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Llandudno Open

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Llandudno Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit
Founded1890; 134 years ago (1890)
Abolished1914; 110 years ago (1914)
LocationCraigside, Llandudno, Wales
VenueCraigside Hydro Badmington and Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass

The Llandudno Open[1] was a grass court tennis tournament first established by the Craigside Hydro Badmington and Tennis Club in 1890,[2] and held at the Craigside Hydro Hotel, Llandudno, Caernarfonshire, North Wales. The tournament ran until 1914 when it was discontinued due to World War One.

History

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The name “Craigside” is that of a small headland to the west side of the Little Orme, laying east of Llandudno, North Wales. It is still separated from the main Llandudno built-up area by a small tract of farmland now occupied by Bodafon Farm Park.[3]

Craigside was the location of the “Craigside Hydropathic Hotel or Craigside Hydro” opened in 1888[4] by John Smith, as a “hydrotherapy” health resort establishment,[5] in which visitors could consult the resident physician, Dr John Miles Chambers.[6] The tournament was staged until 1914 when it was discontinued due to World War One. During World War II the hotel was used as government offices. The hotel was demolished during the 1970s for redevelopment.[7]

The hotel hosted a series of “Craigside” Tennis Tournaments including this tournament the Llandudno Open, as well as the national Welsh Covered Court Championships that were also played at the Craigside Hydro Indoor Covered Courts.[8][9]

Finals

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Men's singles

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(Incomplete roll).[10]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1891 Ireland Manliffe Goodbody England Tancred Disraeli Cummins 6–2, 6–8, 6–1, 6–2.[10]
1892 Ireland Manliffe Goodbody (2) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland James Herbert Crispe 6–1, 6–2, 6–2.[10]
1893 Ireland Manliffe Goodbody (3) Ireland George Ball-Greene 1–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2.[10]
1894 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland George Miéville Simond United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland James Herbert Crispe 1–6, 6–3, 6–2.[10]
1896 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Gladstone Allen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edward Roy Allen w.o.[10]
1900 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Henry Gillibrand Elwin Evered United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland G. Slater 6–2, 6–2.[10]
1905 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Henry Alfred Wallis Chiswell United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Philip H. Stokes 6–0, 5–7, 6–8, 6–4, 6–3.[10]
1906 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Norman Cecil Frye Scotland E. Warnant 6–3, 6–2, ret.
1908 Australia Leslie Poidevin England George Watt 6–1, 6–0, 6–1.[10]
1909 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Frederick Canning United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland C. Whitehouse 4–6, 10–8, 6–3, 6–4.[10]
1910 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland S. Ernest Charlton[11] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland W.G. Posnett 6–3, 6–4, 6–3.[10]

Womens singles

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(Incomplete roll).

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1890 England Ida Cressy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland K. Grant 7–5, 6–1
1893 England Ellen Cressy England Ida Cressy divided prizes
1896 England Winifred Longhurst United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Emma Ridding 6–0, 6–2
1898 England Miss Golding United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Mrs Carson 6–2, 7–5
1899 England Ida Cressy (2) England Miss Pollen ?
1900 England Miss Slater England Ellen Evered 6–2, 6–3
1901 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Mrs E. Gardner England Charlotte Everard 6–2, 6–1
1902 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Mrs E. Gardner (2) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Mrs J.B. Perrett 5–7, 9–7, 6–0
1903 England Ellen Gardner United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Katherine Pick 6–2, 6–2
1904 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Mrs E. Gardner (3) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Katherine Pick 6–1, 6–2
1905 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland K.I. Manning United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland C. Duerden 8–6, 6–8, 6–0
1907 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland A. Reeves United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland C. Duerden 6–0, 6–4
1908 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Elizabeth Lunt Heatley England Charlotte Everard 6–0, 6–1
1909 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland M. Fergus United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Elizabeth Lunt Heatley 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
1911 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ethel Tanner United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland M. Smith 6–2, 7–5
1912 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland M.K. Smith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Elizabeth Lunt Heatley 7–9, 6–3, 6–1
1913 Argentina Dorothy Boadle England Charlotte Everard 6–2, 6–4
1914 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland M.K. Smith (2) England Charlotte Everard 6–4, 6–2

References

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  1. ^ "lLlandudno Open Tournament: This tournament was resumed at the Craigside Hydro, Craigside , Llandudno. yesterday. Owing to rain some remaining matches were played in the covered indoor courts. Result: Gentlemen' Open. Singles.— Norman C. Fry beat E. Warnam. (6-3, 6-2)". The Sportsman. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 3 August 1906. p. 3. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. ^ "TENNIS: CRAIGSIDE (LLANDUDNO) SEVENTH ANNUAL TENNIS OPEN TOURNAMENT". North Wales Times. Denbighshire, Wales: British Newspaper Archive. 1 August 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  3. ^ Draper, Christopher; Lawson-Reay, John (15 September 2010). "Craigside Hydro". Llandudno Through Time. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-2925-4.
  4. ^ Draper, Christopher; Lawson-Reay, John (15 September 2010).
  5. ^ "Llandudno". The English Review. 48. London: Duckworth and Company: 374. 1929.
  6. ^ The English Review
  7. ^ "The Lost Hotels Of Conwy County!". mscolwynbay.com. Colwyn Bay: My Colwyn Bay Ltd. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  8. ^ The Daily Post Wales. 3 April 2008. Recalling life at the Hydro after the war Source:http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/recalling-life-hydro-after-war-2836264. Website: dailypost.co.uk. Accessdate 9 May 2023.
  9. ^ The Sportsman
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Tournaments:Llandudno". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  11. ^ "S.Ernest Charlton: Overview". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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  • The Craigside Hydro Hotel The 3rd image shows the hotel at Craigside with Llandudno in the background, the hydro's outside grass tennis courts are in front of the hotel and it's famous indoor covered courts building can be seen to the right of the hotel.