The competition at Eastbourne, even from its early beginnings, was considered one of the most prestigious tournaments that attracted large entries and matches even in those days [3] and it was the world's largest tournament in terms of participants at the turn of the twentieth century.
Women's tennisedit
The first tournament to be staged at Devonshire Park was a women's event in 1881,[4] known as the South of England Championships, and usually held every September. Winners of the lady's singles championships included Dorothea Chambers, Blanche Bingley Hillyard, and Charlotte Cooper Sterry, May Langrishe. The first overseas non British Isles winner was the American Elizabeth Ryan in collecting 3 consecutive titles (1919–21); after World War One she was followed by the South African Irene Peacock in 1923 and Anita Lizana from Chile in 1936.
Following World War Two tennis British winners included Ann Haydon and Shirley Bloomer the Brazilian player Maria Bueno the Australian player Fay Toyne was the last foreign ladies champion before the advent of the open era in 1968 the South of England Championships changed schedule to July until 1969 after the Championships at Wimbledon in 1970 its schedule changed again so that it was held before Wimbledon the South of England Championships continued until 1967.
From 1968 until today the tournament has attracted many different sponsors.
In 1968 it was known as the Rothman's Invitational for sponsorship reasons from 1969 to 1972 it was called the Eastbourne Invitational, the event ceased in 1972.
Men's tennisedit
The first Men’s events started in 1881 also called the South of England Championships early winners of the men's championship included Wilfred Baddeley, Sydney Howard Smith, Josiah Ritchie, Anthony Wilding, Otto Froitzheim and Ken Rosewall it continued until 1967 before being renamed for sponsorship reasons in 1968 from 1970 to 1973 the men's tournament was known as the Rothmans South of England Open Championships.[5] The men's event also ceased in 1973.
Tennis after 1973edit
In 1974 the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis club decided on a completely new format tennis tournament and re-branding of tennis at Eastbourne from the outcome of staging the South of England Championships that became known as the Eastbourne International the tournament is still active today.
Past finalsedit
Notes: Challenge round: The final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) [6] in some tournaments not all.
^Clarke, James (2014-06-16). "How has Eastbourne become a major part of the tennis calendar?". BBC News. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
^"The current tournament came out of the South of England Lawn Tennis Championship, which was held down here in Eastbourne". devonshireparkltc.co.uk. Devonshire Park LTC, July 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
^Lowerson, John (1995). Sport and the English middle classes, 1870-1914 (Pbk. ed.). Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 108. ISBN9780719046513. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
^John Nauright; Charles Parrish, eds. (2012). Sports around the world : history, culture, and practice. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. p. 198. ISBN9781598843002.
^"BBC Radio Times Listings 1923 to 2009". bbc.co.uk. BBC Radio Times, Issue 2589. 23 June 1973, Page 22. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
^"Abolition of Challenge Rounds". Evening Post. 20 March 1922. p. 11. Retrieved 2 October 2017 – via PapersPast.
^Barrett, John (2001). Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships. London: CollinsWillow. p. 37. ISBN0007117078.
^ abcTarran, Bruce (2013). George Hillyard: The man who moved Wimbledon. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 143. ISBN9781780885490. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
^"Lawn Tennis in 1904". Southland Times. No. 19465. 19 November 1904. p. 3 (supplement) – via PapersPast.
