South of England Championships

South of England Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameSouth of England Championships
Founded1881 (1881)
Abolished1973 (1973)
Editions82
LocationEastbourne
United Kingdom
VenueDevonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass / outdoors

The South of England Championships, also known as the South of England Open Championships, was an outdoor tennis event held on grass courts at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, United Kingdom from 1881 until 1973.[1][2]

History

The competition at Eastbourne, even from its early beginnings, was considered one of the most prestigious tournaments that attracted large entries and matches even in those days [3] and it was the world's largest tournament in terms of participants at the turn of the twentieth century.

Women's tennis

The first tournament to be staged at Devonshire Park was a women's event in 1881,[4] known as the South of England Championships, and usually held every September. Winners of the lady's singles championships included Dorothea Chambers, Blanche Bingley Hillyard, and Charlotte Cooper Sterry, May Langrishe. The first overseas non British Isles winner was the American Elizabeth Ryan in collecting 3 consecutive titles (1919–21); after World War One she was followed by the South African Irene Peacock in 1923 and Anita Lizana from Chile in 1936.

Following World War Two tennis British winners included Ann Haydon and Shirley Bloomer the Brazilian player Maria Bueno the Australian player Fay Toyne was the last foreign ladies champion before the advent of the open era in 1968 the South of England Championships changed schedule to July until 1969 after the Championships at Wimbledon in 1970 its schedule changed again so that it was held before Wimbledon the South of England Championships continued until 1967.

From 1968 until today the tournament has attracted many different sponsors.

In 1968 it was known as the Rothman's Invitational for sponsorship reasons from 1969 to 1972 it was called the Eastbourne Invitational, the event ceased in 1972.

Men's tennis

The first Men’s events started in 1881 also called the South of England Championships early winners of the men's championship included Wilfred Baddeley, Sydney Howard Smith, Josiah Ritchie, Anthony Wilding, Otto Froitzheim and Ken Rosewall it continued until 1967 before being renamed for sponsorship reasons in 1968 from 1970 to 1973 the men's tournament was known as the Rothmans South of England Open Championships.[5] The men's event also ceased in 1973.

Tennis after 1973

In 1974 the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis club decided on a completely new format tennis tournament and re-branding of tennis at Eastbourne from the outcome of staging the South of England Championships that became known as the Eastbourne International the tournament is still active today.

Past finals

Notes: Challenge round: The final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) [6] in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenger

Blanche Bingley Hillyard[7] holds the record for the most women's singles titles with 11.

