Scottish Championships (tennis)

Scottish Championships
Scottish Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	Pre-open era (1877–1967); Open era (1968–73)
Founded	1878
Abolished	1994
Editions	106
Location	Bridge of Allan, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Moffat, Peebles, St Andrews, Wemyss Bay, Scotland
Venue	Bridge of Allan LTC; (1908–12, 1914); Edinburgh Craiglockhart LTC; (1913,1919–29, 1900, 1946–57, 1959–60, 1963, 1965–1970); Grange Club, Edinburgh; (1878–92, 1994); Glasgow; (1958); Moffat Beachgrove Grounds; (1895–1907); Peebles LTC; (1930–39); St Andrews LTC; (1893); Inverkip Rovers Club; (1894)
Surface	Grass / outdoor

Last updated October 30, 2024

The Scottish Championships its original name until 1994 also known as the Scottish Lawn Tennis Championships,^[2] and the Scottish Grass Court Championships,^[3] was an outdoor tennis event held from 1878 through 1994. It was played at various locations throughout its duration including Bridge of Allan, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Moffat, Peebles, and St Andrews in Scotland. The dates the tournament was held fluctuated between June and August annually.

History

The Scottish Lawn Tennis Championships tournament began in 1878.^[4] It was originally held at the Grange Club^[5] in Edinburgh until 1892. It returned only one more time in 1994. In 1893 the event was played once only in St Andrews.^[6] It was then played at Moffat during the late 1890s^[7] and most of the 1900s.^[8] In 1908 it changed location again and the championships were staged at Bridge of Allan ^[9] until 1914. The championships returned to Edinburgh for a second time at what would become its semi-permanent home, Craiglockhart, from 1913, 1919 to 1929, then again 1946 through to 1960, 1963, then 1965 to 1975. During all of the 1930s the championships were staged at the Peebles Hotel Hydro courts.^[10] The championships was staged only once during its time in Glasgow in 1958.^[11]

The tournament featured both men's and women's singles competition as well as same sex and mixed doubles.^[12] The tournament survived for a period of 116 years until 1994.

Between 1997 and 2002, a tournament called The Scottish Tennis Championships was part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was played at the Craiglockhart Tennis Centre in Edinburgh on green clay courts. The 2015 ATP Challenger Tour indoor event in Glasgow was also called The Scottish Championships.

Finals

Notes: Challenge round: The final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) ^[13] in some tournaments, not all. * indicates challenger.

