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North of England Championships

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The North of England Championships and later known as the Rothmans Open North of England Championships (for sponsorship reasons), was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1884 as the North Yorkshire Tournament. It was mainly held at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Great Britain from (1884–91, 1893–1903, 1905–1966, 1968). The tournament was discontinued in 1974 when it was staged at Hoylake.

North of England Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourNLTA Circuit (1884-1912)
ILTF Circuit (1913-83)
Founded1884
Abolished1974
LocationVarious
VenueSouth Cliff LTC (1884-1909), Yorkshire LTC (1910-1966), Hoylake LTC (1969-1974)
SurfaceGrass

History edit

The North Yorkshire Tournament was first staged in 1884 at the South Cliff Lawn Tennis Club at Scarborough, North Yorkshire.[1] In 1886 its name was changed to the North of England Championships. It was for a long period a popular summer tournament in the British lawn tennis calendar. In 1910 it changed venue to be played at the Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Club through until 1966.[1] The only other places to host the North of England Championships was at Kingston-upon-Hull in 1892, then Harrogate in 1904. In 1967 the event temporarily moved to Hoylake in what was then Cheshire, before returning to Scarborough the following year. In 1969 the championships moved permanently back to Hoylake until 1974 when it was abolished

Notable winners of the men's singles included Ernest Browne (1886), Harry Sibthorpe Barlow, Laurie Doherty (1910),[1] George Lyttleton Rogers (1937), Jaroslav Drobny (1949), Ashley Cooper (1958) and John Newcombe (1970).[2] Previous women's singles champions included Alice Simpson Pickering (1899), Dorothea Douglass(1901), Elizabeth Ryan (1919), Joan Hartigan (1934), Ann Haydon (1956), Virginia Wade (1967), Margaret Smith Court (1968), Billie Jean Moffitt King (1971) and Evonne Goolagong (1972).

For the years 1892, 1894–1900 and 1904–1905 the tournament was also valid as the Yorkshire Championships. For the years 1960 and from 1967 the tournament was also valid as the Hoylake Open Championships.

Sponsorship edit

In 1968 at the start of the open era the championships were sponsored by the newspaper the Liverpool Post and branded as the Liverpool Post North of England Championships. In 1969 the tobacco manufacturer Rothmans took over sponsorship of the event was then called the Rothmans Open North of England Championships until 1974.[3]

Locations edit

The championships were mainly held at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Great Britain from (1884–91, 1893–1903, 1905–1966, 1968), but was also hosted at other locations including Ilkley (1885), Kingston-upon-Hull (1892), then Harrogate (1904), Sheffield (1905) and finally Hoylake (1967–69, 1970–74) when the event was discontinued.

Finals edit

Men's singles edit

(Incomplete roll)[4]