Singles

Women

Year Champion Runner-up Score Name
1881 Agnes Noon Watts E. Hudson (2-1 sets) South of England Championships
1882 E. Hudson Minnie Congreve 6–2, 6–4
1883 M. Leslie Minnie Congreve 10–8, 6–4
1884 Frances Burton Nellie Burton 6–2, 6–4
1885 [8] Blanche Bingley Ada Strapp 6–1, 6–0
1886 [8] Margaret Bracewell Blanche Bingley 6–1, 6–3
1887 Margaret Bracewell (2) Blanche Bingley 6–4, 6–2
1888 Blanche Bingley (2) Margaret Bracewell 6–1, 6–1
1889 May Langrishe May Jacks 6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1890 May Langrishe (2) Edith Coleridge Cole 6–2, 6–3
1891 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (3) May Langrishe 2–6, 7–5, 6–0
1892 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (4) Bertha Steedman 6–1, 6–4
1893 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (5) Maud Shackle 6–1, 4–6, 15–13
1894 Helen Jackson Charlotte Cooper 6–4, 6–2
1895 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (6) Helen Jackson 6–4, 6–1
1896 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (7) Edith Austin 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
1897 Charlotte Cooper Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6–4, 6–0
1898 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (8) Charlotte Cooper 7–5, 7–5
1899 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (9) Charlotte Cooper 6–2, 6–2
1900 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (10) Charlotte Cooper 7–9, 6–3, 6–3
1901 Charlotte Cooper (2) Blanche Bingley Hillyard 7–5, 5–7, 6–2
1902 Dorothea Douglass Edith Austin Greville 6–2, 6–2
1903 Connie Wilson Dorothea Douglass 7–5, 6–2
1904 [9] Dorothea Douglass (2) Charlotte Cooper Sterry 6–3, 6–4
1905 [8] Blanche Bingley Hillyard (11) Agnes Morton 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
1906 Dorothea Douglass (3) Agnes Morton 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1907 Dorothea Douglass Chambers (4) Charlotte Cooper Sterry 4–6, 6–3, 7–5
1908 Charlotte Cooper Sterry (3) Edith Boucher 6–4, 6–2
1909 Dora Boothby Charlotte Cooper Sterry 6–3, 6–4
1910 Dorothea Douglass Chambers (5) Ethel Thomson Larcombe 7–5, 7–5
1911 Ethel Thomson Larcombe Dora Boothby 7–5, 6–3
1912 Ethel Thomson Larcombe (2) Agnes Morton 6–1, 6–2
1913 Ethel Thomson Larcombe (3) Dorothea Douglass Chambers 6–2, 6–4
1914–1918 Not held (due to world war one)
1919 Elizabeth Ryan Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–1, 6–2
1920 [10] Elizabeth Ryan (2) Geraldine Beamish 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
1921 [10] Elizabeth Ryan (3) Irene Bowder Peacock 6–0, 6–3
1922 Irene Bowder Peacock Kathleen McKane 6–0, 3–6, 7–5
1923 Phoebe Holcroft Christine Tyrrell 6–3, 6–3
1924 Ermyntrude Harvey Phoebe Holcroft 6–0, 6–8, 6–4
1925 Phoebe Holcroft Watson (2) Christine Tyrrell 2–6, 7–5, 6–3
1926 Phoebe Holcroft Watson (3) Ermyntrude Harvey 6–4, 6–8, 6–2
1927 Phoebe Holcroft Watson (4) Phyllis Howkins Covell 6–2, 6–2
1928 Phoebe Holcroft Watson (5) Phyllis Howkins Covell 6–1, 6–2
1929 Elsie Goldsack Jenny Sandison 8–6, 2–6, 6–3
1930 Phyllis Mudford Mary Heeley 6–2, 7–5
1931 Freda James Gwen Sterry divided the title
1932 Mary Heeley Florence Ford 8–6, 6–2
1933 Phyllis Mudford King (2) Ermyntrude Harvey 6–3, 6–1
1934 [11] Dorothy Round Phyllis Mudford King 6–4, 6–1
1935 Billie Yorke Susan Noel 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1936 [12] Anita Lizana Dorothy Round 6–4, 6–2
1937 Margaret Scriven Jean Saunders 6–1, 6–0
1938 Phyllis Mudford King (3) Valerie Scott 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
1939–1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1946 Joan Curry Betty Clements Hilton divided the title (rain interruption)
1947 Joan Curry (2) Peggy Dawson-Scott 6–1, 9–7
1948 Jean Walker-Smith Gem Hoahing 7–5, 6–4
1949 Gem Hoahing Mary Terán de Weiss 6–4, 6–2
1950 Jean Walker-Smith (2) Jean Quertier 6–2, 6–2
1951 Jean Walker-Smith (3) Angela Mortimer 6–2, 6–2
1952 Jean Walker-Smith (4) Jean Quertier Rinkel 6–3, 6–4
1953 Shirley Bloomer Patricia Harrison 7–5, 6–4
1954 Shirley Bloomer (2) Patricia Harrison 6–8, 7–5, 6–0
1955 Anne Shilcock Jenny Middleton 6–4, 6–2
1956 Anne Shilcock (2) Penny Burrell 6–1, 6–2
1957 Ann Haydon Angela Mortimer 6–3, 6–4
1958 Anne Shilcock (3) Sheila Waters 6–0, 6–0
1959 Sheila Armstrong Jenny Young 6–0, 6–2
1960 Rita Bentley Lorna Cornell Cawthorn 6–4, 6–2
1961 Lorna Cornell Cawthorn Inge Overgaard 3–6, 6–1, 11–9
1962 Carole Rosser Lorna Cornell Cawthorn 10–8, 6–2
1963 Vivienne Dennis Heather Allen 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
1964 Fay Toyne Lorna Cornell Cawthorn 6–0, 5–7, 6–3
1965 Rita Bentley (2) Jill Blackman divided the title (due to bad weather)
1966 Susan Tutt Anthea Rigby 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1967 Lorna Cornell Greville-Collins (2) Margaret Harris 6–8, 7–5, 6–1
↓  Open era  ↓
1968 Maria Bueno Judy Tegart 6–2, 6–4 Rothmans Invitational
1969 Karen Krantzcke Betty Ann Grubb 6–0, 9–7 Eastbourne Invitational
1970 Ann Haydon Jones (2) Virginia Wade 8–6, 6–1
1971 Françoise Durr Judy Tegart-Dalton divided the title
1972 Françoise Durr (2) Judy Tegart-Dalton 8–6, 6–3
1973 Tournament succeeded by Eastbourne International