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runner-up	Score
1878^[14]	James Patten McDougall	?	?
1879^[15]	Leslie Balfour-Melville	?	6–1, 6–1, 6–0
1880^[16]	James Patten McDougall (2)	Leslie Balfour-Melville	?
1881^[17]	John Galbraith Horn	A. L. Davidson	6–1, 6–5
1882^[18]	John Galbraith Horn (2)	F. A. Fairlie	6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1883^[19]^[20]	John Galbraith Horn (3)	Arthur Walton Fuller	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
1884^[20]	Reginald Arthur Gamble	John Galbraith Horn	6–3, 10–8, 2–6, 6–3
1885	Patrick Bowes-Lyon ^[20]	Archibald Thomson	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1886	Patrick Bowes-Lyon ^[20](2)	Herbert Bowes-Lyon	6–1, 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
1887	Harry Grove ^[20]	Patrick Bowes-Lyon	6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 2–6, 6–2
1888	Patrick Bowes-Lyon ^[20](3)	Harry Grove	1–6, 0–6, 10–8, 6–2, 3–1 ret.
1889	Ernest Browne ^[20]	Patrick Bowes-Lyon	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1890^[21]	Ernest Browne (2)	George Richmond Mewburn	6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1891	Ernest Browne ^[20](3)	Arthur Benjamin Carvosso	6–3, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1892	Arthur Gore ^[20]	Ernest Browne	w.o.
1893 ^[22]	Arthur Gore (2)	Richard Millar Watson	6–3, 7–5 4–6, 7–5
1894	Richard Millar Watson ^[20]	Arthur Gore	w.o.
1895 ^[23]	Reginald Doherty	Richard Millar Watson *	6–1, 6–1, 6–1
1896 ^[23]	Reginald Doherty (2)	Roy Allen *	13–11, 6–4 retired.
1897^[24]	Reginald Doherty (3)	Laurence Doherty *	w.o.
1898^[25]	Laurence Doherty	Reginald Doherty *	w.o.
1899	Ernest Douglas Black	Wilberforce Eaves	6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
1900	Charles Pritchett	Roy Allen	6–8, 9–7, 6–3, 7–5
1901 ^[26]	Wilberforce Eaves	John Mycroft Boucher	6–4, 6–0, 7–5
1902	Frank Lorymer Riseley	John Mycroft Boucher	6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2
1903	Frederick William Payn	Ernest Wills	6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1904^[27]	Anthony Wilding	Charles James Glenny	6–1, 6–1, 6–2
1905	Alexander Morrice Mackay	John Mycroft Boucher	6–4, 5–7, 10–8, 6–4
1906	Alexander Morrice Mackay (2)	John Mycroft Boucher	2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1907	Alexander Morrice Mackay (3)	Samuel Ernest Charlton	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1908^[28]	Robert Powell	Anthony Wilding	4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1909 ^[29]	Theodore Mavrogordato	Walter Crawley	8–6, 6–1, 6–3
1910	Robert Powell (2)	Georges Watson	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
1911^[30]	Alfred Dunlop	William L. Clements	6–4, 6–4
1912^[31]	James Cecil Parke	Stanley Doust	w.o.
1913	Horace Rice	James Charles Glenny	6–2, 8–6, 6–1
1914	John F. Stokes	Noel O. G. Turnbull	6–4, 6–0, 6–2
1915/1918	Not held (due to World War I)
1919	Clive Branfoot	Leith W. Ross	0–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–3
1920	Cecil R. Blackbeard	Charles P. Dixon	6–2, 14–12, 9–7
1921	G. M. Elliott	Alex Blair	3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1922^[32]	Pat Spence	Alex Blair	6–0, 2–6, 7–5, 1–6, 6–3
1923	Pat Spence (2)	Eric Rayner	6–2, 10–8, 6–3
1924	Charles Kingsley	G. M. Elliott	6–2, 6–1
1925	Alex Blair	E. C. McIntosh	8–6, 6–1, 9–7
1926	Ian Collins	John G. Locke	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
