The Championship of Europe was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1899 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany. The tournament was staged in different countries for 15 editions until 1914 when it was discontinued.
History The Championship of Europe tournament was first played on clay courts at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club, in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany. The event was staged in different countries and played on multiple surfaces both indoors and outdoors. It was discontinued in 1914 due to World War I.Tennis Archives
Finals Men's singles Year LocationSurfaceChampion Runner up Score1899The Daily Telegraph (22 Aug 1899) p.9.Bad HomburgClay Harold Mahony Reginald Dohertyw.o. 1900OstendClay Major Ritchie Harold Mahonyw.o. 1901ParisWood (i) Max Decugis Paul Lebreton 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 1902LondonWood (i) Laurie Doherty Harold Mahony4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–1.1903ScheveningenClay Robert LeRoy W. Percy Pinckney4–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–0 1904StockholmWood (i) Major Ritchie (2) Max Decugis7–5, 6–2, 6–4 1905Bad HomburgClay Anthony Wilding George Hillyard 5–7, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5 1906LeicesterGrass Frank Riseley George Ball-Greene 4–6, 6–1, 5–1, ret. 1907DublinGrass James Cecil Parke Herbert N. Craig 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 1908LondonGrass Major Ritchie (3) Walter Crawley10–8, 6–8, 2–3, ret. 1909NewcastleGrass Major Ritchie (4) Sydney Adams 3–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–0 1910LiverpoolGrass Beals Wright S.Ernest Charlton 6–1, 6–4, 6–4 1912HytheGrass Algernon Kingscote? ? 1913ScarboroughGrass James Cecil Parke F. Gordon Lowe 6–2, 7–5, 6–1 1914NorwoodGrass F. Gordon Lowe Alfred Beamish 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
Women's singles Year LocationSurfaceChampion Runner up Score1912HytheGrass Winifred McNair Elizabeth Ryan 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 1914NorwoodGrass Doris Covell Craddock Madeline O'Neill 6–4, 7–5
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