Hampshire Tennis Championships

Hampshire Tennis Championships
Hampshire Tennis Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Bournemouth Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club Tournament (1878–1882); Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament (1882-91); Bournemouth Open Tournament (1891-1905); Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championship (1906-10); Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships (1911-1960); Hampshire Championships (1960-1971); Hampshire Tennis Championships(1972-1982)
Founded	1878;146 years ago
Abolished	1981;43 years ago
Location	Bournemouth, Dorset, England
Venue	Dean Park
Surface	Grass

Last updated December 30, 2024

The Hampshire Tennis Championships^[1] or the Hampshire Championships was a men's and women's grass court tennis event established in 1878 as the Bournemouth CLTC Tournament. In 1906 the Bournemouth tournament was upgraded to a county level event and renamed as Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championships that ran continuously until 1981.

History

On 21 May 1878 the Bournemouth Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club staged its first tennis spring meeting the Bournemouth CLTC Tournament held at the cricket ground Dean Park, Bournemouth, Dorset, England that concluded on 24 May 1878.^[2] In October 1878 a second autumn meeting was also held at the same venue.

In 1891 the Bournemouth LTC Tournament became known as the Bournemouth Open Tournament.^[3] In 1906 the Bournemouth Open Tournament as it was called, was upgraded to a county level event and renamed as the Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships,^[4] that ran continuously until 1981 when it ceased to be part of the international tennis tour.

This tournament is still being staged today as a merged event called the Hampshire & IOW County Championships.^[5]

Finals

Men's Singles

(Incomplete roll)^[6]

