The Exmouth Open, originally called the Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament or simply Exmouth Tournament,[1] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1880.[2] From 1890 the event was known as the Exmouth Open Tennis Tournament. It was hosted by the Exmouth Archery, Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club, Exmouth, Devon, Great Britain until 1927. It was then hosted by the newly founded Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club until it was abolished as a senior tour event in 1975.
Exmouth Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name
Robertson Viota Exmouth Open (1970-71) Exmouth Open (1972-75)
The Exmouth Archery, Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1879.[3] In 1880 the club hosted the first Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament for men only.[4] In 1881 the tournament became an open event for both men and women as well. The first winner of the open men's singles was England's Ernest Maconchy (later Brigadier General),[5][6] and first winner of the women's open singles was Ireland's Lilian Cole.[7] The event was one of the earliest English tournaments that featured a women's singles event.
In August 1888 a Battle of the Sexes charity tennis match was staged at the tournament, predating the modern famous match by 85 years, between Ernest Renshaw and Lottie Dod, Renshaw won but only just![10] From 1890 the event was known as the Exmouth Open Tennis Tournament. In 1968 following the start of the open era it was renamed to the Exmouth Open. The event was part of the Amateur Tour (1877–1912), the ILTF Amateur Tour (1913–1967) and the ITF Independent Tour (1968–1975). In 1970 the tournament was called the Robertson Viota Exmouth Open for sponsorship reasons. In 1971 it was known as the Bio-Strath Exmouth Open until 1972.[11]
Routledge's sporting annual (1883). London: George Routledge & Sons.
The Boy's Own Annual. London: Leisure Hour Office. 1880.
January 01, 1970
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The Exmouth Open originally called the Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament or simply Exmouth Tournament 1 was a men s and women s grass court tennis tournament founded in 1880 2 From 1890 the event was known as the Exmouth Open Tennis Tournament It was hosted by the Exmouth Archery Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club Exmouth Devon Great Britain until 1927 It was then hosted by the newly founded Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club until it was abolished as a senior tour event in 1975 Exmouth OpenDefunct tennis tournamentEvent nameRobertson Viota Exmouth Open 1970 71 Exmouth Open 1972 75 TourILTF Circuit 1913 1975 Founded1880 144 years ago 1880 Abolished1975 49 years ago 1975 LocationExmouth Devon Great BritainVenueExmouth Archery Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club 1880 1927 Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club 1927 1975 SurfaceGrass outdoors Contents 1 History 2 Finals 2 1 Men s singles 2 2 Men s doubles 2 3 Women s singles 2 4 Mixed doubles 3 References 4 SourcesHistory editThe Exmouth Archery Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1879 3 In 1880 the club hosted the first Exmouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament for men only 4 In 1881 the tournament became an open event for both men and women as well The first winner of the open men s singles was England s Ernest Maconchy later Brigadier General 5 6 and first winner of