Men

Year Champion Runner-up Score Name
1881 [13] Edgar Lubbock Robert Braddell 6–4, 6–2, 6–0 South of England Championships
1882 William Taylor Teddy Williams 8–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1883 Teddy Williams Charles Walder Grinstead 6–1, 8–6, 4–6, 7–5
1884 Teddy Williams (2) William Taylor ?
1885 Ernest Lewis William Taylor 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 6–3
1886 Ernest Lewis (2) Herbert Wilberforce * 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
1887 Ernest Lewis (3) Herbert Wilberforce * 8–6, 7–5, 6–4
1888 [14] Andrew Ziffo Harry S. Barlow * 4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–3
1889 Andrew Ziffo (2) Harry Grove * 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 9–7, 6–4
1890 Andrew Ziffo (3) James Baldwin * 7–9, 6–1, 6–2, 7–5
1891 Harry S. Barlow Andrew Ziffo * 6–3, 7–5, 6–0
1892 Harry S. Barlow (2) Wilberforce Eaves * 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1893 Wilfred Baddeley Harry S. Barlow * 7–5, 6–0, 6–1
1894 Wilfred Baddeley (2) Harry S. Barlow * 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1895 Wilfred Baddeley (3) George Hillyard * 6–3, 7–9, 7–5, ret.
1896 Wilfred Baddeley (4) Herbert Baddeley * walkover
1897 Joshua Pim Lawrence Doherty * 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–3
1898 Sydney Howard Smith Lawrence Doherty * 6–3, 2–6, 8–6, 7–5
1899 Sydney Howard Smith (2) Harold Mahony * 6–0, 6–3, 6–4
1900 Lawrence Doherty Sydney Howard Smith (2) * 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–1
1901 Sydney Howard Smith (3) Lawrence Doherty * 6–3, 7–9, 4–6, 6–4, 1–0, ret.
1902 Sydney Howard Smith (4) Clement Cazalet * 6–1, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
1903 Major Ritchie Sydney Howard Smith * ?
1904 Sydney Howard Smith (5) Major Ritchie * 6–0, 6–4, 6–2
1905 [15] Norman Brookes Sydney Howard Smith * 8–6, 6–4, 6–2
1906 [14] Anthony Wilding Roderick McNair * 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1907 [14] George Hillyard Walter Crawley * ?
1908 [16] Anthony Wilding (2) George Hillyard * walkover
1909 Otto Froitzheim Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 6–3, 6–8, 6–4, 7–5
1910 [17] Gordon Lowe Arthur Lowe walkover
1911 [18] Algernon Kingscote Stanley Doust 6–8, 4–6, 8–6, 6–0, 6–3
1912 [14] Arthur Lowe Stanley Doust 6–4, 7–9, 6–0, 6–4
1913 James Cecil Parke Arthur Lowe 6–3, 7–5, 2–6, 6–2
1914–1918 Not held (due to world war one)
1919 Theodore Mavrogordato Nicolae Mișu 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1920 [14] George Dodd Alfred Beamish 6–4, 6–1, 6–2
1921 [20] Brian Norton Mohammed Sleem 0–6, 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 6–3
1922 Brian Norton (2) Gordon Lowe 6–2, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1923 Cotah Ramaswami Gordon Lowe 6–1, 8–6, 10–8
1924 Mohammed Sleem Gordon Lowe 6–2, 6–1, 6–1
1925 Charles Kingsley Gordon Lowe 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1926 Charles Kingsley (2) Bunny Austin walkover
