Derbyshire Championships

Derbyshire Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourPre open era
Founded1883
Abolished1953
Editions60
LocationBuxton, Derbyshire, Great Britain
VenueBuxton Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass

The Derbyshire Championships originally known as the Championship of Derbyshire was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament held at the Buxton Lawn Tennis Club, Buxton, Derbyshire, Great Britain from 1883 to 1953.

History

A tennis tournament was originally held at Buxton Garden's[1] as early as 1880.[2] By 1883 the club had attracted more players and a men's championships was staged for the first time which was won by Minden Fenwick,[2] he went on to win the New Zealand Championships three times from (1892–1894).[3] In 1884 the owners of the Buxton Gardens, the Buxton Improvements Company, decided to stage a fully open event featuring men's and women's singles, with ladies' and gentlemen's singles played under the title 'Championship of Derbyshire', and a ladies' doubles played with the imposing title of 'The All-England Ladies Doubles'.[2] The inaugural ladies' singles champion was Agnes Noon Watts.[2] This latter championship was the first of its kind, being inaugurated before Wimbledon.[2] In July 1914 the Derby and District Lawn Tennis Association was officially incorporated,[4] this organisation later became known as the Derbyshire Lawn Tennis Association who were responsible for the staging of this event.[5] The championships were not staged during World War I or World War II.[2] It remained a featured tournament in the annual tennis tours. The tournament is still held today as a closed tennis event.

Notable winners of the men's singles included Grainger Chaytor (1892–1894, 1899), Wilberforce Eaves (1904), Laurie Doherty (1909), Adrian Quist (1936) and Franjo Kukuljević (1949). Previous women's singles champions included Louisa Martin (1886), Blanche Bingley Hillyard (1906), Elizabeth Ryan (1921) and Gem Hoahing (1948). The Derbyshire Championships ran until 1953 when it was abolished.[2] The final men's singles champion was Nigel Cockburn from South Africa and the final women's singles title went to Britain's Mary Harris.

