Stedman   Cam Malfroy 6-2, 6-1
1938   Don Butler   George Godsell 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
1939   Don Butler (2)   Jack Gunn 6-4, 6-4
1949/1945 men's event not held due to World War I
1946   Ignacy Tłoczyński   Derek Hardwick 6-1, 6-3
1947   Joseph McHale   R.G. Salmon 8-6, 8-6
1948   Tim Lewis   George Godsell 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
1949   David S. Anderton   Derek Hardwick 6-3, 6-4
1950   Tim Lewis (2)   David S. Anderton 6-2, 6-2
1952   Tim Lewis (3)   Colin W. Hannam 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
1953   Ron G. Reeve   John M. Melhuish 6-4, 6-3
1954   E.M.G. Earl   David S. Anderton 6-2 6-1
1955   Ed Bulmer   I.N. Stewart 6-2, 6-4
1956   Ian Charles King   Derek Collins[7] 7-5, 6-3
1959   Henry D 'Souza   R.P. Chesterton 6-3, 6-1
Hampshire Championships
1960   Geoff Bluett   M. Frost 6-2, 6-3
1966   A.S. Bull   J.J. Quinn ?
Open era
1968   John Crump   Colin Rees 6-2, 6-3
1969   John Crump (2)   John de Mendoza 8-6, 6-2
1970   Alun Jones   Mike Wayman 6-4, 4-6, 8-6
1971   Richard A. Leslie[8]   A.P. Billingham 6-4, 1-6, 8-6
Hampshire Tennis Championships
1972   Richard A. Leslie (2)   Yair Wertheimer 7-5, 6-1
1973   Jasper Cooper   Martin Cornish 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
1975   Jasper Cooper (2)   C. Collins 6-2, 6-1
1976   Jasper Cooper (3)   B. Joannides 6-2, 6-1
1977   Andy W Paton   Ola Malmqvist 6-3, 7-5
1978   Robert Booth   Clint Harris 6-1, 6-4
1979   Tarek El-Sakka   Tim Robson[9]
1980   Patrick Hughesman   G. Petrie 6-2, 6-2
1981   Clint Harris   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   Mrs Hornby   M. Richards 5-6, 6-3, 6-1
1884   F. Davies   Mrs Hornby 3-6, 6-2, 6-5
1885   Mrs Surman   Mrs Hornby divided title
1886   Mrs Hornby (2)   B. Hannaford 6-3, 6-3
1887   Constance Bryan   Beatrice Langrishe 6-1, 6-3
1888   May Langrishe   Constance Bryan 6-1, 7-5
1889   May Langrishe (2)   Constance Bryan 6-4, 6-4
1890   May Langrishe (3)   Constance Bryan 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Bournemouth Open Tournament
1891   Violet Pinckney   Elsie Pinckney w.o.
1892   Violet Pinckney (2)   Charlotte Cooper w.o.
1893/1895 women's event not held
1896   Violet Pinckney (3)   Amy Ransome 6-3, 6-1
1897 women's event not held
1898   Charlotte Cooper   Blanche Bingley Hillyard divided title
1899   Ruth Winch   Alice Greene 6-2, 6-0
1900 women's event not held
1901   Ruth Winch (2)   Violet Pinckney 6-1, 6-4
1902   Ruth Winch (3)   Amy Ransome 11-9, 6-1
1903   Connie Wilson   Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown 6-4, 6-2
1904   Connie Wilson (2)   M. Britain 6-2, 6-4
1905   Violet Pinckney (4)   Amy Ransome 1-6, 6-1, 6-2
Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championship
1906   Gladys Eastlake-Smith   Ellen Thynne Evered 6-2, 6-3
1907   Gladys Eastlake-Smith   Ellen Thynne Evered 1-6, 6-2, 7-5
1908   Edith Boucher   Gladys Lamplough 6-1, 6-3
1909   Violet Pinckney (5)   Beryl Tulloch 8-6, 6-3
1910   Beryl Tulloch   Jessie Tripp 5-7, 6-1, 6-1
Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships
1911   Edith Hannam (2)   Agnes Tuckey 6-4, 6-3
1912   Edith Hannam (3)   Agnes Tuckey 6-2, 6-2
1913   Edith Hannam (4)   Agnes Tuckey 8-6, 6-0
1914   Agnes Tuckey   Lavinia Radeglia 6-0, 6-4
1915/1918 women's event not held due to World War I