1927	Ian Collins (2)	D. L. Craig	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1928	Ian Collins (3)	Yoshiro Ota ^[33]	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
1929	J. Colin Gregory	Ian Collins	6–2, 6–3, 9–7
1930	Jack Crawford	J. Colin Gregory	divided title
1931	Vernon Kirby	Norman Farquharson	6–2, 13–11
1932 ^[34]	Edward Avory	Josiah Ritchie	6–2, 7–5, 6–8, 6–3
1933	Donald MacPhail	E. L. Percival	divided title
1934 ^[34]	Teddy Burwell	Jack Lysaght	6–8, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1935^[35]	Robert Murray	Ian Collins	8–6, 9–11, 6–4, 6–3
1936	Donald MacPhail (2)	Ian Collins	0–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–1, 9–7
1937	Henry Billington	Laurie Shaffi	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
1938	Murray Deloford	Donald MacPhail	6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
1939^[36]	Donald MacPhail (3)	Alejo Russell	11–9, 6–4
1940/1945	Not held (due to World War II)
1946	Donald MacPhail (4)	Fergus Davidson	6–2, 6–1, 6–1
1947	Tadeusz Sławeck	Robin R. Welsh	3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 9–7
1948	Geza Eros	John Rutherglen	7–5, 3–6, 8–6, 6–3
1949	Nigel Cockburn	Gerald Oakley	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1950	Adrian Quist	Tadeusz Sławecki	divided title
1951	Eric Sturgess	Arthur G. Roberts	11–9, 6–3, 8–6
1952	Ian Ayre	Felicisimo Ampon	5–7, 9–7, 6–2, 9–7
1953	Billy Knight	Tony Pickard	6–4, 10–8, 6–0
1954	Bobby Wilson	Wayne Van Hoorhees	6–3, 6–1, 10–8
1955	Tony Pickard	Geoff Ward	6–3, 6–3, 6–2
1956	Colin Baxter	G. R. Chisholm	6–2, 6–1, 6–4
1957	Reginald Bennett	Alan Mills	14–12, 8–6
1958	Colin Baxter (2)	John R. Maguire	6–3, 6–4, 6–0
1959	Colin Baxter (3)	John R. Maguire	6–0, 6–3
1960	John R. Maguire	Colin Baxter	6–3, 6–1
1961	J. Malcolm Gracie	Colin Baxter	8–6, 6–1
1962	James T. Wood	Harry Matheson	6–4, 0–6, 9–7
1963	Harry Matheson	James T. Wood	6–2, 3–6, 8–6
1964	James T. Wood (2)	John Clifton	6–4, 6–4
1965	John Clifton	Harry Matheson	6–3, 3–6, 8–6
1966	John Clifton (2)	Graham Primrose	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
1967	Graham Primrose	John Cottrill	7–5, 6–2
↓ Open era ↓
1968	John Clifton (3)	Graham Primrose	6–2, 7–5
1969	John Clifton (4)	Paul Hutchins	6–2, 2–6, 6–4
1970	Ray Ruffels	John Clifton	6–1, 11–9
1971	John Clifton (5)	Harry Matheson	6–4, 6–4
1972	John Clifton (6)	David Lloyd	divided title
1973	Jay Royappa	John Clifton	6–4, 6–3
1974	John Clifton (7)	Keith Brebnor	6-0, 6-2
1975	Tony Fawcett	Ernie Ewert	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1976	Chris Lewis	C. Martin Robinson	6–2, 6–1
1977	Ken Revie	Harry L. Roulston	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
1978	Dale Collings	Michael Appleton	3–6, 6–2, 15–13
1979	Michael Appleton	Donald J. Watt	6–4, 6–4
1980	Jeremy Bates	Keith Gilbert	7–5, 7–6
1981	Michael Appleton (2)	Donald J. Watt	7–6, 6–1
1982	Donald J. Watt	Ken Revie	6–4, 6–1
1983	Buster Mottram	Mike Bauer	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
1984	Steve Denton	?	?
1985	Jeremy Bates	Colin Dowdeswell	6–2, 6–4
1986	Robin Scott	Colin McGill
1987 ^[37]	Anders Järryd	Andrés Gómez	divided title ^[38]
1988 ^[39]	Peter Lundgren	Jakob Hlasek	?
1989 ^[40]	John McEnroe	Jimmy Connors	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–4)
1990	Lan Bale	?	?
1991	Colin McGill	?	?
1992 ^[41]	Paul Hand	Phil Cooper	divided title
1993 ^[42]	B. Cowan	D. Sweeney	7–6, 7–5
1994 ^[43]	Ken Wood	Malcom Watt	7–6, 6–2

