The Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Championships or simply known as the Yorkshire Championships was a combined men's and women's open grass court tennis tournament established in 1884 as the Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Tournament then later Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament and ran till 1970. It was first held in Ilkley, then, Harrogate, then Whitby before moving permanently to Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.
History The first Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Tournament was established in 1885 and played at Ilkley, Yorkshire, England. In 1887 the event was renamed as Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament. In 1889 the name was changed again the Yorkshire Open Championships. In 1906 the event was moved permanently to Scarborough, North Yorkshire. The championships were held as part of the worldwide tennis circuit until 1970. The event is still being held as late as 2017 as the Yorkshire Tennis County Championships.
For the years 1892, 1894–1900 and 1904–1905 the tournament was also valid as the North of England Championships.
Locations The championships have been staged in the following towns and cities Harrogate, Hull, Ilkley, Leeds, Scarborough, Sheffield and Whitby
Finals Men's singles (Incomplete roll) YearChampionRunner-upScore Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Tournament 1884 Ernest Browne Marmaduke Constable6-1, ret. 1885 Gilbert Mahon E.W. Fletcher6-0, 6–2, 6-4 1886 Ernest Browne Gilbert Mahon 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament 1887 E.W. Fletcher Arthur Godfrey Pease 6-2, 6-2, 7-5 1888 Arthur Godfrey Pease E.W. Fletcher5-7, 6-1, 6-4, 6-4Yorkshire Open Championships 1889 David Davy Arthur Godfrey Pease w.o. 1890 Joshua Pim Grainger Chaytor6-2, 6-0 ret. 1891 Joshua Pim (2) James Baldwin 6-3, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 1892 Joshua Pim (3) David Davy 6-1, 6-4, 3-1, ret. 1893 Joshua Pim (4) George Ball-Greene6-4, 9-7, 6-4 1894 Roy Allen Joshua Pim w.o. 1895 Grainger Chaytor Harold Nisbet7-9, 4-6, 6-4, 9-7, 6-1 1898 Grainger Chaytor (2) Ernest Douglas Black6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 Yorkshire Championships1900 Grainger Chaytor (3) Charles William Wade6-2, 6-2, 6-3 1901 Laurie Doherty Ernest Douglas Black 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 1905 Roy Allen (2) Charles Gladstone Allen w.o. 1907 Edgar Middleton Ernest Watson6-3, 3-6, 6-8, 6-0, 6-41908 Ernest Watson John Francis Moss6-2, 6-3, 6-21909 Sidney Watson Edgar Middleton6-4, 6-3, 6-11910 Sidney Watson (2) Edgar Middleton0-6, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Women's singles (Incomplete roll) YearChampionRunner-upScore Yorkshire Lawn Tennis Tournament 1884 Constance Hodgson Beatrice Wood7-5, 6-3 1885 Mabel Boulton Beatrice Wood 6-2, 6-2 1886 Margaret Bracewell Mabel Boulton5-7, 8-6, 3-0 retd.Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament 1887 Margaret Bracewell (2) Ethel Atkinson4-6, 6-2, 6-0Yorkshire Association County Closed Tournament 1887 Beatrice Wood Mabel Boulton7-5, 5-7, 6-0Yorkshire Association and County Open Tournament 1888 Mabel Boulton (2) Margaret Bracewell6-4,8-6, 6-3 1889 Mabel Boulton (3) Miss Crossley2–6, 6–2, 7–5 1890 Beatrice Wood (2) Jane Corder6–2, 6–1Yorkshire Open Championships 1892 Helen Jackson Beatrice Wood Draffen 6-0, ?, 1894 Beatrice Wood Draffen (3) Katherine Grey6-3, 6-1 1895 Lucy Kendal Marion Crosby Morton6-2, 6-1 1896 Lucy Kendal (2) Beatrice Wood Draffen? 1897 Lucy Kendal (3) Muriel Robb 6-3, 6-0 1898 Katherine Grey Alice Simpson Pickering 6-4, 6-4 1899 Alice Simpson Pickering Bertha Holder 6-1, 6-4 Yorkshire Championships 1900 Alice Simpson Pickering (2) Ethel Jessop 6-0, 6-2 1904 Lucy Kendal (4) Gladys Eastlake-Smith6-0, 4-6, 6-4 1905 Bertha Holder N. Morton 11-9, 6-1
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