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The South of England Championships also known as the South of England Open Championships was an outdoor tennis event held on grass courts at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne United Kingdom from 1881 until 1972 1 2 South of England ChampionshipsDefunct tennis tournamentEvent nameSouth of England ChampionshipsFounded1881 143 years ago 1881 Abolished1972 52 years ago 1972 Editions82LocationEastbourneUnited KingdomVenueDevonshire Park Lawn Tennis ClubSurfaceGrass outdoors Contents 1 History 1 1 Women s tennis 1 2 Men s tennis 1 3 Tennis after 1973 2 Past finals 2 1 Singles 2 1 1 Women 2 1 2 Men 3 Statistics 3 1 Singles champions by country 3 1 1 Women 3 1 2 Men 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe competition at Eastbourne even from its early beginnings was considered one of the most prestigious tournaments that attracted large entries and matches even in those days 3 and it was the world s largest tournament in terms of participants at the turn of the twentieth century Women s tennis edit The first tournament to be staged at Devonshire Park was a women s event in 1881 4 known as the South of England Championships and usually held every September Winners of the lady s singles championships included Dorothea Chambers Blanche Bingley Hillyard and Charlotte Cooper Sterry May Langrishe The first overseas non British Isles winner was the American Elizabeth Ryan in collecting 3 consecutive titles 1919 21 after World War One she was followed by the South African Irene Peacock in 1923 and Anita Lizana from Chile in 1936 Following World War Two tennis British winners included Ann Haydon and Shirley Bloomer the Brazilian player Maria Bueno the Australian player Fay Toyne was the last foreign ladies champion before the advent of the open era in 1968 the South of England Championships changed schedule to July until 1969 after the Championships at Wimbledon in 1970 its schedule changed again so that it was held before Wimbledon the South of England Championships continued until 1967 From 1968 until today the tournament has attracted many different sponsors In 1968 it was known as the Rothman s Invitational for sponsorship reasons from 1969 to 1972 it was called the Eastbourne Invitational the event ceased in 1972 Men s tennis edit The first Men s events started in 1881 also called the South of England Championships early winners of the men s championship included Wilfred Baddeley Sydney Howard Smith Josiah Ritchie Anthony Wilding Otto Froitzheim and Ken Rosewall it continued until 1967 before being renamed for sponsorship reasons in 1968 from 1970 to 1973 the men s tournament was known as the Rothmans South of England Open Championships 5 The men s event also ceased in 1973 Tennis after 1973 edit In 1974 the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis club decided on a completely new format tennis tournament and re branding of tennis at Eastbourne from the outcome of staging the South of England Championships that became known as the Eastbourne International the tournament is still active today Past finals editNotes Challenge round The final round of a tournament in which the winner of a single elimination phase faces the previous year s champion who plays only that one match The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis from 1877 through 1921 6 in some tournaments not all Indicates challenger Blanche Bingley Hillyard 7 holds