East Gloucestershire Championships

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
Founded1879
Abolished1969
Editions55
LocationCheltenham
Gloucestershire
Great Britain
VenueCheltenham LTC (1879-1904)
East Gloucestershire LTC (1905-69)
SurfaceWood (indoor)
Grass - outdoor

History

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The 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

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Incomplete list of tournaments included:[2][3]

Men's singles

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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

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  1. ^ Archives, Tennis. "Cheltenham: East Gloucestershire Championships England". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives, 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  2. ^ Archives, Tennis. "Cheltenham: East Gloucestershire Championships England". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives, 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  3. ^ Garcia, Gabriel. "CHELTENHAM: East Gloucs Champs Tournament Roll of honour". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 24 July 2018.