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Manchester Open

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"Manchester Trophy" redirects here. For the Challenger level event, see Manchester Trophy Challenger.

The Manchester Open previously known as the Northern Lawn Tennis Championships, the Northern Championships, the Northern Tennis Tournament and the Manchester Trophy was a grass court tennis tournament on the ATP Tour held at the Northern Lawn Tennis Club, in the Didsbury suburb of Manchester, Great Britain. The tournament had been held annually from 1880 to 2009.

Northern Championships
Manchester Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit (1913–1967)
Grand Prix circuit, (1970–1989)
ATP Tour, (1990–1994)
Founded1880
Abolished2009
Editions119
LocationManchester, England
Liverpool, England
VenueNorthern Lawn Tennis Club (Manchester)
Aigburth Cricket Ground (Liverpool)[1]
SurfaceGrass / outdoor

Prior to the creation of the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the establishment of its world championship events in 1913 it was considered by players and historians one of the four most important tennis tournaments to win.[2][3][4] The others being Wimbledon, the U.S. National championships and the Irish Championships. Between 1970 and 1989 it was part of the men's Grand Prix tennis tour.

History edit

The first edition in July 1880 was held at the Broughton Cricket Club while the Kersal Cricket Ground staged the 1881 event.[5][6] The 1882 edition was the first one to be held in Liverpool and saw the addition of the women's singles event, won by May Langrishe, as well as the women's and mixed doubles events. Prior to the creation of the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the establishment of its world championship events in 1913 it was considered by players and historians one of the four most important tennis tournaments to win.[7][8][9] the others being Wimbledon, the U.S. National championships and the Irish Championships. From its inception until 1927 the location of the tournament alternated between Manchester and Liverpool.[10] Between 1970 and 1989 it was part of the men's Grand Prix Tennis Tour known throughout the 1980s as the Greater Manchester Grass Court Tennis Championships.[11] In 1990 it became an ATP Tour event as part of the ATP International Series until 1994. In 1995 the tournament was moved to Nottingham and continued as an ATP World Series event. The current Manchester Trophy Challenger is part of the ATP Challenger Tour; throughout its history the event has been won by a number of Wimbledon champions such as Pete Sampras, who won his first grass court title there.[12] The tournament ended in 2009.