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Bournemouth Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
1878	Hubert Medlycott	?	?
1879	Edmond Brackenbury	Hubert Medlycott	3 sets to 2
1880	Frank Benson	F.A. Campbell	6-1, 6-1, 6-3
1881	Montague Hankey	J.G. Johnston	6-2, 6-3, 6-0
1882	Montague Hankey	William Henry Birkbeck	2 sets to 1
Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
1883	Ernest Wool Lewis	Jose d'Almeida	6-0, 6-0 ret.
1884	Ernest Wool Lewis (2)	Aston Cooper-Key	6-0, 6-2, 6-3
1885	Ernest Wool Lewis (3)	Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross	6-2, 6-1, 6-4
1886	Ernest Wool Lewis (4)	H.M. Nicholls	6-0, 6-1, 6-2
1887	Ernest Wool Lewis (5)	H. Phillip	6-2, 6-4, 6-3
1888	Ernest Wool Lewis (6)	Arthur Story	6-4, 6-1, 6-1
1889	Ernest Wool Lewis (7)	Harry Sibthorpe Barlow	6-4, 6-3, 6-1
1890	Henry George Biddle	David Elgar Payn	6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
Bournemouth Open Tournament
1891	Horace Chapman	Harry Sibthorpe Barlow	10-12, 9-7, 6-3, 6-4
1892	Horace Chapman (2)	Joshua Pim	w.o.
1896	Herbert Newcombe Craig	Allan Campbell Pearson	2-6, 6-1, 6-2
1897	Herbert Newcombe Craig (2)	Arthur Cyril Ransome	3-6, 2-6 6-2, 6-2, 6-1
1898	Herbert Newcombe Craig (3)	Grainger Chaytor	(stopped bad weather)
1899	Philip Graeme Pearson	Allan Campbell Pearson	6-1 6-2 6-4
1900	D.G. Fry	Hugh Matthew Sweetman	0-6 9-7 ret.
1901	Brame Hillyard	Edward Yatman	6-3, 6-3
1902	Jack Ridding	Robert Fletcher Leslie	6-4, 6-4
1903	Alexander Fellowes	John Baker Dufall
1904	Roy Allen	Anthony Wilding	6-1, 6-1
1905	Roy Allen (2)	G. Elwin Evered	6-0, 6-3
Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championship
1906	Jack Ridding (2)	Roy Allen	1-6, 6-4, 6-4
1907	Roy Allen (3)	John Rendall	6-0, 6-1
1908	Roy Allen (4)	Bernard Oswald Roe	6-2, 6-1
1909	Roy Allen (5)	Gordon W. Smith	7-5, 6-0
1910	George Alan Thomas	Stanley Doust	6-3, 7-5
1915/1918	men's event not held due to World War I
Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships
1919	Frank Fisher	Charles Tuckey	6-3, 7-5
1920	Louis Bosman Raymond	Cecil Blackbeard	4-6, 7-5, 7-5
1921	Frank Fisher (2)	A.C.D. Campbell	6-3, 6-2
1922	Frank Fisher (3)	F.T. Martin	?
1923	Brame Hillyard (2)	Mr. Henley	6-3, 2-6, 6-2
1924	James Bayley	Frank Fisher	6-4, 6-3
1925	Patrick Wheatley	N.R. Chapman	6-2, 6-3
1926	Jack Hillyard	Udupi Diggavi Ranga Rao	6-3, 6-1
1927	John Pennycuick	Sydney Jacob	6-0, 6-8, 7-5
1928	Eskel Andrews	Keats Lester	4-6, 6-3, 6-4
1929	Eric Peters	Jack Lysaght	6-2, 6-4
1930	Eskel Andrews (2)	Patrick Wheatley	7-5, 6-2
1931	Jiro Sato	Vernon Kirby	3-6, 9-7, 7-5
1932	Henry G. E. Evered	Norman Taylor	6-1, 6-4
1933	Norman Farquharson	Vernon Kirby	6-2, 9-7
1934	Vivian McGrath	Cam Malfroy	6-4, 5-7, 6-3
1935	Cam Malfroy	George McVeagh	6-8, 6-2, 6-1
1936	Adrian Quist	Clifford Sproule	6-2, 6-0
1937	Alan Stedman	Cam Malfroy	6-2, 6-1
1938	Don Butler	George Godsell	6-3, 3-6, 6-2
1939	Don Butler (2)	Jack Gunn	6-4, 6-4
1949/1945	men's event not held due to World War I
1946	Ignacy Tłoczyński	Derek Hardwick	6-1, 6-3
1947	Joseph McHale	R.G. Salmon	8-6, 8-6
1948	Tim Lewis	George Godsell	6-1, 2-6, 6-3
1949	David S. Anderton	Derek Hardwick	6-3, 6-4
1950	Tim Lewis (2)	David S. Anderton	6-2, 6-2
1952	Tim Lewis (3)	Colin W. Hannam	4-6, 6-2, 7-5
1953	Ron G. Reeve	John M. Melhuish	6-4, 6-3
1954	E.M.G. Earl	David S. Anderton	6-2 6-1
1955	Ed Bulmer	I.N. Stewart	6-2, 6-4
1956	Ian Charles King	Derek Collins^[7]	7-5, 6-3
1959	Henry D 'Souza	R.P. Chesterton	6-3, 6-1
Hampshire Championships
1960	Geoff Bluett	M. Frost	6-2, 6-3
1966	A.S. Bull	J.J. Quinn	?
Open era
1968	John Crump	Colin Rees	6-2, 6-3
1969	John Crump (2)	John de Mendoza	8-6, 6-2
1970	Alun Jones	Mike Wayman	6-4, 4-6, 8-6
1971	Richard A. Leslie^[8]	A.P. Billingham	6-4, 1-6, 8-6
Hampshire Tennis Championships
1972	Richard A. Leslie (2)	Yair Wertheimer	7-5, 6-1
1973	Jasper Cooper	Martin Cornish	6-4, 4-6, 6-2
1975	Jasper Cooper (2)	C. Collins	6-2, 6-1
1976	Jasper Cooper (3)	B. Joannides	6-2, 6-1
1977	Andy W Paton	Ola Malmqvist	6-3, 7-5
1978	Robert Booth	Clint Harris	6-1, 6-4
1979	Tarek El-Sakka	Tim Robson^[9]
1980	Patrick Hughesman	G. Petrie	6-2, 6-2
1981	Clint Harris	Tim Robson	6-2, 6-2

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll) two versions of the women's event held in * May and ** August.

