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East of England Championships

The East of England Championships[1] also called the East of England Lawn Tennis Championships[2] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1885 as the Felixstowe Open Lawn Tennis Tournament.[3] In 1889 the event had by this time become a regional level tournament that ran until 1983 when it lost its status as a senior international tour level event. However the championships are still being staged today as the East of England and an LTA British Tour (Premier Event).[4]

East of England Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameFelixstowe Open Lawn Tennis Tournament(1885-88)
East of England County Lawn Tennis Championships (1889-96)
East of England Championships (1897–1967)
East of England Open Championships (1968–72)
East of England Tournament (1973)
East of England Championships (1974–82)
Founded1885; 139 years ago (1885)
Abolished1983; 41 years ago (1983)
LocationFelixstowe, Suffolk, England.
VenueFelixstowe LTC
SurfaceGrass

History

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The Felixstowe Open Lawn Tennis Tournament hosted by the Felixstowe Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club became a regional level tour event called the East of England Championships in 1889. It was located Felixstowe, Suffolk, South East England.

The tournament was usually staged in mid-August, this later changed the middle or third week of July following the Wimbledon Championships. The East of England Championships ran for 98 years before it was discontinued in 1983 as a senior international tour level event. However the championships are still being staged today as the East of England an LTA British Tour (Premier Event).[5]

This tournament became an interrelating regional event to the North of England Championships (f.1884), the South of England Championships (f.1881) and the West of England Championships (f.1881).

Notable winners of the men's singles championship title included Reggie Doherty (1906), Herbert Roper Barrett (1897-1899, 1901-1902, 1910), George Hillyard (1907-1908), Héctor Cattaruzza (1926), Jiro Yamagishi (1934-1935, 1937), George Worthington (1949), Jan Leschly (1957-1957), Mark Cox (1963, 1965-1967) and Saeed Meer (1977).

Former women's singles winners included Dorothea Douglass Chambers, (1902, 1906-1908, 1910-1911), Geraldine Ramsey Beamish (1921-1922), Elsie Goldsack Pittman (1931-1932), Jadwiga Jędrzejowska )1937), Shirley Bloomer (1954), Jill Blackman (1966), Patti Hogan (1967) and Greer Stevens (1973).

Finals

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Men's singles

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Incomplete roll included:[6]

