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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; 119 years ago (1905)
Abolished1936; 88 years ago (1936)
LocationRichmond, Virginia, United States
VenueHermitage Golf Club (1905-11)
Country Club of Virginia (1912-36)
SurfaceClay

History edit

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 edit

Men's singles edit

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1905[4]   Frederick Gresham Pollard   Charles F. McIntosh 6–2, 8–6, 6–1.[2]
1906[5]   Richard Hooker   Frederick Gresham Pollard w.o.[2]
1907[6]   Frederick Gresham Pollard   Richard Hooker w.o.[2]
1908   Robert L. James   Frederick Gresham Pollard w.o.[2]
1909   Richard H. Palmer   Robert L. James 7–5, 6–3, 6–3.[2]
1910   Richard H. Palmer (2)   Frank J. Hall 6–3, 1–6, 6–3.[2]
1911   Theodore Pell   Richard H. Palmer 6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3.[2]
1912   Nat Thornton[7]   Theodore Pell w.o.[2]
1914   Theodore Pell (2)   Nat Thornton 6–4, 6–2, 6–4.[2]
1915   Theodore Pell (3)   Carlton Y. Smith 6–2, 6–1, 6–3.[2]
1916   Edward H. Whitney   Theodore Pell w.o.[2]
1917   William Erskine Buford   Edward H. Whitney w.o.[2]
1919   Ichiya Kumagae   Hugh Grigsby Whitehead 6–0, 6–1, 6–1.[2]
1920   Percy Lloyd Kynaston   Ichiya Kumagae w.o.[2]
1923[8]   John Temple Graves Jr.   Thomas J. Mangan 4–6, 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 Bowman 6–4, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3.[2]
1932   Herbert Bowman   Alex Keles 6–0, 6–2, 6–2.[2]
1933[10]   Herbert Bowman (2)   Lorenzo Nodarse 3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 7–5.[2]
1934[11]   Harold Turner MacGuffin   Alphonso Smith 4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 7–5.[2]
1936   Herbert Bowman (3)   Harold Turner MacGuffin 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 4–5, ret.[2]

Women's singles edit

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1905   Connie Evans[12]   Miss Tannor 2–0 sets
1906   Connie Evans (2)   Sadie Smith 6–1, 6–3
1907   Connie Evans (3)   Bessie Upshur 6–1, 6–1
1908   Connie Evans (4)   Sophie Meredith 6–5, 6–2
1909   Hildegarde Turle   Connie Evans 4–6, 6–0, 6–4
1910   Connie Evans Sullivan (5)   Hildegarde Turle 8–6, 6–2
1911   Connie Evans Sullivan (6)   Sophie Meredith 6–3, 6–0
1912   Hildegarde Turle Taylor   Carrie Symington Hardy 6–4, 6–2
1913   Connie Evans Sullivan (7)   Hildegarde Turle Taylor 6–4, 13–11
1914   Marie Wagner   Connie Evans Sullivan 6–2, 6–3
1915   Florence Ballin   Elisabeth Moore 2–6, 6–4, 6–1
1916   Molla Bjurstedt   Florence Ballin 6–2, 6–2
1917   Elizabeth Warren   Penelope Anderson 6–2, 1–6, 6–4
1918 No women's event held
1919   Marie Wagner (2)   Elisabeth Moore 6–3, 6–1
1920   Marie Wagner (3)   Penelope Anderson 6–1, 6–1
1921   Marie Wagner (4)   Florence Ballin 6–3, 6–1
1922   Mrs Winifred Ellis   Elizabeth Warren 6–2, 6–4
1923[13]   Penelope Anderson   Mrs Winifred Ellis 6–2, 6–4
1925[14]   Miss Wakeford   Miss Heyel 6–3, 6–4
1927   Marion Zinderstein Jessup   Penelope Anderson 6–3, 6–3
1930   Penelope Anderson (3)   Mrs W. Parrish 6–4, 6–2
1931   Penelope Anderson (4)   Alice Deford 6–0, 6–2
1934   Reba Kirson   Louise Rogerson 6–4, 6–2
1935   Mary Cootes   Reba Kirson 6–3, 6–4
1936   Edith Clarke   Mary Cootes 6–4, 6–4

References edit

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  2. ^ 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 "Tournaments: Old Dominion Championship". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "Dates Announced for Tennis Tournaments". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Richmond, Virginia: The Wikipedia Library: Newspapers.Com. 23 Mar 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  4. ^ Wright & Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guide for 1906 pp. 120, 121.
  5. ^ Wright & Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guide for 1906 p. 247.
  6. ^ Wright & Ditson's Lawn Tennis Guide for 1907 pp. 166, 167.
  7. ^ "History of USTA Georgia". www.georgia.usta.com. USTA Georgia. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Graves Takes Tennis Title". The Portsmouth Star. Portsmouth, Va: The Wikipedia Library: Newspapers.Com. 20 May 1923. p. 19. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Youthful Star is Tennis Winner". The Roanoke Times. Roanoke, Virginia: Newspapers.Com. 28 Jun 1925. p. 24. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Bowman Wins Old Dominion Title". The Roanoke Times. Roanoke, Virginia: The Wikipedia Library: Newspapers.Com. 21 May 1933. p. 13. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Former Cavalier Ace Gains Old Dominion Finals". The Richmond News Leader. Richmond, Virginia: The Wikipedia Library: Newspapers.Com. 19 May 1934. p. 34. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  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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