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
1883	Mrs Hornby	M. Richards	5-6, 6-3, 6-1
1884	F. Davies	Mrs Hornby	3-6, 6-2, 6-5
1885	Mrs Surman	Mrs Hornby	divided title
1886	Mrs Hornby (2)	B. Hannaford	6-3, 6-3
1887	Constance Bryan	Beatrice Langrishe	6-1, 6-3
1888	May Langrishe	Constance Bryan	6-1, 7-5
1889	May Langrishe (2)	Constance Bryan	6-4, 6-4
1890	May Langrishe (3)	Constance Bryan	6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Bournemouth Open Tournament
1891	Violet Pinckney	Elsie Pinckney	w.o.
1892	Violet Pinckney (2)	Charlotte Cooper	w.o.
1893/1895	women's event not held
1896	Violet Pinckney (3)	Amy Ransome	6-3, 6-1
1897	women's event not held
1898	Charlotte Cooper	Blanche Bingley Hillyard	divided title
1899	Ruth Winch	Alice Greene	6-2, 6-0
1900	women's event not held
1901	Ruth Winch (2)	Violet Pinckney	6-1, 6-4
1902	Ruth Winch (3)	Amy Ransome	11-9, 6-1
1903	Connie Wilson	Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown	6-4, 6-2
1904	Connie Wilson (2)	M. Britain	6-2, 6-4
1905	Violet Pinckney (4)	Amy Ransome	1-6, 6-1, 6-2
Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championship
1906	Gladys Eastlake-Smith	Ellen Thynne Evered	6-2, 6-3
1907	Gladys Eastlake-Smith	Ellen Thynne Evered	1-6, 6-2, 7-5
1908	Edith Boucher	Gladys Lamplough	6-1, 6-3
1909	Violet Pinckney (5)	Beryl Tulloch	8-6, 6-3
1910	Beryl Tulloch	Jessie Tripp	5-7, 6-1, 6-1
Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships
1911	Edith Hannam (2)	Agnes Tuckey	6-4, 6-3
1912	Edith Hannam (3)	Agnes Tuckey	6-2, 6-2
1913	Edith Hannam (4)	Agnes Tuckey	8-6, 6-0
1914	Agnes Tuckey	Lavinia Radeglia	6-0, 6-4
1915/1918	women's event not held due to World War I
1919	Kitty McKane	Doris Craddock	6-2, 6-1
1920	Doris Craddock	Mrs A.A. Hall	6-2, 6-1
1921	Kathleen Lidderdale	Doris Covell Craddock	6-3, 6-2
1922	Aurea Farrington Edgington	Eleanor Rose	divided title
1923	Eleanor Rose	E. Tanner	6-4, 8-6
1924	Geraldine Beamish	Eleanor Rose	5-7, 7-5, 6-4
1925	Geraldine Beamish (2)	Violet Chamberlain	2-6, 6-2, 6-4
1926	Violet Chamberlain	Geraldine Beamish	4-6, 6-2, 6-1
1927	Violet Chamberlain (2)	Geraldine Beamish	6-1, 6-3
1928	Joan Ridley	Violet Chamberlain	6-3, 6-3
1929	Joan Ridley (2)	Elsie Goldsack	6-4, 8-6
1930	Joan Ridley (3)	Elsie Goldsack Pittman	4-6, 6-4, 6-1
1931	Madge Slaney	Jeanette Morfey	6-3, 6-3
1932	Evelyn Dearman	Nancy Lyle	6-4, 6-3
1933	Margaret Walsh Mellows	Muff Wilson	1-6, 7-5, 6-1
1934	Joan Hartigan	Madge Slaney	3-6, 6-3, 6-3
1935	Leila Row	Joan Ingram	7-5, 6-8 retd.
1936	Madge Slaney (2)	Patience Thomson	6-2, 6-2
1937	Margot Stewart	Betty Cooke	7-5, 6-3
1938	Mary Hardwick	Mona Riddell	6-0, 6-4
1939	Margot Stewart	Edie Rudd Luxton	6-4, 6-3
1915/1918	women's event not held due to World War II
1946	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	Janet Morgan	6-3, 6-4
1947	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Jean Walker-Smith	6-2, 6-2
1948	Jean Walker-Smith	Kathleen Tuckey	6-3, 4-6, 6-2
1949	Margaret Emerson	Hilaire Newberry	6-0, 6-2
1950	Jean Walker-Smith (2)	Kathleen Tuckey	1-6, 6-2, 6-2
1951	Angela Buxton	Mrs R. Chapman	divided title
1952	Anne Shilcock	Angela Buxton	6-8, 6-1, 6-2
1953	Marion Boundy	Mrs R. Chapman	6-1, 6-2
1954	Viola White	Margaret Grace	6-4, 6-2
1955	Anita Lizana Ellis	Viola White	6-0, 5-7, 6-0
1956	Sheila Bramley	Mrs R. Chapman	6-3, 6-3
1957	Sheila Bramley (2)	Elaine Shenton	4-1, rained out.
1958	Sheila Bramley (3)	J. Chamberlain	10-8, 7-5
1959	Anita Lizana Ellis (2)	Elizabeth Starkie	3-6, 6-2, 6-4
1960	Sheila Bramley (4)	Margaret Lee	6-3, 6-1
Hampshire Championships
1961	A. O'Neill	K. Howarth	3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1962	Ann Owen	K. Wainwright	6-1, 6-4
1963	M. White	Anthea Rigby	6-1, 7-5
1964	Anthea Rigby	G. Chapman	8-6, 8-6
1965	Elaine Shenton	G. Chapman	6-3, 6-1
1966	Anthea Rigby (2)	Elaine Shenton	divided title
Open era
1968	Brenda Kirk	Marianna Brummer	6-0, 7-5
1969	Penny Moor	Diane Riste	divided title
1970	Diane Riste	Barbara Walsh	8-6, 6-1
1971	Mrs P. Blackburn	Diane Riste	6-2, 6-4
Hampshire Tennis Championships
1972	Rosemary Pearson	Nuala Dwyer	6-4, 3-6, 6-3
1973	Nuala Dwyer	M. O'Toole	6-2, 6-2
1975	Dianne Evers	Michelle Ballheimer	6-1, 6-4
1976	P. Roberts	L. Hobley	6-3, 9-7
1977	L. Hobley	Judy Erskine	6-3, 6-1
1978	A. Tripp	Josephine Smedley	6-2, 6-2
1979*	Mary Carillo	Belinda Thompson	6-2, 6-3
1979**	Helen de Giorgio	Jill Andrews	3-6 6-3 7-5 *
1980*	Susan Rollinson	Kate Gulley	6-3, 6-4
1980**	Elspeth Young	K. Treloar	6-3, 6-3
1981	Judy Tegart-Dalton	Jane Langstaff	6-0 6-0

