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Suffolk Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameSaxmundham Lawn Tennis Club Tournament (1883-93)
Suffolk Championships (1894–1968)
TourPre-Open era tour (1883-1968)
Founded1883 f. 1893
Abolished1968
Editions85
LocationSaxmundham
SurfaceGrass

The Suffolk Championships[1] was an open international tennis tournament for both men and women held at Saxmundham, Suffolk, England founded in 1883 as the Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament. In 1893 it was elevated to a county-level event and renamed as the Suffolk County Championships.[2] The championships ran until 1968 when it ceased to be part of ILTC worldwide tennis circuit.

History

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On 12 August 1883 an annual open Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament was established at Hurts Hall Park, Saxmundham, Suffolk, England that ran until 1893.[3] that was a featured event on the Men's 1883 Tennis Tour. The winner of the first men's singles title was William Bolding Monement who defeated J.M. Wilkinson in straight sets.[4]

Also in August 1883 an annual Framlingham Tennis Tournament was also established by the Framlingham LTC, and played on the Hurts Hill Courts, Hurts Hill Park, Saxmundham, Suffolk, England that ran until 1914. It was not staged throughout World War One. It resumed in 1919 and that event also carried the title of Suffolk Championships for that year, and in 1922. The Framlingham event continued to be held at Hurts Hall Park, Saxmundham until 1936, when it was moved to the tennis courts of the Framlingham College Grounds at Framlingham (a distance of 17 miles) until the start of World War Two.

In 1884 the Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament women's singles event was won by Miss M. Marriott who beat Miss G. Rant in two straight sets. In 1893 the event was renamed the Suffolk Championships,[5] the first official winners of the men's single title was Mr Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith,[6] and the women's singles tile Miss Alice Simpson Pickering.

From 1915 the championships being organised and staged by the Saxmundham LTC were not held until 1920 due to World War One. From 1923 until the out break of World War Two in 1939 championships continued to be held in Saxmundham. After World War Two the Framlingham LTC took over responsibility for organising the Suffolk Championships at Framlingham College until 1983. The Framlingham Open Lawn Tennis Tournament a distinct event was staged alongside this event until 1981.[7] The event is still played today under its original name, but is no longer a senior tour level event.

In the men's singles event Herbert Roper Barrett was the most successful player he won 17 titles,[8] out of 18 finals between 1898 and 1921 which remains today an all time record for most finals at a single tennis tournament.[9]