Year Champion Runner-up Score
North Yorkshire Tournament
1884   Ernest Browne   Marmaduke Constable 6-1, ret.
1885   Ernest Browne (2)   E.W. Fletcher 6-2, 6–2, 6-4
North of England Championships
1886   Ernest Browne (3)   Harry Grove 6-3, 4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6-2
1887   Ernest Browne (4)   Marmaduke Constable 6-2, 6–4, 6-2
1888   Harry Grove   Henry Guy Nadin 6-1, 6–1, 6-1
1889   Percy Bateman Brown   David Davy 5-7, 6–2, 6–4, 6-2
1890   James Baldwin   Charles Henry Chaytor 9-7 6-0 6-0
1891   Harry Sibthorpe Barlow   James Baldwin 6-3 6-2 2-6 7-5
1892   Harry Sibthorpe Barlow (2)   Grainger Chaytor 6-7, 6–1, 6–2, 6-1
1893   William Renshaw   Charles Gladstone Allen w.o.
1894   Roy Allen   Joshua Pim w.o.
1895   Grainger Chaytor   Harold Nisbet 7-9 4-6 6-4 9-7 6-1
1898   Grainger Chaytor (2)   Ernest Douglas Black 6-2 6-2 4-6 6-3
1900   Grainger Chaytor (3)   Charles William Wade 6-2 6-2 6-3
1905   Roy Allen (2)   Charles Gladstone Allen w.o.
1907   Walter Crawley   Arthur Lowe 6-1, 6-3
1908   Laurie Doherty   George Hillyard 6-1, 6–4, 6-2
1909   Laurie Doherty (2)   Gordon Lowe 7-5, 6–1, 6-3
1910   Laurie Doherty (3)   Gordon Lowe 6-3, 6–2, 6-2
1914/1918 Not held (due to world war one)
1919   Pat O'Hara Wood   Brian Norton 4-6, 6–2, 6–1, 10-8
1920   Thomas Yeo Sherwell   Clive Branfoot 4-6, 6–4, 7-5
1921   Brian Norton   D'Arcy McCrea 6-4, 6–3, 1–6, 2–6, 6-4
1922   Gordon Lowe   Randolph Lycett 6-2, 5–7, 7–9, 6–1, 6-2
1923   Sydney Jacob   D'Arcy McCrea 6-3, 6–0, 6-2
1924   Louis Raymond   Mohammed Sleem 6-2, 6–3, 6-3
1925   Charles Kingsley   Gordon Crole-Rees 6-4, 3–6, 6–4, 6-3
1926   Charles Kingsley (2)   Keats Lester 10-8, 6–0, 1–6, 8-6
1927   Colin Gregory   Randolph Lycett 6-8, 12–10, 9-7 ret.
1928   Eskel Andrews   John Olliff 7-5, 6–4, 6-1
1929   Charles Kingsley (3)   Keats Lester 7-9, 6–1, 6–1, 6-4
1930   Eskel Andrews[5] (2)   Colin Gregory 6-0, 9-7
1931   Vernon Kirby   Jack Chamberlain 6-3, 6-3
1932   George Lyttleton Rogers   Atri-Madan Mohan 6-2, 3–6, 6-1
1933   Alan Stedman   Keats Lester 6-2, 7–5, 3–6, 6-3
1934   Harry Hopman   Alan Stedman 6-4, 6–2, 6-4
1935   Alan Stedman (2)   George Lyttleton Rogers 6-2, 6-3
1936   Adrian Quist   Charles Hare 6-1, 6–4, 6-2
1937   George Lyttleton Rogers (2)   Pat Sherwood 8-6, 6-3
1938   Don Butler   Jimmy Jones 6-2, 3–6, 6-3
1939   Jack Deloford   Dennis Coombe 6-2, 6-2
1940/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1946   Ignacy Tłoczyński   Don Butler 10-8, 6-2
1947   Ignacy Tłoczyński (2)   Ghaus Mohammed Khan 7-5, 6–4, 2–6, 6-3
1948   Franjo Kukuljević   Gerry Oakley 3-6, 6–1, 6–3, 6-4
1949   Jaroslav Drobný   Tony Mottram 6-1, 6–1, 6-3
1950   Bill Sidwell   Geoff Brown 2-6, 6–4, 6–1, 6-2
1951   Nigel Cockburn   Czeslaw Spychala 7-5, 2–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6-1
1952   Eric Sturgess   Budge Patty 6-3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6-3
1953   Bobby Wilson   Billy Knight 6-3, 7-5
1954   Bobby Wilson (2)   John Barry 6-4, 6-2
1955   Sven Davidson   Billy Knight 4-6, 6–0, 8–6, 6-0
1956   Bobby Wilson (3)   Tony Pickard 6-3, 6-3
1957   Alan Mills   Colin Hannam[6] 7-5, 3–6, 6-3
1958   Ashley Copper   Mervyn Rose 4-6, 7–5, 10–12, 6–1, 14-12
1960   Mark Otway   John Roderick MacDonald 6-3, 6-4
1961   Lawrence Franklin Strong   R.A. Storey 6-3, 7-5
1962   Michael Waters[7]   R.A. Storey 6-4, 6-2
1963   Colin McHugo   Harry Sheridan[8] 7-5, 6-2
1964   Keith Wooldridge   Clay Iles[9] 9-7, 6–3, 6-3
1965   Graham Stilwell   Keith Wooldridge 6-4, 6-3
1966   Brian Fairlie   Balaram Singh[10] 7-5, 6-3
1967   Keith Wooldridge (2)   Haroon Rahim 3-6, 6–4, 6-4
Open era
Liverpool Post North of England Championships
1968   Mike Sangster   Herb Fitzgibbon 2-6, 6–4, 12-10
Rothmans Open North of England Championships
1969   Ray Ruffels   Brian Fairlie 6-3, 6-3
1970   John Newcombe   Owen Davidson 4-6, 9–7, 6-4
1971   Andrew Pattison   Jaidip Mukerjea 6-2, 5–7, 6-2
1972   Hank Irvine   Ray Keldie 6-2, 4–6, 6-1
1973   Bob Giltinan   Owen Davidson 1-6, 6–3, 6-2
1974   Bernie Mitton   John Yuill 6-4, 6-4

