Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Championships

Last updated
Yorkshire Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourNLTA (1884-1910)
Founded1884;140 years ago (1884)
Abolished1970;54 years ago (1970)
Location Harrogate
Hull
Ilkley
Leeds
Scarborough
Sheffield
Whitby
Surface Grass

The Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Championships [1] or simply known as the Yorkshire Championships was a combined men's and women's open grass court tennis tournament established in 1884 as the Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Tournament [2] then later Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament and ran till 1970. It was first held in Ilkley, then, Harrogate, then Whitby before moving permanently to Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.

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History

The first Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Tournament was established in 1885 and played at Ilkley, Yorkshire, England. In 1887 the event was renamed as Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament. In 1889 the name was changed again the Yorkshire Open Championships. [3] In 1906 the event was moved permanently to Scarborough, North Yorkshire. [4] The championships were held as part of the worldwide tennis circuit until 1970. The event is still being held as late as 2017 as the Yorkshire Tennis County Championships. [5]

For the years 1892, 1894–1900 and 1904–1905 the tournament was also valid as the North of England Championships.

Locations

The championships have been staged in the following towns and cities Harrogate, Hull, Ilkley, Leeds, Scarborough, Sheffield and Whitby

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll) [6]

YearChampionRunner-upScore
Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Tournament
1884 Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ernest Browne Flag of England.svg Marmaduke Constable6-1, ret.
1885 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gilbert Mahon Flag of England.svg E.W. Fletcher6-0, 6–2, 6-4
1886 Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Ernest Browne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gilbert Mahon3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament
1887 Flag of England.svg E.W. Fletcher Flag of England.svg Arthur Godfrey Pease 6-2, 6-2, 7-5
1888 Flag of England.svg Arthur Godfrey Pease Flag of England.svg E.W. Fletcher5-7, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
Yorkshire Open Championships
1889 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Davy Flag of England.svg Arthur Godfrey Pease w.o.
1890 Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Joshua Pim Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Grainger Chaytor 6-2, 6-0 ret.
1891 Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Joshua Pim (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Baldwin 6-3, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
1892 Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Joshua Pim (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Davy6-1, 6-4, 3-1, ret.
1893 Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Joshua Pim (4) Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg George Ball-Greene [7] 6-4, 9-7, 6-4
1894 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Allen Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Joshua Pim w.o.
1895 Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Grainger Chaytor Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harold Nisbet 7-9, 4-6, 6-4, 9-7, 6-1
1898 Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Grainger Chaytor (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ernest Douglas Black6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Yorkshire Championships
1900 Saint Patrick's Saltire.svg Grainger Chaytor (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles William Wade6-2, 6-2, 6-3
1901 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Laurie Doherty Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ernest Douglas Black6-2, 6-1, 6-1
1905 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roy Allen (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Gladstone Allen w.o.
1907 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edgar Middleton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ernest Watson6-3, 3-6, 6-8, 6-0, 6-4
1908 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ernest Watson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Francis Moss6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1909 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sidney Watson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edgar Middleton 6-4, 6-3, 6-1
1910 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sidney Watson (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edgar Middleton 0-6, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

YearChampionRunner-upScore
Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Tournament
1884 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Constance Hodgson Flag of England.svg Beatrice Wood 7-5, 6-3
1885 Flag of England.svg Mabel Boulton Flag of England.svg Beatrice Wood 6-2, 6-2
1886 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Margaret Bracewell Flag of England.svg Mabel Boulton 5-7, 8-6, 3-0 retd.
Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament
1887 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Margaret Bracewell (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ethel Atkinson4-6, 6-2, 6-0
Yorkshire Association County Closed Tournament
1887 Flag of England.svg Beatrice Wood Flag of England.svg Mabel Boulton 7-5, 5-7, 6-0
Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament
1888 Flag of England.svg Mabel Boulton (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Margaret Bracewell 6-4,8-6, 6-3
1889 Flag of England.svg Mabel Boulton (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Miss Crossley2–6, 6–2, 7–5
1890 Flag of England.svg Beatrice Wood (2) Flag of England.svg Jane Corder6–2, 6–1
Yorkshire Open Championships
1892 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Helen Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Beatrice Wood Draffen 6-0, ?,
1894 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Beatrice Wood Draffen (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Grey6-3, 6-1
1895 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lucy Kendal Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marion Crosby Morton6-2, 6-1
1896 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lucy Kendal (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Beatrice Wood Draffen ?
1897 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lucy Kendal (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Muriel Robb 6-3, 6-0
1898 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katherine Grey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alice Simpson Pickering 6-4, 6-4
1899 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alice Simpson Pickering Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bertha Holder 6-1, 6-4
Yorkshire Championships
1900 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alice Simpson Pickering (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ethel Jessop6-0, 6-2
1904 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lucy Kendal (4) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gladys Eastlake-Smith 6-0, 4-6, 6-4
1905 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bertha Holder Flag of the United Kingdom.svg N. Morton11-9, 6-1

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