Finals

Men's singles

Incomplete Roll:[6]
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1883 Minden Fenwick Robert Parsons Earwaker 6-2, 6-3[6]
1884 Charles Walder Grinstead Ernest Browne 5-7, 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4.[6]
1885 Eyre Chatterton James Dwight 6-2, 6–1, 6–3.[6]
1886 Tom Campion Percy Bateman Brown 5-7, 6–2, 6–1, 9–7.[6]
1887 Tom Campion (2) William Drumond Hamilton 6-2, 6–3, 6–4.[6]
1888 Tom Campion (3) Percy Bateman Brown 7-5, 6–4, 7–5.[6]
1889 Percy Bateman Brown T.G. Hill 6-2, 6–2, 6–1.[6]
1890 Manliffe Goodbody Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 6-2, 7–5, 6–3.[6]
1891 Grainger Chaytor George Ball-Greene 6-1, 6–1, 6–3.[6]
1892 Grainger Chaytor (2) Tom Chaytor w.o.[6]
1893 Grainger Chaytor (3) Alfred Ernest Crawley 6-0, 6–2, 6–2.[6]
1894 Grainger Chaytor (4) Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 6-1, 6–2, 1–0, ret.[6]
1895 Harold Mahony Grainger Chaytor 6-2, 3–6, 2–6, 7–5, 6–3.[6]
1896 David Davy J.A. Rooke 6-4, 6–4, 6–4.[6]
1897 Sydney Howard Smith George Hillyard 6-2, 6–2, 6–2.[6]
1898 Sydney Howard Smith (2) Grainger Chaytor 6-3, 6–0, 6–2.[6]
1899 Grainger Chaytor (5) Sydney Howard Smith 6-3, 6–3.[6]
1900 George Hillyard Frank Riseley 3-6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–4.[6]
1901 Laurie Doherty George Hillyard 6-4, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2.[6]
1902 George Hillyard (2) George Ball-Greene 2-6, 6–3, 6–8, 6–3, 6–2.[6]
1903 Xenophon Casdagli Walter Cecil Crawley 6-3, 7–5.[6]
1904 Wilberforce Eaves E.V. Jones 6-1, 6–3, 6–4.[6]
1905 Xenophon Casdagli (2) Ernest Charlton 8-10, 0–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2.[6]
1906 Roy Allen John Frederick Stokes 8-6 6–4.[6]
1907 Alfred Leonard Bentley Geoffrey Blenkinsop Youll 3-6, 6–2, 6–4.[6] bi
1908 Xenophon Casdagli (3) Arthur Wallis Myers 6-2 4-3 ret.[6]
1909 Roy Allen (2) Xenophon Casdagli 6-2, 7–5, 7–5.[6]
1910 Charles A. Orpen Tuckey C. Whitehouse 6-3, 6–3, 6–3.[6]
1915/1918 Not held (due to world war one)
1919 Louis Bosman Raymond Brian Norton 6-3, 6–3, 6–3.[6]
1920 Alain Gerbault Roger Worthington 6-3, 6–3, 6–2.[6]
1921 Henry Vere Shirley Dillon Cecil Campbell 6-4, 6–4, 8–6.[6]
1922 Edward Darcy McCrea George Fletcher 6-4, 6–4.[6]
1923 Edward Darcy McCrea (2) José Domingo 6-3, 6–4.[6]
1924 Charles Kingsley Horace Keats Lester 6-1, 6–4.[6]
1925 Gordon Crole-Rees George S. Fletcher 6-2, 6–4.[6]
1926 Charles Kingsley (2) George S. Fletcher 6-2, 3–6, 6–4.[6]
1927 Gordon Crole-Rees (2) George Golding 2-6, 6–0, 6–1.[6]
1928 Gordon Crole-Rees (3) Norman Farquharson 3-6, 9–7, 6–1.[6]
1929 Gordon Crole-Rees (4) Donald Greig 5-7, 6–0, 7–5.[6]
1930 Horace Keats Lester Eric Conrad Peters 7-5, 6–2.[6]
1931 Vernon Bob Kirby Frank Wilde 6-2, 6–3.[6]
1932 James Edmett Giesen Colin Ritchie[7] 6-4, 5–7, 6–4.[6]
1933 Vernon Bob Kirby (2) Irving Wheatcroft 6-2, 6–2.[6]
1934 Douglas Freshwater Jimmy Jones 8-6, 3–6, 6–3.[6]
1935 Jimmy Jones George Lyttleton-Rogers 8-6, 3–6, 6–3.[6]
1936 Adrian Quist Murray Deloford 6-2, 6–4.[6]
1937 Cristea Caralulis Ronald Shayes 8-10, 10–8, ret.[6]
1938 Murray Deloford Jimmy Jones 3-6, 7–5, 6–4.[6]
1939 Don Butler Alejo Domingo Russell 9-7, 3–6, 6–4.[6]
1940/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1946 Dennis Slack C.F. Hall 6-3, 6–2.[6]
1947 Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed Constantin Tanacescu 4-6, 9–7, 6–3.[6]
1948 Franjo Kukuljević Matt Murphy 6-1, 6–3.[6]
1949 John Horn George Godsell 6-3, 6–3.[6]
1950 Geoff Brown Brian Rooke 6-0, 6–1.[6]
1951 Nigel Cockburn Andras Kalman 8-6, 6–2.[6]