Women's singles edit

(Incomplete roll)

Year Champion Runner-up Score
North Yorkshire Tournament
1884   Constance Hodgson   Beatrice Wood 7-5, 6-3
1885   Mabel Boulton   Beatrice Wood 6-2, 6-2
North of England Championships
1886   Margaret Bracewell   Mabel Boulton 6-4, 8-6
1887   Margaret Bracewell (2)   Ann Dod 6-0, 6-1
1888   Margaret Bracewell (3)   Bertha Steedman 1-6, 6–4, 9–7, 6-4
1889   Edith Gurney   Beatrice Wood 6-4, 8-6
1890   Beatrice Wood   M. Crossley 6-4, 6-4
1891   Helen Jackson   Miss Pope 6-3, 6-1
1892   Helen Jackson (2)   Beatrice Wood Draffen 6-0, ?,
1892   Beatrice Wood Draffen (2)   Kate Nunneley 6-4, 7-5
1893   L. Clark   May Arbuthnot 6-4, 2–6, 6-2
1894  Beatrice Wood Draffen (3)   Katherine Grey 6-3, 6-1
1895   Lucy Kendal   Marion Crosby Morton 6-2, 6-1
1896   Lucy Kendal (2)   Beatrice Wood Draffen ?
1897   Lucy Kendal (3)   Muriel Robb 6-3, 6-0
1898   Katherine Grey   Alice Simpson Pickering 6-4, 6-4
1899   Alice Simpson Pickering   Bertha Holder 6-1, 6-4
1900   Alice Simpson Pickering (2)   Ethel Jessop 6-0, 6-2
1901   Dorothea Douglass   Alice Simpson Pickering 4-6, 10–8, 6-1
1902   Alice Simpson Pickering (3)   Lucy Kendal 6-3, 6-4
1903   Lucy Kendal (4)   Alice Simpson Pickering 3-6, 6–0, 7-5
1904   Lucy Kendal (5)   Gladys Eastlake-Smith 6-0, 4–6, 6-4
1905   Bertha Holder   N. Morton 11-9, 6-1
1906   Lucy Kendal (6)   Gladys Eastlake-Smith 6-4, 6-1
1907   Gladys Eastlake-Smith   Bertha Holder 6-0, 6-2
1908   Edith Boucher   Gladys Lamplough 6-1, 6-1
1909   Gladys Lamplough (2)   Helen Aitchison 6-4, 6-3
1910   Katie Slater Clegg   Rosamund Salusbury 6-2, 6-4
1911   Ethel Thomson Larcombe   Edith Hannam 6-2, 6-1
1912   Ethel Thomson Larcombe (2)   Violet Pinckney 6-2, 4–6, 6-3
1913   Elizabeth Ryan   Ethel Thomson Larcombe 6-3, 6-3
1914/1918 Not held (due to world war one)
1919   Elizabeth Ryan (2)   Lesley Cadle 6-2, 6-1
1920   Elizabeth Ryan (3)   Eleanor Rose 6-1, 6-3
1921   Elizabeth Ryan (4)   Winifred McNair 6-3, 8-6
1922   Kathleen McKane   Elizabeth Ryan 6-2, 6-2
1923   Dorothy Shepherd-Barron   Phyllis Satterthwaite walkover
1924   Kathleen McKane (2)   Dorothy Holman 6-2, 6-0
1925   Geraldine Beamish   Claire Beckingham 6-3, 6-2
1926   Ruth Watson   Joan Ridley 6-3, 6-1
1927   Joan Austin Lycett   Claire Beckingham 6-4, 3–6, 6-2
1928   Dorothy Shepherd Barron   Claire Beckingham 6-2, 6-3
1929   Joan Fry   Dorothy Anderson 6-3, 6-3
1930   Mary Heeley   Joan Fry 6-4, 6-3
1931   Mary Heeley (2)   Freda James 2-6, 6–1, 6-2
1932   Sheila Hewitt   Freda James 6-3, 5-5, retired
1933   Kay Stammers   Susan Noel 10-8, 5–7, 6-0
1934   Joan Hartigan   Susan Noel 2-6, 6–1, 10-8
1935   Mary Heeley (3)   Anita Lizana 6-3, 6–8, 6-4
1936   Mary Heeley (4)   Florence Ford 5-7, 6–4, 6-2
1937   Mary Heeley (5)   Denise Huntbach 6-1, 6-1
1938   Valerie Scott   Florence Ford 6-2, 3–6, 6-3
1939   Jean Nicoll   Zora Nechilova 6-3, 6-2
1940/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1946   Jean Quertier   Betty Clements Hilton 6-3, 6-1
1947   Gem Hoahing   Valerie Cooper 6-2, 6-0
