Yorkshire Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourNLTA (1884-1910)
Founded1884 (1884)
Abolished1970 (1970)
LocationHarrogate
Hull
Ilkley
Leeds
Scarborough
Sheffield
Whitby
SurfaceGrass

The Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Championships[1] or simply known as the Yorkshire Championships was a combined men's and women's open grass court tennis tournament established in 1884 as the Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Tournament[2] then later Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament and ran till 1970. It was first held in Ilkley, then, Harrogate, then Whitby before moving to permanently Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.

History

The first Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Tournament was established in 1885 and played at Ilkley, Yorkshire, England. In 1887 the event was renamed as Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament. In 1889 the name was changed again the Yorkshire Open Championships.[3] In 1906 the event was moved permanently to Scarborough, North Yorkshire.[4] The championships were held as part of the worldwide tennis circuit until 1970. The event is still being held as late as 2017 as the Yorkshire Tennis County Championships.[5]

For the years 1892, 1894–1900 and 1904–1905 the tournament was also valid as the North of England Championships.

Locations

The championships have been staged in the following towns and cities Harrogate, Hull, Ilkley, Leeds, Scarborough, Sheffield and Whitby

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)[6]

Year Champion Runner-up Score
Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Tournament
1884Ireland Ernest BrowneEngland Marmaduke Constable6-1, ret.
1885United Kingdom Gilbert MahonEngland E.W. Fletcher6-0, 6–2, 6-4
1886Ireland Ernest BrowneUnited Kingdom Gilbert Mahon3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament
1887England E.W. FletcherEngland Arthur Godfrey Pease6-2, 6-2, 7-5
1888England Arthur Godfrey PeaseEngland E.W. Fletcher5-7, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
Yorkshire Open Championships
1889United Kingdom David DavyEngland Arthur Godfrey Peasew.o.
1890Ireland Joshua PimIreland Grainger Chaytor6-2, 6-0 ret.
1891Ireland Joshua Pim (2)United Kingdom James Baldwin6-3, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
1892Ireland Joshua Pim (3)United Kingdom David Davy6-1, 6-4, 3-1, ret.
1893Ireland Joshua Pim (4)Ireland George Ball-Greene[7]6-4, 9-7, 6-4
1894United Kingdom Roy AllenIreland Joshua Pimw.o.
1895Ireland Grainger ChaytorUnited Kingdom Harold Nisbet7-9, 4-6, 6-4, 9-7, 6-1
1898Ireland Grainger Chaytor (2)United Kingdom Ernest Douglas Black6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
Yorkshire Championships
1900Ireland Grainger Chaytor (3)United Kingdom Charles William Wade6-2, 6-2, 6-3
1901United Kingdom Laurie DohertyUnited Kingdom Ernest Douglas Black6-2, 6-1, 6-1
1905United Kingdom Roy Allen (2)United Kingdom Charles Gladstone Allenw.o.
1907United Kingdom Edgar MiddletonUnited Kingdom Ernest Watson6-3, 3-6, 6-8, 6-0, 6-4
1908United Kingdom Ernest WatsonUnited Kingdom John Francis Moss6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1909United Kingdom Sidney WatsonUnited Kingdom Edgar Middleton6-4, 6-3, 6-1
1910United Kingdom Sidney Watson (2)United Kingdom Edgar Middleton0-6, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Champion Runner-up Score
Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Tournament
1884United Kingdom Constance HodgsonEngland Beatrice Wood7-5, 6-3
1885England Mabel BoultonEngland Beatrice Wood6-2, 6-2
1886United Kingdom Margaret BracewellEngland Mabel Boulton5-7, 8-6, 3-0 retd.
Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament
1887United Kingdom Margaret Bracewell (2)United Kingdom Ethel Atkinson4-6, 6-2, 6-0
Yorkshire Association County Closed Tournament
1887England Beatrice WoodEngland Mabel Boulton7-5, 5-7, 6-0
Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament
1888England Mabel Boulton (2)United Kingdom Margaret Bracewell6-4,8-6, 6-3
1889England Mabel Boulton (3)United Kingdom Miss Crossley2–6, 6–2, 7–5
1890England Beatrice Wood (2)England Jane Corder6–2, 6–1
Yorkshire Open Championships
1892United Kingdom Helen JacksonUnited Kingdom Beatrice Wood Draffen6-0, ?,
1894United Kingdom Beatrice Wood Draffen (3)United Kingdom Katherine Grey6-3, 6-1
1895United Kingdom Lucy KendalUnited Kingdom Marion Crosby Morton6-2, 6-1
1896United Kingdom Lucy Kendal (2)United Kingdom Beatrice Wood Draffen?
1897United Kingdom Lucy Kendal (3)United Kingdom Muriel Robb6-3, 6-0
1898United Kingdom Katherine GreyUnited Kingdom Alice Simpson Pickering6-4, 6-4
1899United Kingdom Alice Simpson PickeringUnited Kingdom Bertha Holder6-1, 6-4
Yorkshire Championships
1900United Kingdom Alice Simpson Pickering (2)United Kingdom Ethel Jessop6-0, 6-2
1904United Kingdom Lucy Kendal (4)United Kingdom Gladys Eastlake-Smith6-0, 4-6, 6-4
1905United Kingdom Bertha HolderUnited Kingdom N. Morton11-9, 6-1

References

  1. "Yorkshire lawn tennis championships". Halifax Evening Courier. Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 12 August 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. "YORKSHIRE LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION TOURNAMENT". Yorkshire Gazette. Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 22 August 1885. p. 5. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  3. "THE YORKSHIRE TOURNAMENT AT ILKLEY. THE CHAMPIONSHIPS: Mr. Joshua Pim, the holder of the Irish and Northern Championships, wins the Yorkshire Open Championship for the fifth time consecutively". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 26 June 1893. p. 8. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  4. "Nostalgia: Scarborough cricket ground and tennis courts". The Scarborough News. Scarborough, England: Johnston Press PLC. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  5. "Yorkshire Tennis County Championships - LTA". www3.lta.org.uk. Leeds, West Yorkshire: Yorkshire LTA. 2017.
  6. "Tournament – Yorkshire Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  7. Brown, Val (26 September 2017). Toupie Lowther: Her life. Market Harborough: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-78803-523-1.
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