The Teignmouth Open[1] or Teignmouth and Shaldon Open Tournament was combined men's and women's grass court or sometimes hard court tennis tournament founded in 1880 that ran until 1939.[2] It was staged by the Teignmouth Lawn Tennis Club at Teignmouth, Devon, England through until 1939 when it was abolished.

Teignmouth Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameTeignmouth and Shaldon Open Tournament
Founded1880; 144 years ago (1880)
Abolished1939; 85 years ago (1939)
LocationTeignmouth, Devon, England
VenueTeignmouth Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass & Asphalt (Hard)

History

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Officially known as the Teignmouth and Shaldon Open Tournament was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first staged in September 1880 at Lower Bitton, Teignmouth, Devon, England. During the 1880s it was a featured event of Pastime's five week end of summer 'Western Tour' taking in Exmouth, Teignmouth, Torquay, Bournemouth and Eastbourne.[3] It was staged by the Teignmouth Lawn Tennis Club at Teignmouth, Devon, England through until 1939 when it was abolished.[4]

Former winners of the men's singles included: Ernest Wool Lewis, Herbert Chipp, Manliffe Goodbody, William Renshaw, Wilberforce Eaves, Harry Grove, Harry Sibthorpe Barlow, Les Poidevin and Henry Billington. Previous women's singles title winners included: Maud Watson,Violet Pinckney, Alice Pickering, Kathleen Lidderdale, and Madge Slaney.

Venue

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Teignmouth Lawn Tennis Club:[5] (1880-1939) The modern-day Teignmouth Tennis Club forms part of a specialised Tennis Academy located at the Trinity School, Teignmouth.

Surfaces

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The tournament was played predominantly on grass courts except for the 1882 to 1884 editions when it was played on hard asphalt courts.

Finals

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Men's Singles

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(incomplete roll) included:[6]

Year Winners Runner-up Score
1880   Ernest Maconchy[7]   W.B. Young ?
1881   Champion Russell   Charles John Cole ?
1882   Humphrey Berkeley   Arthur John Stanley ?
1883   Arthur Stanley   Erskine Gerald Watson 6–5, 6–5, 0–6, 6–1
1884   Charles S. Wood   William Parkfield Wethered 6–1, 6–1
1885   Wilfred Milne   H.C. Kent 6–3, 6–5, 6–2
1886   Ernest Wool Lewis   Robert Charles Thompson 6–1, 6–0, 6–0
1887   Ernest Wool Lewis (2)   Wilfred Milne 6–3, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
1888   Herbert Chipp   John Redfern Deykin 6–0, 6–1, 6–0
1889   Ernest Wool Lewis (3)   Harry Sibthorpe Barlow 6–4, 6–2, 7–5
1890   Ernest Wool Lewis (4)   Albert Francis Stoddart 6–1, 6–1
1891   Manliffe Goodbody   Horace Chapman 6–0, 0–6, 6–4
1892   Wilberforce Eaves   Charles Henry Chaytor 6–2, 6–2
1893   Harry Grove   H. Davies 6–2, 8–6
1894   William Renshaw   Horace Chapman 6–2, 6–2
1895   Harry Sibthorpe Barlow   George Ball-Greene 3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1896   Arthur Riseley   Frank Riseley w.o.
1903   Harold Michelmore   J.S. Talbot 6–4, 6–3
1905   Harold Michelmore (2)   George Alan Thomas 6–2, 6–2
1906   Harold Michelmore (3)   J.S. Talbot 6–2, 6–4
1907   Harold Michelmore (4)   A. Dawson Jones 6–0, 6–0
1908   Les Poidevin   Harold Michelmore 6–8, 7–5, 6–4
1909   Harold Michelmore (5)   J.S. Talbot 6–4, 6–2
1910   Hugh Walter Davies   Arthur Riseley 6–0, 3–6, 6–2
1915/1919 Not held (due to world war one)
1923   Henry Alfred Carless   Charles Pyne Luck 7–5, 9–7
1931   G.R. Ashton   Freddie Della Porta 6–1, 7–9, 6–3
1932   Peter Graves   J. Desmond Morris 2–6, 4–2, ret.
1933   Leslie Erastus Cater   George Godsell 9–7, 6–4
1934   Leslie Erastus Cater (2)   Athar-Ali Fyzee 6–3, 6–4
1935   Henry Billington   Leslie Erastus Cater 2–6, 6–3, 6–0
1936   Henry Billington (2)   Herbert Amphlett Davis 6–2, 6–4
1937   Alan Stedman   Freddie Della Porta 6–1, 7–9, 6–3
1939   Ernest G. Roper   E.H. Coles 6–3, 6–0
Abolished

References

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  1. ^ Sporting and Club Fixtures: Teignmouth Open. London: Illustrated Sports & Goy's. 1 August 1884. p. 30.
  2. ^ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Teignmouth and Shaldon". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  3. ^ Lake, Robert J. (3 October 2014). "Emergence of Lawn Tennis in the 19th Century". A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Oxford: Routledge. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-134-44557-8.
  4. ^ Tennis Archives
  5. ^ "Teignmouth". The Official Guide to the Great Western Railway. London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company Ltd. 1890. p. 134.
  6. ^ "Tournament – Teignmouth and Shaldon". Netherlands: Tennis Archives. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Brigadier General Ernest Maconchy | Soldiers' Stories". ww1.nam.ac.uk. London, England: National Army Museum. Retrieved 19 February 2024.