1948   Gem Hoahing (2)   Natalia Zinovieff 6-2, 7-5
1949   Gem Hoahing (3)   Joyce Fitch 6-3, 6-2
1950   Thelma Coyne Long   Jean Quertier 6-4, 7-5
1951   Billie Woodgate   Barbara Knapp 4-6, 6–2, 6-1
1952   Jean Walker-Smith   Beryl Penrose 7-5, 6-2
1953   Georgie Woodgate   Margaret Harrison 6-1, 2–6, 6-4
1954   Judy Burke   Angela Buxton 4-6, 6–4, 6-4
1955   Mary Carter   Beryl Penrose 6-3, 4–6, 6-3
1956   Ann Haydon   Elaine Watson 6-2, 7-5
1957   Georgie Woodgate (2)   Rosemary Deloford 6-3, 4–6, 6-4
1958   Heather Brewer-Segal   Mary Bevis Hawton 6-1, 6-4
1959   Elaine Shenton Mrs C. Clark 3-6, 6–2, 6-2
1960   Susan Waters   Jenny Young 5-7, 6–2, 6-3
1961   Ann McAlpine   Vivienne Cox 6-4, 7-5
1962   J. Macintosh   E. Smith 6-3, 6-4
1963   E. Smith   Marilyn Greenwood 7-5, 6-4
1964   Robin Blakelock-Lloyd   Nell Truman 6-4, 1–6, 7-5
1965   Stephanie Percival   Sally Holdsworth 6-3, 6-2
1966   Elizabeth Starkie   Robin Blakelock-Lloyd 6-1, 6-3
1967   Virginia Wade   Judy Tegart 6-3 6-4
1967   Robin Blakelock-Lloyd (2)   Sally Holdsworth 6-2, 6-2
Open era
Liverpool Post North of England Championships
1968   Margaret Smith Court   Virginia Wade 6-2, 6-4
Rothmans Open North of England Championships
1969   Virginia Wade (2)   Christine Truman Janes 0-6, 6–4, 8-6
1970   Evonne Goolagong   Kerry Melville 2-6, 6–2, 6-1
1971   Billie Jean Moffitt King   Rosie Casals 6-3 6-3
1972   Evonne Goolagong (2)   Betty Stove divided title
1973   Patti Hogan   Sharon Walsh 11-9, 4–6, 6-4
1974   Jackie Fayter   Patti Hogan 6-0, 7-5

Tournament records edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Jeffreys, Kevin (22 April 2021). "The Illustrious History of Tennis in Scarborough". on-magazine.co.uk. On: Yorkshire Magazine. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Hoylake: Overview: ATP Tour: Tennis". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). 1970. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  3. ^ Lake, Robert J. (3 October 2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Oxford: Routledge. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-134-44557-8.
  4. ^ "Tournament – North of England Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Eskell Andrews Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  6. ^ "Colin Hannam Overview ATP Tour". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Michael Waters Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  8. ^ "HARRY SHERIDAN OVERVIEW". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  9. ^ "CLAY ILES OVERVIEW". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  10. ^ "BALARAM SINGH OVERVIEW". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 31 March 2023.

Sources edit

  • Jeffreys, Kevin (22 April 2021). "The Illustrious History of Tennis in Scarborough". on-magazine.co.uk. On: Yorkshire Magazine. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  • Lake, Robert J. (3 October 2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Oxford: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-44557-8.
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