South of England Championships

The South of England Championships [1] is a defunct tennis tournament that was held at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdom from 1881 until 1972 it survived for a period of ninety one years until 1972.[1][2] its original name until 1967 also known as the South of England Open Championships until 1973 was an outdoor tennis event held on grass courts at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, England.

South of England Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameSouth of England Championships
Founded1881 (1881)
Abolished1972 (1972)
Editions82
LocationEastbourne
United Kingdom
VenueDevonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass / outdoors

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
Ladies' final between Hillyard and Cooper Sterry

Women
Year Champion Runner-up Score Name
1881 Agnes Noon Watts E. Hudson(2-1 sets)South of England Championships
1882 E. Hudson Minnie Congreve6–2, 6–4
1883 M. Leslie Minnie Congreve10–8, 6–4
1884 Frances Burton Nellie Burton6–2, 6–4
1885 [8] Blanche Bingley Ada Strapp6–1, 6–0
1886 [8] Margaret Bracewell Blanche Bingley6–1, 6–3
1887 Margaret Bracewell (2) Blanche Bingley6–4, 6–2
1888 Blanche Bingley (2) Margaret Bracewell6–1, 6–1
1889 May Langrishe May Jacks6–2, 5–7, 6–1
1890 May Langrishe (2) Lilian Cole Pine-Coffin6–2, 6–1
1891 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (3) May Langrishe2–6, 7–5, 6–0
1892 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (4) Bertha Steedman6–1, 6–4
1893 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (5) Maud Shackle6–1, 4–6, 15–13
1894 Helen Jackson Charlotte Cooper6–4, 6–2
1895 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (6) Helen Jackson6–4, 6–1
1896 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (7) Edith Austin6–3, 4–6, 6–1
1897 Charlotte Cooper Blanche Bingley Hillyard6–4, 6–0
1898 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (8) Charlotte Cooper7–5, 7–5
1899 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (9) Charlotte Cooper6–2, 6–2
1900 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (10) Charlotte Cooper7–9, 6–3, 6–3
1901 Charlotte Cooper (2) Blanche Bingley Hillyard7–5, 5–7, 6–2
1902 Dorothea Douglass Edith Austin Greville6–2, 6–2
1903 Connie Wilson Dorothea Douglass7–5, 6–2
1904 [9] Dorothea Douglass (2) Charlotte Cooper Sterry6–3, 6–4
1905 [8] Blanche Bingley Hillyard (11) Agnes Morton7–5, 4–6, 6–3
1906 Dorothea Douglass (3) Agnes Morton3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1907 Dorothea Douglass Chambers (4) Charlotte Cooper Sterry4–6, 6–3, 7–5
1908 Charlotte Cooper Sterry (3) Edith Boucher6–4, 6–2
1909 Dora Boothby Charlotte Cooper Sterry6–3, 6–4
1910 Dorothea Douglass Chambers (5) Ethel Thomson Larcombe7–5, 7–5
1911 Ethel Thomson Larcombe Dora Boothby7–5, 6–3