the women s open singles was Ireland s Lilian Cole 7 The event was one of the earliest English tournaments that featured a women s singles event In 1880s following the Wimbledon Championships it was part of what was known as the Western tour over the course of five weeks taking in the grass court events such as the Teignmouth and Shaldon Tournament at Teignmouth 8 the Torquay Lawn Tennis Tournament at Torquay 9 the Bournemouth Open Tournament at Bournemouth 9 and finishing off at the South of England Championships at Eastbourne 9 In August 1888 a Battle of the Sexes charity tennis match was staged at the tournament predating the modern famous match by 85 years between Ernest Renshaw and Lottie Dod Renshaw won but only just 10 From 1890 the event was known as the Exmouth Open Tennis Tournament In 1968 following the start of the open era it was renamed to the Exmouth Open The event was part of the Amateur Tour 1877 1912 the ILTF Amateur Tour 1913 1967 and the ITF Independent Tour 1968 1975 In 1970 the tournament was called the Robertson Viota Exmouth Open for sponsorship reasons In 1971 it was known as the Bio Strath Exmouth Open until 1972 11 Former notable of winners the men s singles event include Charles Lacy Sweet Charles Walder Grinstead Harry Grove Ernest Wool Lewis William Renshaw Reggie Doherty Ryuki Miki Jaroslav Drobny Former winners of the women s singles title included Maud Watson Blanche Bingley Hillyard Phyllis Satterthwaite and Sue Barker The final men s edition held in 1975 was won by Britain s Jonathan Smith and the final winner of the women s singles was Czech player Jana Simonova Finals editMen s singles edit Incomplete roll Year Winners Runners up Score Exmouth LTC Tournament 1881 7 12 nbsp Ernest Maconchy nbsp Thomas Hoare 6 3 1 6 6 4 1882 13 12 nbsp Charles Lacy Sweet nbsp Pelham Von Donop 6 1 6 4 1883 7 12 nbsp Charles Walder Grinstead nbsp Teddy Williams 6 2 6 5 6 4 1884 7 nbsp Charles Walder Grinstead 2 nbsp Erskine Gerald Watson 6 2 6 2 6 3 1886 12 nbsp Harry Grove nbsp Henry E Hunter Kent 6 2 7 9 6 4 7 5 1887 12 nbsp Harry Grove 2 nbsp James Baldwin 6 1 6 3 7 5 1888 12 nbsp Ernest Wool Lewis nbsp Herbert Chipp 6 1 6 3 6 3 1889 12 nbsp Ernest Wool Lewis 2 nbsp John Redfern Deykin 6 1 6 2 6 3 Exmouth Open Tennis Tournament 1890 12 nbsp Ernest Wool Lewis 3 nbsp Manliffe Goodbody 6 2 7 5 2 6 6 3 1891 nbsp Ernest Wool Lewis 4 nbsp Horace Chapman 6 1 6 4 7 5 1892 nbsp Tom Chaytor nbsp H Walters 6 2 7 5 6 0 1893 nbsp William Renshaw nbsp Harry Grove 6 2 6 4 6 3 1894 nbsp Harry S Barlow nbsp Tom Chaytor 6 2 7 5 4 6 0 6 12 10 1895 nbsp Reggie Doherty nbsp Harry S Barlow 7 5 4 6 6 4 6 2 1897 nbsp John Mycroft Boucher nbsp Arthur Riseley 6 1 6 0 6 4 1898 nbsp Roy Allen nbsp Frank Riseley 6 4 6 4 5 7 5 7 6 4 1902 nbsp Sidney Charles Atkey nbsp E W Church 6 3 6 3 1903 nbsp B Walker nbsp M A H Fell 6 0 7 5 1907 nbsp Charles Gladstone Eames nbsp R F J Harrison 6 2 6 0 1910 nbsp Roy Allen nbsp Henry Reginald Fussell 6 2 6 2 ret 1914 1919 Not held due to World War I 1920 nbsp Henry Reginald Fussell nbsp Arthur John Veysey 5 7 6 3 6 4 1921 nbsp Herbert Amphlett Davis nbsp Charles E L Lyle 4 6 6 4 6 1 4 6 6 2 1922 nbsp Charles Pyne Luck nbsp Charles E L Lyle 6 2 6 3 1 6 6 4 1923 nbsp Charles Pyne Luck 2 nbsp Charles E L Lyle 6 2 6 3 1 6 6 4 1931 nbsp Ryuki Miki nbsp John Pennycuick 9 7 6 3 1935 nbsp Cam Malfroy nbsp Bob Tinkler divided title 1936 nbsp Pat Hughes nbsp William Michelmore 6 1 6 3 1937 nbsp Henry Billington nbsp Bob Tinkler 6 1 6 4 1938 nbsp Henry Billington 