the record for the most women s singles titles with 11 Singles edit nbsp Ladies final between Hillyard and Cooper SterryWomen edit Year Champion Runner up Score Name1881 nbsp Agnes Noon Watts nbsp E Hudson 2 1 sets South of England Championships1882 nbsp E Hudson nbsp Minnie Congreve 6 2 6 41883 nbsp M Leslie nbsp Minnie Congreve 10 8 6 41884 nbsp Frances Burton nbsp Nellie Burton 6 2 6 41885 8 nbsp Blanche Bingley nbsp Ada Strapp 6 1 6 01886 8 nbsp Margaret Bracewell nbsp Blanche Bingley 6 1 6 31887 nbsp Margaret Bracewell 2 nbsp Blanche Bingley 6 4 6 21888 nbsp Blanche Bingley 2 nbsp Margaret Bracewell 6 1 6 11889 nbsp May Langrishe nbsp May Jacks 6 2 5 7 6 11890 nbsp May Langrishe 2 nbsp Edith Coleridge Cole 6 2 6 31891 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 3 nbsp May Langrishe 2 6 7 5 6 01892 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 4 nbsp Bertha Steedman 6 1 6 41893 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 5 nbsp Maud Shackle 6 1 4 6 15 131894 nbsp Helen Jackson nbsp Charlotte Cooper 6 4 6 21895 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6 nbsp Helen Jackson 6 4 6 11896 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 7 nbsp Edith Austin 6 3 4 6 6 11897 nbsp Charlotte Cooper nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6 4 6 01898 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 8 nbsp Charlotte Cooper 7 5 7 51899 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 9 nbsp Charlotte Cooper 6 2 6 21900 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 10 nbsp Charlotte Cooper 7 9 6 3 6 31901 nbsp Charlotte Cooper 2 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 7 5 5 7 6 21902 nbsp Dorothea Douglass nbsp Edith Austin Greville 6 2 6 21903 nbsp Connie Wilson nbsp Dorothea Douglass 7 5 6 21904 9 nbsp Dorothea Douglass 2 nbsp Charlotte Cooper Sterry 6 3 6 41905 8 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 11 nbsp Agnes Morton 7 5 4 6 6 31906 nbsp Dorothea Douglass 3 nbsp Agnes Morton 3 6 6 3 6 21907 nbsp Dorothea Douglass Chambers 4 nbsp Charlotte Cooper Sterry 4 6 6 3 7 51908 nbsp Charlotte Cooper Sterry 3 nbsp Edith Boucher 6 4 6 21909 nbsp Dora Boothby nbsp Charlotte Cooper Sterry 6 3 6 41910 nbsp Dorothea Douglass Chambers 5 nbsp Ethel Thomson Larcombe 7 5 7 51911 nbsp Ethel Thomson Larcombe nbsp Dora Boothby 7 5 6 31912 nbsp Ethel Thomson Larcombe 2 nbsp Agnes Morton 6 1 6 21913 nbsp Ethel Thomson Larcombe 3 nbsp Dorothea Douglass Chambers 6 2 6 41914 1918 Not held due to world war one 1919 nbsp Elizabeth Ryan nbsp Phyllis Satterthwaite 6 1 6 21920 10 nbsp Elizabeth Ryan 2 nbsp Geraldine Beamish 6 2 4 6 6 11921 10 nbsp Elizabeth Ryan 3 nbsp Irene Bowder Peacock 6 0 6 31922 nbsp Irene Bowder Peacock nbsp Kathleen McKane 6 0 3 6 7 51923 nbsp Phoebe Holcroft nbsp Christine Tyrrell 6 3 6 31924 nbsp Ermyntrude Harvey nbsp Phoebe Holcroft 6 0 6 8 6 41925 nbsp Phoebe Holcroft Watson 2 nbsp Christine Tyrrell 2 6 7 5 6 31926 nbsp Phoebe Holcroft Watson 3 nbsp Ermyntrude Harvey 6 4 6 8 6 21927 nbsp Phoebe Holcroft Watson 4 nbsp Phyllis Howkins Covell 6 2 6 21928 nbsp Phoebe Holcroft Watson 5 nbsp Phyllis Howkins Covell 6 1 6 21929 nbsp Elsie Goldsack nbsp Jenny Sandison 8 6 2 6 6 31930 nbsp Phyllis Mudford nbsp Mary Heeley 6 2 7 51931 nbsp Freda James nbsp Gwen Sterry divided the title1932 nbsp Mary Heeley nbsp Florence Ford 8 6 6 21933 nbsp Phyllis Mudford King 2 nbsp Ermyntrude Harvey 6 3 6 11934 11 nbsp Dorothy Round nbsp Phyllis