Old Dominion Championship

The Old Dominion Championship[1] also known as the Old Dominion Open Championship was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1905.[2] It was first played at the Hermitage Golf Club, Richmond, Virginia, United States in 1905.[2] In 1936 the final edition was played Country Club of Virginia, after which when it was downgraded from the main worldwide ILTF Circuit and discontinued.[2]

Old Dominion Championship
Defunct tennis tournament
TourUSNLTA Circuit (1905-1923)
ILTF Circuit (1923-36)
Founded1905 (1905)
Abolished1936 (1936)
LocationRichmond, Virginia, United States
VenueHermitage Golf Club (1905-11)
Country Club of Virginia (1912-36)
SurfaceClay

History

In 1905 the first edition of the Old Dominion Championships staged at the Hermitage Golf Club,[3] in Richmond, Virginia.[2] The tournament was played annually there until 1911.[2] In 1912 the event was then relocated to the Country Club of Virginia, also in Richmond.[2] The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts usually in late spring or early summer. During World War I in 1917 that edition was given status of a special patriotic tournament held for the benefit of the Red Cross. In 1918 the men's event was staged, but there was no women's tournament that year.[2] It was a sanctioned event on the USNLTA Circuit from 1905 to 1923, then part of the ILTF Circuit from 1924 to 1936 when it was discontinued.[2]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1905[4]United States Frederick Gresham PollardUnited States Charles F. McIntosh6–2, 8–6, 6–1.[2]
1906[5]United States Richard HookerUnited States Frederick Gresham Pollardw.o.[2]
1907[6]United States Frederick Gresham PollardUnited States Richard Hookerw.o.[2]
1908United States Robert L. JamesUnited States Frederick Gresham Pollardw.o.[2]
1909United States Richard H. PalmerUnited States Robert L. James7–5, 6–3, 6–3.[2]
1910United States Richard H. Palmer (2)United States Frank J. Hall6–3, 1–6, 6–3.[2]
1911United States Theodore PellUnited States Richard H. Palmer6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3.[2]
1912United States Nat Thornton[7]United States Theodore Pellw.o.[2]
1914United States Theodore Pell (2)United States Nat Thornton6–4, 6–2, 6–4.[2]
1915United States Theodore Pell (3)United States Carlton Y. Smith6–2, 6–1, 6–3.[2]
1916United States Edward H. WhitneyUnited States Theodore Pellw.o.[2]
1917United States William Erskine BufordUnited States Edward H. Whitneyw.o.[2]
1919Japan Ichiya KumagaeUnited States Hugh Grigsby Whitehead6–0, 6–1, 6–1.[2]
1920United States Percy Lloyd KynastonJapan Ichiya Kumagaew.o.[2]
1923[8]United States John Temple Graves Jr.United States Thomas J. Mangan4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 5–7, 6–1.[2]
1925[9]United States Edward JacobsUnited States John Temple Graves Jr.6–1, 6–2, 2–6, 8–6.[2]
1931United States Julius SeligsonUnited States Herbert Bowman6–4, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3.[2]
1932United States Herbert BowmanUnited States Alex Keles6–0, 6–2, 6–2.[2]
1933[10]United States Herbert Bowman (2)Cuba Lorenzo Nodarse3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 7–5.[2]
1934[11]United States Harold Turner MacGuffinUnited States Alphonso Smith4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 7–5.[2]
1936United States Herbert Bowman (3)United States Harold Turner MacGuffin6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 4–5, ret.[2]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1905United States Connie Evans[12]United States Miss Tannor2–0 sets
1906United States Connie Evans (2)United States Sadie Smith6–1, 6–3
1907United States Connie Evans (3)United States Bessie Upshur6–1, 6–1
1908United States Connie Evans (4)United States Sophie Meredith6–5, 6–2
1909United States Hildegarde TurleUnited States Connie Evans4–6, 6–0, 6–4
1910United States Connie Evans Sullivan (5)United States Hildegarde Turle8–6, 6–2
1911United States Connie Evans Sullivan (6)United States Sophie Meredith6–3, 6–0
1912United States Hildegarde Turle TaylorUnited States Carrie Symington Hardy6–4, 6–2
1913United States Connie Evans Sullivan (7)United States Hildegarde Turle Taylor6–4, 13–11
1914United States Marie WagnerUnited States Connie Evans Sullivan6–2, 6–3
1915United States Florence BallinUnited States Elisabeth Moore2–6, 6–4, 6–1
1916Norway Molla BjurstedtUnited States Florence Ballin6–2, 6–2
1917United States Elizabeth WarrenUnited States Penelope Anderson6–2, 1–6, 6–4
1918No women's event held
1919United States Marie Wagner (2)United States Elisabeth Moore6–3, 6–1
1920United States Marie Wagner (3)United States Penelope Anderson6–1, 6–1
1921United States Marie Wagner (4)United States Florence Ballin6–3, 6–1
1922United States Mrs Winifred EllisUnited States Elizabeth Warren6–2, 6–4
1923[13]United States Penelope AndersonUnited States Mrs Winifred Ellis6–2, 6–4
1925[14]United States Miss WakefordUnited States Miss Heyel6–3, 6–4
1927United States Marion Zinderstein JessupUnited States Penelope Anderson6–3, 6–3
1930United States Penelope Anderson (3)United States Mrs W. Parrish6–4, 6–2
1931United States Penelope Anderson (4)United States Alice Deford6–0, 6–2
1934United States Reba KirsonUnited States Louise Rogerson6–4, 6–2
1935United States Mary CootesUnited States Reba Kirson6–3, 6–4
1936United States Edith ClarkeUnited States Mary Cootes6–4, 6–4

References
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