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
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.
^Lake, Robert (2015). A social history of tennis in Britain. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 48. ISBN9781134445578.
^ abcdefg"History of tennis in Buxton". www.buxtontennisclub.co.uk. Buxton Tennis Club. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
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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
November 28, 2023
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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 1953Derbyshire ChampionshipsDefunct tennis tournamentTourPre open eraFounded1883Abolished1953Editions60LocationBuxton Derbyshire Great BritainVenueBuxton Lawn Tennis ClubSurfaceGrass Contents 1 History 2 Finals 2 1 Men s singles 2 2 Women s singles 3 Statistics 3 1 Mens singles 3 2 Women s singles 4 References 5 SourcesHistory editA 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 Kukuljevic 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 editMen s singles edit Incomplete Roll 6 Year Champions Runners up Score1883 nbsp Minden Fenwick nbsp Robert Parsons Earwaker 6 2 6 3 6 1884 nbsp Charles Walder Grinstead nbsp Ernest Browne 5 7 6 2 6 2 5 7 6 4 6 1885 nbsp Eyre Chatterton nbsp James Dwight 6 2 6 1 6 3 6 1886 nbsp Tom Campion nbsp Percy Bateman Brown 5 7 6 2 6 1 9 7 6 1887 nbsp Tom Campion 2 nbsp William Drumond Hamilton 6 2 6 3 6 4 6 1888 nbsp Tom Campion 3 nbsp Percy Bateman Brown 7 5 6 4 7 5 6 1889 nbsp Percy Bateman Brown nbsp T G Hill 6 2 6 2 6 1 6 1890 nbsp Manliffe Goodbody nbsp Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 6 2 7 5 6 3 6 1891 nbsp Grainger Chaytor nbsp George Ball Greene 6 1 6 1 6 3 6 1892 nbsp Grainger Chaytor 2 nbsp Tom Chaytor w o 6 1893 nbsp Grainger Chaytor 3 nbsp Alfred Ernest Crawley 6 0 6 2 6 2 6 1894 nbsp Grainger Chaytor 4 nbsp Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 6 1 6 2 1 0 ret 6 1895 nbsp Harold Mahony nbsp Grainger Chaytor 6 2 3 6 2 6 7 5 6 3 6 1896 nbsp David Davy nbsp J A Rooke 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 1897 nbsp Sydney Howard Smith nbsp George Hillyard 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 1898 nbsp Sydney Howard Smith 2 nbsp Grainger Chaytor 6 3 6 0 6 2 6 1899 nbsp Grainger Chaytor 5 nbsp Sydney Howard Smith 6 3 6 3 6 1900 nbsp George Hillyard nbsp Frank Riseley 3 6 6 4 6 1 6 4 6 1901 nbsp Laurie Doherty nbsp George Hillyard 6 4 7 5 3 6 6 2 6 1902 nbsp George Hillyard 2 nbsp George Ball Greene 2 6 6 3 6 8 6 3 6 2 6 1903 nbsp Xenophon Casdagli nbsp Walter Cecil Crawley 6 3 7 5 6 1904 nbsp Wilberforce Eaves nbsp E V Jones 6 1 6 3 6 4 6 1905 nbsp Xenophon Casdagli 2 nbsp Ernest Charlton 8 10 0 6 6 4 6 3 6 2 6 1906 nbsp Roy Allen nbsp John Frederick Stokes 8 6 6 4 6 1907 nbsp Alfred Leonard Bentley nbsp Geoffrey Blenkinsop Youll 3 6 6 2 6 4 6 bi1908 nbsp Xenophon Casdagli 3 nbsp Arthur Wallis Myers 6 2 4 3 ret 6 1909 nbsp Roy Allen 2 nbsp Xenophon Casdagli 6 2 7 5 7 5 6 1910 nbsp Charles A Orpen Tuckey nbsp C Whitehouse 6 3 6 3 6 3 6 1915 1918 Not held due to world war one 1919 nbsp Louis Bosman Raymond nbsp Brian Norton 6 3 6 3 6 3 6 1920 nbsp Alain Gerbault nbsp Roger Worthington 6 3 6 3 6 2 6 1921 nbsp Henry Vere Shirley Dillon nbsp Cecil Campbell 6 4 6 4 8 6 6 1922 nbsp Edward Darcy McCrea nbsp George Fletcher 6 4 6 4 6 1923 nbsp Edward Darcy McCrea 2 nbsp Jose Domingo 6 3 6 4 6 1924 nbsp Charles Kingsley nbsp Horace Keats Lester 6 1 6 4 6 1925 nbsp Gordon Crole Rees nbsp George S Fletcher 6 2 6 4 6 1926 nbsp Charles Kingsley 2 nbsp George S Fletcher 6 2 3 6 6 4 6 1927 nbsp Gordon Crole Rees 2 nbsp George Golding 2 6 6 0 6 1 6 1928 nbsp Gordon Crole Rees 3 nbsp Norman Farquharson 3 6 9 7 6 1 6 1929 nbsp Gordon Crole Rees 4 nbsp Donald Greig 5 7 6 0 7 5 6 1930 nbsp Horace Keats Lester nbsp Eric Conrad Peters 7 5 6 2 6 1931 nbsp Vernon Bob Kirby nbsp Frank Wilde 6 2 6 3 6 1932 nbsp James Edmett Giesen nbsp Colin Ritchie 7 6 4 5 7 6 4 6 1933 nbsp Vernon Bob Kirby 2 nbsp Irving Wheatcroft 6 2 6 2 6 1934 nbsp Douglas Freshwater nbsp Jimmy Jones 8 6 3 6 6 3 6 1935 nbsp Jimmy Jones nbsp George Lyttleton Rogers 8 6 3 6 6 3 6 1936 nbsp Adrian Quist nbsp Murray Deloford 6 2 6 4 6 1937 nbsp Cristea Caralulis nbsp Ronald Shayes 8 10 10 8 ret 6 1938 nbsp Murray Deloford nbsp Jimmy Jones 3 6 7 5 6 4 6 1939 nbsp