Teignmouth Open
| Teignmouth Open | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Event name | Teignmouth and Shaldon Open Tournament |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Abolished | 1939 |
| Location | Teignmouth, Devon, England |
| Venue | Teignmouth Lawn Tennis Club |
| Surface | Grass & Asphalt (Hard) |
The Teignmouth Open[1] or Teignmouth and Shaldon Open Tournament was combined men's and women's grass court or sometimes hard court tennis tournament founded in 1880 that ran until 1939.[2] It was staged by the Teignmouth Lawn Tennis Club at Teignmouth, Devon, England through until 1939 when it was abolished.
History
[edit]Officially known as the Teignmouth and Shaldon Open Tournament was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first staged in September 1880 at Lower Bitton, Teignmouth, Devon, England. During the 1880s it was a featured event of Pastime's five week end of summer 'Western Tour' taking in Exmouth, Teignmouth, Torquay, Bournemouth and Eastbourne.[3] It was staged by the Teignmouth Lawn Tennis Club at Teignmouth, Devon, England through until 1939 when it was abolished.[4]
Former winners of the men's singles included: Ernest Wool Lewis, Herbert Chipp, Manliffe Goodbody, William Renshaw, Wilberforce Eaves, Harry Grove, Harry Sibthorpe Barlow, Les Poidevin and Henry Billington. Previous women's singles title winners included: Maud Watson,Violet Pinckney, Alice Pickering, Kathleen Lidderdale, and Madge Slaney.
Venue
[edit]Teignmouth Lawn Tennis Club:[5] (1880-1939) The modern-day Teignmouth Tennis Club forms part of a specialised Tennis Academy located at the Trinity School, Teignmouth.
Surfaces
[edit]The tournament was played predominantly on grass courts except for the 1882 to 1884 editions when it was played on hard asphalt courts.
Finals
[edit]Men's Singles
[edit](incomplete roll) included:[6]
| Year | Winners | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 |  Ernest Maconchy[7] |
W.B. Young |
? |
| 1881 | Champion Russell |
Charles John Cole |
? |
| 1882 | Humphrey Berkeley |
Arthur John Stanley |
? |
| 1883 | Arthur Stanley |
Erskine Gerald Watson |
6–5, 6–5, 0–6, 6–1 |
| 1884 | Charles S. Wood |
William Parkfield Wethered |
6–1, 6–1 |
| 1885 | Wilfred Milne |
H.C. Kent |
6–3, 6–5, 6–2 |
| 1886 | Ernest Wool Lewis |
Robert Charles Thompson |
6–1, 6–0, 6–0 |
| 1887 | Ernest Wool Lewis (2) |
Wilfred Milne |
6–3, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1888 |  Herbert Chipp |
John Redfern Deykin |
6–0, 6–1, 6–0 |
| 1889 | Ernest Wool Lewis (3) |
Harry Sibthorpe Barlow |
6–4, 6–2, 7–5 |
| 1890 | Ernest Wool Lewis (4) |
Albert Francis Stoddart |
6–1, 6–1 |
| 1891 |  Manliffe Goodbody |
Horace Chapman |
6–0, 0–6, 6–4 |
| 1892 | Wilberforce Eaves |
Charles Henry Chaytor |
6–2, 6–2 |
| 1893 | Harry Grove |
H. Davies |
6–2, 8–6 |
| 1894 | William Renshaw |
Horace Chapman |
6–2, 6–2 |
| 1895 | Harry Sibthorpe Barlow |
George Ball-Greene |
3–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1896 | Arthur Riseley |
Frank Riseley |
w.o. |
| 1903 | Harold Michelmore |
J.S. Talbot |
6–4, 6–3 |
| 1905 | Harold Michelmore (2) |
George Alan Thomas |
6–2, 6–2 |
| 1906 | Harold Michelmore (3) |
J.S. Talbot |
6–2, 6–4 |
| 1907 | Harold Michelmore (4) |
A. Dawson Jones |
6–0, 6–0 |
| 1908 |  Les Poidevin |
Harold Michelmore |
6–8, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 1909 | Harold Michelmore (5) |
J.S. Talbot |
6–4, 6–2 |
| 1910 | Hugh Walter Davies |
Arthur Riseley |
6–0, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 1915/1919 | Not held (due to world war one) | ||
| 1923 | Henry Alfred Carless |
Charles Pyne Luck |
7–5, 9–7 |
| 1931 | G.R. Ashton |
Freddie Della Porta |
6–1, 7–9, 6–3 |
| 1932 | Peter Graves |
J. Desmond Morris |
2–6, 4–2, ret. |
| 1933 | Leslie Erastus Cater |
George Godsell |
9–7, 6–4 |
| 1934 | Leslie Erastus Cater (2) |
 Athar-Ali Fyzee |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 1935 | Henry Billington |
Leslie Erastus Cater |
2–6, 6–3, 6–0 |
| 1936 | Henry Billington (2) |
Herbert Amphlett Davis |
6–2, 6–4 |
| 1937 |  Alan Stedman |
Freddie Della Porta |
6–1, 7–9, 6–3 |
| 1939 | Ernest G. Roper |
E.H. Coles |
6–3, 6–0 |
| Abolished | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Sporting and Club Fixtures: Teignmouth Open. London: Illustrated Sports & Goy's. 1 August 1884. p. 30.
- ^ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Teignmouth and Shaldon". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
- ^ Lake, Robert J. (3 October 2014). "Emergence of Lawn Tennis in the 19th Century". A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Oxford: Routledge. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-134-44557-8.
- ^ Tennis Archives
- ^ "Teignmouth". The Official Guide to the Great Western Railway. London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company Ltd. 1890. p. 134.
- ^ "Tournament – Teignmouth and Shaldon". Netherlands: Tennis Archives. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ "Brigadier General Ernest Maconchy | Soldiers' Stories". ww1.nam.ac.uk. London, England: National Army Museum. Retrieved 19 February 2024.