Derbyshire Championships

The Derbyshire Championships originally known as the Championship of Derbyshire was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament held at the Buxton Lawn Tennis Club, Buxton, Derbyshire, Great Britain from 1883 to 1953

Derbyshire Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourPre open era
Founded1883
Abolished1953
Editions60
LocationBuxton, Derbyshire, Great Britain
VenueBuxton Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass

History

A tennis tournament was originally held at Buxton Garden's[1] as early as 1880.[2] By 1883 the club had attracted more players and a men's championships was staged for the first time which was won by Minden Fenwick,[2] he went on to win the New Zealand Championships three times from (1892–1894).[3] In 1884 the owners of the Buxton Gardens, the Buxton Improvements Company, decided to stage a fully open event featuring men's and women's singles, with ladies' and gentlemen's singles played under the title 'Championship of Derbyshire', and a ladies' doubles played with the imposing title of 'The All-England Ladies Doubles'.[2] The inaugural ladies' singles champion was Agnes Noon Watts.[2] This latter championship was the first of its kind, being inaugurated before Wimbledon.[2] In July 1914 the Derby and District Lawn Tennis Association was officially incorporated,[4] this organisation later became known as the Derbyshire Lawn Tennis Association who were responsible for the staging of this event.[5] The championships were not staged during World War I or World War II.[2] It remained a featured tournament in the annual tennis tours. The tournament is still held today as a closed tennis event.

Notable winners of the men's singles included Grainger Chaytor (1892–1894, 1899), Wilberforce Eaves (1904), Laurie Doherty (1909), Adrian Quist (1936) and Franjo Kukuljević (1949). Previous women's singles champions included Louisa Martin (1886), Blanche Bingley Hillyard (1906), Elizabeth Ryan (1921) and Gem Hoahing (1948). The Derbyshire Championships ran until 1953 when it was abolished.[2] The final men's singles champion was Nigel Cockburn from South Africa and the final women's singles title went to Britain's Mary Harris.