Finals edit

Men's singles edit

Northern Championships
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1880   Richard T. Richardson   Walter E. Fairlie 6–0, 6–3, 6–0
1881   Richard T. Richardson (2)   John Comber 6–1, 6–1, 6–0
1882   Richard T. Richardson (3)   Ernest Renshaw 6–1, 3–6, 5–7, 6–4, 11–9
1883   Herbert Wilberforce   Champion Russell 6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 6–0
1884   Donald C. Stewart   Herbert Wilberforce 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–0
1885   James Dwight   Donald C. Stewart 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
1886   Harry Grove   James Dwight 6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1887   Harry Grove (2)   Grainger Chaytor 4–6, 6–2, 8–10, 6–4, 6–2
1888   Willoughby Hamilton   Harry Grove 6–1, 8–6, 6–1
1889   Willoughby Hamilton (2)   Harold Mahony 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1890   Joshua Pim   Willoughby Hamilton 2–6, 6–8, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3
1891   Joshua Pim (2)   Wilfred Baddeley 4–6, 8–6, 6–4, 7–5
1892   Joshua Pim (3)   Harry S. Barlow 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1893   Joshua Pim (4)   Harold Mahony 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–2
1894   Wilfred Baddeley   Joshua Pim 4–6, 11–9, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1895   Wilfred Baddeley (2)   Herbert Baddeley 6–8, 6–2, 6–4, 1–0 ret.
1896   Wilfred Baddeley (3)   Harold Mahony 6–1, 10–12, 7–5, 6–4
1897   Wilfred Baddeley (4)   Reginald Doherty 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 6–0
1898   Laurence Doherty   Clarence Hobart 6–1, 6–1, 8–6
1899   Sydney H. Smith   Wilberforce Eaves 7–9, 6–3, 6–3, 8–6
1900   Sydney H. Smith (2)   Roy Allen 6–3, 6–8, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1901   Sydney H. Smith (3)   Wilberforce Eaves 10–12, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4
1902   Sydney H. Smith (4)   Harold Mahony 7–5, 7–5, 3–6, 10–8
1903   Sydney H. Smith (5)   Xenophon Casdagli 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
1904   Sydney H. Smith (6)   Frank Riseley 6–2, 7–9, 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
1905   Sydney H. Smith (7)   Frank Riseley walkover
1906   Frank Riseley   Sydney H. Smith 4–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–3
1907   Norman Brookes   Xenophon Casdagli 6–0, 6–2
1908   Arthur W. Gore   James Cecil Parke 6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–4
1909   Robert Powell   Theodore Mavrogordato 6–4, 6–1, 6–4
1910   Beals Wright   James Cecil Parke divided title
1911   James Cecil Parke   Stanley N. Doust 7–5, 5–7, 6–1, 6–0
1912   James Cecil Parke (2)   Theodore Mavrogordato 6–3, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1913   James Cecil Parke (3)   Anthony Wilding 6–2, 7–5, 6–8, 2–6, 7–5
1914   Theodore Mavrogordato   Alfred Dunlop 9–7, 8–6, 6–2
1915/1918 Not held (due to world war one)
1919   James Cecil Parke (4)   George Dodd 0–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–0
1920   Theodore Mavrogordato (2)   Randolph Lycett 8–6, 6–2, 5–7, 3–0 ret.
1921   Randolph Lycett   Theodore Mavrogordato 8–6, 2–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–4
1922   Hassan Ali Fyzee   Louis Meldon 9–7, 6–4, 11–9
1923   John D. P. Wheatley   Maxwell Woosnam 6–3, 4–6, 9–7, 9–11, 6-2
1924   Samuel Ernest Charlton   William G. Ireland 10–8, 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1925   Norman Dicks   Gerald R. Sherwell 6–1, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
1926   Maxwell Woosnam   Douglas Hodges 7–9, 6–2, 6–2, 8–6
1927   D'Arcy McCrea   Douglas Hodges 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2, 7-5
