Hull Open

Hull Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1884 (1884)
Abolished1956 (1956)
LocationKingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England
VenueWestbourne Avenue Grounds (1884–90)
Ferens Recretation Grounds (1921–1959)
SurfaceGrass

The Hull Open was annual men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded as the Hull Westbourne Avenue Open Tournament in 1884.[1] From 1905 to 1914 the tournament was co-branded as the East Yorkshire Championships. The tournament was organised by the Hull Lawn Tennis Club, Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The tournament ran until 1956.

History

In 1884 the Hull Westbourne Avenue Open Tournament[2] was organised by the Hull Lawn Tennis Club (f.1880),[3] and played at the Westbourne Avenue Grounds. In 1891 that tournament was renamed as the Hull Open Tournament a grass court tennis event. In 1905 the tournament was co-branded as the East Yorkshire Championships,[4] a county level event that lasted until 1914. Following World War I the tournament resumed under the name of the Hull Open.[5] Despite being discontinued because of World War II it resumed thereafter through till at least 1956.[6]

The men's event though consisting of mainly British Isles players, did attract international players, the women's event started to attract international players after the Second World War. Senior tour tennis ceased to be staged in Kingston-Upon-Hull until 2002 when an event for women was established called the Hull Indoor Tournament that ran until 2006.

Finals

Men's Singles

Incomplete Roll included[7][8][9]
Year Winner Runner-up Score
Hull Westbourne Avenue Open Tournament
1884 W.S. Wright William Francis Wells-Cole w.o.
1885 William Henry Mahon Gilbert Mahon w.o.
1886 William Henry Mahon (2) L. Harrison 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1887 Frederick T. Bradbury L. Harrison 2–6, 8–6, 6–2
1890 William Henry Mahon (3) Geoffrey Heathcote-Hacker 9–7, 6–3
Hull Open Tournament
1891 H.L. Winter E.M. Samson w.o.
also valid as East Yorkshire Championships
1905 Ernest Watson Sidney Watson 6–2, 6–3
1906 Ernest Watson (2) Sidney Watson 7–5, 2–6, 6–4
1908 Ernest Watson (3) Alec Smith 6–2, 6–0
1909 Les Poidevin Sidney Watson 6–3, 6–4
1910 George Simond Mark Day Hick 6–2, 6–1, 6–2
1915/1918 (Not held due to world war one)
Hull Open
1935 Clayton Lee (Teddy) Burwell[10] Dave N. Jones 6–1, 6–4
1936 Ronald Shayes Hans van Swol 6–3, 6–0
1937 Hans van Swol Edmund John David 6–3, 9–7
1938 Jimmy Jones Murray Deloford 6–3, 6–1
1939 Constantin Tanacescu Jimmy Jones 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1940/1946 (Not held due to world war two)
1947 Ghaus Mohammed Khan K.L. Ahmed 6–4, 8–10, 6–4
1948 John B. Griffith Teddy Tinling 6–4, 7–5
1949 George Godsell Teddy Tinling 6–3, 6–2
1950 Geoff Brown Brian W. Rooke 7–5, 6–0
1951 Nigel Cockburn Peter Cawthorn 6–4, 6–1
1952 Peter Cawthorn Steven Deaderick Potts[11] 6–2, 7–5
1953 Robert J. (Bob) Lee Anthony Starte 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
1954 Jeffrey Ellis Robson Islam Ahmad 6–3, 9–7
1955 Ivor Warwick Arthur R. Gubb 6–4, 6–1
1956 Matt Rainey J.S. Fluck 6–1, 8–6
Tournament ends

