The Sussex Championships or Sussex County Championships was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament that were first staged in 1889. By 1972 it was known as the Sussex Tennis Open Championships.[1] The championships were first held in Brighton, East Sussex, England then moved to West Worthing, West Sussex, England and ran only until 1980.
The tournament is no longer a senior level international tour event, but is still staged today as a closed county tournament to British players only.[2]
A Sussex County Lawn Tennis Tournament was a brief tennis tournament consisting of a spring tournament usually held in April and another held in autumn usually September.[3] It was originally played on outdoor asphalt courts at Brighton and Hove Rink, England with the exception of the 1884 event that was played on grass courts. In 1882 the organisers staged the spring event. also played on asphalt courts, but for only two editions. there was just four editions of this event but did feature two future Wimbledon Men's singles champions the Renshaw twins it ran until 1885 then was abolished. In 1889 the event was revived as a grass court tournament called the Sussex Championships that was held at Hove County Cricket Ground.
The Sussex Championships was a very successful tournament in the years up to World War I, and was the second largest of the South of England meetings.[4] The September tournament (otherwise called the Autumn Tournament), even when held in August, just before the South of England Championships was the main draw event on the Sussex calendar for many years.[5] In 1911 it became a two-week competition. Many of the leading players of the day took part in the championships. Following the First World War for some unknown reason, the event failed to gain the longevity it needed to keep the success going, unlike the South of England tournament, rescheduling of the event may have been the cause of its early demise.
Following the start of the open era the Sussex Championships were revived, but this time played at a new location in West Worthing. By 1972 it was known as the Sussex Tennis Open Championships.[6] The championships continued as a two-week tournament until 1978. The tournament continued up to 1980 when it was abolished for the final time as a senior tour level event. It was a featured county level event on the Mens Amateur Tour (1877-1912), the Women Amateur Tour (1877-1912), the ILTF Mens Amateur Tour (1913-1967) and the ILTF Women's Amateur Tour (1913-1967).
Sussex County Championships Archives. Tennis Sussex. Tennis Sussex. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
Teague, Bryan (20 November 2016). "History of the Club". sussexcountycroquetclub.org.uk. Sussex County Croquet Club.
January 01, 1970
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The Sussex Championships or Sussex County Championships was a men s and women s grass court tennis tournament that were first staged in 1889 By 1972 it was known as the Sussex Tennis Open Championships 1 The championships were first held in Brighton East Sussex England then moved to West Worthing West Sussex England and ran only until 1980 Sussex ChampionshipsDefunct tennis tournamentTourLTA Circuit 1889 1912 ILTF World Circuit 1913 1968 ILTF Independent Circuit 1970 1980 Founded1889Abolished1980Editions78LocationBrighton East Sussex England 1889 1926 West Worthing West Sussex England 1972 1980 SurfaceGrass The tournament is no longer a senior level international tour event but is still staged today as a closed county tournament to British players only 2 Contents 1 History 2 Finals 2 1 Men s singles 2 2 Women s singles 3 References 4 SourcesHistory editA Sussex County Lawn Tennis Tournament was a brief tennis tournament consisting of a spring tournament usually held in April and another held in autumn usually September 3 It was originally played