Finals

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Men's singles

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Incomplete roll included:[10][11]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
Saxmundham LTC Tournament
1883 United Kingdom William Bolding Monement United Kingdom M. Wilkinson 6-1, 6-1
1884 United Kingdom Francis William Monement England Maurice Welldon 6-4, 1-6, 6-1
1885 England Charles Richard Longe England Herbert Davy Longe 6-1, 6-0
1886 England William Herbert Cohen England Oswald Milne 7-5, 7-5
1887 England Benjamin Arthur Cohen England George K. Barnabas Norman 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
1888 England George K. Barnabas Norman United Kingdom A. Hewetson 6-1, 6-4
1889 England Lionel James Easton England John David Wallich 6-4, 5-6, 6-3
1890 United Kingdom Charles Gladstone Allen United Kingdom Roy Allen 7-5, ret.
1891 United Kingdom Charles Gladstone Allen United Kingdom Roy Allen w.o.
1892 United Kingdom Mr. G. Williams United Kingdom Charles Gladstone Allen ?
Suffolk County Championships
1893 United Kingdom Mr. G. Williams United Kingdom Roy Allen 6-4, 6-1, 10-8
1894 England Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith England Robert Baldock Scott 6-2, 6-2, 6-5
1895 United Kingdom Roy Allen United Kingdom Sydney Howard Smith 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, ret.
1896 United Kingdom Roy Allen (2) England Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith 6-0, 6-2
1897 United Kingdom Laurie Doherty United Kingdom Jack Ridding 6-3, 8-6, 4-6, 6-1
1898 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett United Kingdom Charles Percy Dixon 6-2, 6-4, 6-3
1899 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett (2) United Kingdom Charles Percy Dixon 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
1900 United Kingdom Charles Percy Dixon United Kingdom Roy Allen 7-5, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
1901 United Kingdom Charles Percy Dixon (2) United Kingdom Charles O. S. Hatton 6-1, 5-7, 6-0, 6-2
1902 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett (3) United Kingdom Charles Percy Dixon 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 8-6
1903 United Kingdom Roy Allen (3) United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett 6-4, 1-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
1904 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett (4) United Kingdom Roy Allen 6-4, 6-4
1905 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett (5) United Kingdom Roy Allen 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
1906 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett (6) United Kingdom C.E. Hunter 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
1907 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett (7) United Kingdom Alfred Beamish 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
1908 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett (8) United Kingdom Frank Roe 6-1, 6-0
1909 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett (9) United Kingdom Charles S. Gordon-Smith[12] 6-1, 6-1, 6-1
1910 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett (10) United Kingdom Oswald Charles Johnson 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
1914/1918 Not held (due to World War One)
Suffolk Championships
1919 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett (11) United Kingdom Frank Herbert Jarvis 6-2, 6-2
1920 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett (12) United Kingdom Hugh Davies 6-0, 6-2
1921 United Kingdom Herbert Roper Barrett (13) United States Axel Berg Gravem[13] 6-2, 6-1
1922 United Kingdom Randolph Lycett United States Axel Berg Gravem 6-2, 6-1
1923 United Kingdom Randolph Lycett (2) United Kingdom Michael Drone 6-1, 6-0
1924 United Kingdom Randolph Lycett (3) United Kingdom Donald McNeil Greig 7-5, 7-5
1925 United Kingdom Randolph Lycett (4) United Kingdom Bunny Austin 6-3, 6-3
1926 United Kingdom Bunny Austin United Kingdom Randolph Lycett 6-2, 9-9 ret.
1927 United Kingdom Randolph Lycett (5) United Kingdom Colonel Penn 6-2, 6-1
1928 United Kingdom Randolph Lycett (6) United Kingdom F.C. Dawnay 8-6, 6-2
1929 United Kingdom Norman Horace Latchford[14] United Kingdom P.H. Sidney 6-4, 6-2
1930 United Kingdom Norman Horace Latchford (2) United Kingdom M. Barrington 6-3, 6-4
1931 United Kingdom Norman Horace Latchford (3) United Kingdom Victor Alexander Cazalet 7-5, 3-6, 6-2
1932 United Kingdom Jimmy Redall Republic of Ireland Brian Finnigan 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
1933 United Kingdom Jimmy Redall (2) United Kingdom Charles Edgar Hare 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
1934 United Kingdom Jimmy Redall (2) United Kingdom Cecil H. Elkington-Betts 6-4, 5-7, 6-2
1935 United Kingdom Charles Edgar Hare United Kingdom Jimmy Redall 13-11, 6-1
1936 United Kingdom Murray Deloford New Zealand E.A. Pearce 6-2, 6-1
1937 Republic of China (1912–1949) Choy Wai-Chuen United Kingdom Harold A. Hare[15] 6-1, 9-7
1938 United Kingdom Jack Piercy United Kingdom John T. Bouverie Leader 6-3, 6-0
1939 United Kingdom Gordon Fitt United Kingdom John T. Bouverie Leader 6-0, 6-4
1940/1946 Not held (due to world war one)
1947 United Kingdom Gordon Fitt (2) United Kingdom Raymond Victor Fontes 7-5, 4-6, 6-0
1948 United Kingdom C.M. Rudland United Kingdom A.H. Boar 6-2, 6-2
1949 Sweden Percy Rosberg United Kingdom Teddy Bostock 6-3, 7-5
1950 United Kingdom V. Schmidt Sweden Bo Andersson[16] 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
1951 United Kingdom Freddie Beer Sweden L.E. Ahlberg 9-7, 12-10
1952 United Kingdom L. Garfoe United Kingdom Robert (Bobby) Nicholl[17] 2-6, 8-6, 6-3
Open era
1968 United Kingdom J.S. Wootton United States Dick Knight 6-3, 9-11, 6-3

