Sussex Championships

Sussex Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourLTA Circuit (1889-1912)
ILTF World Circuit (1913-1968)
ILTF Independent Circuit (1970-1980)
Founded1889
Abolished1980
Editions78
LocationBrighton, East Sussex, England (1889-1926)
West Worthing, West Sussex, England (1972-1980)
SurfaceGrass

The Sussex Championships or Sussex County Championships was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament that were first staged in 1889. By 1972 it was known as the Sussex Tennis Open Championships.[1] The championships were first held in Brighton, East Sussex, England then moved to West Worthing, West Sussex, England and ran only until 1980.

The tournament is no longer a senior level international tour event, but is still staged today as a closed county tournament to British players only.[2]

History

A Sussex County Lawn Tennis Tournament was a brief tennis tournament consisting of a spring tournament usually held in April and another held in autumn usually September.[3] It was originally played on outdoor asphalt courts at Brighton and Hove Rink, England with the exception of the 1884 event that was played on grass courts. In 1882 the organisers staged the spring event. also played on asphalt courts, but for only two editions. there was just four editions of this event but did feature two future Wimbledon Men's singles champions the Renshaw twins it ran until 1885 then was abolished. In 1889 the event was revived as a grass court tournament called the Sussex Championships that was held at Hove County Cricket Ground.

The Sussex Championships was a very successful tournament in the years up to World War I, and was the second largest of the South of England meetings.[4] The September tournament (otherwise called the Autumn Tournament), even when held in August, just before the South of England Championships was the main draw event on the Sussex calendar for many years.[5] In 1911 it became a two-week competition. Many of the leading players of the day took part in the championships. Following the First World War for some unknown reason, the event failed to gain the longevity it needed to keep the success going, unlike the South of England tournament, rescheduling of the event may have been the cause of its early demise.

Following the start of the open era the Sussex Championships were revived, but this time played at a new location in West Worthing. By 1972 it was known as the Sussex Tennis Open Championships.[6] The championships continued as a two-week tournament until 1978. The tournament continued up to 1980 when it was abolished for the final time as a senior tour level event. It was a featured county level event on the Mens Amateur Tour (1877-1912), the Women Amateur Tour (1877-1912), the ILTF Mens Amateur Tour (1913-1967) and the ILTF Women's Amateur Tour (1913-1967).

Finals

Men's singles

Incomplete Roll:[7]
Year Champions Runners-up Score
Sussex Championships (Brighton)
1889 Horace Chapman Wilberforce Eaves 6-3, 6–3, 8–6.
1890 Wilfred Baddeley Horace Chapman 6-4, 6–2, 2–6, 7–5.
1891 Grainger Chaytor Wilfred Baddeley w.o.
1892 Wilberforce Eaves Grainger Chaytor w.o.
1893 Wilfred Baddeley (2) Wilberforce Eaves 6-1, 1–6, 8–6, 6-2
1894 Wilfred Baddeley (3) Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 6-1, 6–0, 2–6, 7-5
1895 Grainger Chaytor (2) Wilfred Baddeley w.o.
1896 Wilfred Baddeley (4) Grainger Chaytor w.o.
1897 George Ball-Greene Wilfred Baddeley w.o.
1898 Grainger Chaytor (3) George Ball-Greene 6-1, 6–1, 2–6, 8-6
1899 Sydney Howard Smith Grainger Chaytor 6-4, 6–3, 6-2
1900 Sydney Howard Smith (2) George Whiteside Hillyard 6-2, 4–6, 6–4, 6-2
1901 Sydney Howard Smith (3) Joshua Pim 6-1, 6–3, 5–7, 6-2
1902 Sydney Howard Smith (4) Frank Riseley 5-7, 6–4, 2–6, 6-4 ret.
1903 Robert Leroy Wylie Grant 8-6, 6–1, 1–6, 1–6, 6-2
1904 Sydney Howard Smith (5) Frank Riseley 6-4. 5–7. 3-3 ret.
1905 Sydney Howard Smith (6) Frank Riseley w.o.
1906 Arthur Gore Major Josiah Ritchie 6-2, 6–3, 6-3
1907 George Whiteside Hillyard Alfred Bentley 6-3, 1–6, 6-4
1908 Walter Cecil Crawley John Frederick Stokes 6-2, 6–2, 6-3
1909 Robert Branks Powell William Alfred Ingram 6-2, 6-2
1910 James Zimmermann Walter Cecil Crawley w.o.
1914/1919 Not held (due to world war one)
1920 Alfred Beamish Monty Temple 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
1921 Mohammed Sleem Cotah Ramaswami 6-4, 6-3, 6-0
1922 F. R. Leighton Crawford Charles Tuckey 6-0, 6-1
1924 Jack Hillyard F. R. Leighton Crawford 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5
↓  Open era  ↓
1970[8] Max Franklin Jay Royappa 9-7, 6-2
Sussex Tennis Open Championships (West Worthing)
1977 Clive Rothwell Jasper Cooper 6-4, 6-2
1978 Willie Davies Tony Lloyd 7-5, 6-4
1979 Chris Wells Robert Booth 6-1, 6-0

