Whitby Open

The Whitby Open[1] was men's and women's grass court tournament founded in 1884 as the Whitby Open Lawn Tennis Tournament.[2] The tournament was organsised by Whitby Lawn Tennis Club, and first played at the Congress Hall Grounds, Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England. until 1902.[3]

Whitby Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1884 (1884)
Abolished1902 (1902)
LocationWhitby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England.
VenueCongress Hall Grounds
West Cliff Lawn Tennis Courts
SurfaceGrass

History

The Whitby Tournament was an outdoor grass court men's and women's tennis event established in 1884 at Whitby, North Riding of Yorkshire, England.[3] In 1887 the Whitby Open also featured the Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Championships that year.[4] The tournament was staged annually until 1902 when it was discontinued.[3] The mens singles title was won by a G.W. Brook who defeated H. Anderson.[3]

The tournament also featured some notable Wimbledon players such as Marmaduke Strickland Constable the 1883 singles quarter finalist, George Richmond Mewburn and E.W. Fletcher the 1885 Northern Championships semi finalist. Margaret Bracewell a Yorkshire born player and winner of the Yorkshire Championshships and Midland Counties Championships played mixed doubles at this event, she was also mixed doubles champion at the Irish Championships in with Ernest Wool Lewis.

Venues

The first two editions were held at the Congres Hall Grounds, the Congress Hall was a wooden building with a capacity of 2000 people it was first constructed in York by the Church of Congress, then was transferred to Whity in 1867 and opened by the Constantine Phipps, the Earl Mulgrave.[5] The 1886 edition was played on land belonging to Sir George Elliot, 1st Baronet.[6] In 1887 and until the remainder of its run the tournament was staged at the West Cliff Lawn Tennis Courts.

Finals

Mens Singles

Year Winner Finalist Score
1884England Arthur Godfrey PeaseUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George E. Newby6-5, 4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6-5[3]
1885United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland James Herbert CrispeEngland Arthur Godfrey Pease3-6, 6–1, 6–3, 6-5[3]
1886England Philip Leslie HirstUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Reston Brewerton6-0, ret.[3]
1887United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland E.W. FletcherUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Reston Brewerton6-3, 7–5, 9–7.[3]
1900United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Alexander H. WolffUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland John A. Wolff6-2, 6–3, 6–2.[7]

Mens Doubles

Year Winner Finalist Score
1884England Arthur Godfrey Pease
Ireland J. Theo Richardson
England John Charles Kay
England Harold Stapylton Greenwell
6-5, 6–1, 6-5[3]
1885England Arthur Godfrey Pease
England George Richmond Mewburn
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland James Herbert Crispe
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Leonard William Greenwell
6-5, 6–1, 6-5[3]
1886England Arthur Godfrey Pease
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland W.S. Wright
England Francis Joseph Hirst
England Philip Leslie Hirst
6-5, 6–1, 6-5[3]
1887England George Richmond Mewburn
England Arthur Godfrey Pease
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland} James Baldwin
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland M. Pole
6-1, 10–12, 6–4, 7-5[3]

Women's Singles

Year Winner Finalist Score
1884England L. CheethamEngland A.J. Osmond6-3, 6-4

Mixed Doubles

Year Winner Finalist Score
1884England John Charles Kay
England Miss D. Radcliffe
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland C. Richardson
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Miss L. Cheetham
6-0, 6-3[3]
1885England Arthur Godfrey Pease
England Miss Wood
England George Richmond Mewburn
England Miss Scott
6-3, 6-1[3]
1886England Wilfrid T. Rivett-Carnac
England Miss Walters
England A. Herbert
England Miss Wood
6-3, 6-1[3]
1887England Francis Joseph Hirst
England Miss Margaret Bracewell
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland M. Pole
England Miss Walters
8-6, 6-3[3]

See also

References

  1. "LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT AT WHITBY. The annual open lawn tennis tournament commenced on the West Cliff Lawn Tennis Courts on Monday, and is expected to be concluded tomorrow". Whitby Gazette. Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 31 August 1900. p. 53. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  2. "WHITBY OPEN LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT: The second annual will be held on the Congress Hall Grounds, Whitby, MondayY, 21th August, and following days". Whitby Gazette. Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 22 August 1885. p. 43. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  3. "Tournaments:Whitby". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  4. "LAWN TENNIS. THE YORKSHIRE COUNTY TOURNAMENT AT WHITBY". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 22 August 1887. p. 8. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  5. REED, Silvester (1878). Reed's Guide to Whitby ... With an Essay on Sea Bathing, by John Dowson ... Thirteenth Edition. Whitby: S. Reed. p. 99.
  6. "LAWN TENNIS. TOURNAMENT AT WHITBY. Encouraged by the success which has attended lawn teunis tournaments in other places, Sir George .Elliot, Bart, M.P., has had laid down for the purpose of tennis ground spacious piece of land his estate". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 27 August 1886. p. 8. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  7. "TOURNAMENT AT WHITBY". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 3 September 1900. p. 10. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
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