Hampshire Tennis Championships Explained

Hampshire Tennis Championships
Type:defunct
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)
Venue:Dean Park
Surface:Grass

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.

History

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

Men's Singles

(Incomplete roll)[6]

YearChampionRunner-upScore
Bournemouth Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
1878??
1879 Edmond Brackenbury Hubert Medlycott3 sets to 2
1880 Frank Benson F.A. Campbell6-1, 6-1, 6-3
1881 Montague Hankey J.G. Johnston6-2, 6-3, 6-0
1882 Montague Hankey William Henry Birkbeck2 sets to 1
Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
1883 Ernest Wool Lewis Jose d'Almeida6-0, 6-0 ret.
1884 Ernest Wool Lewis (2) Aston Cooper-Key6-0, 6-2, 6-3
1885 Ernest Wool Lewis (3)6-2, 6-1, 6-4
1886 Ernest Wool Lewis (4) H.M. Nicholls6-0, 6-1, 6-2
1887 Ernest Wool Lewis (5) H. Phillip6-2, 6-4, 6-3
1888 Ernest Wool Lewis (6) Arthur Story6-4, 6-1, 6-1
1889 Ernest Wool Lewis (7) Harry Sibthorpe Barlow6-4, 6-3, 6-1
1890 Henry George Biddle David Elgar Payn6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
Bournemouth Open Tournament
1891 Horace Chapman Harry Sibthorpe Barlow10-12, 9-7, 6-3, 6-4
1892 Horace Chapman (2)w.o.
1896 Herbert Newcombe Craig Allan Campbell Pearson2-6, 6-1, 6-2
1897 Herbert Newcombe Craig (2) Arthur Cyril Ransome3-6, 2-6 6-2, 6-2, 6-1
1898 Herbert Newcombe Craig (3) Grainger Chaytor(stopped bad weather)
1899 Philip Graeme Pearson Allan Campbell Pearson6-1 6-2 6-4
1900 D.G. Fry Hugh Matthew Sweetman0-6 9-7 ret.
1901 Brame Hillyard Edward Yatman6-3, 6-3
1902 Jack Ridding Robert Fletcher Leslie6-4, 6-4
1903 Alexander Fellowes John Baker Dufall
1904 Roy Allen6-1, 6-1
1905 Roy Allen (2) G. Elwin Evered6-0, 6-3
Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championship
1906 Jack Ridding (2) Roy Allen1-6, 6-4, 6-4
1907 Roy Allen (3) John Rendall6-0, 6-1
1908 Roy Allen (4) Bernard Oswald Roe6-2, 6-1
1909 Roy Allen (5) Gordon W. Smith7-5, 6-0
1910 George Alan Thomas Stanley Doust6-3, 7-5
1915/1918men's event not held due to World War I
Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships
1919 Frank Fisher Charles Tuckey6-3, 7-5
1920 Louis Bosman Raymond Cecil Blackbeard4-6, 7-5, 7-5
1921 Frank Fisher (2) A.C.D. Campbell6-3, 6-2
1922 Frank Fisher (3) F.T. Martin?
1923 Brame Hillyard (2) Mr. Henley6-3, 2-6, 6-2
1924 James Bayley Frank Fisher6-4, 6-3
1925 Patrick Wheatley N.R. Chapman6-2, 6-3
1926 Jack Hillyard Udupi Diggavi Ranga Rao6-3, 6-1
1927 John Pennycuick Sydney Jacob6-0, 6-8, 7-5
1928 Eskel Andrews Keats Lester4-6, 6-3, 6-4
1929 Eric Peters Jack Lysaght6-2, 6-4
1930 Eskel Andrews (2) Patrick Wheatley7-5, 6-2
1931 Jiro Sato Vernon Kirby3-6, 9-7, 7-5
1932 Henry G. E. Evered Norman Taylor6-1, 6-4
1933 Norman Farquharson Vernon Kirby6-2, 9-7
1934 Vivian McGrath Cam Malfroy6-4, 5-7, 6-3
1935 Cam Malfroy George McVeagh6-8, 6-2, 6-1
1936 Adrian Quist Clifford Sproule6-2, 6-0
1937 Alan Stedman Cam Malfroy6-2, 6-1
1938 Don Butler George Godsell6-3, 3-6, 6-2
1939 Don Butler (2) Jack Gunn6-4, 6-4
1949/1945men's event not held due to World War I
1946 Ignacy Tłoczyński Derek Hardwick6-1, 6-3
1947 Joseph McHale R.G. Salmon8-6, 8-6
1948 Tim Lewis George Godsell6-1, 2-6, 6-3
1949 David S. Anderton Derek Hardwick6-3, 6-4
1950 Tim Lewis (2) David S. Anderton6-2, 6-2
1952 Tim Lewis (3) Colin W. Hannam4-6, 6-2, 7-5
1953 Ron G. Reeve John M. Melhuish6-4, 6-3
1954 E.M.G. Earl David S. Anderton6-2 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. Chesterton6-3, 6-1
Hampshire Championships
1960 M. Frost6-2, 6-3
1966 A.S. Bull J.J. Quinn ?
Open era
1968 John Crump Colin Rees6-2, 6-3
1969 John Crump (2) John de Mendoza8-6, 6-2
1970 Alun Jones Mike Wayman6-4, 4-6, 8-6
1971 Richard A. Leslie[8] A.P. Billingham6-4, 1-6, 8-6
Hampshire Tennis Championships
1972 Richard A. Leslie (2) Yair Wertheimer7-5, 6-1
1973 Jasper Cooper Martin Cornish6-4, 4-6, 6-2
1975 Jasper Cooper (2) C. Collins6-2, 6-1
1976 Jasper Cooper (3) B. Joannides6-2, 6-1
1977 Andy W Paton Ola Malmqvist6-3, 7-5
1978 Robert Booth Clint Harris6-1, 6-4
1979 Tarek El-Sakka Tim Robson[9]
1980 Patrick Hughesman G. Petrie6-2, 6-2
1981 Clint Harris Tim Robson6-2, 6-2