1928   John Olliff   D'Arcy McCrea 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
1929   John Olliff (2)   Charles Kingsley 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 14–12
1930   Bunny Austin   John Olliff 8–6, 6–2, 6–4
1931   John Olliff (3)   Nigel Sharpe 6–3, 3–6, 7–9, 6–3 ret.
1932   Eskell D. Andrews   Martin Wedd 6–2, 6–3
1933   Herby Aldred   J. Gilbert Hall 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1934   George Lyttleton–Rogers   Camille Malfroy 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1935   Jiro Yamagishi   George Lyttleton–Rogers 6–3, 8–6
1936   Charles Hare   David N. Jones 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
1937   George Lyttleton–Rogers (2)   Norman Farquharson 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1938   Jack Piercy   Clifford J. Hovell 6–4, 10–8
1939   Eric J. Filby   R. E. Burton 6–3, 6–4
1940/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1946   Jack Harper   Derrick Barton 6–4, 6–1
1947   William Sidwell   Torsten Johansson 6–2, 6–3
1948   John Bromwich   Eric Sturgess 2–6, 6–2, 8–6
1949   Tony Mottram   Naresh Kumar 6–2, 6–2
1950   Geoffrey Brown   Sumant Misra 6–0, 6–2
1951   Gardnar Mulloy   Don Candy 6–4, 6–2
1952   Frank Sedgman   Don Candy 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1953   Mervyn Rose   Clive Wilderspin 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1954   Ken Rosewall   Rex Hartwig 6–2, 6–1
1955   Hugh Stewart   Roger Becker 6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1956   Jaroslav Drobný   Lew Hoad 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
1957   Lew Hoad   Ramanathan Krishnan 6–2, 6–1
1958   Ramanathan Krishnan   Naresh Kumar 5–7, 6–3, 6-2
1959   Kurt Nielsen   Torben Ulrich 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1960   Mark Otway   Martin Mulligan 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
1961   Mike Sangster   Luis Ayala divided
1962   Mike Sangster (2)   Billy Knight 10–12, 6–3, 6–4
1963   Mike Sangster (3)   Tony Roche 19–17, 6–4
1964 abandoned
1965   Tom Okker   Roger Taylor 7–5, 6–3
1966   John E. Barrett   Lew Gerrard 6–3, 6–3
1967   Owen Davidson   Ray Ruffels 6–1, 6–8, 6–4
Open era
Rothmans Northern Championships
1968   Ken Fletcher   Luis Ayala 6–3, 6–2
1969   Clark Graebner   Graham Stilwell 9–7, 3–6, 6–4
1970   Robert Lutz   Tom Gorman 6–2, 9–7
Bio-Strath Northern Championships
1971   Colin Dibley   Bob Hewitt 6–1, 6–4
Rothmans Northern Championships
1972   Thomaz Koch   Colin Dibley 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
1973   Sherwood Stewart   Richard Crealy 6–3, 6-4
1974   Jimmy Connors   Mike Collins 13–11, 6–2
1975 Not held
Refuge Assurance Northern Championships
1976   Roscoe Tanner   Paul McNamee 6–3, 7–9, 12–10
1977   Billy Martin   Saeed Meer 6–2, 6–1
1978   Billy Martin (2)   Chris Bradnam 9–8, 7-5
1979   Colin Dibley   Mark Cox 6–4, 6–4
Greater Manchester Grass Court Tennis Championships
1980   Roscoe Tanner (2)   Stan Smith 6–3, 6–4
1981   Phil Dent   Brad Drewett 7–5, 6-1
1982   John McEnroe   Russell Simpson 6–3, 6–7, 10–8
1983   Tim Mayotte   Pat DuPré 3–6, 6–4, 6-4
1984   Jeremy Bates   Jeff Turpin 6–4, 8-6
1985   Jeremy Bates (2)   Dan Cassidy 6–4, 6-2
1986   Glenn Michibata
1987   Stefan Edberg   Kevin Curren 6–3, 6–4
1988   Stefan Edberg (2)   Kevin Curren 6–3, 6–4
1989   Patrick Baur   Andrew Castle 6–4, 6–7, 7–5
Manchester Open
1990   Pete Sampras   Gilad Bloom 7–6, 7–6
1991   Goran Ivanišević   Pete Sampras 6–4, 6–4
1992   Jacco Eltingh   MaliVai Washington 6–3, 6–4
1993   Jason Stoltenberg   Wally Masur 6–1, 6–3
1994   Patrick Rafter   Wayne Ferreira 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
see Manchester Trophy Challenger