Women's singles

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(Incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
Saxmundham LTC Tournament
1883 United Kingdom Georgina Rant United Kingdom Laura Davy 6-0, 6-2
1884 United Kingdom May Marriott United Kingdom Georgina Rant 6-1, 6-1
1885 United Kingdom Georgina Rant (2) Wales Edith Austin 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
1886 United Kingdom Georgina Rant(3) United Kingdom A. Forster 6-4, 6-5
1887 England Kate Barkley Wales Edith Austin 6-2, 6-4
1888 England Miss Norman Wales Edith Austin 6-1, 6-2
1889 United Kingdom Winifred Kersey United Kingdom Helen Kersey 6-1. 6-5
1890 United Kingdom Edith Coleridge Cole United Kingdom Alice Parr 6-4, 6-2
1891 United Kingdom Winifred Kersey (2) England Miss Carter 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
Suffolk County Championships
1893 United Kingdom Elsie Lane United Kingdom Henrietta Horncastle 6-3, 6-1
1894 United Kingdom Alice Simpson Pickering United Kingdom Alice Parr 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
1895 United Kingdom Elsie Lane United Kingdom Alice Simpson Pickering 6-2, 7-5
1896 United Kingdom Henrietta Horncastle United Kingdom Henrica Ridding 0-6, 7-5, 6-3
1897 United Kingdom Mrs Horace White United Kingdom Constance Bloxsome 6-4, 6-4
1898 United Kingdom Henrietta Horncastle United Kingdom Miss Bush 1-6, 8-6, 7-5
1899 United Kingdom Beryl Tulloch United Kingdom Mrs A. Paine 6-2, retd.
1900 United Kingdom Winifred Longhurst United Kingdom Beryl Tulloch 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
1901 United Kingdom Winifred Longhurst (2) United Kingdom Ruth Dyas Durlacher 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
1902 United Kingdom Connie Wilson United Kingdom Agnes Morton 7-5, 6-3
1903 United Kingdom Connie Wilson (2) United Kingdom Edith Austin Greville 6-4, 6-2
1904 United KingdomConnie Wilson (3) United Kingdom Alice Greene 6-2, 7-5
1905 United Kingdom Miss Tootell United Kingdom Mrs C.E. Hunter 6-0, 6-3
1906 United Kingdom Agnes Morton United Kingdom Connie Wilson walkover
1907 United Kingdom Agnes Morton (2) United Kingdom E. Boyce 6-0, 6-2
1908 United Kingdom Agnes Morton (3) United Kingdom E. Boyce 6-3, 6-2
1909 United Kingdom Agnes Morton (4) United Kingdom Dorothy Holman 6-1, 6-1
1910 United Kingdom Agnes Morton (5) United Kingdom Madeline Fisher O'Neill 6-1, 6-2
1911 United Kingdom Agnes Morton (6) United Kingdom Daisy Clark Kercheval-Hole 6-1 6-4
1912 United Kingdom Agnes Morton (7) United States Elizabeth Ryan divided prizes
1913 United Kingdom Agnes Morton (8) United States Elizabeth Ryan 8-6, 6-0
1914 United Kingdom Agnes Morton (9) United Kingdom Geraldine Ramsey Beamish 6-1, 6-4
1915/1918 Not held (due to world war one)
Suffolk Championships
1919 United Kingdom Phyllis Carr Satterthwaite United Kingdom Dorothy Shepherd 6-4, 6-0
1920 United Kingdom Dorothy Kemmis-Betty United Kingdom Mrs J.E. Vere Elliott 6-1, 7-5
1921 United Kingdom Dorothy Holman United Kingdom E. Tanner 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
1922 United Kingdom Dorothy Holman (2) United Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey 6-1, 6-1
1923 United Kingdom Dorothy Holman (3) United Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
1924 United Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey United Kingdom Joan Ridley 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
1925 United Kingdom Joan Austin Lycett United Kingdom Elieen Bennett 7-5, 8-6
1926 United Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey (2) United Kingdom Betty Nuthall 6-4, 6-3
1927 United Kingdom Joan Austin Lycett United Kingdom Dorothy Biddle 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
