East Gloucestershire Championships
The East Gloucestershire Championships also called the Cheltenham Lawn Tennis Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament held from 1879 through 1969.
East Gloucestershire Championships | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Founded | 1879 |
Abolished | 1969 |
Editions | 55 |
Location | Cheltenham Lawn Tennis Club Cheltenham Gloucestershire Great Britain |
Surface | indoor (Hard) outdoor (Grass) |
History
The East Gloucestershire Championships was played at the Cheltenham Lawn Tennis Club, Cheltenham, Great Britain the tournament was initially played on indoor hard courts (partially covered) from 1879 to 1881 then switched to outdoor grass courts there were fifty five editions of the event.[1]
Past tournaments
Incomplete list of tournaments included:[2][3]
Men's singles
Year | Champion | Runner Up | Score |
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1879 | William Renshaw | Vere St. Leger Goold | 6-4 6-3 5-6 6-4 |
1880 | Ernest Renshaw | Ernest Browne | 6-2 3-6 6-1 8-6 |
1881 | Ernest Browne | Robert Wallace Braddell | 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-0 |
1882 | Robert Wallace Braddell | Arthur Walton Fuller | 6-1 6-4 |
1883 | Donald Stewart | William John Bush-Salmon | 6-0 6-1 6-0 |
1884 | Donald Stewart | Richard Sears | 10-8 6-1 6-3 |
1885 | Ernest Browne | Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross | 6-4 6-3 6-2 |
1886 | Ernest Browne | James Dwight | 6-3 6-2 2-6 9-7 |
1887 | Ernest Browne | James Dwight | 3-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-2 |
1888 | Harry Grove | Ernest Browne | 7-5 6-3 4-6 2-6 ret. |
1889 | George Hillyard | James Baldwin | 6-1 6-1 2-6 4-6 6-3 |
1890 | Harold Mahony | James Baldwin | 6-4 1-6 6-1 6-4 |
1891 | Ernest Wool Lewis | Harry S. Barlow | 6-4 6-3 6-2 |
1892 | Manliffe Goodbody | Sydney Howard Smith | 6-1 8-6 7-5 |
1914 | Hope Crisp | Charles P. Dixon | 5-7 6-2 6-2 8-6 |
1920 | George A. Thomas | C. J. Brierley | 6-2 6-1 |
1922 | George A. Thomas | Clinton McIlquham | 6-3 6-0 6-1 |
1923 | C. J. Brierley | Henning Larsen | 6-3 6-3 6-3 |
1924 | George A. Thomas | G. W. Lucas | 0-6 6-2 6-1 8-6 |
1925 | Nigel Sharpe | Nigel Jones. | 6-3 6-2 6-1 |
1926 | R. G. Bernard | Clinton McIlquham | 7-5 5-7 6-3 |
1927 | Nigel Sharpe | R. D. England | 10-8 8-6 6-0 |
1928 | J. D Page | Henry B. Purcell | 6-2 3-6 9-7 |
1929 | Eric Peters | R. G. Bernard | 6-2 0-6 6-3 |
1930 | George Godsell | Noel G. Holmes | 8-6 6-0 |
1931 | R. N. A. Leyton | Clinton McIlquham | 6-4 6-4 |
1932 | George Godsell | C. P. Luck | 6-3 5-7 6-3 6-3 |
1934 | George Godsell | Ronald Shayes | 6-3 6-1 |
1935 | Frank Wilde | George Godsell | 6-4 7-5 |
1936 | George Godsell | John Burke Wilkinson | w.o. |
1937 | Kho Sin-Kie | Jimmy Jones | 6-0 7-5 |
1938 | Kho Sin-Kie | George Godsell | 2-6 6-3 6-4 |
1939 | Donald Butler | P. M. Lindner | 6-0 6-3 |
1946 | John K. Drinkall | Derrick F. Leyland | 6-4 5-7 6-4 |
1947 | Derrick F. Leyland | Richard Guise | 5-7 6-3 7-5 |
1948 | Norman Lewis | Richard Guise | 10-8 6-2 |
1949 | Arthur G. Roberts | Richard Guise | 3-6 6-3 6-3 |
1950 | Richard Guise | Arthur G. Roberts | 6-4 6-1 |
1951 | Chew Bee Ong | Richard Guise | 4-6 6-4 6-3 |
1952 | Peter Cawthorn | Basil Katz | 6-4 9-7 |
1953 | John Horn | Czesław Spychała | 6-1 16-14 |
1954 | Dawson Hamilton | Cedric Mason | 3-6 7-5 6-4 |
1955 | Malcom Fox | Cedric Mason | 7-5 6-1 |
1956 | Louis Surville | Arthur Marshall | 6-0 6-3 |
1957 | Derek Lawer | R. Lautenberg | 6-1 7-5 |
1958 | Alan Mills | Ivo Ribeiro | 6-4 6-3 |
1959 | Trevor Fancutt | Tony Pickard | 6-3 6-2 |
1960 | Robert Griffin | J. Guirdham | 9-7 6-4 |
1961 | Keith Diepraam | Robin Sanders | 2-6 6-2 6-2 |
1962 | José Edison Mandarino | Ron Barnes | 10-8 7-5 |
1963 | Warren Jacques | Alan Lane | 6-3 7-5 |
1964 | ?, ? | ?, ? | WEA |
1965 | Cliff Drysdale | Keith Diepraam | 6-4 6-1 |
1966 | Raymond Moore | Dick Crealy | 2-6 6-1 6-4 |
1969 | Brian Fairlie | Hans Joachim Plötz | 6-4 6-3 |
References
- Archives, Tennis. "Cheltenham: East Gloucestershire Championships England". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives, 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- Archives, Tennis. "Cheltenham: East Gloucestershire Championships England". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives, 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- Garcia, Gabriel. "CHELTENHAM: East Gloucs Champs Tournament Roll of honour". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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