Mudford King 6 4 6 11935 nbsp Billie Yorke nbsp Susan Noel 3 6 6 3 6 21936 12 nbsp Anita Lizana nbsp Dorothy Round 6 4 6 21937 nbsp Margaret Scriven nbsp Jean Saunders 6 1 6 01938 nbsp Phyllis Mudford King 3 nbsp Valerie Scott 5 7 6 4 6 41939 1945 Not held due to world war two 1946 nbsp Joan Curry nbsp Betty Clements Hilton divided the title rain interruption 1947 nbsp Joan Curry 2 nbsp Peggy Dawson Scott 6 1 9 71948 nbsp Jean Walker Smith nbsp Gem Hoahing 7 5 6 41949 nbsp Gem Hoahing nbsp Mary Teran de Weiss 6 4 6 21950 nbsp Jean Walker Smith 2 nbsp Jean Quertier 6 2 6 21951 nbsp Jean Walker Smith 3 nbsp Angela Mortimer 6 2 6 21952 nbsp Jean Walker Smith 4 nbsp Jean Quertier Rinkel 6 3 6 41953 nbsp Shirley Bloomer nbsp Patricia Harrison 7 5 6 41954 nbsp Shirley Bloomer 2 nbsp Patricia Harrison 6 8 7 5 6 01955 nbsp Anne Shilcock nbsp Jenny Middleton 6 4 6 21956 nbsp Anne Shilcock 2 nbsp Penny Burrell 6 1 6 21957 nbsp Ann Haydon nbsp Angela Mortimer 6 3 6 41958 nbsp Anne Shilcock 3 nbsp Sheila Waters 6 0 6 01959 nbsp Sheila Armstrong nbsp Jenny Young 6 0 6 21960 nbsp Rita Bentley nbsp Lorna Cornell Cawthorn 6 4 6 21961 nbsp Lorna Cornell Cawthorn nbsp Inge Overgaard 3 6 6 1 11 91962 nbsp Carole Rosser nbsp Lorna Cornell Cawthorn 10 8 6 21963 nbsp Vivienne Dennis nbsp Heather Allen 6 3 2 6 7 51964 nbsp Fay Toyne nbsp Lorna Cornell Cawthorn 6 0 5 7 6 31965 nbsp Rita Bentley 2 nbsp Jill Blackman divided the title due to bad weather 1966 nbsp Susan Tutt nbsp Anthea Rigby 4 6 6 2 6 41967 nbsp Lorna Cornell Greville Collins 2 nbsp Margaret Harris 6 8 7 5 6 1 Open era 1968 nbsp Maria Bueno nbsp Judy Tegart 6 2 6 4 Rothmans Invitational1969 nbsp Karen Krantzcke nbsp Betty Ann Grubb 6 0 9 7 Eastbourne Invitational1970 nbsp Ann Haydon Jones 2 nbsp Virginia Wade 8 6 6 11971 nbsp Francoise Durr nbsp Judy Tegart Dalton divided the title1972 nbsp Francoise Durr 2 nbsp Judy Tegart Dalton 8 6 6 31973 Tournament succeeded by Eastbourne InternationalMen edit nbsp 1890 Men s Singles final between Ziffo and BaldwinYear Champion Runner up Score Name1881 13 nbsp Edgar Lubbock nbsp Robert Braddell 6 4 6 2 6 0 South of England Championships1882 nbsp William Taylor nbsp Teddy Williams 8 6 6 2 3 6 6 31883 nbsp Teddy Williams nbsp Charles Walder Grinstead 6 1 8 6 4 6 7 51884 nbsp Teddy Williams 2 nbsp William Taylor 1885 nbsp Ernest Lewis nbsp William Taylor 4 6 7 5 6 3 6 31886 nbsp Ernest Lewis 2 nbsp Herbert Wilberforce 6 3 6 4 6 01887 nbsp Ernest Lewis 3 nbsp Herbert Wilberforce 8 6 7 5 6 41888 14 nbsp Andrew Ziffo nbsp Harry S Barlow 4 6 6 2 7 5 6 31889 nbsp Andrew Ziffo 2 nbsp Harry Grove 4 6 6 3 4 6 9 7 6 41890 nbsp Andrew Ziffo 3 nbsp James Baldwin 7 9 6 1 6 2 7 51891 nbsp Harry S Barlow nbsp Andrew Ziffo 6 3 7 5 6 01892 nbsp Harry S Barlow 2 nbsp Wilberforce Eaves 7 5 2 6 3 6 6 3 6 31893 nbsp Wilfred Baddeley nbsp Harry S Barlow 7 5 6 0 6 11894 nbsp Wilfred Baddeley 2 nbsp Harry S Barlow 6 3 3 6 6 3 6 11895 nbsp Wilfred Baddeley 3 nbsp George Hillyard 6 3 7 9 7 5 ret 1896 nbsp Wilfred Baddeley 4 nbsp Herbert Baddeley walkover1897 nbsp Joshua Pim nbsp Lawrence Doherty 3 6 6 3 7 5 6 31898 nbsp Sydney Howard Smith nbsp Lawrence Doherty 6 3 2 6 8 6 7 51899 nbsp Sydney Howard Smith 2 nbsp Harold Mahony 6 0 6 3 6 41900 nbsp Lawrence Doherty nbsp Sydney Howard Smith 2 6 4 1 6 6 2 6 11901 nbsp Sydney Howard Smith 3 nbsp Lawrence Doherty 6 3 7 9 4 6 6 4 1 0 ret 1902 nbsp Sydney Howard Smith 4 nbsp Clement Cazalet 6 1 3 6 7 5 6 41903 nbsp Major Ritchie