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Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships

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The Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships[1] was an open men's and women's international grass court tennis tournament founded in 1888 as the Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament.[2] The tournament was played at the Sheffield and Hallamshire Lawn Tennis Club (f.1885), Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England until 1976 when it was discontinued.[3]

Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameSheffield and Hallamshire Tournament (1888-1895)
Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships (1896-1970)
Bio-Strath Sheffield Tournament (1971)
Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships (1972-76)
TourILTF (1913-1969)
Bio-Strath Circuit (1971)
Founded1885; 139 years ago (1885)
Abolished1976; 48 years ago (1976)
LocationSheffield, South Yorkshire, England
VenueSheffield and Hallamshire Lawn Tennis Club (f.1885)
SurfaceGrass

History

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The Sheffield and Hallamshire Lawn Tennis Club was founded in November 1885.[4] In 1888 it inaugurated the Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament[5][6][7] played on grass courts in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. In 1897 the Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament was elevated to a county level event and renamed as the Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships.[8][9] In April 1971 it was added to the new Bio-Strath Circuit of events, and rebranded as the Bio-Strath Sheffield Tournament for that year only.[10]

The winner of the first men's singles champion was British player Mr. G. E. Lowe.[11] The winner of the first women's singles champion was British player Miss. L. Chatterton-Clarke.[12] The final men's singles champion was British player Andrew Jarrett. The final women's singles champion was Australian player Wendy Gilchrist Paish.

Venue

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The original Sheffield and Hallamshire Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1885.[13] In 1887 the club had three gravel courts, then later expanded to include an additional ten grass courts. Today the club is known as the Hallamshire Tennis, Squash & Racketball Club.[14]

Finals

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Men's Singles

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Incomplete Roll:[15]
Year Champions Runners-up Score
Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament
1888   G.E. Lowe   Henry Guy Nadin 6-2, 6-1, 2-6, 6-0
1889   David Davy   Frederick T. Bradbury 7-9, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
1890   Kenneth Sanderson   Charles william Wade 6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
1891   Herbert Wilberforce   Tancred Disaeli Cummins 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
1892   Arthur Benjamin Carvosso   Tancred Disaeli Cummins 8-6, 8-6, 6-1
1893   Joshua Pim   Wilfred Baddeley 6-0, 6-4, 6-1
1894   Roy Allen   Charles Gladstone Allen w.o.
1895   Roy Allen (2)   Reginald Arthur Gamble 6-1, 6-, 6-4
1896   Frank Riseley   Roy Allen 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships
1903   Roy Allen (3)   Charles Gladstone Allen w.o.
1904   Roy Allen (4)   Frederick William Payn 6-3, 6-8, 6-3, 7-5
1905   Roy Allen (5)   Arthur Gore 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
1906   Anthony Wilding   Ernest Watson 6-1, 6-0, 6-1
1907   Anthony Wilding (2)   Reginald Webster 6-0, 6-4, 6-1
1908   Anthony Wilding (3)   Roy Allen 6-0, 6-4
1909   Roy Allen (6)   Sidney Watson 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
1910   Mark Day Hick   Roy Allen w.o.
1914/1919 Not held (due to world war one)
1920   Zenzo Shimidzu   Randolph Lycett 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
1922   Brame Hillyard   M Pentland 6-1, 8-6, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3
1930   Atri Madan Mohan   Harry Scriven Burrows 3-6, 6-1, 6-0
1931   Jiro Satoh   Ryuki Miki divided the title.
1932   Jiro Satoh (2)   Takeo Kuwabara 6-4, 6-1
1933   Don Turnbull   Adrian Quist 6-8, 10-12, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
1934   Ryuki Miki   Cam Malfroy 5-7, 7-5, 6-2
1935   Alan Stedman   Cam Malfroy 11-13, 7-5, 6-2
1936   Cam Malfroy   Alan Steadman 6-0, 1-6, 6-2
1937   Colin N. O, Ritchie   Jack Lysaght 5-7, 14-12, 7-5
1938   Ghaus Mohammed Khan   Cam Malfroy 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
1939   Constantin Tănăsescu   Jin H. Ho 3-0, ret.
1940/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1949   Arthur Reader   Ong, Chew-Bee 6-1, 6-3, 6-2
1950   Arthur Reader   Czesław Spychała 7-5, 6-3
1954   Peter Cawthorn   Ivo Ribeiro 6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 2-6, 6-4
Open Era
1970   Hans Joachim Plötz   Dick Crealy 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
Bio-Strath Sheffield Tournament
1971   Kim Warwick   Pierre Joly 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships
1974   Bobby Wilson   John Clifton 7-5, 6-3
1975   Bobby Wilson (2)   Peter Campbell 6-3, 6-4
1976   Andrew Jarrett   Stephen Warboys 6-4, 7-5