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll) two versions of the women's event held in * May and ** August.

YearChampionRunner-upScore
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 Hornbydivided title
1886 Mrs Hornby (2) B. Hannaford 6-3, 6-3
18876-1, 6-3
18886-1, 7-5
1889 May Langrishe (2) Constance Bryan 6-4, 6-4
1890 May Langrishe (3)6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Bournemouth Open Tournament
1891w.o.
1892 Violet Pinckney (2)w.o.
1893/1895women's event not held
1896 Violet Pinckney (3)6-3, 6-1
1897women's event not held
1898 Charlotte Cooper Blanche Bingley Hillyarddivided title
1899 Ruth Winch6-2, 6-0
1900women's event not held
1901 Ruth Winch (2)6-1, 6-4
1902 Ruth Winch (3)11-9, 6-1
19036-4, 6-2
1904 Connie Wilson (2) M. Britain6-2, 6-4
1905 Violet Pinckney (4) Amy Ransome1-6, 6-1, 6-2
Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championship
19066-2, 6-3
1907 Ellen Thynne Evered 1-6, 6-2, 7-5
19086-1, 6-3
1909 Violet Pinckney (5)8-6, 6-3
1910 Beryl Tulloch5-7, 6-1, 6-1
Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships
1911 Edith Hannam (2)6-4, 6-3
1912 Edith Hannam (3)6-2, 6-2
1913 Edith Hannam (4)8-6, 6-0
1914 Lavinia Radeglia6-0, 6-4
1915/1918women's event not held due to World War I
1919 Doris Craddock6-2, 6-1
1920 Doris Craddock Mrs A.A. Hall 6-2, 6-1
1921 Doris Covell Craddock 6-3, 6-2
1922divided title
1923 E. Tanner 6-4, 8-6
1924 Eleanor Rose 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
1925 Geraldine Beamish (2) Violet Chamberlain 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
1926 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
1927 Violet Chamberlain (2)6-1, 6-3
19286-3, 6-3
1929 Joan Ridley (2)6-4, 8-6
1930 Joan Ridley (3) Elsie Goldsack Pittman4-6, 6-4, 6-1
1931 Jeanette Morfey6-3, 6-3
19326-4, 6-3
1933 Muff Wilson1-6, 7-5, 6-1
19343-6, 6-3, 6-3
1935 Leila Row7-5, 6-8 retd.
1936 Madge Slaney (2)6-2, 6-2
19377-5, 6-3
19386-0, 6-4
1939 Margot Stewart Edie Rudd Luxton 6-4, 6-3
1915/1918women's event not held due to World War II
1946 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Janet Morgan6-3, 6-4
1947 Nancye Wynne Bolton Jean Walker-Smith6-2, 6-2
1948 Jean Walker-Smith Kathleen Tuckey6-3, 4-6, 6-2
1949 Hilaire Newberry 6-0, 6-2
1950 Jean Walker-Smith (2)Kathleen Tuckey1-6, 6-2, 6-2
1951 Mrs R. Chapmandivided title
1952 Angela Buxton6-8, 6-1, 6-2
1953 Marion Boundy Mrs R. Chapman6-1, 6-2
1954 Margaret Grace6-4, 6-2
1955 Viola White6-0, 5-7, 6-0
1956 Mrs R. Chapman 6-3, 6-3
1957 Sheila Bramley (2) Elaine Shenton4-1, rained out.
1958 Sheila Bramley (3) J. Chamberlain 10-8, 7-5
1959 Anita Lizana Ellis (2)3-6, 6-2, 6-4
1960 Sheila Bramley (4) Margaret Lee6-3, 6-1
Hampshire Championships
1961 A. O'Neill K. Howarth 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1962K. Wainwright 6-1, 6-4
1963 M. White 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 Shentondivided title
Open era
1968 Brenda Kirk Marianna Brummer6-0, 7-5
1969divided title
1970 Diane Riste Barbara Walsh8-6, 6-1
1971 Mrs P. Blackburn Diane Riste 6-2, 6-4
Hampshire Tennis Championships
1972 Nuala Dwyer6-4, 3-6, 6-3
1973 Nuala Dwyer M. O'Toole 6-2, 6-2
1975 Dianne Evers Michelle Ballheimer6-1, 6-4
1976 P. Roberts L. Hobley6-3, 9-7
1977 L. Hobley 6-3, 6-1
1978 A. Tripp Josephine Smedley6-2, 6-2
1979* Mary Carillo Belinda Thompson6-2, 6-3
1979** Helen de Giorgio Jill Andrews3-6 6-3 7-5 *
1980* Susan Rollinson Kate Gulley6-3, 6-4
1980** K. Treloar6-3, 6-3
1981 Judy Tegart-Dalton6-0 6-0

Event names

Notes and References

  1. News: Tennis: The Quarter Finals of the Hampshire Tennis Championships were played yesterday in Havant.. Belfast Telegraph . British Newspaper Archives . 31 August 1978 . Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland . 29.
  2. News: 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 . British Newspaper Archives . 1 June 1878 . London, England . 22.
  3. News: 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 . 14.
  4. News: 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 . British Newspaper Archives . 17 July 1920 . Bournemouth, England.
  5. Web site: Hampshire & IOW County Championships 2022 . competitions.lta.org.uk . Lawn Tennis Association . 9 December 2022.
  6. Web site: Tournament – Hampshire Championships . www.tennisarchives.com . Tennis Archives . 29 March 2023.
  7. Web site: Derek Collins past President of Essex Tennis. Essex Tennis . Essex LTA. 29 March 2023. 14 June 2022.
  8. Web site: Player Profile: Richard Leslie . www.itftennis.com . International Tennis Federation . 29 March 2023.
  9. Web site: Player Profile: TIMOTHY Robson . www.itftennis.com . International Tennis Federation . 29 March 2023.