Year Champion Runner Up Score
Felixstowe Open Lawn Tennis Tournament
1884   Francis William Monement   Maurice Welldon 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
1885   Francis William Monement (2)   Herbert Davy Longe 6-1, 6-0
1886   Alfred Penn Gaskell   Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 5-6, 6-3, 6-3
1887   William Herbert Cohen   Charles Sidney Cullingham 6-3, 6-4
1888   Francis St. Barbe Haskett-Smith   Herbert William Kersey 6-1, 9-7, 6-3
Eastern Counties Championships
1889   William Nevill Cobbold   Charles Gladstone Allen 1-6, 6-5, 6-3
1890   Charles Gladstone Allen   Francis Walter Eicke 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
1891   Roy Allen   William Nevill Cobbold 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
1892   Roy Allen (2)   Charles Gladstone Allen w.o.
1893   Roy Allen (3)   Herbert William Kersey 6-4, 6-1, 10-8
East of England Championships
1894   Ernest Wool Lewis   Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 6-0, 6-2
1895   Roy Allen (4)   Sydney Howard Smith 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
1896   Reginald Doherty   Roy Allen 6-4, 8-6
1897   Herbert Roper Barrett   Charles Gladstone Allen 7-5, 7-5
1898   Herbert Roper Barrett (2)   Roy Allen 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
1899   Herbert Roper Barrett (3)   Roy Allen 3-6, 8-6, 6-3
1900   Charles Percy Dixon   Roy Allen 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1901   Herbert Roper Barrett (4)   Charles Percy Dixon 7-5, 6-8, 6-1, 6-3
1902   Herbert Roper Barrett (5)   Charles Smeathman Hatton 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
1903   Roy Allen (5)   George Greville 6-3, 6-3, 6-4
1904   Roy Allen (6)   Herbert Roper Barrett 6-3, 6-1
1907   George Hillyard   Alfred Beamish 6-2, 6-2
1908   George Hillyard (2)   Alfred Beamish 6-1, 6-2
1909   Alfred Ernest Beamish   Dunstan Rhodes 6-1, 6-1, 6-2
1910   Herbert Roper Barrett (6)   George Hillyard 4-6, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3
1914/1918 Not held (due to world war one)
1919   Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle   Basil Henty 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
1920   Hugh Walter Davies   Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
1921   Thomas Bevan   Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle 6-2, 6-4
1922   Thomas Bevan (2)   Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle 9-7, 4-6, 6-1
1923   Sydney Jacob   Donald Greig 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
1924   Donald Greig   Charles Ernest Leonard Lyle 6-4, 7-5, 6-2
1925   Max Woosnam   Charles Kingsley 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2
1926   Héctor Américo Cattaruzza   Ronaldo Boyd 6-4, 6-4, 8-6
1927   Charles Herbert Kingsley   Max Woosnam 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
1928   Gordon Crole-Rees   Sydney Jacob 3-6, 8-6, 6-2
1929   Gordon Crole-Rees (2)   G.R. Ashton 6-2, 6-2
1930   Arthur W. Hill   Gordon Crole-Rees 6-0, 6-4
1931   Franz Matejka   Charles Frederick Scroope 6-2, 6-3
1932   George Godsell   George S. Fletcher 8-6, 6-3
1933   Henry Scriven Burrows   Alan Stedman 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
1934   Jiro Yamagishi   Charles Aeschlimann 6-4, 6-0
1935   Jiro Yamagishi (2)   George Lyttleton Rogers 6-3, 6-3
1936   Richard (Dickie) Ritchie   Eikichi Itoh 6-4, 6-3
1937   Jiro Yamagishi (3)   Henry Billington 6-1, 6-4
1938   Lawrence Shaffi   P. Martinelli 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
1939   Constantin Tanacescu   Eric Filby 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
1940/1946 Not held (due to world war one)
1947   Jeff Robson   John Barry 6-2, 6-4
1948   Zoltan Katona   R.J.E. Mayers[7] 6-8, 6-0, 6-2
1949   George Worthington   Naresh Kumar 6-2, 6-8, 6-4
1950   Anthony (Tony) Starte[8]   Bobby Nicholl 2-6, 7-5, 6-1
1951   Torben Ulrich   Derrick Leyland 8-6, 6-2
1952   Gerry Oakley   Ivo Rinkel 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
1953   Geoff Ward[9]   Nigel Lowe 8-6, 6-3
1954   Jeff Robson (2)   Geoff Ward 8-6, 9-7
1955   Ivor Warwick   Khwaja Saeed Hai 14-16, 6-4, 6-4
1957   Jan Leschly   Gordon Lawrence Talbot 1-6, 6-2, 6-3
1958   Jan Leschly (2)   Claus Storm Pallesen 6-0, 6-0
1959[10]   John Kebble   Tariq Afridi 7-5, 6-1
1962   Robert G. Clarke[11]   Mark Cox 6-4, 6-3
1963   Mark Cox   Geoff Bluett 6-4, 6-3
1964   Keith Wooldridge   Graham Stilwell 6-2, 6-0
1965   Mark Cox (2)   Gerald Battrick 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
1966   Mark Cox (3)   Lew Gerrard 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
1967   Mark Cox (4)   Keith Wooldridge 6-2, 6-4
1968   Stanley Matthews   Keith Wooldridge 10-12, 7-5, 7-5
Open era
East of England Open Championships
1969   Bob Giltinan   Byron Bertram 8-6, 1-6, 8-6
1970   Bob Giltinan (2)   Syd Ball 7-5, 6-2
1971   Alvin Gardiner   Jeff Simpson 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
1972   John Feaver   Tony Fawcett 9-8, 6-4
1973   Armistead Neely   Larry Parker 5-7, 6-4, 8-6
East of England Championships
1974   Willem Prinsloo   Dave Segal 6-3, 6-0
1975   Mike Collins   Saeed Meer 3-6, 6-3, 9-7
1976   Mark Farrell   Stephen Alger 6-3, 6-4
1977   Saeed Meer   Ali Kahn 2-6, 6-4, 9-7
1978   Willie Davies   Dean Mathias 6-3, 6-4
1979   Rob Hak[12]   Willie Davies 9-8, 3-6, 6-3
1980   John Paish   Willie Davies 6-1, 6-4
1981   Ian Currie   Martin Guntrip w.o.
1982   Willie Davies (2)   John Paish 3-6, 6-1, 6-2

Women's singles

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(Incomplete roll)