nbsp Sydney Howard Smith 1904 nbsp Sydney Howard Smith 5 nbsp Major Ritchie 6 0 6 4 6 21905 15 nbsp Norman Brookes nbsp Sydney Howard Smith 8 6 6 4 6 21906 14 nbsp Anthony Wilding nbsp Roderick McNair 6 2 6 3 6 21907 14 nbsp George Hillyard nbsp Walter Crawley 1908 16 nbsp Anthony Wilding 2 nbsp George Hillyard walkover1909 nbsp Otto Froitzheim nbsp Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 6 3 6 8 6 4 7 51910 17 nbsp Gordon Lowe nbsp Arthur Lowe walkover1911 18 nbsp Algernon Kingscote nbsp Stanley Doust 6 8 4 6 8 6 6 0 6 31912 14 nbsp Arthur Lowe nbsp Stanley Doust 6 4 7 9 6 0 6 41913 nbsp James Cecil Parke nbsp Arthur Lowe 6 3 7 5 2 6 6 21914 1918 Not held due to world war one 1919 nbsp Theodore Mavrogordato nbsp Nicolae Mișu 6 3 6 2 6 41920 14 nbsp George Dodd nbsp Alfred Beamish 6 4 6 1 6 21921 20 nbsp Brian Norton nbsp Mohammed Sleem 0 6 6 4 5 7 6 2 6 31922 nbsp Brian Norton 2 nbsp Gordon Lowe 6 2 2 6 6 4 6 31923 nbsp Cotah Ramaswami nbsp Gordon Lowe 6 1 8 6 10 81924 nbsp Mohammed Sleem nbsp Gordon Lowe 6 2 6 1 6 11925 nbsp Charles Kingsley nbsp Gordon Lowe 4 6 6 2 6 3 3 6 6 21926 nbsp Charles Kingsley 2 nbsp Bunny Austin walkover1927 nbsp Bunny Austin nbsp William Powell 6 4 6 41928 nbsp Yoshiro Ota nbsp Charles Kingsley 3 6 6 1 6 01929 nbsp Eskel Andrews nbsp Keats Lester 6 4 3 6 6 41930 14 nbsp Ryuki Miki nbsp Charles Kingsley 7 5 6 31931 nbsp Jiro Sato nbsp Vernon Kirby 6 4 6 31932 nbsp George Lyttleton Rogers nbsp Atri Madan Mohan 6 8 6 3 6 41933 nbsp Vernon Kirby nbsp George Lyttleton Rogers 8 6 6 21934 11 nbsp Nigel Sharpe nbsp Eskel Andrews 6 3 6 31935 nbsp Robert Tinkler nbsp Clarence Medlycott Jones 8 6 10 81936 nbsp Pat Hughes nbsp Charles Hare 2 6 9 7 6 11937 nbsp Donald Butler nbsp Henry Billington 6 3 6 31938 nbsp Donald Butler 2 nbsp Clarence Medlycott Jones 6 4 6 11939 1945 Not held due to world war two 1946 nbsp Donald Butler 3 nbsp Choy Wai Chuen 6 3 6 41947 nbsp Ignacy Tloczynski nbsp Jeff Robson 6 2 6 31948 nbsp Czeslaw Spychala nbsp Ignacy Tloczynski 5 7 6 4 8 61949 nbsp Heraldo Weiss nbsp Donald Butler 6 3 6 21950 nbsp Ivo Rinkel nbsp Geoffrey Paish 5 7 7 5 6 41951 nbsp Geoffrey Paish nbsp Tony Mottram 6 4 4 6 6 11952 nbsp Geoffrey Paish 2 nbsp Anthony Starte 4 6 6 2 6 11953 nbsp Geoffrey Paish 3 nbsp Robert Lee 7 5 6 01954 nbsp Geoffrey Paish 4 nbsp Bobby Wilson 6 2 2 6 7 51955 nbsp Geoffrey Paish 5 nbsp Mike Davies 6 4 6 41956 nbsp Roger Becker nbsp Gerald Oakley 6 3 6 11957 nbsp Reginald Bennett nbsp Geoffrey Owen 6 3 6 21958 nbsp Roger Becker 2 nbsp Reginald Bennett 6 3 4 6 6 11959 nbsp Alan Mills nbsp Mike Hann 8 6 4 6 6 31960 nbsp Mark Otway nbsp John R McDonald 6 4 6 41961 nbsp Mark Otway 2 nbsp Roger Becker 6 1 4 6 6 21962 nbsp Roger Becker 3 nbsp Mark Cox 4 6 6 2 6 41963 nbsp Mark Cox nbsp Warren Jacques 1 6 7 5 6 21964 nbsp Geoff Bluett nbsp Clay Iles 6 3 6 31965 Tournament not completed rain 1966 nbsp Bob Maud nbsp Brian Fairlie 6 4 6 21967 nbsp Frew McMillan nbsp Mark Cox 6 3 6 4 Open era 1968 nbsp Mark Cox 2 nbsp Owen Davidson 6 4 6 4 Rothmans Invitational1969 nbsp Christian Kuhnke nbsp Manuel Orantes 6 4 2 6 9 7 Eastbourne Invitational1970 21 nbsp Ken Rosewall nbsp Bob Hewitt 6 2 6 1 Rothmans South of England Open Championship1971 Tournament not played rain 1972 nbsp Andres Gimeno nbsp Pierre Barthes 7 5 6 31973 nbsp Mark Cox 3 nbsp Patrice Dominguez 6 2 2 6 6 31974 Tournament endedStatistics editSingles champions by country edit Women edit Country Winner First title