2 nbsp Bob Tinkler 4 6 6 4 6 3 1939 nbsp Harry Lee nbsp Henry Billington 4 6 6 4 6 3 1940 1945 Not held due to World War II 1946 nbsp Derrick Leyland nbsp Jeffrey Michelmore 6 2 6 4 1947 nbsp Derrick Leyland 2 nbsp John K Drinkall 9 7 2 6 6 3 1949 nbsp Paddy Roberts nbsp Douglas Scharenguivel 6 3 7 5 1950 nbsp Douglas Scharenguivel nbsp Jeffrey Michelmore 6 3 6 2 1951 nbsp Douglas Scharenguivel 2 nbsp Jeffrey Michelmore 6 3 3 6 6 3 1952 nbsp Colin Hannam nbsp D S Anderson 6 3 6 3 1953 nbsp Bob Lee nbsp Tony Starte 3 6 6 2 10 8 1954 nbsp John M Ward nbsp Geoffrey L Ward 8 6 6 2 1955 nbsp Darrell H Shaw nbsp D S Anderson 7 5 6 2 1956 nbsp Bill Threlfall nbsp Mike Sangster 8 6 6 4 1957 nbsp Bill Threlfall 2 nbsp A N Price 6 3 6 3 1958 nbsp Mike Sangster nbsp Peter Moys 6 3 9 7 1959 nbsp Mike Sangster 2 nbsp Freddy S Field 6 1 5 7 6 1 1960 nbsp Mark Cox nbsp Geoff Bluett 6 2 6 0 1961 nbsp Alan Mills nbsp Tony Pickard 8 6 4 6 6 1 1962 nbsp Jaroslav Drobny nbsp Roger Becker 8 6 6 4 1966 nbsp Brian Fairlie nbsp Onny Parun 6 8 7 9 6 2 1967 nbsp John D C Crump nbsp Rayno Seegers 7 5 6 2 1968 nbsp Brian Fairlie 2 nbsp Onny Parun 10 8 7 9 6 2 Open Era Exmouth Open 1969 nbsp Paul W Sussams nbsp Lindsey P Murphy 12 14 6 2 6 4 Robertson Viota Exmouth Open 1970 nbsp Munawar Iqbal nbsp Mark Joseph Farrell 6 3 6 4 Bio Strath Exmouth Open 1971 nbsp Premjit Lall nbsp Stephen Warboys 3 6 12 10 6 4 Exmouth Open 1973 nbsp Mark Joseph Farrell nbsp Mike Collins 6 2 6 4 1974 nbsp Alvin R Gardiner nbsp Graeme Thomson 6 4 7 5 1975 nbsp Jonathan Smith nbsp Peter Fisher 7 6 1 6 6 3 Men s doubles edit Incomplete roll Year Champions Runners up Score Exmouth LTC Tournament 1881 nbsp William John Down nbsp T P Hogg nbsp Spencer Cox nbsp G M Minchin def 1882 13 nbsp Charles Lacy Sweet nbsp Pelham Von Donop 1888 nbsp Ernest Wool Lewis nbsp George Hillyard nbsp Ernest Renshaw nbsp Charles Lacy Sweet 6 2 6 4 Women s singles edit Incomplete roll Year Winners Runners up Score Exmouth LTC Tournament 1881 7 nbsp Lilian Cole nbsp Eveline Belfield 6 0 6 0 1882 13 7 nbsp Lilian Cole 2 nbsp Charlotte Taylor 6 4 6 2 1883 7 nbsp Maud Watson nbsp Lilian Cole 6 4 6 2 1884 7 nbsp Maud Watson 2 nbsp Agnes Watts 6 1 7 5 6 3 1886 nbsp Maud Watson 3 nbsp Blanche Bingley 7 5 0 6 6 3 1887 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard nbsp Maud Watson 6 4 6 4 1888 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 4 nbsp Constance Bryan 6 3 6 1 1889 nbsp Katharine Hole nbsp Lilian Pine Coffin 2 6 7 5 6 4 Exmouth Open Tennis Tournament 1890 nbsp Lilian Pine Coffin 3 nbsp Katharine Hole 6 1 5 7 6 4 1891 nbsp Edith Austin nbsp Lilian Pine Coffin 6 3 9 7 1892 nbsp Lilian Pine Coffin 4 nbsp Constance Bryan 8 6 4 6 6 2 1893 nbsp Lilian Pine Coffin 5 nbsp Constance Bryan 6 4 6 2 1894 nbsp Lilian Pine Coffin 6 nbsp Helen Jackson 6 2 6 3 1895 nbsp Helen Jackson nbsp Jane Corder 6 0 3 6 6 3 1897 nbsp Violet Pinckney nbsp Elsie Pinckney w o 1898 nbsp Ellen Thynne nbsp Edith Riseley 9 11 6 3 8 6 1899 nbsp Edith Riseley nbsp Winifred Longhurst 6 3 2 6 6 3 1901 nbsp Mrs Thompson nbsp Amy Mooijaart 6 1 6 1 1903 nbsp D Compton Lundie nbsp Miss Brown 6 3 6 4 1907 nbsp Aurea Farrington nbsp Miss McDonald 6 0 6 0 1909 nbsp Joan Retallack nbsp Margaret Compton Lundie 6 1 5 5 ret 1910 nbsp M Fergus nbsp Lois Putman Hawker 6 3 2 6 6 4 1911 nbsp Winifred Longhurst nbsp Phyllis Carr 6 3 6 3 1912 nbsp Joan Retallack 2 nbsp M Leacroft 5 1 ret 1913 nbsp Phyllis Satterthwaite nbsp Madeline Fisher O Neill 6 4 6 4 1913 nbsp Phyllis Satterthwaite 2 