Women's singles

Incomplete Roll:
Year Champions Runners-up Score
Sussex Championships (Brighton)
1889 May Langrishe Beatrice Langrishe 6-3, 6-3, 8-6
1890 May Langrishe (2) Maud Shackle 6-4, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5
1891 Maud Shackle May Langrishe 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
1892 Maud Shackle (2) Bertha Steedman 6-0, 8-6
1893 Blanche Bingley Hillyard Maud Shackle 6-1, 6-4
1894 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (2) Maud Shackle 6-3, 6-0
1895 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (3) Helen Jackson 6-2, 6-2
1896 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (4) Charlotte Cooper 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
1897 Charlotte Cooper Blanche Bingley Hillyard 7-5, 7-5
1898 Edith Austin Charlotte Cooper 6-3, 6-2
1899 Charlotte Cooper (2) Edith Austin 6-4, 6-4
1900 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (5) Hilda Lane 6-3, 6-3
1901 Charlotte Cooper Sterry (3) Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6-4, 6-2
1902 Charlotte Cooper Sterry (4) Dorothea Douglass 6-2, 6-8, 6-3
1903 Alice Greene Dorothea Douglass 2-6, 8-6, 6-2
1904 Dorothea Douglass Charlotte Cooper Sterry 6-3, 6-3
1905 Winifred Longhurst Connie Wilson divided the prizes
1906 Charlotte Cooper Sterry (5) Violet Pinckney 6-0, 6-0
1907 Charlotte Cooper Sterry (6) Ruth Winch 6-0, 6-1
1908 Charlotte Cooper Sterry (7) Edith Boucher 9-7, 6-4
1909 Dora Boothby Hilda Lane 6-1, 6-2
1910 Ethel Thomson Larcombe Dora Boothby 9-7. 6-4
1911 Dora Boothby Agnes Daniell Tuckey 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
1912 Dora Boothby (2) Annie Wix Cobb 6-4, 6-2
1913 Dora Boothby (3) Minnie Dillon 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
1914/1919 Not held (due to world war one)
1920 Elizabeth Ryan Dorothy Holman 6-2, 2-6 6-2
1921 Dorothy Holman Louise Bull 8-6, 6-2
1922 Dorothy Holman (2) Agnes Daniell Tuckey w.o.
1923 Elizabeth Ryan (2) Christine Tyrrell 6-2, 6-0
1924 Dorothy Holman (3) Phoebe Holcroft 6-4, 3–6, 6-3
1925 Phoebe Holcroft Watson Joyce Brown 6-2, 6-1
1926 Phoebe Holcroft Watson (2) Joyce Brown 6-1, 6-1
↓  Open era  ↓
1970[9] Jenny Chamberlain H.B. Chamberlain 6-2, 6-3
Sussex Tennis Open Championships (West Worthing)
1977 Annette Coe Debra Parker 6-4, 6-4
1978 Debra Stewart Annette Coe 2-6, 6–2, 6-1
1979 Michele Tyler Lesley Charles 1-6, 6–2, 7-5
1980 Lesley Charles Elizabeth Jones 6-4, 6-2

See also

References

  1. ^ Lewis, Ralph Henry (1972). Scene in Sussex: a fresh look at the county. London: Research Pub. Co. p. 75. ISBN 9780705000154.
  2. ^ "Sussex County Championships Archives". Tennis Sussex. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  3. ^ Teague, Bryan (20 November 2016). "History of the Club". sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk. Sussex County Croquet Club.
  4. ^ Myers, Arthur Wallis (1903). "Other Meetings". Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. London: Scribner's sons. p. 85.
  5. ^ Teague (2016)
  6. ^ Henry (1972).
  7. ^ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Sussex Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Netherlands: Tennis Archives. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  8. ^ Barrett, John. Tingay, Lance. West, Peter. (1971) World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook. Queen Anne Press. London. ISBN 978-0-362-00091-7. p.271.
  9. ^ World of Tennis 1971

Sources

  • Lewis, Ralph Henry (1972). Scene in Sussex: a fresh look at the county,. London: Research Pub. ISBN 9780705000154.
  • Myers, Arthur Wallis (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. London: Scribner's sons.
  • Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Sussex Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Netherlands: Tennis Archives.
  • Sussex County Championships Archives. Tennis Sussex. Tennis Sussex. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  • Teague, Bryan (20 November 2016). "History of the Club". sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk. Sussex County Croquet Club.
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