The East Gloucestershire Championships was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1879 as the Cheltenham Lawn Tennis Championships. In 1904 it was renamed the East Gloucestershire Championships after it moved to a new venue. It ran annually with breaks until 1969.
| East Gloucestershire Championships | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Founded | 1879 |
| Abolished | 1969 |
| Editions | 55 |
| Location | Cheltenham Gloucestershire Great Britain |
| Venue | Cheltenham LTC (1879-1904) East Gloucestershire LTC (1905-69) |
| Surface | Wood (indoor) Grass - outdoor |
History
editThe East Gloucestershire Championships was played at the Cheltenham Lawn Tennis Club, Cheltenham, Great Britain the tournament was initially played on indoor hard courts (partially covered) from 1879 to 1881 then switched to outdoor grass courts there were fifty five editions of the event.[1]
Finals
editIncomplete list of tournaments included:[2][3]
Men's singles
edit| Year | Champion | Runner Up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1879 |  William Renshaw |
 Vere St. Leger Goold |
6-4 6-3 5-6 6-4 |
| 1880 | Ernest Renshaw |
Ernest Browne |
6-2 3-6 6-1 8-6 |
| 1881 | Ernest Browne |
Robert Braddell |
6-3 6-3 3-6 6-0 |
| 1882 | Robert Braddell |
Arthur Walton Fuller |
6-1 6-4 |
| 1883 | Donald Stewart |
William Bush-Salmon |
6-0 6-1 6-0 |
| 1884 | Donald Stewart |
 Richard Sears |
10-8 6-1 6-3 |
| 1885 | Ernest Browne |
Charles Ross |
6-4 6-3 6-2 |
| 1886 | Ernest Browne |
James Dwight |
6-3 6-2 2-6 9-7 |
| 1887 | Ernest Browne |
James Dwight |
3-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-2 |
| 1888 | Harry Grove |
Ernest Browne |
7-5 6-3 4-6 2-6 ret. |
| 1889 | George Hillyard |
James Baldwin |
6-1 6-1 2-6 4-6 6-3 |
| 1890 | Harold Mahony |
James Baldwin |
6-4 1-6 6-1 6-4 |
| 1891 | Ernest Wool Lewis |
Harry S. Barlow |
6-4 6-3 6-2 |
| 1892 | Manliffe Goodbody |
Sydney Howard Smith |
6-1 8-6 7-5 |
| 1914 | Hope Crisp |
Charles P. Dixon |
5-7 6-2 6-2 8-6 |
| 1920 | George A. Thomas |
C. J. Brierley |
6-2 6-1 |
| 1922 | George A. Thomas |
Clinton McIlquham |
6-3 6-0 6-1 |
| 1923 | C. J. Brierley |
 Henning Larsen |
6-3 6-3 6-3 |
| 1924 | George A. Thomas |
G. W. Lucas |
0-6 6-2 6-1 8-6 |
| 1925 | Nigel Sharpe |
Nigel Jones. |
6-3 6-2 6-1 |
| 1926 | R. G. Bernard |
Clinton McIlquham |
7-5 5-7 6-3 |
| 1927 | Nigel Sharpe |
R. D. England |
10-8 8-6 6-0 |
| 1928 | J. D Page |
 Henry B. Purcell |
6-2 3-6 9-7 |
| 1929 | Eric Peters |
R. G. Bernard |
6-2 0-6 6-3 |
| 1930 | George Godsell |
Noel G. Holmes |
8-6 6-0 |
| 1931 | R. N. A. Leyton |
Clinton McIlquham |
6-4 6-4 |
| 1932 | George Godsell |
C. P. Luck |
6-3 5-7 6-3 6-3 |
| 1934 | George Godsell |
Ronald Shayes |
6-3 6-1 |
| 1935 | Frank Wilde |
George Godsell |
6-4 7-5 |
| 1936 | George Godsell |
John Burke Wilkinson |
w.o. |
| 1937 |  Kho Sin-Kie |
Jimmy Jones |
6-0 7-5 |
| 1938 | Kho Sin-Kie |
George Godsell |
2-6 6-3 6-4 |
| 1939 | Donald Butler |
P. M. Lindner |
6-0 6-3 |
| 1946 | John K. Drinkall |
Derrick F. Leyland |
6-4 5-7 6-4 |
| 1947 | Derrick F. Leyland |
Richard Guise |
5-7 6-3 7-5 |
| 1948 | Norman Lewis |
Richard Guise |
10-8 6-2 |
| 1949 | Arthur G. Roberts |
Richard Guise |
3-6 6-3 6-3 |
| 1950 | Richard Guise |
Arthur G. Roberts |
6-4 6-1 |
| 1951 |  Chew Bee Ong |
Richard Guise |
4-6 6-4 6-3 |
| 1952 |  Peter Cawthorn |
 Basil Katz |
6-4 9-7 |
| 1953 | John Horn |
 Czesław Spychała |
6-1 16-14 |
| 1954 | Dawson Hamilton |
Cedric Mason |
3-6 7-5 6-4 |
| 1955 | Malcom Fox |
Cedric Mason |
7-5 6-1 |
| 1956 | Louis Surville |
Arthur Marshall |
6-0 6-3 |
| 1957 |  Derek Lawer |
R. Lautenberg |
6-1 7-5 |
| 1958 | Alan Mills |
 Ivo Ribeiro |
6-4 6-3 |
| 1959 | Trevor Fancutt |
Tony Pickard |
6-3 6-2 |
| 1960 | Robert Griffin |
J. Guirdham |
9-7 6-4 |
| 1961 | Keith Diepraam |
Robin Sanders |
2-6 6-2 6-2 |
| 1962 | José Edison Mandarino |
Ron Barnes |
10-8 7-5 |
| 1963 | Warren Jacques |
Alan Lane |
6-3 7-5 |
| 1964 | ?, ? | ?, ? | WEA |
| 1965 | Cliff Drysdale |
Keith Diepraam |
6-4 6-1 |
| 1966 | Raymond Moore |
Dick Crealy |
2-6 6-1 6-4 |
| 1969 |  Brian Fairlie |
 Hans Joachim Plötz |
6-4 6-3 |
References
edit- ^ Archives, Tennis. "Cheltenham: East Gloucestershire Championships England". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives, 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ Archives, Tennis. "Cheltenham: East Gloucestershire Championships England". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives, 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ Garcia, Gabriel. "CHELTENHAM: East Gloucs Champs Tournament Roll of honour". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 24 July 2018.