1919   Kitty McKane   Doris Craddock 6-2, 6-1
1920   Doris Craddock   Mrs A.A. Hall 6-2, 6-1
1921   Kathleen Lidderdale   Doris Covell Craddock 6-3, 6-2
1922   Aurea Farrington Edgington   Eleanor Rose divided title
1923   Eleanor Rose   E. Tanner 6-4, 8-6
1924   Geraldine Beamish   Eleanor Rose 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
1925   Geraldine Beamish (2)   Violet Chamberlain 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
1926   Violet Chamberlain   Geraldine Beamish 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
1927   Violet Chamberlain (2)   Geraldine Beamish 6-1, 6-3
1928   Joan Ridley   Violet Chamberlain 6-3, 6-3
1929   Joan Ridley (2)   Elsie Goldsack 6-4, 8-6
1930   Joan Ridley (3)   Elsie Goldsack Pittman 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
1931   Madge Slaney   Jeanette Morfey 6-3, 6-3
1932   Evelyn Dearman   Nancy Lyle 6-4, 6-3
1933   Margaret Walsh Mellows   Muff Wilson 1-6, 7-5, 6-1
1934   Joan Hartigan   Madge Slaney 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
1935   Leila Row   Joan Ingram 7-5, 6-8 retd.
1936   Madge Slaney (2)   Patience Thomson 6-2, 6-2
1937   Margot Stewart   Betty Cooke 7-5, 6-3
1938   Mary Hardwick   Mona Riddell 6-0, 6-4
1939   Margot Stewart   Edie Rudd Luxton 6-4, 6-3
1915/1918 women's event not held due to World War II
1946   Jadwiga Jędrzejowska   Janet Morgan 6-3, 6-4
1947   Nancye Wynne Bolton   Jean Walker-Smith 6-2, 6-2
1948   Jean Walker-Smith   Kathleen Tuckey 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
1949   Margaret Emerson   Hilaire Newberry 6-0, 6-2
1950   Jean Walker-Smith (2) Kathleen Tuckey 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
1951   Angela Buxton   Mrs R. Chapman divided title
1952   Anne Shilcock   Angela Buxton 6-8, 6-1, 6-2
1953   Marion Boundy   Mrs R. Chapman 6-1, 6-2
1954   Viola White   Margaret Grace 6-4, 6-2
1955   Anita Lizana Ellis   Viola White 6-0, 5-7, 6-0
1956   Sheila Bramley   Mrs R. Chapman 6-3, 6-3
1957   Sheila Bramley (2)   Elaine Shenton 4-1, rained out.
1958   Sheila Bramley (3)   J. Chamberlain 10-8, 7-5
1959   Anita Lizana Ellis (2)   Elizabeth Starkie 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
1960   Sheila Bramley (4)   Margaret Lee 6-3, 6-1
Hampshire Championships
1961   A. O'Neill   K. Howarth 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1962   Ann Owen K. Wainwright 6-1, 6-4
1963   M. White   Anthea Rigby 6-1, 7-5
1964   Anthea Rigby   G. Chapman 8-6, 8-6
1965   Elaine Shenton   G. Chapman 6-3, 6-1
1966   Anthea Rigby (2)   Elaine Shenton divided title
Open era
1968   Brenda Kirk   Marianna Brummer 6-0, 7-5
1969   Penny Moor   Diane Riste divided title
1970   Diane Riste   Barbara Walsh 8-6, 6-1
1971   Mrs P. Blackburn   Diane Riste 6-2, 6-4
Hampshire Tennis Championships
1972   Rosemary Pearson   Nuala Dwyer 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
1973   Nuala Dwyer   M. O'Toole 6-2, 6-2
1975   Dianne Evers   Michelle Ballheimer 6-1, 6-4
1976   P. Roberts   L. Hobley 6-3, 9-7
1977   L. Hobley   Judy Erskine 6-3, 6-1
1978   A. Tripp   Josephine Smedley 6-2, 6-2
1979*   Mary Carillo   Belinda Thompson 6-2, 6-3
1979**   Helen de Giorgio   Jill Andrews 3-6 6-3 7-5 *
1980*   Susan Rollinson   Kate Gulley 6-3, 6-4
1980**   Elspeth Young   K. Treloar 6-3, 6-3
1981   Judy Tegart-Dalton   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.