Finals

Men's singles
Incomplete Roll:[6]
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1883 Minden Fenwick Robert Parsons Earwaker6-2, 6-3[6]
1884 Charles Walder Grinstead Ernest Browne5-7, 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4.[6]
1885 Eyre Chatterton James Dwight6-2, 6–1, 6–3.[6]
1886 Tom Campion Percy Bateman Brown5-7, 6–2, 6–1, 9–7.[6]
1887 Tom Campion (2) William Drumond Hamilton6-2, 6–3, 6–4.[6]
1888 Tom Campion (3) Percy Bateman Brown7-5, 6–4, 7–5.[6]
1889 Percy Bateman Brown T.G. Hill6-2, 6–2, 6–1.[6]
1890 Manliffe Goodbody Harry Sibthorpe Barlow6-2, 7–5, 6–3.[6]
1891 Grainger Chaytor George Ball-Greene6-1, 6–1, 6–3.[6]
1892 Grainger Chaytor (2) Tom Chaytorw.o.[6]
1893 Grainger Chaytor (3) Alfred Ernest Crawley6-0, 6–2, 6–2.[6]
1894 Grainger Chaytor (4) Harry Sibthorpe Barlow6-1, 6–2, 1–0, ret.[6]
1895 Harold Mahony Grainger Chaytor6-2, 3–6, 2–6, 7–5, 6–3.[6]
1896 David Davy J.A. Rooke6-4, 6–4, 6–4.[6]
1897 Sydney Howard Smith George Hillyard6-2, 6–2, 6–2.[6]
1898 Sydney Howard Smith (2) Grainger Chaytor6-3, 6–0, 6–2.[6]
1899 Grainger Chaytor (5)Sydney Howard Smith6-3, 6–3.[6]
1900 George Hillyard Frank Riseley3-6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–4.[6]
1901 Laurie Doherty George Hillyard6-4, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2.[6]
1902 George Hillyard (2) George Ball-Greene2-6, 6–3, 6–8, 6–3, 6–2.[6]
1903 Xenophon Casdagli Walter Cecil Crawley6-3, 7–5.[6]
1904 Wilberforce Eaves E.V. Jones6-1, 6–3, 6–4.[6]
1905 Xenophon Casdagli (2) Ernest Charlton8-10, 0–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2.[6]
1906 Roy Allen John Frederick Stokes8-6 6–4.[6]
1907 Alfred Leonard Bentley Geoffrey Blenkinsop Youll3-6, 6–2, 6–4.[6] bi
1908 Xenophon Casdagli (3) Arthur Wallis Myers6-2 4-3 ret.[6]
1909 Roy Allen (2) Xenophon Casdagli6-2, 7–5, 7–5.[6]
1910 Charles A. Orpen Tuckey C. Whitehouse6-3, 6–3, 6–3.[6]
1915/1918Not held (due to world war one)
1919 Louis Bosman Raymond Brian Norton6-3, 6–3, 6–3.[6]
1920 Alain Gerbault Roger Worthington6-3, 6–3, 6–2.[6]
1921 Henry Vere Shirley Dillon Cecil Campbell6-4, 6–4, 8–6.[6]
1922 Edward Darcy McCrea George Fletcher6-4, 6–4.[6]
1923 Edward Darcy McCrea (2) José Domingo6-3, 6–4.[6]
1924 Charles Kingsley Horace Keats Lester6-1, 6–4.[6]
1925 Gordon Crole-Rees George S. Fletcher6-2, 6–4.[6]
1926 Charles Kingsley (2) George S. Fletcher6-2, 3–6, 6–4.[6]
1927 Gordon Crole-Rees (2) George Golding2-6, 6–0, 6–1.[6]
1928 Gordon Crole-Rees (3) Norman Farquharson3-6, 9–7, 6–1.[6]
1929 Gordon Crole-Rees (4) Donald Greig5-7, 6–0, 7–5.[6]
1930 Horace Keats Lester Eric Conrad Peters7-5, 6–2.[6]
1931 Vernon Bob Kirby Frank Wilde6-2, 6–3.[6]
1932 James Edmett Giesen Colin Ritchie[7]6-4, 5–7, 6–4.[6]
1933 Vernon Bob Kirby (2) Irving Wheatcroft6-2, 6–2.[6]
1934 Douglas Freshwater Jimmy Jones8-6, 3–6, 6–3.[6]
1935 Jimmy Jones George Lyttleton-Rogers8-6, 3–6, 6–3.[6]
1936 Adrian Quist Murray Deloford6-2, 6–4.[6]
1937 Cristea Caralulis Ronald Shayes8-10, 10–8, ret.[6]
1938 Murray Deloford Jimmy Jones3-6, 7–5, 6–4.[6]
1939 Don Butler Alejo Domingo Russell9-7, 3–6, 6–4.[6]
1940/1945Not held (due to world war two)
1946 Dennis Slack C.F. Hall6-3, 6–2.[6]
1947 Khan-Iftikhar Ahmed Constantin Tanacescu4-6, 9–7, 6–3.[6]
1948 Franjo Kukuljević Matt Murphy6-1, 6–3.[6]
1949 John Horn George Godsell6-3, 6–3.[6]
1950 Geoff Brown Brian Rooke6-0, 6–1.[6]
1951 Nigel Cockburn Andras Kalman8-6, 6–2.[6]

