East of England Championships

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East of England Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameFelixstowe Open Lawn Tennis Tournament(1885-88)
Eastern Counties Championships (1889-96)
East of England Championships (1897–1967)
East of England Open Championships (1968–72)
East of England Tournament (1973)
East of England Championships (1974–82)
Founded1885;139 years ago (1885)
Abolished1983;41 years ago (1983)
Location Felixstowe, Suffolk, England.
VenueFelixstowe LTC
SurfaceGrass

The East of England Championships [1] also called the East of England Lawn Tennis Championships [2] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1885 as the Felixstowe Open Lawn Tennis Tournament. [3] In 1889 the event had by this time become a regional level tournament that ran until 1983 when it lost its status as a senior international tour level event. However the championships are still being staged today as the East of England and an LTA British Tour (Premier Event). [4]

Contents

History

The Felixstowe Open Lawn Tennis Tournament hosted by the Felixstowe Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club became a regional level tour event called the East of England Championships in 1889. It was located Felixstowe, Suffolk, South East England. In 1890 the Felixstowe Open was revived as a stand alone event played alongside this one for two editions only until 1891.

The tournament was usually staged in mid-August, this later changed the middle or third week of July following the Wimbledon Championships. The East of England Championships ran for 98 years before it was discontinued in 1983 as a senior international tour level event. However the championships are still being staged today as the East of England an LTA British Tour (Premier Event). [5]

This tournament became an interrelating regional event to the North of England Championships (f.1884), the South of England Championships (f.1881) and the West of England Championships (f.1881).

Notable winners of the men's singles championship title included Reggie Doherty (1906), Herbert Roper Barrett (1897-1899, 1901-1902, 1910), George Hillyard (1907-1908), Héctor Cattaruzza (1926), Jiro Yamagishi (1934-1935, 1937), George Worthington (1949), Jan Leschly (1957-1957), Mark Cox (1963, 1965-1967) and Saeed Meer (1977).

Former women's singles winners included Dorothea Douglass Chambers, (1902, 1906-1908, 1910-1911), Geraldine Ramsey Beamish (1921-1922), Elsie Goldsack Pittman (1931-1932), Jadwiga Jędrzejowska )1937), Shirley Bloomer (1954), Jill Blackman (1966), Patti Hogan (1967) and Greer Stevens (1973).

Finals

Men's singles

Incomplete roll included: [6]