Men's doubles edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1990   Mark Kratzmann
  Jason Stoltenberg		   Nick Brown
  Kelly Jones		 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1991   Omar Camporese
  Goran Ivanišević		   Nick Brown
  Andrew Castle		 6–4, 6–3
1992   Patrick Galbraith
  David Macpherson		   Jeremy Bates
  Laurie Warder		 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1993   Ken Flach
  Rick Leach		   Stefan Kruger
  Glenn Michibata		 6–4, 6–1
1994   Rick Leach
  Danie Visser		   Scott Davis
  Trevor Kronemann		 6–4, 4–6, 7–6
see Manchester Trophy Challenger

Women's singles edit

Northern Championships
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1882   May Langrishe   Constance Langley Smith 6-3 8-6
1883   Edith Coleridge   Miss Eckersley 7-5 6-2
1884   Edith Davies   Margaret Bracewell 2-6 6-4 6-0
1885   Maud Watson   Edith Davies 6-3, 6-3
1886   Maud Watson (2)   Lottie Dod 7-5, 6-3
1887   Lottie Dod   Maud Watson 6-1, 6-2
1888   Lottie Dod (2)   Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6-3, 9-7
1889   Lottie Dod (3)   Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6-8, 6–3, 6-3
1890   Mary Steedman   Beatrice Wood 6-2, 6-0
1891   Florence Stanuell   Beatrice Wood 6-3, 2–6, 6-4
1892   Lottie Dod (4)   Louisa Martin 6-1, 6-0
1893   Lottie Dod (5)   Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6-3, 3–6, 7-5
1894   Blanche Bingley Hillyard   Beatrice Wood Draffen 7-5, 5–7, 6-3
1895   Louisa Martin   Helen Jackson 7-5, 6-3
1896   Louisa Martin (2)   Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6–2, 7-5
1897   Charlotte Cooper   Louisa Martin 3-6, 6–3, 6-4
1898   Louisa Martin (3)   Charlotte Cooper 10-8, 6-4
1899   Louisa Martin (4)   Ruth Dyas Durlacher 6-8, 6–2, 6-2
1900   Blanche Bingley Hillyard (2)   Louisa Martin 2-6, 8–6, 6-4
1901   Louisa Martin (5)   Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6-3, 4–6, 6-3
1902   Louisa Martin (6)   Muriel Robb 6-8, 7–5, 6-1
1903   Louisa Martin (7)   Dorothea Douglass 4-6, 7–5, 6-4
1904   Dorothea Douglass   Ethel Thomson 6-1, 6-2
1905   May Sutton   Hilda Lane 7-5, 8-6
1906   Dorothea Douglass (2)   May Sutton 7-5, 6-2
1907   Charlotte Cooper Sterry (2)   May Sutton 7-5, 6-0
1908   Edith Boucher   Charlotte Cooper Sterry 7-5, 6-2
1909   Edith Johnson   Maude Garfit 6-3, 9–11, 6-0
1910   Edith Johnson (2)   Maude Garfit 3-6, 6–4, 6-0
1911   Dorothea Douglass Chambers (3)   Mabel Squire Parton 6-2, 6-2
1912   Ethel Thomson Larcombe   Mabel Squire Parton 6-4, 6-1
1913   Ethel Thomson Larcombe (2)   Dorothea Douglass Chambers 6-2m 6-4
1914   Dorothea Douglass Chambers (4)   Agnes Morton 6-1, 6-2
1915/1918 Not held (due to world war one)
1919   Dorothea Douglass Chambers (5)   Ethel Thomson Larcombe 7-5 6-3
1920   Elizabeth Ryan   Aurea Farrington Edgington 6-1, 6-3
1921   Elizabeth Ryan (2)   Kitty Mckane 7-5, 6-4
1922   Elizabeth Ryan (3)   Kitty Mckane 6-2, 8-6
1923   Elizabeth Ryan (4)   Dorothy Holman 6-3, 6-3
1924   Mary Holmes   Claire Beckingham 6-0, 0–6, 6-3
1925   Elizabeth Ryan (4)   Joan Reid-Thomas 6-4, 6-3
1926   Claire Beckingham   Elsie Goldsack 6-1, 6-1
1927   Claire Beckingham (2)   Elsie Goldsack 6-2, 8-6
1928   Claire Beckingham (3)   Dorothy Shaw 8-6, 6-3
1928   Gwen Sterry   Sylvia Lumley-Ellis 6-4, 6-2
From 1929-1939 there were 2 womens events held in * Manchester & ** Liverpool
1929*   Joan Fry   Gwen Sterry 6-1, 4–6, 6-4
1929**   Winifred Bower   Joan Reid-Thomas Strawson 6-1, 3–6, 6-1
1930*   Evelyn Goldsworth   Nichola Hunt 7-5, 6-2
1930**   Joan Reid-Thomas Strawson   Dorothy Anderson 4-6, 6–4, 6-4
1931*   Evelyn Goldsworth (2)   Ena Alexandroff 8-10 6-4 6-3
1931**   Ena Alexandroff   Joan Ingram divided title
1932*   Joan Ingram   Manon Hargreaves 11-9, 6-1
1932**   Christabel Hardie Wheatcroft   Sarah Eccles 6-3, 6-3
1933 Liverpool event not held
1933*   Evelyn Goldsworth (3)   Jackie McAlpine 7-5 6-1
1934*   Jean Saunders   Doris Bullock 6-0, 6-2
1934**   Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling   Joan Hartigan 7-5, 8-6
1935*   Mary Hardwick   Dora Beazley 6-0, 6-2
1935**   Mary Whitmarsh   Barbara Drew 9-11, 6–4, 6-2
1936*   Patience Thomson   Dora Beazley 6-0, 6-2
1936**   Anita Lizana   Nancy Kidson Fontes 6-1, 6-0
1937*   Dora Beazley   Pamela Morison 2-6, 6–2, 7-5
1937**   Anita Lizana (2)   Joan Reid-Thomas Strawson 6-0, 6-4
1938*   Peggy Saunders Michell   Dora Beazley 6-1, 5–7, 7-5
1938**   Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (2)   Joan Reid-Thomas Strawson 6-0, 6-4
1939 Liverpool event not held
1939*   Gem Hoahing   Patience Thomson divide title
1940/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1946   Margaret Osborne   Louise Brough 6-1, 6-3
1947   Jean Nicoll Bostock   Betty Clements Hilton 11-9, 6-2
1948   Betty Clements Hilton   Jean Nicoll Bostock 6-3, 8-6
1949   Pat Canning Todd   Lesley Hunter Fulton 6-3 6-2
1950   Shirley Fry   Gladys Southwell Lines 6-2, 6-3
1951   Doris Hart   Beverly Baker 8-6, 6-3
1952   Maureen Connolly   Jean Quertier Rinkel 6-3, 6-1
1953   Doris Hart (2)   Helen Fletcher 5-7, 6–1, 7-5
1954   Maureen Connolly (2)   Louise Brough 6-3, 6-2
1955   Doris Hart (3)   Louise Brough 9-11, 6–2, 6-2
1956   Althea Gibson   Louise Brough 2-6, 6–4, 6-4
1957   Althea Gibson (2)   Anne Shilcock 6-3, 6-4
1958   Althea Gibson (3)   Maria Bueno 6-1, 8-6
1959   Sally Moore   Rosie Reyes 6-2, 2–6, 6-3
1960   Darlene Hard   Rita Bentley 6-3 6-3
1961   Sandra Reynolds   Lesley Turner 6-4 6-3
1962   Darlene Hard (2)   Judy Tegart 6-3, 6-2
1963   Jan Lehane   Darlene Hard 6-4, 8–10, 6-4
1964 abandoned at semifinal stage due to rain
1965   Margaret Smith   Maria Bueno 6-1, 7-5
1966   Billie Jean Moffitt King   Winnie Shaw 6-2, 6-1
1967   Maria Bueno   Karen Krantzcke 6-4, 6-3
Open era

