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Scottish Hard Court Championships

The Scottish Hard Court Championships[3] its original name also called Scottish Hard Championships was a tennis event held from 1923 through 1994 in Scotland.

Scottish Hard Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourPre-open era (1877–1967)
Open era (1968–70)
Founded1923[1]
Abolished1994
Editions65
LocationSt Andrews, Fife, Scotland
(1923–1981),
Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Scotland
(1982–94)
VenueSt. Andrews LTC[2]
(1923–1981,
Fort Hill Tennis Club
(1982–94)
SurfaceClay/Outdoor

History edit

The Scottish Hard Court Championships was first played at the St Andrews Lawn Tennis Club, Kinburn Park St Andrews, Fife, Scotland on outdoor clay courts in 1923 and remained there until 1981 [4] when it changed location to Fort Hill Tennis Club, Broughty Ferry, Dundee[5] for the remainder of its run. The tournament featured both men's and women's singles competition as well as same sex and mixed doubles the tournament survived for a period of 71 years until 1994.

Finals edit

Men's singles edit

(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1923 [6]   G. M. Elliott   E. C. McIntosh 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 5–7, 6–3
1924 [7]   Alex Blair   E. C. McIntosh 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 7–5
1925   E. C. McIntosh   Arthur W. Hill 6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1926 [8]   Brame Hillyard   G. M. Elliott 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1927   Henry Hunter   D. R. Hamilton 4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 5–7, 8–6
1928 [9]   Harvey MacKintosh   Arthur W. Hill 6–0, 6–4, 6–3
1929   Arthur W. Hill   R. W. Dunsire 6–4, 6–2, 6–3
1930   Arthur W. Hill   J. T. Hill 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1931 [10]   Arthur W. Hill   Ian Collins 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1932 [11]   Ian Collins   Donald MacPhail 6–0, 6–0, 6–3
1933   Ian Collins   S. N. Grossman 6–2 6–3
1934   Ian Collins   Nigel Sharpe 7–5 10–8
1935 [12]   Ian Collins   Donald MacPhail 7–5 6–1 6–3
1936 [13]   Buster Andrews   Ian Collins 6–4, 10–8, 6–1
1937 [14]   Donald MacPhail   Ian Collins 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1938 [15]   Donald MacPhail   Ian Collins 7–5, 6–3
1939 [16]   Ian Collins   J. F. Morton 6–1, 6–2
1940/1945 Not held (due to World War II)
1946 [17]   Tadeusz A. (Ted) Slawek   Fergus Davidson 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1947 [18]   Owen M. Bold   Tadeusz A. (Ted) Slawek 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1948 [19]   Clarence Medlycott Jones   Howard F. Walton Title divided
1949   Heraldo Weiss   Tadeusz A. (Ted) Slawek 6–2, 6–0
1950 [20]   Ignacy Tłoczyński   Donald (Don) Butler 6–0, 8–6
1951 [21]   Ignacy Tłoczyński   Owen Williams 6–3, 6–0
1952 [22]   Ignacy Tłoczyński ? ?
1953 [23]   Don Black   J. Prouse 6–1, 6–1
1954 [24]   Philip Wooldridge   Alan Mills 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
1955   Alan Mills   Pierre T. Vercueil 6–3, 8–6, 6–3
1956   Alan Mills   Colin Baxter 6–3, 6–1
1957 [25]   Geoffrey Lane Paish   Colin Baxter 6–3, 6–4
1958 [26]   G. L. Paish   Colin Baxter 6–3, 6–4
1959   Colin Baxter   M. Harvey 6–3, 8–6
1960   Basil Wheeler   John R. Maguire 6–1, 8–6
1961   James Irvine Tattersall   Don Black 6–4, 6–4
1962   Frew McMillan   John R. Maguire 6–1, 6–2
1963 [27]   Warren F. Jacques   Harry Stirling Matheson 6–3 8–6 6–3
1964   Harry Stirling Matheson   J. Prouse 6–4, 6–3
1965   Alan Mills   Harry Stirling Matheson 7–5, 6–4
1967 [28]   William E. Dickson   H.D. Perkins 6–4, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
1968 [29]   David Lloyd ? ?
1969 [30]   David Lloyd   Drew Nicol 6–2, 6–2
1970 [31]   Ian Beverley   Graeme Notman 6–2, 6–2
1971 [32]   David Lloyd   Graeme Notman 6–2, 6–3
1974 [33]   John Howie ? ?
1976 [34]   Graeme Notman ? ?
1977 [35]   Graeme Notman [36]   John Howie [37] ?
1979 [38]   Ken. M. Revie ? ?
1980   Keith Kordula ? ?
1982 [39]   Ken. M. Revie ? ?
1983 [40]   Ken. M. Revie   David Shaw ?
1985 [41]   Keith Kordula ? ?
1987   Michael McGill ? ?
1988 [42]   Michael McGill ? ?
1989   Michael McGill [43]   Ken Wood [44] ?
1992 [45]   Malcom Watt ? ?
1993 [46]   Jason Barnett ? ?
1994 [47]   Ken Wood   Jason Barnett 2–6, 7–6, 6–4