Women's singles
Incomplete Roll:
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1884 Agnes Noon Watts Florence Stanuell6-3, 6–3, 8–6.
1885 Blanche Bingley Louisa Martin6-3, 6–3.
1886 Louisa Martin May Langrishe6-3, 6–0.
1887 May Langrishe Bertha Steedman6-3, 6–4.
1888 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (2) May Langrishe7-5, 6–1.
1889 Bertha Steedman Louisa Martin5-7, 6–4, 6–3.
1890 Louisa Martin (2) Mary Steedman6-2, 6–4.
1891 May Marriott Beatrice Wood6-2, 6–2.
1892 Helen Jackson Miss Vicars6-0, 6–1
1893 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (3) Helen Jackson6-0, 6–1
1894 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (4) Charlotte Cooper6-4, 4–6, 7–5
1895 Helen Jackson (2) Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6-3, 3–6, 6–3
1896 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (5) Bertha Steedman6-4, 3–6, 7–5
1897 Alice Simpson Pickering Blanche Bingley Hillyard6-4, 5–7, 6–4
1898 Ruth Dyas Blanche Bingley Hillyard6-2, 6–4
1899 Muriel Robb Blanche Bingley Hillyard6-3, 6–3
1900 Muriel Robb (2) Blanche Bingley Hillyard7-5, 6–3
1901 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (6) Alice Simpson Pickering6-2, 7–5
1903 Dorothea Douglass Ethel Thomson6-2, 6–1
1904 Dorothea Douglass (2) Ethel Thomson6-2, 4–6, 6–3
1905 Connie Wilson Dorothea Douglass4-6, 6–1, 7–5
1906 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (7) Connie Meyer6-4, 6–3
1907 Maude Garfit Connie Meyer3-6, 6–3, 6–4
1908 Charlotte Cooper Sterry Maude Garfit6-2, 6–2
1909 Maude Garfit (2) Helen Aitchison2-6, 6–2, 6–2
1910 Maude Garfit (3) Helen Aitchisonw.o.
1911 Ethel Thomson Larcombe Helen Aitchison6-3, 6–1
1912 Ethel Thomson Larcombe (2) Hilda Lane6-0, 6–1
1913 Ethel Thomson Larcombe (3) Winifred Longhurst6-2, 6–1
1915/1918Not held (due to world war one)
1919 Elizabeth Ryan Ethel Thomson Larcombe3-6, 6–4, 7–5
1920 Elizabeth Ryan (2) Ethel Tanner6-1, 6–2
1921 Elizabeth Ryan (3) M. Wright6-0 6–1
1922 Kathleen McKane Irene Bowder Peacockdivided title
1923 Blanche Duddell Colston Phylis Radcliffe6-0, 6–4
1924 Joan Fry Kathleen McKane6-4, 3-4 retd
1939/1945Not held (due to world war two)
1950 Doreen Wedderburn Gladys Southwell Lines6-0, 6–8, 6–4
1951 Billie Woodgate Gladys Southwell Lines6-0, 6–8, 6–4
1952 Billie Woodgate (2) Beryl Penrosedivided title
1953 Mary Harris Rosemary Walsh7-5, 5–7, 6–2

Statistics

Mens singles
Most titles Grainger Chaytor 4
Gordon Crole-Rees
Most consecutive titles Grainger Chaytor
(1890–1894)
 4

Women's singles
Most titles Blanche Bingley Hillyard 7
Most consecutive finals Ethel Thomson Larcombe
(1911–1913)
 3
Elizabeth Ryan
(1919–1921)

References
  1. Lake, Robert (2015). A social history of tennis in Britain. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 48. ISBN 9781134445578.
  2. "History of tennis in Buxton". www.buxtontennisclub.co.uk. Buxton Tennis Club. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  3. "Tennis New Zealand 2012: Chapter: National Championships" (PDF). Tennis Kiwi. Tennis New Zealand. p. 13. Retrieved 4 October 2022. Chapter: National Championships
  4. "Derbyshire Lawn Tennis Association". Derbyshire Tennis Association. LTA. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  5. Derbyshire Lawn Tennis Association
  6. Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022). Source: https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/Buxton-Derbyshire Championships. Search tournament by name. Tennis Archives. Netherlands.
  7. "Colin Ritchie - Overview - ATP Tour". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

Sources
  • "Derbyshire Lawn Tennis Association". Derbyshire Tennis Association. LTA.
  • The History of Tennis in Buxton, Buxton Tennis Club. Buxton. England http://www.buxtontennisclub.co.uk/history.
  • Lake, Robert (2015). A social history of tennis in Britain. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 9781134445578.
  • "Tennis New Zealand 2012: Chapter: National Championships" (PDF). Tennis Kiwi. Tennis New Zealand. Retrieved 4 October 2022. Chapter: National Championships
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