East Grinstead Open

East Grinstead Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	British Circuit (1888-1912) ILTF Circuit (1913-1939)
Founded	1882
Editions	1939
Location	East Grinstead, West Sussex, England
Venue	East Grinstead LTCC
Surface	Grass (outdoor)

The East Grinstead Open was a combined grass court tennis tournament held at the East Grinstead Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club(f.1882), ^[1] East Grinstead, West Sussex, England from 1882 to 1939. ^[2]

History

The East Grinstead Open tournament ^[3] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first staged around 1882 at East Grinstead, West Sussex, England. ^[2] In 1928 the East Grinstead Open had 128 entries for the gentlemen's singles event. ^[4] The first winner of the men's singles was England's William Nevill Cobbold. ^[2] The first winner of the women's event was England's Mrs Baddington. The final known edition was in 1939 the men's singles event was won by New Zealands's Alistair Dewar-Brown. ^{[2] [5]} and the women's singles title was won by Hungary's Suzy Kormoczy. It was a featured regular series category event on the ILTF Circuit from 1913 to 1939.

Notable winners of this tournament included in the men's singles; William Nevill Cobbold (1882, 1883, 1887), Charles Lacy Sweet (1884), James Dwight (1885), Wilfred Baddeley (1888), Herbert Baddeley (1889), Roy Allen (1904, 1909), Major Ritchie (1911), Gordon Lowe (1912), Brame Hillyard (1924), Paul Barrelet De Ricou ^[6] (1927), Donald Leahong ^[7] (1930), Vernon Kirby (1937) and Ian Collins (1938). ^[2]

Former notable winners of women's singles title included; Blanche Bingley (1885), Hilda Lane (1903–06, 1908–09, 1911–13), Dorothy Holman (1921–1925), Joan Ridley (1928–30), Geraldine Ramsey Beamish (1931) and Ermyntrude Harvey (1935–36, 1938). ^[2]

Finals

Mens Singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1882	Nevill Cobbold	Percy Wallis	6–0, 6–3
1883	Nevill Cobbold (2)	James Agnew	6–3, 6–5
1884	Charles Lacy Sweet	L.G. Campbell	6–2, 6–3, 6–3
1885	James Dwight	Nevill Cobbold	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
1886	Charles Ross	W.E. Seldon	6–3, 6–2
1887	Nevill Cobbold (3)	William Down	6–4, 6–2
1888	Wilfred Baddeley	W.E. Seldon	7–5, 6–3
1889	Herbert Baddeley	Wilberforce Eaves	6–1, 7–5
1904	Roy Allen	George Orme	6–4, 4–1 ret.
1905	Roderick McNair	Reggie Doherty	walkover
1906	Roy Allen (2)	Alfred Beamish	6–1, 6–1
1908	Roy Allen (3)	Peter Hicks	6–2, 6–2
1909	Roy Allen (4)	Frank Roe	10–8, 6–2
1910	Roy Allen (5)	George Partridge	6–0, 6–2, 6–0
1911	Major Ritchie	Roy Allen	default
1912	Gordon Lowe	J. Herbert Crispe	?
1913	James Zimmermann	Gordon Lowe	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–3,
1914	George Greville	Erik Larsen	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1915/1919	(Not held due to WWI)
1920	N. Field	S. Leslie	6–2, 6–2
1921	D. Browne	Jack Hillyard	7–5, 4–6, 6–2
1922	George Colding	H.W. Carruthers	6–3, 3–6, 6–0
1923	Jack Hillyard	D. Browne	6–0, 6–2
1924	Brame Hillyard	D.L. Morgan	6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1925	Sydney Jacob	John Progsin-Smith	6–3, 6–3
1926	H.G.C. Fowler	George Colding	6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–8, 6–4
1927	Paul Barrelet de Ricou	Claude Barrelet de Ricou	6–3, 0–6, 6–1, 6–4
1928	Ralph Wackett	John Millen	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1929	John Millen	Donald Leahong	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
1930	Donald Leahong	Jimmy Jones	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1931	W.A.R. Collins	B.W. Hone	divided title.
1932	G.F. Mathieson	Grady Frank	4–6, 6–2, 10–8
1933	A. Baird Murray	Bob Tinkler	6–4, 6–2
1934	Grady Frank	Malcom Young	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1935	Charles Fawcus	Malcom Young	2–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
1936	John Collins	David Williams	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1937	Vernon Kirby	John Collins	6–0, 6–3
1938	Ian Collins	G.F. Mathieson	6–3, 6–2
1939	Alistair Dewar-Brown	Ian Collins	6–0, 6–0