Women's Singles

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Incomplete Roll:
Year Champions Runners-up Score
Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament
1888   L. Chatterton-Clarke   M. Crossley 6-1, 6-2
1889   M. Crossley   L. Chatterton-Clarke 6-5, 6-1
1890   Beatrice Wood   M. Crossley 6-4, 6-2
1891   Beatrice Wood (2)   Agnes Noon Watts 6-3, 6-3
1892   Miss Crosby   Miss Kersey 6-2, 6-2
1893   M. Shaw   Katherine Grey 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
1894   Jane Corder   Florence Noon Thompson 6-1, 6-3
1895   Ruth Dyas   Gertrude Provis 7-5, 6-3
1896   Gertrude Provis   Beatrice Wood Draffen 6-4, 6-4
Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships
1897   Ruth Dyas (2)   Miss Smyth 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
1898   Katherine Grey   Miss Black 6-1, 6-2
1899   Ruth Dyas Durlacher (3)   Ida Cressy 6-2, 6-3
1901   N. Morton   M. Morton 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
1903   Bertha Holder   N. Morton 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
1907   Bertha Holder (2)   Norah Fosdick 1-6, 6-3, 6-0
1908   Bertha Holder (3)   Katherine Slater Clegg 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
1909   Katherine Slater Clegg   Bertha Holder 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
1910   Katherine Slater Clegg (2)   A. Appleyard 6-2, 6-3
1911   Katherine Slater Clegg (3)   Bertha Holder 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
1912   Katherine Slater Clegg (4)   Norah Fosdick Middleton 6-4, 6-3
1913   Mildred Coles   Miss West 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
1914   Peggy Dransfield   Mrs Howard 6-0, 6-4
1915/1919 Not held (due to world war one)
1920   Peggy Dransfield (2)   Kathleen Aitchison 6-3, 7-9, 6-2
1921   Elsie Goodlass Holtby   Peggy Dransfield 2-6, 12-10, 6-3
1922   Peggy Dransfield (3)   Mary Holmes 6-3, 6-2
1924   Doris Covell   Betty Dix 6-1, 6-2
1925   Betty Dix   Doris Covell Craddock 6-1, 6-0
1926   Betty Dix (2)   E. Schofield 6-1, 6-0
1927   Betty Dix (3)   Marjorie Macfarlane 0-6, 6-2, 6-4
1928   Hazel Morrison-Smith   Mrs G. Hawkins 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
1929   Jenny Sandison   Joan Fry 2-6, 6-1, 7-5
1930   Jenny Sandison (2)   Christabel Hardie 10-12, 6-1, 6-4
1931   Joan Ridley   Mrs H. Martin 3-6 6-4 6-1
1932   Joan Ingram   Christabel Hardie Wheatcroft 6-1, 6-4
1933   Christabel Hardie Wheatcroft   N. Case 6-2, 6-8, 6-2
1934   Joan Hartigan   Nell Hopman 1-6, 6-0, 6-4
1935   Jadwiga Jędrzejowska   Anita Lizana 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
1936   Irmgard Rost   Anita Lizana 4-6, 10-8, 6-3
1937   Simonne Mathieu   Irmgard Rost 6-4, 6-2
1938   Simonne Mathieu (2)   Joy Cox 6-3, 6-1
1939   Elsie Goldsack Pittman   Eva Porokova 6-2, 7-5
1940/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1950   Anne Constantine   Billie Woodgate 6-4, 7-5
1953   Shirley Bloomer   Rita Bentley 6-3, 8-6
Open Era
Bio-Strath Sheffield Tournament
1971   Lita Liem   Lany Kaligis 6-3, 6-3
Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships
1975   L. Jooste   J. Nichol 7-5, 6-4
1976   Wendy Gilchrist Paish   Beatriz Villaverde 6-2, 7-6

Event Names

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  • Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament (1888-1895)
  • Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships (1896-1970)
  • Bio-Strath Sheffield Tournament (1971)
  • Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships (1972–76)

References

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  1. ^ "INTERNATIONAL TENNIS STARS IN SHEFFIELD: Fine weather is expected for the opening of the 41st Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships at Hunter's Bar on Monday next week". Sheffield Independent. Yorkshire, England: The British Newspaper Archive. 21 July 1938. p. 8.
  2. ^ Luis. Andy. (April 2015). Tennis in and Around Sheffield, 1874-1914. Chapter: Hallamshire. p.7. https://www.sdlta.org.uk/Tennis in and around Sheffield 1874 to 1914.. Sheffield and District Lawn Tennis Association.
  3. ^ Luis (2015)
  4. ^ Luis (2015)
  5. ^ Luis (2015)
  6. ^ "THE SHEFFIELD AND HALLAMSHIRE TOURNAMENT. The Sheffield and Hallamshire Lawn Tennis Club start. their third annual tournament at Hunter's Bar today". Sheffield Independent. orkshire, England: The British Newspaper Archive. 24 July 1890. p. 8.
  7. ^ Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022) search by name. Sheffield: https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/Sheffield. Tennis Archives. Netherlands.
  8. ^ Sheffield Independent (1938) p. 8.
  9. ^ Daily Telegraph, Sheffield. (2 July 1904). 8th Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships: Second Day A Surprise in the Singles. Yorkshire, England. British Newspaper Archive. p.11.
  10. ^ "SHEFFIELD TENNIS:Kevin McCollum the Staffordshire teenager, put a stop to Australian domination in the new Bio-Strath tennis tournament at Sheffield yesterday. Showing some of the form which made him such a promise as a junior, he beat Kevin Tobin 6-0 6-1". Birmingham Daily Post. Birmingham, West Midlands: The British Newspaper Archive. 20 April 1971. p. 11.
  11. ^ Luis (2015)
  12. ^ Luis (2015)
  13. ^ "The Hallamshire". Hallamshire Tennis. The Hallamshire Tennis, Squash & Racketball Club. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  14. ^ The Hallamshire Tennis, Squash & Racketball Club
  15. ^ Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022) search by name. Sheffield: https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/Sheffield. Tennis Archives. Netherlands.
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