East Grinstead Open

The East Grinstead Open was a combined grass court tennis tournament held at the East Grinstead Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club(f.1882), East Grinstead, West Sussex, England from 1882 to 1939.Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022). Source:https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/East Grinstead. Search tournament by name. Tennis Archives. Netherlands.

History The East Grinstead Open tournament Routledges Sport Annual (1883) Lawn Tennis: Results 1882. George Routledge and Sons. London. pp.113-117. was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first staged around 1882 at East Grinstead, West Sussex, England. In 1928 the East Grinstead Open had 128 entries for the gentlemen's singles event.EastGrinstead TSRC. The first winner of the men's singles was England's William Nevill Cobbold. The first winner of the women's event was England's Mrs Baddington. The final known edition was in 1939 the men's singles event was won by New Zealands's Alistair Dewar-Brown. and the women's singles title was won by Hungary's Suzy Kormoczy. It was a featured regular series category event on the ILTF Circuit from 1913 to 1939.

Notable winners of this tournament included in the men's singles; William Nevill Cobbold (1882, 1883, 1887), Charles Lacy Sweet (1884), James Dwight (1885), Wilfred Baddeley (1888), Herbert Baddeley (1889), Roy Allen (1904, 1909), Major Ritchie (1911), Gordon Lowe (1912), Brame Hillyard (1924), Paul Barrelet De Ricou(1927), Donald Leahong (1930), Vernon Kirby (1937) and Ian Collins (1938).

Former notable winners of women's singles title included; Blanche Bingley (1885), Hilda Lane (1903–06, 1908–09, 1911–13), Dorothy Holman (1921–1925), Joan Ridley (1928–30), Geraldine Ramsey Beamish (1931) and Ermyntrude Harvey (1935–36, 1938).

Finals Men's Singles (incomplete roll) Year Winner Runner-up Score1882 Nevill Cobbold Percy Wallis6–0, 6–31883 Nevill Cobbold (2) James Agnew6–3, 6–51884 Charles Lacy Sweet L.G. Campbell6–2, 6–3, 6–31885 James Dwight Nevill Cobbold6–2, 6–3, 6–41886 Charles Ross W.E. Seldon6–3, 6–21887 Nevill Cobbold (3) William Down6–4, 6–21888 Wilfred Baddeley W.E. Seldon7–5, 6–31889 Herbert Baddeley Wilberforce Eaves6–1, 7–51904 Roy Allen George Orme6–4, 4–1 ret.1905 Roderick McNair Reggie Dohertywalkover1906 Roy Allen (2) Alfred Beamish6–1, 6–11908 Roy Allen (3) Peter Hicks6–2, 6–21909 Roy Allen (4) Frank Roe10–8, 6–21910 Roy Allen (5) George Partridge6–0, 6–2, 6–01911 Major Ritchie Roy Allendefault1912 Gordon Lowe J. Herbert Crispe ?1913 James Zimmermann Gordon Lowe 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–3,1914 George Greville Erik Larsen 6–2, 6–2, 6–31915/1919(Not held due to WWI)1920 N. Field S. Leslie6–2, 6–21921 D. Browne Jack Hillyard 7–5, 4–6, 6–21922 George Colding H.W. Carruthers 6–3, 3–6, 6–01923 Jack Hillyard D. Browne6–0, 6–21924 Brame Hillyard D.L. Morgan 6–2, 6–2, 6–41925 Sydney Jacob John Progsin-Smith 6–3, 6–31926 H.G.C. Fowler George Colding 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–8, 6–41927 Paul Barrelet de Ricou Claude Barrelet de Ricou 6–3, 0–6, 6–1, 6–41928 Ralph Wackett John Millen 6–3, 6–4, 6–41929 John Millen Donald Leahong7–5, 6–3, 6–31930 Donald Leahong Jimmy Jones 6–4, 6–4, 6–41931 W.A.R. Collins B.W. Honedivided title.1932 G.F. Mathieson Grady Frank 4–6, 6–2, 10–81933 A. Baird Murray Bob Tinkler 6–4, 6–21934 Grady Frank Malcom Young 6–3, 6–2, 6–41935 Charles Fawcus Malcom Young2–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–41936 John Collins David Williams3–6, 6–4, 6–31937 Vernon Kirby John Collins6–0, 6–31938 Ian Collins G.F. Mathieson6–3, 6–21939 Alistair Dewar-Brown Ian Collins6–0, 6–0

Women's Singles (incomplete Roll) Year Winner Runner-up Score1882 Mrs Baddington May Arbuthnot 6–1, 6–5 1884 Miss Cobbold Ada Strapp6–1, 6–4 1885 Blanche Bingley Edith Davies6–2, 5–7, 6–3 1886 Miss Cobbold (2) May Jacks3–6, 6–1, 6–1 1887 Miss Cobbold (3) May Arbuthnot6–3, 6–3 1888 Ivy Arbuthnot May Arbuthnotdivided title 1889 Ivy Arbuthnot (2) May Arbuthnotdivided title 1903 Hilda Lane Marion Clarkwalkover 1904 Hilda Lane (2) Ethel Attfield6–1, 6–2 1905 Hilda Lane (3) Gladys Eastlake-Smith2–6, 6–4, 6–31906 Hilda Lane (4) Gladys Eastlake-Smith14–16, 6–1, 8–61907 Mildred Brooksmith M. Parsons6–4, 6–11908 Hilda Lane (5) Amy Wilson7–5, 5–7, 7–51909 Mildred Coles Hilda Lane4–6, 6–1, 9–71910 Edith Greville Mildred Brooksmith6–1, 6–11911 Hilda Lane (6) Mildred Coles6–2, 6–31912 Hilda Lane (7) Edith Greville6–8, 7–5, 6–31913 Hilda Lane (8) Jessie Tripp6–4, 1–6, 7–51914 Edith Greville (2) Jessie Tripp6–4, 6–01915/1919(Not held due to world war one)1920 Olive Manser Aurea Edgington4–6, 6–2, 6–31921 Dorothy Holman Olive Manser 6–2, 6–21922 Dorothy Holman (2) Olive Manser9–7, 6–31923 Dorothy Holman (3) Phyllis Satterthwaitew.o. 1924 Dorothy Holman (4) Annie Cobb6–4, 6–4 1925 Dorothy Holman (5) Elsie Goldsack8–6, 6–3 1926 Mrs N. Godfrey Dorothy Holman6–4, 11–9 1927 Mary Cambridge Aurea Edgington6–4, 7–5 1928 Joan Ridley Phyllis Mudford9–7, 6–01929 Joan Ridley (2) Ermyntrude Harvey7–5, 3–6, 6–4 1930 Joan Ridley (3) Helen Bourne 6–3, 6–3 1931 Geraldine Beamish Elisabeth Macreadydivided title 1932 Elisabeth Macready Geraldine Beamish4–6, 6–2, 6–2 1933 Phyllis King Elisabeth Macready6–3, 6–0 1934 Phyllis King (2) Elisabeth Macreadywalkover 1935 Ermyntrude Harvey Judith Backhouse6–3, 7–5 1936 Ermyntrude Harvey (2) Josephine Harman6–2, 2–6, 7–5 1937 Olga MacInnes Ermyntrude Harvey 8–6, 6–1 1938 Ermyntrude Harvey (3) Doreen Pleydell-Bouverie6–4, 6–1 1939 Suzy Kormoczy Ermyntrude Harvey 6–1, 9–7

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