Women's singles

Incomplete Roll
Year Winner Runner-up Score
Hull Westbourne Avenue Open Tournament
1886 Constance Hodgson Miss Alfrey 6–3, 6–2
1887 Constance Hodgson (2) Angel Smith 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1889 Katherine Grey Miss Barber 6–3, 6–1
1890 Katherine Grey (2) E. Lee-Smith 6–1, 5–7, 9–7
Hull Open Tournament
1891 Catherine Crosby G. Harrison w.o.
1892 Helen Jackson Beatrice Draffen 6–0, 6–0
1901 Miss Robinson Bertha Holder 6–1, 1–6, 6–3
also valid as East Yorkshire Championships
1906 Marion Crosby Morton Mrs J.B. Perrett 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1908 Bertha Holder Eleanor Rose 6–1, 6–2
1910 Helen Aitchison Bertha Holder 6–1, 6–4
1911 Eleanor Rose Mrs F. Robinson 6–2, 6–2
1912 Eleanor Rose (2) Kathleen Aitchison 7–5, 9–11, 6–2
1913 Eleanor Rose (3) Kathleen Aitchison 1–6, 6–2 6–4
1914 Mrs J. Billyeald Susannah Cadman Wilford 6–3, 6–2
1915/1920 (Not held due to world war one)
Hull Open
1921 Kathleen Aitchison Norah Fosdick Middleton 6–2, 6–2
1922 Kathleen Aitchison (2) Joan Austin 4–6, 8–6, 6–2
1923 Joan Austin Eleanor Rose 6–3, 6–2
1924 Kathleen Aitchison (3) Elsie Goodlass Holtby 6–3, 6–1
1925 Elsie Goodlass Holtby Norah Fosdick Middleton 6–3, 6–3
1926 Betty Dix Norah Fosdick Middleton 6–3, 6–2
1927 Dorothy Shaw Kate Anningson 6–1, 6–0
1928 Betty Dix (2) Kate Anningson 6–2, 6–3
1929 Dorothy Shaw Jameson Betty Dix 6–1, 6–4
1930 Betty Dix (3) Joan Reid-Thomas Strawson 6–4, 6–2
1931 Joan Reid-Thomas Strawson Betty Dix 6–2, 6–2
1932 Edie Rudd Nancy Hellewell 3–6, 6–1, 8–6
1933 Barbara Stampe Gladys Clarke-Jervoise 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1934 Edie Rudd Luxton (2) Freda Scott 6–1, 6–2
1935 A. Sargent Patricia Owen 6–4, 6–3
1936 Gladys Southwell Gertruid Terwindt 6–4, 7–5
1937 Gertruid Terwindt Ruth Armstrong Kirk 6–2, 6–3
1938 Ruth Armstrong Kirk Mary Lincoln 6–3, 6–4
1939 Ruth Armstrong Kirk (2) Mary Lincoln w.o.
1940/1946 (Not held due to world war two)
1947 Mrs Dowling M. Dickenson 8–6, 7–5
1948 Mrs B. Scholten S. Tickler 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
1949 Georgie Woodgate Billie Woodgate 6–4, 6–4
1950 Sheila Speight Mrs G. Brown 6–1, 6–3
1951 Jean Trower Valerie Lewis 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
1952 Shirley Bloomer Valerie Lewis 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1953 Shirley Bloomer (2) Valerie Lewis 6–1, 6–3
1954 Shirley Bloomer (3) Jean Petchell 7–5, 6–2
1955 Valerie Lewis Anthea Gibb 6–4, 6–1
1956 Mrs C. Dunn Mrs M. Beecroft 7–5, 2–6, 6–2
Tournament ends

References

  1. ^ "EAST YORKSHIRE CHAMPS/HULL OPEN TOURNAMENT: Rain was always in the air at Hull yesterday, but despite occasional showers good progress was made in the 28th annual open former Westbourne tournament of the Hull lawn Tennis Club". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. Leeds, Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 21 July 1911. p. 10.
  2. ^ "LAWN TENNIS. HULL WESTBOURNE OPEN TOURNAMENT. FIRST DAY. With everything in its favour, the sixth annual tournament Hull Lawn Tennis Club was commenced on the Westbourne Avenue grounds yesterday afternoon. Prizes to be offered in the seven events to be played". Hull Daily Mail. Hull, Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 12 July 1889. p. 3.
  3. ^ Lowerson, John (1993). Sport and the English Middle Classes, 1870–1914. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-7190-4651-3.
  4. ^ "Yorkshire Doubles Champions: The Brothers Watson, the Yorkshire Doubles Champion, and the holders the new East Yorkshire championship, were both engaged in play at the Hull Tennis Club grounds yesterday". Hull Daily Mail. Hull, Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 8 August 1906. p. 3.
  5. ^ "LAWN TENNIS: HULL OPEN – SUCCESSFUL MEETING CONCLUDED. Despite it being St. Swithin's, Hull was favoured with light though dull weather for the finals in one of the most successful tournaments ever held in the city". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. Hull, Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 17 July 1922. p. 14.
  6. ^ "HULL OPEN TENNIS TOURNEY BE SAVED. The Lawn tennis tourney in the balance for the Hull tennis club. The committee meet the chairman today, it may be decided to curtail event to something a semi-local nature". Hull Daily Mail. Hull, Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 22 October 1955. p. 6.
  7. ^ "Tournament – Hull Westbourne Avenue". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Tournament – Hull". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Tournament – East Yorkshire Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  10. ^ Patterson, Michael Robert (8 January 2023). "Clayton Lee "Teddy" Burwell – Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy Government Official, Lawyer, Tennis Player". arlingtoncemetery.net. Arlington National Cemetery. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Obituaries in Nashville, TN : Stephen Deaderick Potts". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee USA.: Gannett. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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