Year Champion Runner Up Score
Felixstowe Open Lawn Tennis Tournament
1886   A. Ridley   Helen Kersey 6-1, 6-5
1887 No women's event
1888   Nellie Turner   F Green 4-6, 6-2, 10-8
Eastern Counties Championships
1889   Ivy Arbuthnot   Helen Kersey 6-3, 6-4
1890   Florence Noon Thompson   Winifred Kersey 6-3, 6-4
1891   Winifred Kersey   C. Tidbury 6-4, 6-2
1892 No women's event
1893   Elsie Lane   Henrietta Horncastle 6-3, 11-9
1894   M. Burton   E. Burton 6-3, retired.
1895   Elsie Lane (2)   A. Inge 6-1, 6-3
1896   Emma Ridding   Henrica Ridding divided prizes
East of England Championships
1897   Mrs White   Henrietta Horncastle 6-3, 6-3
1898   Edith Austin   Miss Tootell 6-1, 6-2
1899   Beryl Tulloch   Elsie Lane 6-8 6-2 6-4
1900   Beryl Tulloch (2)   Winifred Kersey 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
1901   Connie Wilson   Hilda Lane 6-2, 6-4
1902   Dorothea Douglass   Winifred Longhurst 6-3, 4-6, 9-7
1903   Alice Greene   Connie Wilson 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
1904   Connie Wilson (2)   Agnes Morton 6-3, 6-3
1905   Alice Greene (2)   Marion Colbatch-Clark 8-6, 6-2
1906   Dorothea Douglass   Connie Wilson 14-14, retired
1907   Dorothea Douglass Chambers (2)   Agnes Morton 6-2, 6-2
1908   Dorothea Douglass Chambers (3)   Agnes Morton 6-1, 6-3
1909   Agnes Morton   Mary Gray Curtis-Whyte 6-0, 6-1
1910   Dorothea Douglass Chambers (4)   M. Messom 6-0, 6-2
1911   Dorothy Holman   Winifred McNair 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
1912   Agnes Morton (2)   Dorothea Douglass Chambers 5-7, 6-3, retired
1913   Winifred McNair   Elizabeth Ryan 7-5, 7-5
1914-18 Not held (due to World War I)
1919   Muriel Ledger Hextall   Mrs F.W. Hodges 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
1920   Mabel Davey Clayton   Phyllis Carr Satterthwaite 6-4, 6-3
1921   Geraldine Ramsey Beamish   Mabel Davey Clayton 6-3, 7-5
1922   Geraldine Ramsey Beamish (2)   Mabel Davey Clayton 6-0, 6-2
1923   Mabel Davey Clayton (2)   Geraldine Ramsey Beamish 1-6, 6-2, 10-8
1924   Ermyntrude Harvey   Claire Beckingham 6-4, 6-1
1925   Claire Beckingham   Geraldine Ramsey Beamish 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
1926   Geraldine Ramsey Beamish (3)   Elsie Goldsack 6-4, 6-2
1927   Joan Ridley   Geraldine Ramsey Beamish 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
1928   Joan Ridley (2)   Geraldine Ramsey Beamish 6-4, 6-3
1929   Joan Ridley (3)   Elsie Goldsack 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
1930   Nancy Lyle   Elsie Goldsack Pittman 6-4, 6-3
1931   Elsie Goldsack Pittman   Joan Ridley 6-2, 6-2
1932   Elsie Goldsack Pittman (2)   Ermyntrude Harvey 6-0, 8-6
1933   Geraldine Ramsey Beamish (4)   Lucy Bond Pretty 6-1, 6-1
1934   Freda Scott   Joan Ridley 12-10, 8-8, retired
1935   Leila Row   Freda Scott 6-3, 6-2
1936   Audrey de Smidt Allister   Nancy Palmer 6-2, 6-2
1937   Jadwiga Jędrzejowska   Audrey Wright 6-1, 6-4
1938   Elsie Goldsack Pittman (3)   Rosemary Thomas 7-5, 9-7
1939   Elsie Goldsack Pittman (4)   Iris Hutchings 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
1940-46 Not held (due to World War I)
1947   Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (2)   Bibi Gullbrandsson 6-1, 6-2
1948   Jean-Nicoll-Bostock   Jean Quertier 11-9, 6-2
1949   Patricia Ward   Joey Physick David 7-5, 6-2
1950   Margaret Emerson   Anne Shilcock 6-2, 6-2
1951   Anne Shilcock   Joey Physick Lloyd 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
1952   Jean Quertier Rinkel   Baba Lewis 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
1953   Lucille van der Westhuizen   D. Midgley 6-0, 6-3
1954   Shirley Bloomer   Heather Redwood Robson 6-3, 6-1
1955   Bea Walter   Anthea Gibb 6-4, 6-2
1956   Elaine Becroft   Christine Truman 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
1957   Patricia Hird   Inge Overgaard 6-2, 6-0
1958   A. Hardwick   Pia Balling 7-5, 6-2
1959   Sheila Griffin Bramley   J. Stedman 6-3 6-2
1960   Sheila Griffin Bramley (2)   Elaine Watson Shenton divided title
1961   J. Watts   Sheila Griffin Bramley 7-5, 1-6, 6-3
1962   Judy Davidson   Elizabeth Terry 6-2, 6-3
1963   Alison Stroud   Mrs S. Stevenson 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
1964   Elizabeth Starkie   Deidre Catt 9-7, 4-6, 6-4
1965   Rita Bentley   Elizabeth Starkie 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
1966   Jill Blackman   Laura Rossouw 6-3, 6-4
1967   Patti Hogan   Lynne Abbes 6-2, 6-3
1968   Janice Townsend   Jenny Staley Hoad 11-9, 6-1
Open era
East of England Open Championships
1969   Anita van Deventer   Brenda Kirk 6-2, 6-4
1970   Corinne Molesworth   Robin Blakelock Lloyd 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
1971   Jill Cooper   Corinne Molesworth 6-3, 6-2
1972   Patricia Coleman   Wendy Turnbull 7-5, 8-6
1973   Greer Stevens   Diane Riste 6-2, 6-1
East of England Championships
1974   Gwen Stirton   Lois Raymond[13] 6-3 7-5
1975   Lindsay Blachford   Annette Coe 2-6, 6-2, 6-2
1976   J. Wilton   Julia Lloyd 6-3, 7-5
1977   Linda Geeves   Jill Cottrell 6-2, 6-4
1978   Deborah Stewart   Hagit Zubary[14] 6-2, 9-7
1979   Phyllis Blackwell   E. Sharp 6-4, 6-3
1980   Elizabeth Little   Sonia Davies 6-1, 6-1
1981   Deborah Stewart (2)   Jane Plackett 6-3, 6-3
1982   Joy Tacon   Belinda Cordwell 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
1983   Jane Langstaff   Paulette Moreno 7-6, 6-0