Notes edit

  1. ^ Prentice, David (12 March 2014). "Liverpool International tennis tournament is changing venues this summer". Liverpool Echo, 12 March 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  2. ^ Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. pp. 266, 267. ISBN 9780047960420.
  3. ^ Meyers, A. Wallis (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. New York: Charles Scribner and Sons. p. 55.
  4. ^ Lake, Robert J. (2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Routledge. p. 49. ISBN 9781134445578.
  5. ^ R.L. Fell (1936). Northern Lawn Tennis Club. p. 5.
  6. ^ Allaby, David (1981). Wimbledon of the North : 100 years at the Northern. Didsbury: E.J. Morten. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-0859720472.
  7. ^ Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. pp. 266, 267. ISBN 9780047960420.
  8. ^ Meyers, A. Wallis (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. New York: Charles Scribner and Sons. p. 55.
  9. ^ Lake, Robert J. (2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Routledge. p. 49. ISBN 9781134445578.
  10. ^ Max Robertson, ed. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 294. ISBN 0047960426.
  11. ^ "McEnroe Tests Ankle". Ocala Star Banner. 2 June 1982. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  12. ^ "AP". The Albany Herald Newspaper Reports 1st Grass Court title win by Pete Sampras. 24 June 1990. Retrieved 21 September 2011.

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