on outdoor asphalt courts at Brighton and Hove Rink England with the exception of the 1884 event that was played on grass courts In 1882 the organisers staged the spring event also played on asphalt courts but for only two editions there was just four editions of this event but did feature two future Wimbledon Men s singles champions the Renshaw twins it ran until 1885 then was abolished In 1889 the event was revived as a grass court tournament called the Sussex Championships that was held at Hove County Cricket Ground The Sussex Championships was a very successful tournament in the years up to World War I and was the second largest of the South of England meetings 4 The September tournament otherwise called the Autumn Tournament even when held in August just before the South of England Championships was the main draw event on the Sussex calendar for many years 5 In 1911 it became a two week competition Many of the leading players of the day took part in the championships Following the First World War for some unknown reason the event failed to gain the longevity it needed to keep the success going unlike the South of England tournament rescheduling of the event may have been the cause of its early demise Following the start of the open era the Sussex Championships were revived but this time played at a new location in West Worthing By 1972 it was known as the Sussex Tennis Open Championships 6 The championships continued as a two week tournament until 1978 The tournament continued up to 1980 when it was abolished for the final time as a senior tour level event It was a featured county level event on the Mens Amateur Tour 1877 1912 the Women Amateur Tour 1877 1912 the ILTF Mens Amateur Tour 1913 1967 and the ILTF Women s Amateur Tour 1913 1967 Finals editMen s singles edit Incomplete Roll 7 Year Champions Runners up Score Sussex Championships Brighton 1889 nbsp Horace Chapman nbsp Wilberforce Eaves 6 3 6 3 8 6 1890 nbsp Wilfred Baddeley nbsp Horace Chapman 6 4 6 2 2 6 7 5 1891 nbsp Grainger Chaytor nbsp Wilfred Baddeley w o 1892 nbsp Wilberforce Eaves nbsp Grainger Chaytor w o 1893 nbsp Wilfred Baddeley 2 nbsp Wilberforce Eaves 6 1 1 6 8 6 6 2 1894 nbsp Wilfred Baddeley 3 nbsp Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 6 1 6 0 2 6 7 5 1895 nbsp Grainger Chaytor 2 nbsp Wilfred Baddeley w o 1896 nbsp Wilfred Baddeley 4 nbsp Grainger Chaytor w o 1897 nbsp George Ball Greene nbsp Wilfred Baddeley w o 1898 nbsp Grainger Chaytor 3 nbsp George Ball Greene 6 1 6 1 2 6 8 6 1899 nbsp Sydney Howard Smith nbsp Grainger Chaytor 6 4 6 3 6 2 1900 nbsp Sydney Howard Smith 2 nbsp George Whiteside Hillyard 6 2 4 6 6 4 6 2 1901 nbsp Sydney Howard Smith 3 nbsp Joshua Pim 6 1 6 3 5 7 6 2 1902 nbsp Sydney Howard Smith 4 nbsp Frank Riseley 5 7 6 4 2 6 6 4 ret 1903 nbsp Robert Leroy nbsp Wylie Grant 8 6 6 1 1 6 1 6 6 2 1904 nbsp Sydney Howard Smith 5 nbsp Frank Riseley 6 4 5 7 3 3 ret 1905 nbsp Sydney Howard Smith 6 nbsp Frank Riseley w o 1906 nbsp Arthur Gore nbsp Major Josiah Ritchie 6 2 6 3 6 3 1907 nbsp George Whiteside Hillyard nbsp Alfred Bentley 6 3 1 6 6 4 1908 nbsp Walter Cecil Crawley nbsp John Frederick Stokes 6 2 6 2 6 3 1909 nbsp Robert Branks Powell nbsp William Alfred Ingram 6 2 6 2 1910 nbsp James Zimmermann nbsp Walter Cecil Crawley w o 1914 1919 Not held due to world war one 1920 nbsp Alfred Beamish nbsp Monty Temple 3 6 6 4 6 2 6 1 1921 nbsp Mohammed Sleem nbsp Cotah Ramaswami 6 4 6 3 6 0 1922 nbsp F R Leighton Crawford nbsp Charles Tuckey 6 0 6 1 1924 nbsp Jack Hillyard nbsp F R Leighton Crawford 1 6 6 4 6 1 7 5 Open era 1970 8 nbsp Max Franklin nbsp Jay Royappa 9 7 6 2 Sussex Tennis Open Championships West Worthing 1977 nbsp Clive Rothwell nbsp Jasper Cooper 6 4 6 2 1978 nbsp Willie Davies nbsp Tony Lloyd 7 5 6 4 1979 nbsp Chris Wells Robert Booth 6 1 6 0 Women s singles edit Incomplete Roll Year Champions Runners up