Old Dominion Championship

The Old Dominion Championship[1] also known as the Old Dominion Open Championship was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1905.[2] It was first played at the Hermitage Golf Club, Richmond, Virginia, United States in 1905.[2] In 1936 the final edition was played Country Club of Virginia, after which when it was downgraded from the main worldwide ILTF Circuit and discontinued.[2]

Old Dominion Championship
Defunct tennis tournament
TourUSNLTA Circuit (1905-1923)
ILTF Circuit (1923-36)
Founded1905 (1905)
Abolished1936 (1936)
LocationRichmond, Virginia, United States
VenueHermitage Golf Club (1905-11)
Country Club of Virginia (1912-36)
SurfaceClay

History

In 1905 the first edition of the Old Dominion Championships staged at the Hermitage Golf Club,[3] in Richmond, Virginia.[2] The tournament was played annually there until 1911.[2] In 1912 the event was then relocated to the Country Club of Virginia, also in Richmond.[2] The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts usually in late spring or early summer. During World War I in 1917 that edition was given status of a special patriotic tournament held for the benefit of the Red Cross. In 1918 the men's event was staged, but there was no women's tournament that year.[2] It was a sanctioned event on the USNLTA Circuit from 1905 to 1923, then part of the ILTF Circuit from 1924 to 1936 when it was discontinued.[2]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1905[4] Frederick Gresham Pollard Charles F. McIntosh6–2, 8–6, 6–1.[2]
1906[5] Richard Hooker Frederick Gresham Pollardw.o.[2]
1907[6] Frederick Gresham Pollard Richard Hookerw.o.[2]
1908 Robert L. James Frederick Gresham Pollardw.o.[2]
1909 Richard H. Palmer Robert L. James7–5, 6–3, 6–3.[2]
1910 Richard H. Palmer (2) Frank J. Hall6–3, 1–6, 6–3.[2]
1911 Theodore Pell Richard H. Palmer6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3.[2]
1912 Nat Thornton[7] Theodore Pellw.o.[2]
1914 Theodore Pell (2) Nat Thornton6–4, 6–2, 6–4.[2]
1915 Theodore Pell (3) Carlton Y. Smith6–2, 6–1, 6–3.[2]
1916 Edward H. Whitney Theodore Pellw.o.[2]
1917 William Erskine Buford Edward H. Whitneyw.o.[2]
1919 Ichiya Kumagae Hugh Grigsby Whitehead6–0, 6–1, 6–1.[2]
1920 Percy Lloyd Kynaston Ichiya Kumagaew.o.[2]
1923[8] John Temple Graves Jr. Thomas J. Mangan4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 5–7, 6–1.[2]
1925[9] Edward Jacobs John Temple Graves Jr.6–1, 6–2, 2–6, 8–6.[2]
1931 Julius Seligson Herbert Bowman6–4, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3.[2]
1932 Herbert Bowman Alex Keles6–0, 6–2, 6–2.[2]
1933[10] Herbert Bowman (2) Lorenzo Nodarse3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 7–5.[2]
1934[11] Harold Turner MacGuffin Alphonso Smith4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 7–5.[2]
1936 Herbert Bowman (3) Harold Turner MacGuffin6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 4–5, ret.[2]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1905 Connie Evans[12] Miss Tannor2–0 sets
1906 Connie Evans (2) Sadie Smith6–1, 6–3
1907 Connie Evans (3) Bessie Upshur6–1, 6–1
1908 Connie Evans (4) Sophie Meredith6–5, 6–2
1909 Hildegarde Turle Connie Evans4–6, 6–0, 6–4
1910 Connie Evans Sullivan (5) Hildegarde Turle8–6, 6–2
1911 Connie Evans Sullivan (6) Sophie Meredith6–3, 6–0
1912 Hildegarde Turle Taylor Carrie Symington Hardy6–4, 6–2
1913 Connie Evans Sullivan (7) Hildegarde Turle Taylor6–4, 13–11
1914 Marie Wagner Connie Evans Sullivan6–2, 6–3
1915 Florence Ballin Elisabeth Moore2–6, 6–4, 6–1
1916 Molla Bjurstedt Florence Ballin6–2, 6–2
1917 Elizabeth Warren Penelope Anderson6–2, 1–6, 6–4
1918No women's event held
1919 Marie Wagner (2) Elisabeth Moore6–3, 6–1
1920 Marie Wagner (3) Penelope Anderson6–1, 6–1
1921 Marie Wagner (4) Florence Ballin6–3, 6–1
1922 Mrs Winifred Ellis Elizabeth Warren6–2, 6–4
1923[13] Penelope Anderson Mrs Winifred Ellis6–2, 6–4
1925[14] Miss Wakeford Miss Heyel6–3, 6–4
1927 Marion Zinderstein Jessup Penelope Anderson6–3, 6–3
1930 Penelope Anderson (3) Mrs W. Parrish6–4, 6–2
1931 Penelope Anderson (4) Alice Deford6–0, 6–2
1934 Reba Kirson Louise Rogerson6–4, 6–2
1935 Mary Cootes Reba Kirson6–3, 6–4
1936 Edith Clarke Mary Cootes6–4, 6–4

References
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  12. "1900 Tennis Queen Still Alive". The Owosso Argus-Press. Owosso, Michigan: Google New Archive. 14 Sep 1954. p. 5. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  13. The Portsmouth Star
  14. The Roanoke Times (1925)
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