Event names

Bournemouth Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club Tournament (1878–1882)
Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament (1883–1891)
Bournemouth Open Tournament (1891–1905)
Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championship (1906–1910)
Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships (1911–1960)
Hampshire Championships (1960–1971)
Hampshire Tennis Championships (1972–1981)

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↑ "Lawn tennis: The new Bournemouth Open Tournament: Although a few showers fell, sunshine fortunately prevailed during the greater part of the proceedings of this annual meeting with a long history, was brought to an eventful close at Bournemouth on Saturday last". Clifton Society. British Newspaper Archives. 3 September 1891. p. 14.
↑ "Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Tournament. The 1920 Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships. The 29th Open Tournament with a long and illustrious history, will be held on Dean Park Ground, on August 2 to 7. Play commences at 2 p.m.". Bournemouth Guardian. Bournemouth, England: British Newspaper Archives. 17 July 1920.
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[1] "Tennis: The Quarter Finals of the Hampshire Tennis Championships were played yesterday in Havant". Belfast Telegraph. Belfast, Antrim, Northern Ireland: British Newspaper Archives. 31 August 1978. p. 29.

[2] "Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Spring Tournament: The tournament took place on May 21 and following days 22nd, 23rd and 24th.. The entries for all the events were numerous and, notwithstanding the unsettled state of tke weather, there was a large and fashionable crowd". The Field. London, England: British Newspaper Archives. 1 June 1878. p. 22.

[3] "Lawn tennis: The new Bournemouth Open Tournament: Although a few showers fell, sunshine fortunately prevailed during the greater part of the proceedings of this annual meeting with a long history, was brought to an eventful close at Bournemouth on Saturday last". Clifton Society. British Newspaper Archives. 3 September 1891. p. 14.

[4] "Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Tournament. The 1920 Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships. The 29th Open Tournament with a long and illustrious history, will be held on Dean Park Ground, on August 2 to 7. Play commences at 2 p.m.". Bournemouth Guardian. Bournemouth, England: British Newspaper Archives. 17 July 1920.

[5] "Hampshire & IOW County Championships 2022". competitions.lta.org.uk. Lawn Tennis Association. Retrieved 9 December 2022.

[6] "Tournament – Hampshire Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

[7] "Derek Collins past President of Essex Tennis". Essex Tennis. Essex LTA. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

[8] "Player Profile: Richard Leslie". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

[9] "Player Profile: TIMOTHY Robson". www.itftennis.com. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

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