1912 Ethel Thomson Larcombe (2) Agnes Morton6–1, 6–2
1913 Ethel Thomson Larcombe (3) Dorothea Douglass Chambers6–2, 6–4
1914–1918Not held (due to world war one)
1919 Elizabeth Ryan Phyllis Satterthwaite6–1, 6–2
1920 [10] Elizabeth Ryan (2) Geraldine Beamish6–2, 4–6, 6–1
1921 [10] Elizabeth Ryan (3) Irene Bowder Peacock6–0, 6–3
1922 Irene Bowder Peacock Kathleen McKane6–0, 3–6, 7–5
1923 Phoebe Holcroft Christine Tyrrell6–3, 6–3
1924 Ermyntrude Harvey Phoebe Holcroft6–0, 6–8, 6–4
1925 Phoebe Holcroft Watson (2) Christine Tyrrell2–6, 7–5, 6–3
1926 Phoebe Holcroft Watson (3) Ermyntrude Harvey6–4, 6–8, 6–2
1927 Phoebe Holcroft Watson (4) Phyllis Howkins Covell6–2, 6–2
1928 Phoebe Holcroft Watson (5) Phyllis Howkins Covell6–1, 6–2
1929 Elsie Goldsack Jenny Sandison8–6, 2–6, 6–3
1930 Phyllis Mudford Mary Heeley6–2, 7–5
1931 Freda James Gwen Sterrydivided the title
1932 Mary Heeley Florence Ford8–6, 6–2
1933 Phyllis Mudford King (2) Ermyntrude Harvey6–3, 6–1
1934 [11] Dorothy Round Phyllis Mudford King6–4, 6–1
1935 Billie Yorke Susan Noel3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1936 [12] Anita Lizana Dorothy Round6–4, 6–2
1937 Margaret Scriven Jean Saunders6–1, 6–0
1938 Phyllis Mudford King (3) Valerie Scott5–7, 6–4, 6–4
1939–1945Not held (due to world war two)
1946 Joan Curry Betty Clements Hiltondivided the title (rain interruption)
1947 Joan Curry (2) Peggy McCorkindale Dawson-Scott6–1, 9–7
1948 Jean Walker-Smith Gem Hoahing7–5, 6–4
1949 Gem Hoahing Mary Terán de Weiss6–4, 6–2
1950 Jean Walker-Smith (2) Jean Quertier6–2, 6–2
1951 Jean Walker-Smith (3) Angela Mortimer6–2, 6–2
1952 Jean Walker-Smith (4) Jean Quertier Rinkel6–3, 6–4
1953 Shirley Bloomer Patricia Harrison7–5, 6–4
1954 Shirley Bloomer (2) Patricia Harrison6–8, 7–5, 6–0
1955 Anne Shilcock Jenny Middleton6–4, 6–2
1956 Anne Shilcock (2) Penny Burrell6–1, 6–2
1957 Ann Haydon Angela Mortimer6–3, 6–4
1958 Anne Shilcock (3) Sheila Waters6–0, 6–0
1959 Sheila Armstrong Jenny Young6–0, 6–2
1960 Rita Bentley Lorna Cornell Cawthorn6–4, 6–2
1961 Lorna Cornell Cawthorn Inge Overgaard3–6, 6–1, 11–9
1962 Carole Rosser Lorna Cornell Cawthorn10–8, 6–2
1963 Vivienne Dennis Heather Allen6–3, 2–6, 7–5
1964 Fay Toyne Lorna Cornell Cawthorn6–0, 5–7, 6–3
1965 Rita Bentley (2) Jill Blackmandivided the title (due to bad weather)
1966 Susan Tutt Anthea Rigby4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1967 Lorna Cornell Greville-Collins (2) Margaret Harris6–8, 7–5, 6–1
↓  Open era  ↓
1968 Maria Bueno Judy Tegart6–2, 6–4Rothmans Invitational
1969 Karen Krantzcke Betty Ann Grubb6–0, 9–7Eastbourne Invitational
1970 Ann Haydon Jones (2) Virginia Wade8–6, 6–1
1971 Françoise Durr Judy Tegart-Daltondivided the title
1972 Françoise Durr (2) Judy Tegart-Dalton8–6, 6–3
1973Tournament succeeded by Eastbourne International

