North of England Hard Court Championships

The North of England Hard Court Championships[1] and later known as the Wilson North of England Hard Court Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament established in 1913 and ran until 1988.[2]

North of England Hard Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1913 (1913)
Abolished1988 (1988)
LocationScarborough, North Yorkshire (1913–55)
Southport, Merseyside
(1956–88)
VenueYorkshire Lawn Tennis Club
Southport Argyle Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceClay

History

The North of England Hard Court Championships was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament first established in 1913 at the Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Club. Scarborough, Yorkshire, England.[3] In 1956 the tournament changed location to the Argyle Lawn Tennis Club, Southport,[4] England for the duration of its run until 1988.[5]

In 1941 the Argyle Lawn Tennis Club established the Southport Easter Open tournament,[6] and from 1956 that tournament was incorporated jointly with the North of England Hard Court Championships.[7] From 1981 to 1984 the championships were sponsored by the paint company 'Weatherall' and was known as the Weatherall North of England Hard Court Championships.[8] In 1985 the company Wilson Sporting Goods took over sponsorship of the event and was known as the Wilson North of England Hard Court Tennis Championships until 1988 then was discontinued.[9]

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)[10]

Year Champion Runner-up Score
North of England Hard Court Championships
1920 Mark Hick Ralph Douglas Watson6–2, 7–5, 6–4
1922 Ernest Bisseker Jack Hillyard6–3, 5–7, 6–8, 6–2, 6-3
1931 Arthur W. Hill Lionel Antrobus6-1, 6-4
1933 John Colin Gregory Donald MacPhail6-4, 7-5
1934 Vernon Kirby Alan Martin Wedd6-3, 6-4
1935 Raymond Tuckey Pat Sherwood6-3, 6-3
1936 Raymond Tuckey (2) Pat Sherwood6-4, 8-6
1937 Raymond Tuckey (3) Ronald Alfred Shayes6–4, 2–6, 6–3
1938 Murray Deloford Harold Hare[11]6–3, 4–6, 6–1
1939 George Godsell Pat Sherwood6-2, 6-2
1940/1945Not held (due to world war two)
1946[12] Ignacy Tłoczyński Jack Harper8–6, 3–6, 6–1
1947[13] Ignacy Tłoczyński (2) Tony Mottram6-4, 6-3
1948 Ignacy Tłoczyński (3) George Godsell7-5, 6-0
1949 Ignacy Tłoczyński (4) Bobby Meredith6-0, 6-0
1950 Ignacy Tłoczyński (5) Derrick Leyland[14]6-0, 6-1
1951 Czeslaw Spychala Donald Butler6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1952 Staffan Stockenberg Czeslaw Spychala6-4, 6-4
1953 John Barrett Ignacy Tłoczyński6-4, 6-4
1954 Ignacy Tłoczyński (6) Matthew Farhang Mohtadi6–3, 3–6, 6–1
1955 Ivor Warwick Ian A. Macdonald[15]6-2, 6-3
1956 John Horn Mike Hann7–5, 4–6, 6–4
1957 Robert Bédard Alan Mills6-2, 6-3
1959 Alan Mills Malcolm Gracie[16]6-1, 6-2
1960 Lew Gerrard Alan Mills4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1961 Tony Pickard Mike Hann6-4, 6-3
1962 Jimmy Tattersall Trevor Adamson[17]4–6, 6–2, 6–1
North of England Hard Court Lawn Tennis Championships
1963 Jimmy Tattersall (2) Malcolm Gracie8-6, 6-2
1964 Clay Iles[18] Mark Cox7-5, 6-2
1965 G.B. Jones Geoff Stubbs7-6, 6-2
1966 Billy Knight John Roderick Mcdonald[19]6-1, 6-2
1967 Billy Knight (2) John Roderick Mcdonald6-3, 6-4
Open era
North of England Hard Court Open Championships
1968 Geoff Stubbs[20] David Gunson[21]6-3, 6-3
1969 Clay Iles (2) Robert G. Clarke6-4, 6-3
1970 Allan McDonald Ken Weatherley6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1972 Robert G. Clarke John Howarth[22]
1973 John Marnoch Robert Armytage6-4, 6-1
1974 Geoffrey Paish Willem Prinsloo6–1, 6–7, 7–5
1976 Roger Webb Antony Fawley7-6, 6-4
1977[23] Neil Rayner Nigel Sears6–2, 1–6, 6–2
1978 Andrew Jarrett Trevor Heath6-1, 6-0
1979 Harvey Becker Kevin Harris0–6, 7–6, 6–2
1980 Keith Gilbert Nigel Sears6-0, 6-2
Weatherall North of England Hard Court Tennis Championships
1981 Nick Brown Simon Ickringill[24]
1982 Michael Appleton Neil Rayner6-3, 7-6
1983 Neil Rayner Harvey Becker6–4, 4–6, 6–1

