East Gloucestershire Championships | |
Type: | defunct |
Founded: | 1879 |
Ended: | 1969 |
Editions: | 55 |
Location: | Cheltenham Gloucestershire Great Britain |
Venue: | Cheltenham LTC (1879-1904) East Gloucestershire LTC (1905-69) |
Surface: | Wood (indoor) Grass - outdoor |
The East Gloucestershire Championships was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1879 as the Cheltenham Lawn Tennis Championships. In 1904 it was renamed the East Gloucestershire Championships after it moved to a new venue. It ran annually with breaks until 1969.
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]
Incomplete list of tournaments included:[2] [3]
Year | Champion | Runner Up | Score |
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1879 | Vere St. Leger Goold | 6-4 6-3 5-6 6-4 | |
1880 | Ernest Renshaw | 6-2 3-6 6-1 8-6 | |
1881 | Ernest Browne | Robert Braddell | 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-0 |
1882 | Robert Braddell | Arthur Walton Fuller | 6-1 6-4 |
1883 | William Bush-Salmon | 6-0 6-1 6-0 | |
1884 | 10-8 6-1 6-3 | ||
1885 | 6-4 6-3 6-2 | ||
1886 | 6-3 6-2 2-6 9-7 | ||
1887 | 3-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-2 | ||
1888 | 7-5 6-3 4-6 2-6 ret. | ||
1889 | 6-1 6-1 2-6 4-6 6-3 | ||
1890 | 6-4 1-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
1891 | 6-4 6-3 6-2 | ||
1892 | 6-1 8-6 7-5 | ||
1914 | Hope Crisp | 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 Jones. | 6-3 6-2 6-1 | |
1926 | R. G. Bernard | Clinton McIlquham | 7-5 5-7 6-3 |
1927 | R. D. England | 10-8 8-6 6-0 | |
1928 | J. D Page | Henry B. Purcell | 6-2 3-6 9-7 |
1929 | R. G. Bernard | 6-2 0-6 6-3 | |
1930 | Noel G. Holmes | 8-6 6-0 | |
1931 | R. N. A. Leyton | Clinton McIlquham | 6-4 6-4 |
1932 | C. P. Luck | 6-3 5-7 6-3 6-3 | |
1934 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
1935 | Frank Wilde | 6-4 7-5 | |
1936 | George Godsell | w.o. | |
1937 | 6-0 7-5 | ||
1938 | George Godsell | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | |
1939 | 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 | Richard Guise | 10-8 6-2 | |
1949 | Richard Guise | 3-6 6-3 6-3 | |
1950 | Richard Guise | 6-4 6-1 | |
1951 | Richard Guise | 4-6 6-4 6-3 | |
1952 | Basil Katz | 6-4 9-7 | |
1953 | John Horn | 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 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
1959 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
1960 | Robert Griffin | J. Guirdham | 9-7 6-4 |
1961 | Robin Sanders | 2-6 6-2 6-2 | |
1962 | 10-8 7-5 | ||
1963 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
1964 | ?, ? | ?, ? | WEA |
1965 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
1966 | 2-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
1969 | 6-4 6-3 | ||