Score Sussex Championships Brighton 1889 nbsp May Langrishe nbsp Beatrice Langrishe 6 3 6 3 8 6 1890 nbsp May Langrishe 2 nbsp Maud Shackle 6 4 6 2 2 6 7 5 1891 nbsp Maud Shackle nbsp May Langrishe 6 4 5 7 6 2 1892 nbsp Maud Shackle 2 nbsp Bertha Steedman 6 0 8 6 1893 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard nbsp Maud Shackle 6 1 6 4 1894 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 2 nbsp Maud Shackle 6 3 6 0 1895 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 3 nbsp Helen Jackson 6 2 6 2 1896 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 4 nbsp Charlotte Cooper 3 6 6 4 6 1 1897 nbsp Charlotte Cooper nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 7 5 7 5 1898 nbsp Edith Austin nbsp Charlotte Cooper 6 3 6 2 1899 nbsp Charlotte Cooper 2 nbsp Edith Austin 6 4 6 4 1900 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 5 nbsp Hilda Lane 6 3 6 3 1901 nbsp Charlotte Cooper Sterry 3 nbsp Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6 4 6 2 1902 nbsp Charlotte Cooper Sterry 4 nbsp Dorothea Douglass 6 2 6 8 6 3 1903 nbsp Alice Greene nbsp Dorothea Douglass 2 6 8 6 6 2 1904 nbsp Dorothea Douglass nbsp Charlotte Cooper Sterry 6 3 6 3 1905 nbsp Winifred Longhurst nbsp Connie Wilson divided the prizes 1906 nbsp Charlotte Cooper Sterry 5 nbsp Violet Pinckney 6 0 6 0 1907 nbsp Charlotte Cooper Sterry 6 nbsp Ruth Winch 6 0 6 1 1908 nbsp Charlotte Cooper Sterry 7 nbsp Edith Boucher 9 7 6 4 1909 nbsp Dora Boothby nbsp Hilda Lane 6 1 6 2 1910 nbsp Ethel Thomson Larcombe nbsp Dora Boothby 9 7 6 4 1911 nbsp Dora Boothby nbsp Agnes Daniell Tuckey 4 6 6 3 6 4 1912 nbsp Dora Boothby 2 nbsp Annie Wix Cobb 6 4 6 2 1913 nbsp Dora Boothby 3 nbsp Minnie Dillon 6 2 4 6 6 4 1914 1919 Not held due to world war one 1920 nbsp Elizabeth Ryan nbsp Dorothy Holman 6 2 2 6 6 2 1921 nbsp Dorothy Holman nbsp Louise Bull 8 6 6 2 1922 nbsp Dorothy Holman 2 nbsp Agnes Daniell Tuckey w o 1923 nbsp Elizabeth Ryan 2 nbsp Christine Tyrrell 6 2 6 0 1924 nbsp Dorothy Holman 3 nbsp Phoebe Holcroft 6 4 3 6 6 3 1925 nbsp Phoebe Holcroft Watson nbsp Joyce Brown 6 2 6 1 1926 nbsp Phoebe Holcroft Watson 2 nbsp Joyce Brown 6 1 6 1 Open era 1970 9 nbsp Jenny Chamberlain nbsp H B Chamberlain 6 2 6 3 Sussex Tennis Open Championships West Worthing 1977 nbsp Annette Coe nbsp Debra Parker 6 4 6 4 1978 nbsp Debra Stewart nbsp Annette Coe 2 6 6 2 6 1 1979 nbsp Michele Tyler nbsp Lesley Charles 1 6 6 2 7 5 1980 nbsp Lesley Charles nbsp Elizabeth Jones 6 4 6 2References edit Lewis Ralph Henry 1972 Scene in Sussex a fresh look at the county London Research Pub Co p 75 ISBN 9780705000154 Sussex County Championships Archives Tennis Sussex Retrieved 6 October 2022 Teague Bryan 20 November 2016 History of the Club sussexcountycroquetclub org uk Sussex County Croquet Club Myers Arthur Wallis 1903 Other Meetings Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad London Scribner s sons p 85 Teague 2016 Henry 1972 Nieuwland Alex Tournament Sussex Championships www tennisarchives com Netherlands Tennis Archives Retrieved 7 October 2022 Barrett John Tingay Lance West Peter 1971 World of Tennis 1971 a BP yearbook Queen Anne Press London ISBN 978 0 362 00091 7 p 271 World of Tennis 1971Sources editLewis Ralph Henry 1972 Scene in Sussex a fresh look at the county London Research Pub ISBN 9780705000154 Myers Arthur Wallis 1903 Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad London Scribner s sons Nieuwland Alex Tournament Sussex Championships www tennisarchives com Netherlands Tennis Archives Sussex County Championships Archives Tennis Sussex Tennis Sussex Retrieved 6 October 2022 Teague Bryan 20 November 2016 History of the Club sussexcountycroquetclub org uk Sussex County Croquet Club Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sussex Championships amp oldid 1211907706, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
