East Gloucestershire Championships

The East Gloucestershire Championships also called the Cheltenham Lawn Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament held from 1879 through 1969.

History[]

The East Gloucestershire Championships was played at the Cheltenham Lawn Tennis Club, Cheltenham, Great Britain the tournament was initially played on indoor hard courts (partially covered) from 1879 to 1881 then switched to outdoor grass courts there were fifty five editions of the event.^[1]

Past tournaments[]

Incomplete list of tournaments included:^[2][3]

Men's singles[]

Year	Champion	Runner Up	Score
1879	William Renshaw	Vere St. Leger Goold	6-4 6-3 5-6 6-4
1880	Ernest Renshaw	Ernest Browne	6-2 3-6 6-1 8-6
1881	William Renshaw	Ernest Browne	6-2 3-6 6-1 8-6
1882	Robert Bradell	Arthur Walton Fuller	6-1 6-4
1883	Donald Stewart	William John Bush-Salmon	6-0 6-1 6-0
1884	Donald Stewart	Richard Sears	10-8 6-1 6-3
1885	Ernest Browne	Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross	6-4 6-3 6-2
1886	Ernest Browne	James Dwight	6-3 6-2 2-6 9-7
1887	Ernest Browne	James Dwight	3-6 6-3 6-1 4-6 6-2
1888	Harry Grove	Ernest Browne	7-5 6-3 4-6 2-6 ret.
1889	George Hillyard	James Baldwin	6-1 6-1 2-6 4-6 6-3
1890	Harold Mahony	James Baldwin	6-4 1-6 6-1 6-4
1891	Ernest Wool Lewis	Harry S. Barlow	6-4 6-3 6-2
1892	Manliffe Goodbody	Sydney Howard Smith	6-1 8-6 7-5
1914	Hope Crisp	Charles P. Dixon	5-7 6-2 6-2 8-6
1920	George A. Thomas	C. J. Brierley	6-2 6-1
1922	George A. Thomas	Clinton McIlquham	6-3 6-0 6-1
1923	C. J. Brierley	Henning Larsen	6-3 6-3 6-3
1924	George A. Thomas	G. W. Lucas	0-6 6-2 6-1 8-6
1925	Nigel Sharpe	Nigel Jones.	6-3 6-2 6-1
1926	R. G. Bernard	Clinton McIlquham	7-5 5-7 6-3
1927	Nigel Sharpe	R. D. England	10-8 8-6 6-0
1928	J. D Page	Henry B. Purcell	6-2 3-6 9-7
1929	Eric Conrad Peters	R. G. Bernard	6-2 0-6 6-3
1930	George Godsell	Noel G. Holmes	8-6 6-0
1931	R. N. A. Leyton	Clinton McIlquham	6-4 6-4
1932	George Godsell	C. P. Luck	6-3 5-7 6-3 6-3
1934	George Godsell	Ronald Shayes	6-3 6-1
1935	Frank Wilde	George Godsell	6-4 7-5
1936	George Godsell		w.o.
1937	Kho Sin-Kie	Clarence Medlycott Jones	6-0 7-5
1938	Kho Sin-Kie	George Godsell	2-6 6-3 6-4
1939	Donald Butler	P. M. Lindner	6-0 6-3
1946	John K. Drinkall	Derrick F. Leyland	6-4 5-7 6-4
1947	Derrick F. Leyland	Richard Guise	5-7 6-3 7-5
1948	Norman Lewis	Richard Guise	10-8 6-2
1949	Arthur G. Roberts	Richard Guise	3-6 6-3 6-3
1950	Richard Guise	Arthur G. Roberts	6-4 6-1
1951	Ong, Chew-Bee	Richard Guise	4-6 6-4 6-3
1952	Peter Cawthorn	Basil Katz	6-4 9-7
1953	John Horn	Czesław Spychała	6-1 16-14
1954	Dawson Hamilton	Cedric Mason	3-6 7-5 6-4
1955	Malcom Fox	Cedric Mason	7-5 6-1
1956	Louis Surville	Arthur Marshall	6-0 6-3
1957	Derek Lawer	R. Lautenberg	6-1 7-5
1958	Alan Mills	Ivo Ribeiro	6-4 6-3
1959	Trevor Fancutt	Tony Pickard	6-3 6-2
1960	Robert Griffin	J. Guirdham	9-7 6-4
1961	Keith Diepraam	Robin Sanders	2-6 6-2 6-2
1962	José Edison Mandarino	Ron Barnes	10-8 7-5
1963	Jacques Warren	Alan Lane	6-3 7-5
1964	?, ?	?, ?	WEA
1965	Cliff Drysdale	Keith Diepraam	6-4 6-1
1966	Raymond Moore	Dick Crealy	2-6 6-1 6-4
1969	Brian Fairlie	Hans Joachim Plötz	6-4 6-3

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