Women's singles edit

(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1923   Mary Gray Welsh   M. Jenkins 6–2, 6–0
1924   Mary Gray Welsh   M. Little 6–2, 6–0
1925 [48]   Mary Gray Welsh   M. Herd 6–4, 6–4
1926 [49]   Jean Rankine   Jeanette Weir 6–4, 10–8
1927   Jessie Riddick   Nancy Grimond 6–1, 6–0
1928 [50]   Jean Rankine   Muriel Thomas 6–3, 9–7
1929   Esna Boyd Robertson   Jean Rankine 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
1930   Esna Boyd Robertson   Winifred Mason 6–1, 7–5
1931 [51]   Esna Boyd Robertson   Geraldine Beamish 6–3, 6–1
1932 [52]   Esna Boyd Robertson   Kathleen Robertson 6–2, 6–2
1933 [53]   Winifred Mason   Edie Rudd Luxton 6–1, 6–4
1934   Olga Webb   Esna Boyd Robertson 4–6, 6–4, 10–8
1935 [54]   Esna Boyd Robertson   Lesley Hunter 6–0, 5–7, 6–4
1936 [55]   Esna Boyd Robertson   Sheila Patterson 7–5, 6–4
1937   Olga Webb McInnes   Esna Boyd Robertson 6–3, 6–2
1938   Olga Webb McInnes   Mollie Welsh 7–5, 6–0
1939   Anita Lizana Ellis   Esna Boyd Robertson 6–3, 6–3
1940/1945 Not held (due to World War II)
1946   Anita Lizana Ellis   Mollie Welsh 6–0, 6–1
1947   Anita Lizana Ellis   Dorothy Round Little 6–1, 6–4
1948   Molly Blair   Susan Partridge 6–2, 7–5
1949   Mary Terán de Weiss   Anita Lizana Ellis 6–4, 6–1
1950   Anita Lizana Ellis   Mrs Helen Proudfoot 6–1, 6–1
1951   Jean Trower   Margaret Emerson 6–1, 7–9, 6–0
1952   Anita Lizana Ellis   Doreen Treadwell Wedderburn 6–3, 6–3
1953 [56]   Elaine M. Watson   Jean Petchell 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
1954   Heather Macfarlane   Billie Woodgate 7–5, 8–6
1955   Rita Bentley   Anita Lizana Ellis 7–5, 7–5
1956   Sheila Armstrong   Heather Macfarlane 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1957   Heather Macfarlane   A. Paterson 6–3, 6–2
1958   C. Leather   E. Walker divided title
1959   Sheila Armstrong   Joyce Barclay 6–1, 6–0
1960   Lorna Cornell Cawthorn   Margaret H. O'Donnell 6–4, 7–5
1961   Frances MacLennan   Ann McAlpine 6–1, 6–3
1962   Ann McAlpine ? ?
1963 [57]   Carole Rosser   Winnie Shaw ?
1964   Fay Toyne   Winnie Shaw 6–1, 6–2
1965 [58]   Carole Rosser   Winnie Shaw 6–3, 6–4
1966 [59]   Carole Rosser ? ?
1967 [60]   Sheila Moodie ? ?
↓  Open era  ↓
1968 [61]   Sheila Moodie ? ?
1969   Marjorie Love   Gwen Armstrong 6–0, 6–1
1970   Linda McDonald   Sheila Moodie 6–2, 6–2
1971   Marjorie Love   Sheila Moodie 8–6, 3–6, 6–4
1972   Marjorie Love ? ?
1973 [62]   Marjorie Love ? ?
1974   Ruth Allen   Wendy Slaughter 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
1975   Ruth Allen ? ?
1976   Cathy Drury   Anne Hobbs 6–4, 6–3
1977 [63]   Judy Erskine   G. Armstrong 6–2, 6–2
1978   Suzanne Bakewell
  C. O'Brien		 ? divided title
1979   Judy Erskine   Elizabeth Locke 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
1980   Judy Erskine ? ?
1981   Judy Erskine ? ?
1982   Susan McCulloch ? ?
1983   Vicki Marler ? ?
1984   L. Reid ? ?
1985   L. Reid ? ?
1986   Judy Erskine ? ?
1987   Susanne Mair ? ?
1988   Michelle Mair ? ?
1989 [64]   Heather Lockhart ? ?
1990   Michelle Mair ? ?
1992   Allison Wood ? ?
1993   Alison Reid ? ?
1994 [65]   Alison Reid   Allison Wood 6–1, 6–2

Notes edit

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  58. ^ "Former Champions Passing On Know How". The Glasgow Herald. 26 May 1983. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  59. ^ "Former Champions Passing On Know How". The Glasgow Herald. 26 May 1983. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
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  62. ^ McMurtrie, Bill (30 May 1974). "Lew Hoad Drops A Set". The Glasgow Herald. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
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References edit

  • Ayre's Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, A. Wallis Myers. UK.
  • Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack and Tournament Guide, G.P. Hughes, 1939 to 1958, Published by Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd, UK.
  • Lawn Tennis and Badminton Magazines, 1896–1901, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd, London, UK.
  • Lawn Tennis and Croquet Magazines, 1901–1920, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd, London, UK.
  • Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, UK.

See also edit

External links edit

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