nbsp E White 6 0 6 0 1915 1919 Not held due to World War I 1920 nbsp Phyllis Satterthwaite 3 nbsp M Aplin 6 3 6 0 1921 nbsp Elizabeth Ryan nbsp Mrs Hall 6 1 6 2 1967 nbsp Corinne Molesworth 2 nbsp Margaret Harris 2 6 7 5 9 7 1968 nbsp Corinne Molesworth 2 nbsp Marianne Brummer 2 6 7 5 9 7 Open Era Exmouth Open 1969 nbsp Jill Cooper nbsp Rita Bentley 6 4 3 6 6 1 Robertson Viota Exmouth Open 1970 nbsp Rita Bentley nbsp Nuala Dwyer 6 2 6 3 Bio Strath Exmouth Open 1971 nbsp Susan Alexander nbsp Vicki Lancaster 6 2 6 3 Exmouth Open 1973 nbsp Sue Barker nbsp Annette Coe 6 3 6 1 1974 nbsp Sue Barker 2 nbsp Annette Coe 6 2 6 2 1975 nbsp Jana Simonova nbsp Jo Durie 7 5 7 6 Mixed doubles edit Incomplete roll Year Champions Runners up Score Exmouth LTC Tournament 1881 nbsp Georgiana Kindersley nbsp Henry Kindersley nbsp Lilian Cole nbsp Thomas Arembery Tombe 2 6 7 5 7 5 1882 13 nbsp Charlotte Taylor nbsp Charles Pine Coffin nbsp Miss Percy nbsp Pelham von Donop 6 2 6 3 1884 nbsp Maud Watson nbsp John Redfern Deykin nbsp Alice Bagnall Wild nbsp Harry Grove 6 2 6 0 1886 nbsp Blanche Bingley nbsp William Renshaw nbsp Maud Watson nbsp John Redfern Deykin 5 7 7 5 8 6 1887 nbsp Effie Noon nbsp James Baldwin nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard nbsp George Hillyard 5 7 7 5 8 6 1888 nbsp Lottie Dod nbsp Ernest Renshaw nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard nbsp George Hillyard 6 1 4 6 6 4 Exmouth Open Tennis Tournament 1891 nbsp Edith Austin nbsp Ernest Renshaw nbsp Elsie Constance Pinckney nbsp Francis Haskett Smith 6 4 8 10 6 4 1894 nbsp Helen Jackson nbsp Harry Sibthorpe Barlow nbsp Lilian Pine Coffin nbsp William Renshaw 6 1 6 1References edit Lawn Tennis Routledge s sporting annual London George Routledge amp Sons 1883 p 116 The Boy s Own Annual London Leisure Hour Office 1880 p 707 Club History Exmouth Devon England Phear Park Bowling Club Retrieved 7 October 2022 The Boy s Own Annual 1880 Brigadier General Ernest Maconchy Soldiers Stories ww1 nam ac uk London National Army Museum Retrieved 7 October 2022 Nieuwland Alex Tournament Exmouth www tennisarchives com Netherlands Tennis Archives a b c d e f g h Dwight James 1886 List of Winners Exmouth Lawn tennis Boston Massachusetts United States Wright amp Ditson p 91 Lake Robert J 3 October 2014 A Social History of Tennis in Britain Oxford Routledge p 19 ISBN 978 1 134 44557 8 a b c Lake 2014 Fletcher Kelly 23 September 2020 Book Review Tennis for the people New Frame Retrieved 7 October 2022 World of Tennis 1971 a BP year book London Queen Anne Press 1971 pp 270 271 ISBN 9780362000917 a b c d e f g h Heathcote John Moyer 1891 Tennis London Longmans Green p 444 a b c d Routledge Sporting Annual 1883Sources editClub History Exmouth Devon England Phear Park Bowling Club Dwight James 1886 Lawn Tennis Boston Massachusetts United States Wright amp Ditson Fletcher Kelly 23 September 2020 Book Review Tennis for the people New Frame Heathcote John Moyer 1891 Tennis London Longmans Green Lake Robert J 3 October 2014 A Social History of Tennis in Britain Oxford Routledge ISBN 978 1 134 44557 8 National Army Museum Brigadier General Ernest Maconchy Soldiers Stories ww1 nam ac uk Nieuwland Alex Tournament Exmouth www tennisarchives com Netherlands Tennis Archives Routledge s sporting annual 1883 London George Routledge amp Sons The Boy s Own Annual London Leisure Hour Office 1880 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Exmouth Open amp oldid 1184939171, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