YearChampionRunner UpScore
Felixstowe Open Lawn Tennis Tournament
1884 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Francis William Monement Flag of England.svg Maurice Welldon6-4, 1-6, 6-1
1885 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Francis William Monement (2) Flag of England.svg Herbert Davy Longe6-1, 6-0
1886 Flag of England.svg Alfred Penn Gaskell Flag of England.svg Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 5-6, 6-3, 6-3
1887 Flag of England.svg William Herbert Cohen Flag of England.svg Charles Sidney Cullingham6-3, 6-4
1888 Flag of England.svg Francis St. Barbe Haskett-Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Herbert William Kersey6-1, 9-7, 6-3
Eastern Counties Championships
1889 Flag of England.svg William Nevill Cobbold Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Gladstone Allen 1-6, 6-5, 6-3
1890 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Gladstone Allen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Francis Walter Eicke6-1, 1-6, 6-3
1891 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Allen Flag of England.svg William Nevill Cobbold 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
1892 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Allen (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Gladstone Allen w.o.
1893 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Allen (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Herbert William Kersey6-4, 6-1, 10-8
East of England Championships
1894 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ernest Wool Lewis Flag of England.svg Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith6-0, 6-2
1895 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Allen (4) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sydney Howard Smith 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
1896 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Reginald Doherty Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Allen 6-4, 8-6
1897 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Herbert Roper Barrett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Gladstone Allen 7-5, 7-5
1898 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Herbert Roper Barrett (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Allen 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
1899 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Herbert Roper Barrett (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Allen 3-6, 8-6, 6-3
1900 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Percy Dixon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Allen 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1901 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Herbert Roper Barrett (4) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Percy Dixon 7-5, 6-8, 6-1, 6-3
1902 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Herbert Roper Barrett (5) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Smeathman Hatton6-3, 6-3, 6-4
1903 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Allen (5) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Greville 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
1904 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Allen (6) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Herbert Roper Barrett 6-3, 6-1
1907 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Hillyard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alfred Beamish 6-2, 6-2
1908 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Hillyard (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alfred Beamish 6-1, 6-2
1909 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alfred Ernest Beamish Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dunstan Rhodes 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
1910 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Herbert Roper Barrett (6) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Hillyard 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3
1914/1918Not held (due to world war one)
1919 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Basil Henty6-4, 6-2, 6-3
1920 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hugh Walter Davies Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
1921 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Thomas Bevan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle 6-2, 6-4
1922 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Thomas Bevan (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle 9-7, 4-6, 6-1
1923 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sydney Jacob Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Donald Greig 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
1924 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Donald Greig Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle 6-4, 7-5, 6-2
1925 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Woosnam Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Kingsley 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
1926 Flag of Argentina.svg Héctor Américo Cattaruzza Flag of Argentina.svg Ronaldo Boyd 6-4, 6-4, 8-6
1927 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Herbert Kingsley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Max Woosnam 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
1928 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Crole-Rees Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sydney Jacob 3-6, 8-6, 6-2
1929 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Crole-Rees (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg G.R. Ashton6-2, 6-2
1930 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arthur W. Hill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Crole-Rees 6-0, 6-4
1931 Flag of Austria.svg Franz Matejka Flag of Ireland.svg Charles Frederick Scroope6-2, 6-3
1932 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Godsell Flag of Ireland.svg George S. Fletcher8-6, 6-3
1933 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Scriven Burrows Flag of New Zealand.svg Alan Stedman 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
1934 Flag of Japan.svg Jiro Yamagishi Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Charles Aeschlimann 6-4, 6-0
1935 Flag of Japan.svg Jiro Yamagishi (2) Flag of Ireland.svg George Lyttleton Rogers 6-3, 6-3
1936 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Richard (Dickie) Ritchie Flag of Japan.svg Eikichi Itoh 6-4, 6-3
1937 Flag of Japan.svg Jiro Yamagishi (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Billington 6-1, 6-4
1938 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lawrence Shaffi Flag of Italy.svg P. Martinelli2-6, 6-3, 6-2
1939 Flag of Romania.svg Constantin Tanacescu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eric Filby 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
1940/1946Not held (due to world war one)
1947 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Robson Flag of New Zealand.svg John Barry 6-2, 6-4
1948 Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltan Katona Flag of Kenya (1921-1963).svg R.J.E. Mayers [7] 6-8, 6-0, 6-2
1949 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Worthington Flag of India.svg Naresh Kumar 6-2, 6-8, 6-4
1950 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony (Tony) Starte [8] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bobby Nicholl 2-6, 7-5, 6-1
1951 Flag of Denmark.svg Torben Ulrich Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Derrick Leyland 8-6, 6-2
1952 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gerry Oakley Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ivo Rinkel 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
1953 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Ward [9] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Lowe8-6, 6-3
1954 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Robson (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Ward 8-6, 9-7
1955 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ivor Warwick Flag of Pakistan.svg Khwaja Saeed Hai 14-16, 6-4, 6-4
1957 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Leschly Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Gordon Lawrence Talbot 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
1958 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Leschly (2) Flag of Denmark.svg Claus Storm Pallesen 6-0, 6-0
1959 [10] Flag of the United States.svg John Kebble Flag of Pakistan.svg Tariq Afridi 7-5, 6-1
1962 Flag of New Zealand.svg Robert G. Clarke [11] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Cox 6-4, 6-3
1963 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Cox Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Bluett 6-4, 6-3
1964 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Keith Wooldridge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Stilwell 6-2, 6-0
1965 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Cox (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gerald Battrick 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
1966 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Cox (3) Flag of New Zealand.svg Lew Gerrard 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
1967 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Cox (4) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Keith Wooldridge 6-2, 6-4
1968 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Stanley Matthews Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Keith Wooldridge 10-12, 7-5, 7-5
Open era
East of England Open Championships
1969 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Giltinan Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Byron Bertram 8-6, 1-6, 8-6
1970 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Giltinan (2) Flag of Australia (converted).svg Syd Ball 7-5, 6-2
1971 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alvin Gardiner Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Simpson 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
1972 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Feaver Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Tony Fawcett 9-8, 6-4
1973 Flag of the United States.svg Armistead Neely Flag of the United States.svg Larry Parker 5-7, 6-4, 8-6
East of England Championships
1974 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Willem Prinsloo Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dave Segal6-3, 6-0
1975 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Collins Flag of Pakistan.svg Saeed Meer 3-6, 6-3, 9-7
1976 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Farrell Flag of Bermuda.svg Stephen Alger 6-3, 6-4
1977 Flag of Pakistan.svg Saeed Meer Flag of Pakistan.svg Ali Kahn2-6, 6-4, 9-7
1978 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Willie Davies Flag of the United States.svg Dean Mathias6-3, 6-4
1979 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rob Hak [12] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Willie Davies 9-8, 3-6, 6-3
1980 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Paish Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Willie Davies 6-1, 6-4
1981 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ian Currie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Guntrip w.o.
1982 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Willie Davies (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Paish 3-6, 6-1, 6-2