Women's singles

Year	Champions	Runner-up	Score
1886	Mable Boulton	Julia MacKenzie	3–6, 6–0, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1887	Connie Butler	Mable Boulton	6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 8–6
1888	Connie Butler (2)	Annie Dod	6–3, 6–3
1889	Connie Butler (3)	D. Patterson	6–0 6–2
1890	Helen Jackson	D. Patterson	6–1, 6–0
1891	Helen Jackson (2)	Jane Corder	4–6, 6–0, 6–1
1892	Helen Jackson (3)	Lottie Paterson	7–5, 6–1
1893	Jane Corder	Miss Moir	6–0, 6–4
1894^[44]	Lottie Paterson	Miss Burns	6–1, 6–0
1895^[44]	Lottie Paterson (2)	Ida Cressy	8–6, 6–3
1896^[44]	Lottie Paterson (3)	Ida Cressy	6–3, 8–6
1897	Minnie Hunter	Lucy Kendal	6–4, 7–5
1898	Madeline O'Neill	Minnie Hunter	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1899	Charlotte Cooper	Minnie Hunter	6–3, 8–6
1900	Minnie Hunter (2)	Helen Pillans	6–3, 8–6
1901	Muriel Robb	Minnie Hunter	6–1 4–6 7–5
1902	Alice Maud Ferguson	Mary Curtis-Whyte	6–2, 6–2
1903	M. Crawford	Miss Stoltz	8–6, 6–2
1904	Winifred Longhurst	Alice Maud Ferguson	6–3, 6–2
1905	Mary Curtis-Whyte	Alice Maud Ferguson	6–4, 6–3
1906^[45]	Alice Maud Ferguson (2)	Mary Curtis-Whyte	6–3, 8–6
1907^[45]	Alice Maud Ferguson (3)	Mary Curtis-Whyte	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
1908	Maude Garfit	Alice Maud Ferguson	6–3, 6–4
1909	Maude Garfit (2)	M. Fergus	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
1910	Ethel Thomson Larcombe	Mary Welsh	6–0, 6–1
1911	Ethel Thomson Larcombe (2)	Mary Welsh	6–1, 6–4
1912^[46]	Ethel Thomson Larcombe (3)	Mary Welsh	w.o
1913	Mary Welsh	M. Fergus	6–2, retired
1914	Mary Welsh (2)	M. Fergus	6–2, 1–6, 7–5
1915/1919	Not held (due to World War I)
1920	M. Thom	Mary Welsh	6–4, 6–3
1921	Mary Welsh (3)	M. Fergus	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1922	Mary Welsh (4)	Mrs Hall	6–0, 6–2
1923	Mary Welsh (5)	Mrs Wilson	6–0, 6–1
1924	M Thom (2)	Mary Welsh	7–5, 3–6, 6–2
1925	M. Thom (3)	M. Jenkins	6–4, 6–1
1926	M. Thom (4)	M. Ferguson	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1927	Ruth Watson	Naomi Trentham	6–1, 6–1
1928	Joan Ridley	Gwen Sterry	6–2, 6–3
1929	Joan Ridley (2)	Helen Barr	6–0, 6–4
1930^[47]	Winifred Mason	Esna Robertson	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1931	Gwen Sterry	Esna Robertson	7–5, 6–4
1932 ^[48]	Esna Robertson	Olga Webb	1–6, 6–1, 6–3
1933^[49]	Winifred Mason (2)	Kathleen Robertson	6–2, 6–2
1934 ^[50]	Joan Hartigan	Susan Noel	5–7, 14–12, 7–5
1935	Anita Lizana	Joan Ingram	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
1936	Anita Lizana (2)	Mary Hardwick	6–2, 6–0
1937^[51]	Anita Lizana (3)	Esna Robertson	6–1, 6–1
1938^[52]	Mary Hardwick	Dorothy Bundy	6–2, 7–5
1939	Nancy MacPherson-Grant	Esna Robertson	6–3, 6–2
1940/1945	Not held (due to World War II)
1946	Anita Ellis (4)	Betty Lombard	6–4, 6–0
1947	Leslie Hunter Fulton	Mollie Welsh	6–0, 6–4
1948	Joy Gannon	Mrs H Czolowska	6–2, 6–1
1949	Gem Hoahing	Joy Hibbert	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1950	Wendy Stork	Helen Proudfoot	6–2, 6–3
1951	Helen Proudfoot	Heather Macfarlane	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1952	Beryl Bartlett	Glenda Love	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1953	Shirley Bloomer	Patricia Harrison	4–6, 6–2, 6–0
1954	Jean Petchell	Jean Knight	6–1, 6–2
1955	Elaine Watson	Rosemary Walsh	3–6, 6–2, 6–0
1956	Christine Truman	Valerie Lewis	7–5, 6–4
1957	Rita Bentley	Jill Rook	5–7, 6–2, 6–0
1958	E.A. Walker	Mollie Welsh Mackay	9–7, 7–5
1959	N.T. Seacy	A.V. Paterson	6–0, 8–6
1960	Joyce Barclay	Anne McAlpine	9–7, 1–6, 6–1
1961	Robin Blakelock	Frances MacLennan	divided the title
1962	Joyce Barclay (2)	NT Buchanan	6–3, 6–3
1963	Joyce Barclay (3)	D.McCallum	6–2, 6–2
1964	Joyce Williams (4)	Winnie Shaw	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1965	Winnie Shaw	Joyce Williams	6–2, 6–0
1966	Winnie Shaw (2)	Joyce Williams	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1967	Judy Tegart	Ann Jones	6–4, 6–4
↓ Open era ↓
1968	Joyce Williams (5)	Karen Krantzcke	8–6, 6–4
1969^[53]	Marjorie Love	Sheila Moodie	6–2, 6–2
1970	Winnie Shaw (3)	Joyce Williams	6–3, 6–8, 12–10
1971	Joyce Williams (6)	Winnie Shaw	6–4, 6–2
1972	Corinne Molesworth	Joyce Williams	divided the title
1973	Jill Cooper	Joyce Williams	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1974^[53]	Marjorie Love	Patricia Coleman	3–6, 6–1, 6–0
1975	Joyce Barclay Hume (7)	Lindsay Blachford	6–2, 6–4
1976 ^[54]	Mariana Simionescu	J. Sedlackova	6–2, 6–3
1977 ^[55]	Martina Navratilova	Kristien Shaw	2–6, 9–8, 7–5
1978	Carrie Meyer	D. Colligs	6–3, 8–9, 6–3
1979	Lea Antonoplis	Joyce Barclay Hume	7–6, 6–4
1980	Lea Antonoplis (2)	Carolina Maso	6–2, 6–2
1981	Judy Erskine	J. Denholm	6–7, 6–1, 6–3
1982	Cathy Drury	Denise Parnell	6–2, 6–2
1983	Cathy Drury (2)	L. Fitzgerald	6–0, 6–0
1984	Lea Antonoplis (3)	?	?
1985	Lea Antonoplis (4)	Elizabeth Minter	6–3, 6–0
1986	Jackie Holden	?	?
1987 ^[56]	Lisa Bonder	Gabriela Sabatini	divided the title ^[57]
1988 ^[58]	Gigi Fernández	Wendy Turnbull	6–2, 6–2
1989 ^[59]	Mary Joe Fernández	Anne Simpkin	6–1, 6–3
1990	Barbara Rittner	?	?
1991 ^[60]	Michelle Mair	?	?
1992	Caroline Billingham	K. Ross	divided the title
1993 ^[42]	Samantha Smith	Anne Simpkin	6–1, 6–3
1994 ^[43]	Heather Lockhart	Alison Reid	6–0, 4–6, 6–4

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Myers. Arthur Wallis. (1903), Lawn Tennis at Home Abroad, Charles Scribner and Sons. New York. USA.

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ILTF Independent Tour ITF Independent Tour	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
National Tennis League	1968 1969
World Championship Tennis	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978–81: not held 1982 1983 1984
ILTF Grand Prix ITF Grand Prix	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
ATP Tour	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025