1927 Bunny Austin William Powell 6–4, 6–4
1928 Yoshiro Ota Charles Kingsley 3–6, 6–1, 6–0
1929 Eskel Andrews Keats Lester 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1930 [14] Ryuki Miki Charles Kingsley 7–5, 6–3
1931 Jiro Sato Vernon Kirby 6–4, 6–3
1932 George Lyttleton-Rogers Atri Madan Mohan 6–8, 6–3, 6–4
1933 Vernon Kirby George Lyttleton-Rogers 8–6, 6–2
1934 [11] Nigel Sharpe Eskel Andrews 6–3, 6–3
1935 Robert Tinkler Clarence Medlycott Jones 8–6, 10–8
1936 Pat Hughes Charles Hare 2–6, 9–7, 6–1
1937 Donald Butler Henry Billington 6–3, 6–3
1938 Donald Butler (2) Clarence Medlycott Jones 6–4, 6–1
1939–1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1946 Donald Butler (3) Choy Wai-Chuen 6–3, 6–4
1947 Ignacy Tłoczyński Jeff Robson 6–2, 6–3
1948 Czesław Spychała Ignacy Tłoczyński 5–7, 6–4, 8–6
1949 Heraldo Weiss Donald Butler 6–3, 6–2
1950 Ivo Rinkel Geoffrey Paish 5–7, 7–5, 6–4
1951 Geoffrey Paish Tony Mottram 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
1952 Geoffrey Paish (2) Anthony Starte 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
1953 Geoffrey Paish (3) Robert Lee 7–5, 6–0
1954 Geoffrey Paish (4) Bobby Wilson 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
1955 Geoffrey Paish (5) Mike Davies 6–4, 6–4
1956 Roger Becker Gerald Oakley 6–3, 6–1
1957 Reginald Bennett Geoffrey Owen 6–3, 6–2
1958 Roger Becker (2) Reginald Bennett 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
1959 Alan Mills Mike Hann 8–6, 4–6, 6–3
1960 Mark Otway John R. McDonald 6–4, 6–4
1961 Mark Otway (2) Roger Becker 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
1962 Roger Becker (3) Mark Cox 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1963 Mark Cox Warren Jacques 1–6, 7–5, 6–2
1964 Geoff Bluett Clay Iles 6–3, 6–3
1965 Tournament not completed (rain)
1966 Bob Maud Brian Fairlie 6–4, 6–2
1967 Frew McMillan Mark Cox 6–3, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
1968 Mark Cox (2) Owen Davidson 6–4, 6–4 Rothmans Invitational
1969 Christian Kuhnke Manuel Orantes 6–4, 2–6, 9–7 Eastbourne Invitational
1970 [21] Ken Rosewall Bob Hewitt 6–2, 6–1 Rothmans South of England Open Championship
1971 Tournament not played (rain)
1972 Andrés Gimeno Pierre Barthès 7–5, 6–3
1973 Mark Cox (3) Patrice Dominguez 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
1974 Tournament ended

Statistics

Singles champions by country

Women

Country Winner First title Last title
 Great Britain (GBR) 70 1881 1970
 United States (USA) 3 1919 1921
 Australia (AUS) 2 1964 1969
 South Africa (RSA) 1 1922 1922
 Chile (CHI) 1 1936 1936
 Brazil (BRA) 1 1968 1968
 France (FRA) 2 1971 1972

Men

Country Winner First title Last title
 Great Britain (GBR) 49 1881 1973
 South Africa (RSA) 6 1920 1967
 New Zealand (NZ) 4 1905 1929
 Ireland (IRE) 3 1897 1932
 Japan (JPN) 3 1928 1931
 Spain (ESP) 3 1972 2014
 Germany (GER) 2 1909 1969
 India (IND) 2 1923 1924
 Poland (POL) 2 1947 1948
 Argentina (ARG) 1 1949 1949
 Netherlands (NED) 1 1950 1950

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