Womens Singles

(incomplete Roll)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1882	Mrs Baddington	May Arbuthnot	6–1, 6–5
1884	Miss Cobbold	Ada Strapp	6–1, 6–4
1885	Blanche Bingley	Edith Davies	6–2, 5–7, 6–3
1886	Miss Cobbold (2)	May Jacks	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
1887	Miss Cobbold (3)	May Arbuthnot	6–3, 6–3
1888	Ivy Arbuthnot	May Arbuthnot	divided title
1889	Ivy Arbuthnot (2)	May Arbuthnot	divided title
1903	Hilda Lane	Marion Clark	walkover
1904	Hilda Lane (2)	Ethel Attfield	6–1, 6–2
1905	Hilda Lane (3)	Gladys Eastlake-Smith	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1906	Hilda Lane (4)	Gladys Eastlake-Smith	14–16, 6–1, 8–6
1907	Mildred Brooksmith	M. Parsons	6–4, 6–1
1908	Hilda Lane (5)	Amy Wilson	7–5, 5–7, 7–5
1909	Mildred Coles	Hilda Lane	4–6, 6–1, 9–7
1910	Edith Greville	Mildred Brooksmith	6–1, 6–1
1911	Hilda Lane (6)	Mildred Coles	6–2, 6–3
1912	Hilda Lane (7)	Edith Greville	6–8, 7–5, 6–3
1913	Hilda Lane (8)	Jessie Tripp	6–4, 1–6, 7–5
1914	Edith Greville (2)	Jessie Tripp	6–4, 6–0
1915/1919	(Not held due to world war one)
1920	Olive Manser	Aurea Edgington	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1921	Dorothy Holman	Olive Manser	6–2, 6–2
1922	Dorothy Holman (2)	Olive Manser	9–7, 6–3
1923	Dorothy Holman (3)	Phyllis Satterthwaite	w.o.
1924	Dorothy Holman (4)	Annie Cobb	6–4, 6–4
1925	Dorothy Holman (5)	Elsie Goldsack	8–6, 6–3
1926	Mrs N. Godfrey	Dorothy Holman	6–4, 11–9
1927	Mary Cambridge	Aurea Edgington	6–4, 7–5
1928	Joan Ridley	Phyllis Mudford	9–7, 6–0
1929	Joan Ridley (2)	Ermyntrude Harvey	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
1930	Joan Ridley (3)	Helen Bourne	6–3, 6–3
1931	Geraldine Beamish	Elisabeth Macready	divided title
1932	Elisabeth Macready	Geraldine Beamish	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1933	Phyllis King	Elisabeth Macready	6–3, 6–0
1934	Phyllis King (2)	Elisabeth Macready	walkover
1935	Ermyntrude Harvey	Judith Backhouse	6–3, 7–5
1936	Ermyntrude Harvey (2)	Josephine Harman	6–2, 2–6, 7–5
1937	Olga MacInnes	Ermyntrude Harvey	8–6, 6–1
1938	Ermyntrude Harvey (3)	Doreen Pleydell-Bouverie	6–4, 6–1
1939	Suzy Kormoczy	Ermyntrude Harvey	6–1, 9–7

References

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