Claremount Park Open

The Claremount Park Open[1] was a Victorian era open men's and women's tennis competition play on hard asphalt courts founded in 1886.[2] The tournament was organised by the Claremount Park Lawn Tennis Club and held at Claremont Park Public Lawn Tennis Ground, Blackpool, Lancashire, England until 1889 when it was discontinued.

Claremount Park Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1886 (1886)
Abolished1889 (1889)
Editions4
LocationBlackpool, Lancashire, England
VenueClaremount Park
SurfaceAsphalt

History

On 8 July 1886 the Claremount Park Lawn Tennis Club organised the Claremount Park Open tournament that was played at the Claremont Park Public Lawn Tennis Ground (a public park's event). The first edition of the tournament featured men's singles, men's doubles, and men's and women's pairs events.[2] The tournament was held annually for only four editions when it was discontinued.[2] The original lawn tennis club did not survive, however the Claremount Park public tennis courts are still used today and is an LTA registered venue.[3]

Finals

Men's Singles
Year Winner Runner-up Score
1886England Walter Reid CraigEngland Charles Howard6–4, 6–3.[2]
1887England Walter Reid CraigEngland Owen Seaman6–2, 3–6, 6–1.[2]
1888England Owen SeamanEngland Walter Reid Craig6–4, 4–6, 6–3.[2]
1889United Kingdom John Leyland Birley[4]England Walter Reid Craig6–4, 4–6, 6–3.[2]

Mens Doubles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1886United Kingdom C. Howard
United Kingdom H. Howard		England Owen Seaman
England Mr. Worship		6–2, 6–3.[2]

Mixed Doubles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1886England Walter Reid Craig
United Kingdom Miss Viener		England Mr. Howarth
England Miss Moore		6–3, 4–6, 6–2.[2]

References
  1. "LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT: CLAREMOUNT PARK: Most appropriate weather favoured the first day's events of the First Open Amateur Lawn Tennis Tournament which commenced yesterday, on the Claremont Park Public Lawn Tennis Ground here are the results". Blackpool Gazette and Herald. Lancashire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 9 July 1886. p. 5. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. "Tournaments:Blackpool – Claremount Park". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. "Claremont Park: Claremont Community Tennis Club". Claremont Park. LTA. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. "Lytham & St.Annes on the Sea Lancashire – Local History – John Leyland Birley 1906". amounderness.co.uk. Lytham & St. Annes Local History Society. 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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