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Champion Runner-up Score
North of England Hard Court Championships
1913 Mary Gray Welsh Jessie Green6-1, 6-1
1914 Mrs E. Wilkinson Mary Gray Welsh6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1915/1918Not held (due to world war one)
1919 Phyllis Satterthwaite Mrs A. Wilkinson6-1, 6-2
1920 Elsie Goodlass Holtby Mrs Hobson2–6, 6–2, 6–2
1921 Elsie Goodlass Holtby (2) Mrs Hobson6–4, 6–3
1922 Phyllis Satterthwaite (2) Joan Austin6-1, 6-3
1923 Norah Fosdick Middleton Mary Gray Welsh6–2, 5–7, 7–5
1924 Ruth Watson Lesley Cadle6–4, 7–9, 6–4
1925 Ruth Watson (2) Elsie Goodlass Holtby6-2, 6-1
1926 Ruth Watson (3) Mrs Wormald6–1, 5–7, 6–1
1927 Aurea Edgington Eileen Connell6-4, 6-2
1928 Elsie Goldsack Aurea Edgington6-3, 6-4
1929Elsie Goldsack (2) Dorothy Anderson6-3, 8-6
1930 Dorothy Anderson Janet Lawson6-1, 6-2
1931 Dorothy Anderson (2) R. Bray6-2, 7-5
1932 Freda James Janet Lawson Walker6-2, 7-5
1933 Freda James (2) Edie Rudd Luxton6-3, 6-4
1934 Doris Bullock Nancy Kidson2–6, 6–2, 6–3
1935 Joan Hartigan Rosemary Smith6-2, 6-2
1936 Nina Brown Rosemary Smith3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1937 Thelma Jarvis Denise Huntbach6-3, 6-2
1938 Gladys Southwell Nina Brown6-4, 4-0 ret.
1939 Suzy Kormoczy Nora Maingay6-3, 6-2
1940/1945Not held (due to world war two)
1946 Jean Quertier Sheila Barraclough6-1, 7-5
1947 Joan Curry Joy Gannon6-3, 6-2
1948 Joan Curry (2) Peggy Dawson-Scott6-0, 6-1
1949 Joan Curry (3) Lesley Hunter Fulton6-0, 6-1
1950 Thelma Coyne Long Jean Quertier6-4, 7-5
1951 Susan Partridge Helen Fletcher6-3, 3–6, 10-8
1952 Jean Petchell Valerie Lewis6-3, 7-5
1953 Pat Harrison Jean Petchell6-3, 6-2
1954 Barbara Knapp Jean Petchell7-5, 6-3
1955 Georgie Woodgate Barbara Knapp6-1, 6-3
1956 Angela Buxton Elaine Watson6-0, 6-1
1958 Angela Buxton (2) Margaret R. O'Donnell6-2, 6-3
1959 Shirley Bloomer Margaret H. O'Donnell6-3, 6-3
1960 Shirley Bloomer Brasher (3) Elaine Shenton6-3, 6-1
1961 Shirley Bloomer Brasher (4) Margaret R. O'Donnell7-5, 6-2
1962 Margaret Cooper E. Smith6-1, 6-4
North of England Hard Court Lawn Tennis Championships
1963 Margaret R. O'Donnell E. Smith4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1964 Nell Truman Heather Allen2–6, 6–2, 6–1
1965 Margaret R. O'Donnell (2) J. Hope7-5, 6-3
1966 Margaret R. O'Donnell (3) Alex McAlpine6–1, 5–7, 6–0
1967 Rita Bentley Jitka Volavková9-7, 6-3
Open era
North of England Hard Court Open Championships
1968 Janice Townsend C. Penndivided title
1969 Shirley Bloomer Brasher (5) Janice Townsend6–1, 3–6, 6–0
1970 Evonne Goolagong Joyce Barclay Williams6-2, 6-3
1972 Veronica Burton Shirley Bloomer Brasher6-1, 6-3
1973 R. Allen A. Morris4–6, 6–0, 6–3
1974 Lindsey Beaven Corinne Molesworth6-0, 6-4
1976 Michelle Tyler Corinne Molesworth6-1, 6-1
1977[25] Anthea Cooper Debbie Jevans6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1978 Corinne Molesworth Annette Coe6–7, 7–6, 6–3
1979 Cathy Drury Jane Plackett7-5, 7-6
1980 Belinda Thompson Joy Tacon2–6, 6–1, 6–0
Weatherall North of England Hard Court Tennis Championships
1981 Lisa Pennington Denise Parnell6-1, 6-2
1982 Michelle Tyler (2) Kate Brasher3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1983 Kate Brasher Sara Gomer6–3, 2–6, 6–4

Event name
  • North of England Hard Court Championships (1913–1962)
  • North of England Hard Court Lawn Tennis Championships (1963–1967)
  • North of England Hard Court Open Championships (1968–1980)
  • Weatherall North of England Hard Court Tennis Championships (1981–1984)
  • Wilson North of England Hard Court Tennis Championships (1985–1988)

Locations and Venues

The championships were held at the Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Club. Scarborough, Yorkshire, England from 1913 to 1955.[26] In 1956 event was transferred to the Southport Argyle Lawn Tennis Club, Southport, Merseyside until 1988.

Tournament records

Men's

Women's

See also

References
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  2. "American is top seed at Southport: American is top seed at Southport The Wilson North of England Hard Court Tennis Championships take place at Southport Argyle all next week with finals on Saturday (April 2) and have attracted a high number of entries". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool, Merseyside: The British Newspaper Archive. 24 March 1988. p. 73.
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  7. Liverpool Echo 6 April 1966. p.24.
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