Last title nbsp Great Britain GBR 70 1881 1970 nbsp United States USA 3 1919 1921 nbsp Australia AUS 2 1964 1969 nbsp South Africa RSA 1 1922 1922 nbsp Chile CHI 1 1936 1936 nbsp Brazil BRA 1 1968 1968 nbsp France FRA 2 1971 1972Men edit Country Winner First title Last title nbsp Great Britain GBR 49 1881 1973 nbsp South Africa RSA 6 1920 1967 nbsp New Zealand NZ 4 1905 1929 nbsp Ireland IRE 3 1897 1932 nbsp Japan JPN 3 1928 1931 nbsp Spain ESP 3 1972 2014 nbsp Germany GER 2 1909 1969 nbsp India IND 2 1923 1924 nbsp Poland POL 2 1947 1948 nbsp Argentina ARG 1 1949 1949 nbsp Netherlands NED 1 1950 1950References edit Clarke James 2014 06 16 How has Eastbourne become a major part of the tennis calendar BBC News Retrieved 2 October 2017 The current tournament came out of the South of England Lawn Tennis Championship which was held down here in Eastbourne devonshireparkltc co uk Devonshire Park LTC July 2014 Retrieved 2 October 2017 Lowerson John 1995 Sport and the English middle classes 1870 1914 Pbk ed Manchester Manchester University Press p 108 ISBN 9780719046513 Retrieved 2 October 2017 John Nauright Charles Parrish eds 2012 Sports around the world history culture and practice Santa Barbara Calif ABC CLIO p 198 ISBN 9781598843002 BBC Radio Times Listings 1923 to 2009 bbc co uk BBC Radio Times Issue 2589 23 June 1973 Page 22 Retrieved 2 October 2017 Abolition of Challenge Rounds Evening Post 20 March 1922 p 11 Retrieved 2 October 2017 via PapersPast Barrett John 2001 Wimbledon The Official History of the Championships London CollinsWillow p 37 ISBN 0007117078 a b c Tarran Bruce 2013 George Hillyard The man who moved Wimbledon Troubador Publishing Ltd p 143 ISBN 9781780885490 Retrieved 2 October 2017 Lawn Tennis in 1904 Southland Times No 19465 19 November 1904 p 3 supplement via PapersPast a b c Eastbourne Tournament The Glasgow Herald 19 September 1921 p 12 Retrieved 2 October 2017 via Google News Archive a b Lawn Tennis The Argus Melbourne No 27 482 Victoria Australia 17 September 1934 p 14 Retrieved 22 October 2016 via National Library of Australia Tennis in England The New Zealand Herald 15 September 1936 p 9 via PapersPast South of England Championships 1881 tennisarchives com Tennis Archives Retrieved 2 October 2017 a b c d e f 1877 to 2012 Finals Results stevegtennis com SteveG Tennis Retrieved 2 October 2017 Lawn Tennis The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser Vol LXXX no 2295 New South Wales Australia 1 November 1905 p 1146 Retrieved 2 October 2017 via National Library of Australia A Win for Wilding Taranaki Herald Vol LIV no 13757 21 September 1908 p 5 Retrieved 2 October 2017 via PapersPast Lawn Tennis The Sydney Morning Herald No 22 714 New South Wales Australia 1 November 1910 p 13 Retrieved 22 October 2016 via National Library of Australia Lawn Tennis The West Australian Vol XXVII no 7 979 Western Australia 27 October 1911 p 4 Retrieved 23 October 2016 via National Library of Australia Curious Lawn Tennis Final The Express and Telegraph Vol LVIII no 17 490 South Australia 17 November 1921 p 3 Retrieved 24 October 2016 via National Library of Australia See 10 19 Emerson in form The Sydney Morning Herald 18 June 1971 p 16 Retrieved 2 October 2017 via Google News Archive External links editTennisbase com South of England Championships men s singles roll of honour50 45 51 N 0 17 0 E 50 76417 N 0 28333 E 50 76417 0 28333 Retrieved from https en 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