Don Butler nbsp Alejo Domingo Russell 9 7 3 6 6 4 6 1940 1945 Not held due to world war two 1946 nbsp Dennis Slack nbsp C F Hall 6 3 6 2 6 1947 nbsp Khan Iftikhar Ahmed nbsp Constantin Tanacescu 4 6 9 7 6 3 6 1948 nbsp Franjo Kukuljevic nbsp Matt Murphy 6 1 6 3 6 1949 nbsp John Horn nbsp George Godsell 6 3 6 3 6 1950 nbsp Geoff Brown nbsp Brian Rooke 6 0 6 1 6 1951 nbsp Nigel Cockburn nbsp Andras Kalman 8 6 6 2 6 Women s singles edit Incomplete Roll Year Champions Runners up Score1884 nbsp Agnes Noon Watts nbsp Florence Stanuell 6 3 6 3 8 6 1885 nbsp Blanche Bingley nbsp Louisa Martin 6 3 6 3 1886 nbsp Louisa Martin nbsp May Langrishe 6 3 6 0 1887 nbsp May Langrishe nbsp Bertha Steedman 6 3 6 4 1888 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 2 nbsp May Langrishe 7 5 6 1 1889 nbsp Bertha Steedman nbsp Louisa Martin 5 7 6 4 6 3 1890 nbsp Louisa Martin 2 nbsp Mary Steedman 6 2 6 4 1891 nbsp May Marriott nbsp Beatrice Wood 6 2 6 2 1892 nbsp Helen Jackson nbsp Miss Vicars 6 0 6 11893 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 3 nbsp Helen Jackson 6 0 6 11894 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 4 nbsp Charlotte Cooper 6 4 4 6 7 51895 nbsp Helen Jackson 2 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6 3 3 6 6 31896 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 5 nbsp Bertha Steedman 6 4 3 6 7 51897 nbsp Alice Simpson Pickering nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6 4 5 7 6 41898 nbsp Ruth Dyas nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6 2 6 41899 nbsp Muriel Robb nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6 3 6 31900 nbsp Muriel Robb 2 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 7 5 6 31901 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6 nbsp Alice Simpson Pickering 6 2 7 51903 nbsp Dorothea Douglass nbsp Ethel Thomson 6 2 6 11904 nbsp Dorothea Douglass 2 nbsp Ethel Thomson 6 2 4 6 6 31905 nbsp Connie Wilson nbsp Dorothea Douglass 4 6 6 1 7 51906 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 7 nbsp Connie Meyer 6 4 6 31907 nbsp Maude Garfit nbsp Connie Meyer 3 6 6 3 6 41908 nbsp Charlotte Cooper Sterry nbsp Maude Garfit 6 2 6 21909 nbsp Maude Garfit 2 nbsp Helen Aitchison 2 6 6 2 6 21910 nbsp Maude Garfit 3 nbsp Helen Aitchison w o 1911 nbsp Ethel Thomson Larcombe nbsp Helen Aitchison 6 3 6 11912 nbsp Ethel Thomson Larcombe 2 nbsp Hilda Lane 6 0 6 11913 nbsp Ethel Thomson Larcombe 3 nbsp Winifred Longhurst 6 2 6 11915 1918 Not held due to world war one 1919 nbsp Elizabeth Ryan nbsp Ethel Thomson Larcombe 3 6 6 4 7 51920 nbsp Elizabeth Ryan 2 nbsp Ethel Tanner 6 1 6 21921 nbsp Elizabeth Ryan 3 nbsp M Wright 6 0 6 11922 nbsp Kathleen McKane nbsp Irene Bowder Peacock divided title1923 nbsp Blanche Duddell Colston nbsp Phylis Radcliffe 6 0 6 41924 nbsp Joan Fry nbsp Kathleen McKane 6 4 3 4 retd1939 1945 Not held due to world war two 1950 nbsp Doreen Wedderburn nbsp Gladys Southwell Lines 6 0 6 8 6 41951 nbsp Billie Woodgate nbsp Gladys Southwell Lines 6 0 6 8 6 41952 nbsp Billie Woodgate 2 nbsp Beryl Penrose divided title1953 nbsp Mary Harris nbsp Rosemary Walsh 7 5 5 7 6 2Statistics editMens singles edit Most titles nbsp Grainger Chaytor 4 nbsp Gordon Crole ReesMost consecutive titles nbsp Grainger Chaytor 1890 1894 4Women s singles edit Most titles nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 7Most consecutive finals nbsp Ethel Thomson Larcombe 1911 1913 3 nbsp Elizabeth Ryan 1919 1921 References edit Lake Robert 2015 A social history of tennis in Britain Milton Park Abingdon Oxon Routledge p 48 ISBN 9781134445578 a b c d e f g History of tennis in Buxton www buxtontennisclub co uk Buxton Tennis Club Retrieved 4 October 2022 Tennis New Zealand 2012 Chapter National Championships PDF Tennis Kiwi Tennis New Zealand p 13 Retrieved 4 October 2022 Chapter National Championships Derbyshire Lawn Tennis Association Derbyshire Tennis Association LTA Retrieved 27 April 2023 Derbyshire Lawn Tennis Association a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd Nieuwland Alex 2011 2022 Source https www tennisarchives com tournament Buxton Derbyshire Championhips Search tournament by name Tennis Archives Netherlands Colin Ritchie Overview ATP Tour ATP Tour ATP Retrieved 27 March 2023 Sources edit 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index 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