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

YearChampionRunner UpScore
Felixstowe Open Lawn Tennis Tournament
1886 Flag of England.svg A. Ridley Flag of England.svg Helen Kersey6-1, 6-5
1887No women's event
1888 Flag of England.svg Nellie Turner Flag of England.svg Freda Green4-6, 6-2, 10-8
Eastern Counties Championships
1889 Flag of England.svg Ivy Arbuthnot Flag of England.svg Helen Kersey6-3, 6-4
1890 Flag of England.svg Florence Noon Thompson Flag of England.svg Winifred Kersey6-3, 6-4
1891 Flag of England.svg Winifred Kersey Flag of England.svg C. Tidbury6-4, 6-2
1892No women's event
1893 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elsie Lane Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henrietta Horncastle 6-3, 11-9
1894 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M. Burton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg E. Burton6-3, retired.
1895 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elsie Lane (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg A. Inge6-1, 6-3
1896 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emma Ridding Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henrica Riddingdivided prizes
East of England Championships
1897 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mrs White Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henrietta Horncastle 6-3, 6-3
1898 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Edith Austin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Miss Tootell6-1, 6-2
1899 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Beryl Tulloch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elsie Lane 6-8 6-2 6-4
1900 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Beryl Tulloch (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Winifred Kersey 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
1901 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Connie Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hilda Lane 6-2, 6-4
1902 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothea Douglass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Winifred Longhurst 6-3, 4-6, 9-7
1903 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alice Greene Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Connie Wilson 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
1904 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Connie Wilson (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Agnes Morton 6-3, 6-3
1905 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alice Greene (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marion Colbatch-Clark8-6, 6-2
1906 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothea Douglass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Connie Wilson 14-14, retired
1907 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothea Douglass Chambers (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Agnes Morton 6-2, 6-2
1908 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothea Douglass Chambers (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Agnes Morton 6-1, 6-3
1909 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Agnes Morton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mary Gray Curtis-Whyte6-0, 6-1
1910 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothea Douglass Chambers (4) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M. Messom6-0, 6-2
1911 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Holman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Winifred McNair 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
1912 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Agnes Morton (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothea Douglass Chambers 5-7, 6-3, retired
1913 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Winifred McNair Flag of the United States.svg Elizabeth Ryan 7-5, 7-5
1914-18Not held (due to World War I)
1919 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Muriel Ledger Hextall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mrs F.W. Hodges6-4, 4-6, 6-2
1920 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mabel Davey Clayton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Carr Satterthwaite 6-4, 6-3
1921 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geraldine Ramsey Beamish Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mabel Davey Clayton6-3, 7-5
1922 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geraldine Ramsey Beamish (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mabel Davey Clayton6-0, 6-2
1923 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mabel Davey Clayton (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geraldine Ramsey Beamish 1-6, 6-2, 10-8
1924 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ermyntrude Harvey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Claire Beckingham6-4, 6-1
1925 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Claire Beckingham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geraldine Ramsey Beamish 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
1926 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geraldine Ramsey Beamish (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elsie Goldsack6-4, 6-2
1927 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joan Ridley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geraldine Ramsey Beamish 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
1928 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joan Ridley (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geraldine Ramsey Beamish 6-4, 6-3
1929 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joan Ridley (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elsie Goldsack 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
1930 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nancy Lyle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elsie Goldsack Pittman 6-4, 6-3
1931 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elsie Goldsack Pittman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joan Ridley 6-2, 6-2
1932 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elsie Goldsack Pittman (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ermyntrude Harvey 6-0, 8-6
1933 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geraldine Ramsey Beamish (4) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lucy Bond Pretty6-1, 6-1
1934 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freda Scott Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joan Ridley 12-10, 8-8, retired
