Devonshire Park Championships

The Devonshire Park Championships was a grass court tennis tournament usually staged in the third week of August annually. It first established in 1880 at Eastbourne, East Sussex, England which ran for only two editions until August 1881.[1] In July 1881 the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club was formally founded. In September 1881 it then staged the first South of England Championships which replaced this event.

Devonshire Park Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1880 (1880)
Abolished1882 (1882)
Editions2
LocationEastbourne, Sussex, England.
VenueDevonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass

History

On 1 July 1874 Devonshire Park, originally intended as a cricket ground, opened its gates to the public. In 1879, the first tennis courts was marked out on its lawns.[2] In August 1880 the first Devonshire Park Championships were staged in the third week of August that year.[1] The first winner of the mens singles was Britain's Dale Womersley. The mens final singles winner was Englands George S. Murray Hill.[1] In September 1881 the lawn tennis club decided to stage an open regional championship event known as the South of England Championships the inaugural mens singles was won by Britain's Edgar Lubbock,[1] and the womens event was women by Englands Agnes Noon Watts.

Finals

Mens Singles
Incomplete Roll
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1880United Kingdom Dale WomersleyEngland Frederick Brunning Maddison6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.[1]
1881England George S. Murray HillEngland Sidney Alfred Noon2 sets to 0.[1]

Womens Singles
Incomplete Roll
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1881England Agnes WattsEngland E Hudson2 sets to 0.[1]

Mix Doubles
Incomplete Roll
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1881England Sidney Alfred Noon
England Agnes Watts		United Kingdom E Hudson
United KingdomE.R. Hudson		2 sets to 0.[1]

References
  1. "Tournaments:Devonshire Park Championships". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. Gordon, Kevin (15 August 2010). "Tennis in the Park". Eastbourne Through Time. Stroud: Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-2804-2.
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