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 name | Bournemouth 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) |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Abolished | 1981 |
| Location | Bournemouth, Dorset, England |
| Venue | Dean Park |
| Surface | Grass |
History edit
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 edit
Men's Singles edit
(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 edit
(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 edit
- 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 edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Hampshire & IOW County Championships 2022". competitions.lta.org.uk. Lawn Tennis Association. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ "Tournament – Hampshire Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "Derek Collins past President of Essex Tennis". Essex Tennis. Essex LTA. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "Player Profile: Richard Leslie". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "Player Profile: TIMOTHY Robson". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 March 2023.