1935 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Leila Row Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freda Scott 6-3, 6-2
1936 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Audrey de Smidt Allister Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nancy Palmer6-2, 6-2
1937 Flag of Poland.svg Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Audrey Wright6-1, 6-4
1938 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elsie Goldsack Pittman (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rosemary Thomas7-5, 9-7
1939 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elsie Goldsack Pittman (4) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Iris Hutchings 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
1940-46Not held (due to World War I)
1947 Flag of Poland.svg Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (2) Flag of Sweden.svg Bibi Gullbrandsson 6-1, 6-2
1948 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jean-Nicoll-Bostock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jean Quertier 11-9, 6-2
1949 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Patricia Ward Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joey Physick David7-5, 6-2
1950 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Margaret Emerson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anne Shilcock 6-2, 6-2
1951 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anne Shilcock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joey Physick Lloyd1-6, 6-4, 6-4
1952 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jean Quertier Rinkel Flag of the United States.svg Baba Lewis 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
1953 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Lucille van der Westhuizen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg D. Midgley6-0, 6-3
1954 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Shirley Bloomer Flag of New Zealand.svg Heather Redwood Robson6-3, 6-1
1955 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bea Walter Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthea Gibb 6-4, 6-2
1956 Flag of New Zealand.svg Elaine Becroft Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Christine Truman 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
1957 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Patricia Hird Flag of Denmark.svg Inge Overgaard 6-2, 6-0
1958 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg A. Hardwick Flag of Denmark.svg Pia Balling 7-5, 6-2
1959 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sheila Griffin Bramley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J. Stedman6-3 6-2
1960 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sheila Griffin Bramley (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elaine Watson Shentondivided title
1961 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J. Watts Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sheila Griffin Bramley7-5, 1-6, 6-3
1962 Flag of New Zealand.svg Judy Davidson Flag of New Zealand.svg Elizabeth Terry 6-2, 6-3
1963 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alison Stroud Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mrs S. Stevenson6-4, 4-6, 6-4
1964 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elizabeth Starkie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Deidre Catt 9-7, 4-6, 6-4
1965 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rita Bentley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elizabeth Starkie 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
1966 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jill Blackman Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Laura Rossouw 6-3, 6-4
1967 Flag of the United States.svg Patti Hogan Flag of the United States.svg Lynn Abbes 6-2, 6-3
1968 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Janice Townsend Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jenny Staley Hoad 11-9, 6-1
Open era
East of England Open Championships
1969 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Anita van Deventer Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Brenda Kirk 6-2, 6-4
1970 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Corinne Molesworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robin Blakelock Lloyd2-6, 6-4, 6-2
1971 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jill Cooper Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Corinne Molesworth 6-3, 6-2
1972 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Patricia Coleman Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wendy Turnbull 7-5, 8-6
1973 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Greer Stevens Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Diane Riste6-2, 6-1
East of England Championships
1974 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gwen Stirton Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lois Raymond [13] 6-3 7-5
1975 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lindsay Blachford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Annette Coe 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
1976 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J. Wilton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julia Lloyd 6-3, 7-5
1977 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Linda Geeves Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jill Cottrell 6-2, 6-4
1978 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Deborah Stewart Flag of Israel.svg Hagit Zubary [14] 6-2, 9-7
1979 Flag of the United States.svg Phyllis Blackwell Flag of the United States.svg E. Sharp6-4, 6-3
1980 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elizabeth Little Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sonia Davies6-1, 6-1
1981 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Deborah Stewart (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jane Plackett 6-3, 6-3
1982 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joy Tacon Flag of New Zealand.svg Belinda Cordwell 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
1983 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jane Langstaff Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Paulette Moreno 7-6, 6-0

Tournament records

Notes

In the late 1880s an East of England tournament was established in Filey, North Yorkshire, but was predominantly a local tennis meeting only.

Event names

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