The North Riding Championships[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]
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] In 1892 this main event the Whitby Open was renamed the North Riding Championships, after which the Whitby Open was the umbrella name for a series of tournaments. This event was then staged annually until 1902 when it was discontinued.[3] The men's singles title was won by a G.W. Brook who defeated H. Anderson.[3]
The first two editions were held at the Congress 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.
↑ "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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