Championship of Europe

Championship of Europe
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1899 (1899)
Abolished1914 (1914)
Editions15
LocationBad Homburg
Dublin
Hythe
Leicester
Liverpool
London
Newcastle
Ostend
Paris
Scarborough
Scheveningen
Stockholm
VenueBad Homburg TC (1899, 1905)
Ostend TC (1900)
Tennis Club de Paris (1901)
Queen's Club (1902, 1908)
Leimonias LTC (1903)
Royal Lawn TC (1904)
Leicester LTC (1906)
Fitzwilliam LTC (1906)
Northumberland CCC (1909)
Liverpool Cricket Club (1910)
Hotel Imperial Courts (1912)
Yorkshire LTC (1913)
Norwood Sports Club (1914)
SurfaceClay
Grass
Wood

The Championship of Europe was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1899 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany.[1] The tournament was staged in different countries for 15 editions until 1914 when it was discontinued.

History

The Championship of Europe tournament was first played on clay courts at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club, in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany.[2] The event was staged in different countries and played on multiple surfaces both indoors and outdoors. It was discontinued in 1914 due to World War I.[3]

Finals

Men's singles

Year Location Surface Champion Runner Up Score
1899[4] Bad Homburg Clay Harold Mahony Reginald Doherty w.o.
1900[5] Ostend Clay Major Ritchie Harold Mahony w.o.
1901[6] Paris Wood (i) Max Decugis Paul Lebreton 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1902[7] London Wood (i) Laurie Doherty Harold Mahony 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–1.[a]
1903[8] Scheveningen Clay Robert LeRoy W. Percy Pinckney 4–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–0
1904[9] Stockholm Wood (i) Major Ritchie (2) Max Decugis 7–5, 6–2, 6–4
1905[10] Bad Homburg Clay Anthony Wilding George Hillyard 5–7, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
1906[11] Leicester Grass Frank Riseley George Ball-Greene 4–6, 6–1, 5–1, ret.
1907[12] Dublin Grass James Cecil Parke Herbert N. Craig 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1908[13] London Grass Major Ritchie (3) Walter Crawley 10–8, 6–8, 2–3, ret.
1909 Newcastle Grass Major Ritchie (4) Sydney Adams 3–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–0
1910 Liverpool Grass Beals Wright S.Ernest Charlton 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1912[b] Hythe Grass Algernon Kingscote ? ?
1913[14] Scarborough Grass James Cecil Parke F. Gordon Lowe 6–2, 7–5, 6–1
1914[15] Norwood Grass F. Gordon Lowe Alfred Beamish 6–4, 6–1, 6–3

Women's singles

Year Location Surface Champion Runner Up Score
1912[c] Hythe Grass Winifred McNair Elizabeth Ryan 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1914[d] Norwood Grass Doris Covell Craddock Madeline O'Neill 6–4, 7–5

Notes

  1. ^ The 1902 edition of the men's European Championships was also valid as the London Covered Court Championships.
  2. ^ The 1912 edition of the men's European Championships held in Hythe was also valid as the Kent Coast Championships.
  3. ^ The 1912 edition of the women's European Championships held in Hythe also valid as the Kent Coast Championships.
  4. ^ The 1914 edition of the women's European Championships held in Norwood was also valid as the Norwood Park Open Championships.

References

  1. ^ "LAWN TENNIS AT HOMBURG". The Daily Telegraph. London, England: newspapers.com. 22 Aug 1899. p. 9. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Tournament – European Championship". www.tennisarchives.com. Netherlands: Tennis Archives. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  3. ^ Tennis Archives
  4. ^ The Daily Telegraph (22 Aug 1899) p.9.
  5. ^ "LAWN TENNIS". The Guardian. London, England: newspapers.com. 21 Aug 1900. p. 7. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  6. ^ "LAWN TENNIS PARIS: Lawn Tennis Championship of Europe". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. Durham, England: British Newspaper Archive. 3 October 1901. p. 4. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  7. ^ "LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP OF EUROPE". Newcastle Journal. Northumberland, England: British Newspaper Archive. 6 October 1902. p. 8. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  8. ^ "LAWN TENNIS:THE HAGUE. THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP". Edinburgh Evening News. Midlothian, Scotland: British Newspaper Archive. 7 September 1903. p. 5. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  9. ^ "Reuter's. LAWN TENNIS IN STOCKHOLM. Tennis Championship of Europe". Westminster Gazette. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 19 May 1904. p. 7. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  10. ^ "LAWN TENNIS: THE INTERNATIONAL TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP. HOMBURG. Mr Wilding won the Championship of Europe. Mr Ball Greene won the Homburg Cup". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeenshire, Scotland: British Newspaper Archive. 4 September 1905. p. 6. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  11. ^ "LEICESTER TOURNAMENT: Results Championship of Europe Final". The Daily Telegraph. London, England: newspapers.com. 25 Jun 1906. p. 5. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  12. ^ "LAWN TENNIS NOTES". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. Manchester, England: newspapers.com. 19 Jun 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  13. ^ "QUEEN'S CLUB TOURNAMENT: Results: Gentleman's Open Singles Final (Championship of London), Gentleman's Open Singles Final (Championship of Europe)". The Times. London, England: newspapers.com. 22 Jun 1908. p. 15. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  14. ^ "LAWN TENNIS: J.C. Parke Wins Championship of Europe Cup". The Journal. Newcastle upon Tyne, England: newspapers.com. 23 Aug 1913. p. 11.
  15. ^ "LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP OF EUROPE". The North Star. Darlington, Durham, England: newspaper.com. 20 Jul 1914. p. 6. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
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