Men
1890 Men's Singles final between Ziffo and Baldwin
Year Champion Runner-up Score Name
1881 [13] Edgar Lubbock Robert W. G. L. Braddell6–4, 6–2, 6–0South of England Championships
1882 William C. Taylor Edward Lake Williams8–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1883 Edward Lake Williams Charles Walder Grinstead6–1, 8–6, 4–6, 7–5
1884 Edward Lake Williams (2) William C. Taylor?
1885 Ernest Lewis William C. Taylor4–6, 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] Arthur George Ziffo Harry S. Barlow *4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–3
1889 Arthur George Ziffo (2) Harry Grove *4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 9–7, 6–4
1890 Arthur George Ziffo (3) James Baldwin *7–9, 6–1, 6–2, 7–5
1891 Harry S. Barlow Arthur George 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 Rahe6–3, 6–8, 6–4, 7–5
1910 [17] Gordon Lowe Arthur Lowewalkover
1911 [18] Algernon Kingscote Stanley Doust6–8, 4–6, 8–6, 6–0, 6–3
1912 [14] Arthur Lowe Stanley Doust6–4, 7–9, 6–0, 6–4
1913 James Cecil Parke Arthur Lowe6–3, 7–5, 2–6, 6–2
1914–1918Not held (due to world war one)
1919 Theodore Mavrogordato Nicolae Mișu6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1920 [14] George Dodd Alfred Beamish6–4, 6–1, 6–2
1921 [20] Brian Norton Mohammed Sleem0–6, 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 6–3
1922 Brian Norton (2) Gordon Lowe6–2, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1923 Cotah Ramaswami Gordon Lowe6–1, 8–6, 10–8
1924 Mohammed Sleem Gordon Lowe6–2, 6–1, 6–1
1925 Charles Kingsley Gordon Lowe4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1926 Charles Kingsley (2) Bunny Austinwalkover
1927 Bunny Austin William Powell6–4, 6–4
1928 Yoshiro Ota Charles Kingsley3–6, 6–1, 6–0
1929 Eskel Andrews Keats Lester6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1930 [14] Ryuki Miki Charles Kingsley7–5, 6–3
1931 Jiro Sato Vernon Kirby6–4, 6–3
1932 George Lyttleton-Rogers Atri Madan Mohan6–8, 6–3, 6–4
1933 Vernon Kirby George Lyttleton-Rogers8–6, 6–2
1934 [11] Nigel Sharpe Eskel Andrews6–3, 6–3
1935 Robert Tinkler Clarence Medlycott Jones8–6, 10–8
1936 Pat Hughes Charles Hare2–6, 9–7, 6–1
1937 Donald Butler Henry Billington6–3, 6–3
1938 Donald Butler (2) Clarence Medlycott Jones6–4, 6–1
1939–1945Not held (due to world war two)
1946 Donald Butler (3) Wai-Chuen Choy6–3, 6–4
1947 Ignacy Tłoczyński Jeff Robson6–2, 6–3
1948 Czesław Spychała Ignacy Tłoczyński5–7, 6–4, 8–6
1949 Heraldo Weiss Donald Butler6–3, 6–2
1950 Ivo Rinkel Geoffrey Paish5–7, 7–5, 6–4
1951 Geoffrey Paish Tony Mottram6–4, 4–6, 6–1
1952 Geoffrey Paish (2) Anthony Starte4–6, 6–2, 6–1
1953 Geoffrey Paish (3) Robert Lee7–5, 6–0
1954 Geoffrey Paish (4) Bobby Wilson6–2, 2–6, 7–5
1955 Geoffrey Paish (5) Mike Davies6–4, 6–4
1956 Roger Becker Gerald Oakley6–3, 6–1
1957 Reginald Bennett Geoff Owen6–3, 6–2
1958 Roger Becker (2) Reginald Bennett6–3, 4–6, 6–1
1959 Alan Mills Michael P. Hann8–6, 4–6, 6–3
1960 Mark Otway John R. McDonald6–4, 6–4
1961 Mark Otway (2) Roger Becker6–1, 4–6, 6–2
1962 Roger Becker (3) Mark Cox4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1963 Mark Cox Warren Jacques1–6, 7–5, 6–2
1964 Geoff Bluett Clay Iles6–3, 6–3
1965Tournament not completed (rain)
1966 Bob Maud Brian Fairlie6–4, 6–2
1967 Frew McMillan Mark Cox6–3, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
1968 Mark Cox (2) Owen Davidson6–4, 6–4Rothmans Invitational
1969 Christian Kuhnke Manuel Orantes6–4, 2–6, 9–7Eastbourne Invitational
1970 [21] Ken Rosewall Bob Hewitt6–2, 6–1Rothmans South of England Open Championship
1971Tournament not played (rain)
1972 Andrés Gimeno Pierre Barthès7–5, 6–3
1973 Mark Cox (3) Patrice Dominguez6–2, 2–6, 6–3
1974Tournament ended

Statistics

Singles champions by country

Women
Country Winner First title Last title
 Great Britain (GBR)7018811970
 United States (USA)319191921
 Australia (AUS)219641969
 South Africa (RSA)119221922
 Chile (CHI)119361936
 Brazil (BRA)119681968
 France (FRA)219711972

Men
Country Winner First title Last title
 Great Britain (GBR)4918811973
 South Africa (RSA)619201967
 New Zealand (NZ)419051929
 Ireland (IRE)318971932
 Japan (JPN)319281931
 Spain (ESP)319722014
 Germany (GER)219091969
 India (IND)219231924
 Poland (POL)219471948
 Argentina (ARG)119491949
 Netherlands (NED)119501950

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