Tournament records

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Notes

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In the late 1880s an East of England tournament was established in Filey, North Yorkshire, but was predominantly a local tennis meeting only.

Event names

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  • Felixstowe Open Lawn Tennis Tournament (1885-87)
  • Eastern Counties Championships (1889-96)
  • East of England Championships (1897–1967)
  • East of England Open Championships (1968–72)
  • East of England Tournament (1973)
  • East of England Championships (1974–82)

References

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  1. ^ "The Lawn Tennis Season at Felixstowe". The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality. 110. Ingram brothers: 127. 1924.
  2. ^ Daily Mail Year Book. London: Associated Newspapers Groups, Limited. 1966. p. 23.
  3. ^ "The Tennis Tournament at Felixstowe. The second day's play of the second annual lawn tennis tournament in connection with the Felixstowe Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club took place on Friday on the club ground". The Ipswich Journal. Ipswich, Suffolk, England. 14 August 1886. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Events". clubspark.lta.org.uk. Felixstowe Lawn Tennis Club. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  5. ^ Felixstowe Lawn Tennis Club
  6. ^ "Tournament – East of England Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  7. ^ "R.J.E. Mayers Bio". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Anthony Starte". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Player Profile: Geoff Ward". www.itftennis.com. ITF. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  10. ^ Brammer, Chris (24 August 2012). "Veteran tennis player John Keeble reflects on Orton's success". East Anglian Daily Times. Norwich, England.: Archant Limited. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Player Profile: Robert Clarke". www.itftennis.com. ITF. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Rob Hak: Bio". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  13. ^ "Lois Raymond: Player". Women's Tennis Association. WTA. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  14. ^ "Player Profile: Hagit Zubary". www.itftennis.com. ITF. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

Sources

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  • Daily Mail Year Book. (1966) London: Associated Newspapers Groups.
  • Events. clubspark.lta.org.uk. Felixstowe Lawn Tennis Club.
  • The Ipswich Journal. (14 August 1886) Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
  • The Sketch: (1924) A Journal of Art and Actuality. Ingram brothers. 110: 127.
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