Women's singles

Incomplete Roll:
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1884 Agnes Noon Watts Florence Stanuell 6-3, 6–3, 8–6.
1885 Blanche Bingley Louisa Martin 6-3, 6–3.
1886 Louisa Martin May Langrishe 6-3, 6–0.
1887 May Langrishe Bertha Steedman 6-3, 6–4.
1888 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (2) May Langrishe 7-5, 6–1.
1889 Bertha Steedman Louisa Martin 5-7, 6–4, 6–3.
1890 Louisa Martin (2) Mary Steedman 6-2, 6–4.
1891 May Marriott Beatrice Wood 6-2, 6–2.
1892 Helen Jackson Miss Vicars 6-0, 6–1
1893 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (3) Helen Jackson 6-0, 6–1
1894 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (4) Charlotte Cooper 6-4, 4–6, 7–5
1895 Helen Jackson (2) Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6-3, 3–6, 6–3
1896 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (5) Bertha Steedman 6-4, 3–6, 7–5
1897 Alice Simpson Pickering Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6-4, 5–7, 6–4
1898 Ruth Dyas Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6-2, 6–4
1899 Muriel Robb Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6-3, 6–3
1900 Muriel Robb (2) Blanche Bingley Hillyard 7-5, 6–3
1901 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (6) Alice Simpson Pickering 6-2, 7–5
1903 Dorothea Douglass Ethel Thomson 6-2, 6–1
1904 Dorothea Douglass (2) Ethel Thomson 6-2, 4–6, 6–3
1905 Connie Wilson Dorothea Douglass 4-6, 6–1, 7–5
1906 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (7) Connie Meyer 6-4, 6–3
1907 Maude Garfit Connie Meyer 3-6, 6–3, 6–4
1908 Charlotte Cooper Sterry Maude Garfit 6-2, 6–2
1909 Maude Garfit (2) Helen Aitchison 2-6, 6–2, 6–2
1910 Maude Garfit (3) Helen Aitchison w.o.
1911 Ethel Thomson Larcombe Helen Aitchison 6-3, 6–1
1912 Ethel Thomson Larcombe (2) Hilda Lane 6-0, 6–1
1913 Ethel Thomson Larcombe (3) Winifred Longhurst 6-2, 6–1
1915/1918 Not held (due to world war one)
1919 Elizabeth Ryan Ethel Thomson Larcombe 3-6, 6–4, 7–5
1920 Elizabeth Ryan (2) Ethel Tanner 6-1, 6–2
1921 Elizabeth Ryan (3) M. Wright 6-0 6–1
1922 Kathleen McKane Irene Bowder Peacock divided title
1923 Blanche Duddell Colston Phylis Radcliffe 6-0, 6–4
1924 Joan Fry Kathleen McKane 6-4, 3-4 retd
1939/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1950 Doreen Wedderburn Gladys Southwell Lines 6-0, 6–8, 6–4
1951 Billie Woodgate Gladys Southwell Lines 6-0, 6–8, 6–4
1952 Billie Woodgate (2) Beryl Penrose divided title
1953 Mary Harris Rosemary Walsh 7-5, 5–7, 6–2

Statistics

Mens singles

Most titles Grainger Chaytor 4
Gordon Crole-Rees
Most consecutive titles Grainger Chaytor
(1890–1894)
 4

Women's singles

Most titles Blanche Bingley Hillyard 7
Most consecutive finals Ethel Thomson Larcombe
(1911–1913)
 3
Elizabeth Ryan
(1919–1921)

References

  1. ^ Lake, Robert (2015). A social history of tennis in Britain. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 48. ISBN 9781134445578.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "History of tennis in Buxton". www.buxtontennisclub.co.uk. Buxton Tennis Club. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Tennis New Zealand 2012: Chapter: National Championships" (PDF). Tennis Kiwi. Tennis New Zealand. p. 13. Retrieved 4 October 2022. Chapter: National Championships
  4. ^ "Derbyshire Lawn Tennis Association". Derbyshire Tennis Association. LTA. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  5. ^ Derbyshire Lawn Tennis Association
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022). Source: https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/Buxton-Derbyshire Championships. Search tournament by name. Tennis Archives. Netherlands.
  7. ^ "Colin Ritchie - Overview - ATP Tour". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

Sources

  • "Derbyshire Lawn Tennis Association". Derbyshire Tennis Association. LTA.
  • The History of Tennis in Buxton, Buxton Tennis Club. Buxton. England http://www.buxtontennisclub.co.uk/history.
  • Lake, Robert (2015). A social history of tennis in Britain. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 9781134445578.
  • "Tennis New Zealand 2012: Chapter: National Championships" (PDF). Tennis Kiwi. Tennis New Zealand. Retrieved 4 October 2022. Chapter: National Championships
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