White Mountains Tennis Championships Explained

White Mountains Tennis Championships
Type:	Defunct
Tour:	USNLTA Circuit (1890–1923) ILTF Circuit (1924-59)
Location:	Crawford Notch, New Hampshire Jackson, New Hampshire Jefferson, New Hampshire
Venue:	Crawford Notch Tennis Club Iron Mountain LTC Waumbec Tennis Club

The White Mountains Tennis Championships^[1] or the White Mountains Championships was a men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1890 as the East Side of the White Mountains Championships, a sanctioned event of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association.^[2] The tournament was first organised by the Iron Mountain Lawn Tennis Association,^[3] and held at the Iron Mountain LTC, Jackson, New Hampshire, United States.^[4]

History

The first edition of the East Side of the White Mountains Championships was held in 1890.^[2] It was a United States National Lawn Tennis Association sanctioned event.^[4] The tournament was organized by the Iron Mountain Lawn Tennis Association,^[5] and held at the Iron Mountain LTC in Jackson, New Hampshire.^[6] This event ran until 1895, then was discontinued. In 1905 the tournament was revived at Crawford Notch, New Hampshire, approximately from Jackson, where the men's tournament was held in conjunction with the New Hampshire State Championships.^[7] ^[8] The women's tournament continued to be held in Jackson until 1916 under its original name.

In 1924 the women's tournament was held in conjunction with the New Hampshire State Championships The combined tournament was known as the New Hampshire and White Mountains Championships,^[9] with players assuming both titles e.g. New Hampshire State Champion and White Mountains Champion. The joint tournament was held in Crawford Notch, New Hampshire, until the beginning of the Second World War. Following the war it was still being held in Crawford.^[10] By 1950 the New Hampshire State Championships and White Mountains separated into two events; the former continued to be played at Crawford, while the latter moved to the Waumbec Tennis Club at Jefferson, New Hampshire.^[11] With the onset of the open era looming, this tennis tournament was discontinued in 1959.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
East of the White Mountains Championships
1890	George Arthur Hurd	Daniel George	6–1, 6–1.
White Mountains Championships
1910^[12]	Fred H. Harris	William Bradshaw Craigin	4-6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2.
1911^[13]	Fred H. Harris	Fisher Goodhue	6-2, 6–3, 6–1.
New Hampshire State and White Mountains Championships
1912^[14]	Fred H. Harris	?	?.
1913^[15]	James Newell G. A. Pratt	G. A. Pratt	6–4, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2.
1930	Percy Lloyd Kynaston^[16]	Anton Frederick Von Bernuth	6–0, 9–7, 6–0.
1935	Arthur B. Wright	David Burt	6–2, 6–0, 6–2.
1937^[17]	Robert Decker^[18]	Anton Frederick Von Bernuth	3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–1.
1938^[19]	Sandy Davenport	Donald Meiklejohn	7–5, 6–1, 6–2.
White Mountains Championships
1939	Albert Henry Stitt	Fred (Fritz) Kuser	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4.
1951^[20]	Jack Kerr	Blair Hawley	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 6–4.

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
East of the White Mountains Championships
1915	Miss C.Small	Miss P. Mallet-Prevost	w.o.
1916	EA Gauthey	Edith White	6–0, 8–6.
New Hampshire State and White Mountains Championships
1924	Alice Jenckes	Mrs G. Walker	6–4, 6–3
1925	Gladys Taylor Hawk	Penelope Davies	6-3, 6-4
1926	Elsie Lang Pritchard	Mrs J. Bailey	6-2, 6-4
1928	Mrs J. Bailey	Christina Alvarez Stanwix	6-3, 3–6, 8–6
1929	Rosamond Newton	Anne Hollis	6–0, 6–1
1930	Gladys Taylor Hawk	Margaret Cluett	6–0, 6–2
1933	Ottilie Gaertner	Mariette Arguimbau	6-2 6-1
1934	Eunice Dean	Lydia Kayser	6–3, 6–4
1935	Mary Whittemore	Ottilie Gaertner	6–3, 6–1
1936	Esther Edwards	Louise Hedlund	10–8, 9–7
1937	Lois Smith Schieffelin ^[21]	Esther Edwards	6–4, 6–0
1938		Mary Cape Hall	6–2, 6–2
1939	Lonnie Myers		3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1940^[22]		Lonnie Myers	6–4, 6–2
1948		Lois Felix	7–5, 6–2

Women's doubles

(Incomplete roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
East of the White Mountains Championships
1915	Miss J.Gott Edith White	Miss Jacobson Miss Ullman	6–2, 6–1
1916	Miss E.A. Gauthey Edith White	Miss M Jacobson Miss L Stronse	6–3, 6–1

Mixed doubles