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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)

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.

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