1928 United Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey (3) United Kingdom Joan Austin Lycett 6-1, 6-3
1929 United Kingdom C. Turner United Kingdom Mrs P. Carthew 10-8, 7-5
1930 United Kingdom Freda Scott United Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey 6-8, 7-5, 6-2
1931 United Kingdom Freda Scott (2) United Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey 9-7, 6-3
1932 United Kingdom Freda Scott (3) United Kingdom Dorothy Biddle de Winton 6-0, 6-1
1933 United Kingdom Dorothy Biddle de Winton United Kingdom M. Cleland 6-4, 11-9
1934 United Kingdom Nancy Kidson United Kingdom Freda Scott 6-2, 6-0
1935 United Kingdom Joan Ridley United Kingdom Nancy Kidson Fontes 6-2, 6-1
1936 United Kingdom Nancy Kidson Fontes (2) United Kingdom Nancy Palmer Edwards 10-8, 7-5
1937 United Kingdom Mrs H.J. Edwards United Kingdom J. Rudland 6-2, 7-9, 6-1
1938 United Kingdom Freda Scott Underwood (3) United Kingdom Betty Batt 8-6, 6-3
1940/1945 Not held (due to world war one)
1947 United Kingdom D. Gaskell United Kingdom D. Sutcliffe 6-8, 6-2, 6-4
1948 United Kingdom Jean Nicoll Bostock United Kingdom Wendy Stork 6-1, 6-2
1949 United Kingdom Wendy Stork United Kingdom D. Gaskell 6-4, 6-2
1950 United Kingdom Joan Ross-Dilley United Kingdom Andrea Ross-Dilley 11-9, 9-11, 6-3
1951 United Kingdom Joan Ross-Dilley (2) United Kingdom Andrea Ross-Dilley 8-10, 6-4, 9-7
1952 United Kingdom D E Gaskell United Kingdom Mrs T E Burrows 5-7, 6-1, 11-9
1953 United Kingdom Elaine Watson United Kingdom Gladys Southwell Lines 6-0, 6-4
1954 United Kingdom C. Vincent United Kingdom D. Gaskell 7-5, 6-4
1955 United Kingdom Valerie Pitt United Kingdom Christine Truman 6-1, 0-6, 6-2
1956 United Kingdom Jill Rook United Kingdom Christine Truman 6-4, 7-5
1957 United Kingdom Jill Rook (2) United Kingdom Jean-Nicoll-Bostock 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
1958 Australia Norma Marsh United Kingdom Jean Knight 6-2, 6-3
1959 United Kingdom Joan Stedman United Kingdom Mrs A. Robinson 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
1960 United Kingdom Vivienne Cox United Kingdom Honor Durose 6-2, 6-2
1961 Australia Margaret H. O'Donnell United Kingdom Vivienne Cox 6-1, 6-4
1962 New Zealand Elizabeth Terry[18] United Kingdom B. Nicholson 6-1, 6-1
1963 United Kingdom Robin Blakelock-Lloyd United Kingdom Nell Truman 6-2, 6-2
1964 United Kingdom Nell Truman United States Janet French [19] 6-2 6-2
1965 United Kingdom Stephanie Percival United States Janet French 7-5, 6-4
1966 United Kingdom Joan Stedman United Kingdom Penny Hardgrave[20] 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Open era
1969 United Kingdom Marjorie Love Republic of Ireland Sue Minford 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
1970 United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer Brasher United Kingdom Penny Hardgrave 10-8, 6-1
1973 United Kingdom Diane (Di)Riste[21] United Kingdom Mrs L. Fulcher 6-2, 6-2
1974 United Kingdom Marjorie Love (2) United Kingdom Julia Lloyd 6-2, 6-2
1975 United Kingdom Julia Lloyd [22] United Kingdom R. Hassell 3-6 6-1, 6-2
1976 United Kingdom Julia Lloyd United Kingdom Jacqueline Boothman 6-2, 6-2
1977 Republic of Ireland Jo Sheridan[23] United Kingdom Mrs L. Fulcher 3-6 6-1 6-1
1978 United Kingdom Elizabeth Locke United Kingdom Mrs G. Chambers 6-1, 6-2
1979 United Kingdom J. Lilley United Kingdom A. Loughrey 7-5, 6-3
1980 New Zealand Christa Pickwick United Kingdom A. Loughrey 6-0, 6-2
1981 United Kingdom Z. Kent United Kingdom J. Lilley 6-0, 7-6
1983 United Kingdom J. Stamper United Kingdom A. Loughrey 6-7, 6-1, 10-8

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