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Hull Open

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{{Infobox tennis tournament

| name = Hull Open

| type = defunct

|founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1884}}

| editions =

| ended = {{end date and age|df=yes|1956}}

| event name =

| location =Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England

| venue =Westbourne Avenue Grounds (1884–90)
Ferens Recretation Grounds (1921–1959)

| tour =

| surface = Grass

}}

The Hull Open was annual men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded as the Hull Westbourne Avenue Open Tournament in 1884.{{cite news |title=EAST YORKSHIRE CHAMPS/HULL OPEN TOURNAMENT: Rain was always in the air at Hull yesterday, but despite occasional showers good progress was made in the 28th annual open former Westbourne tournament of the Hull lawn Tennis Club. |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |publisher=British Newspaper Archive |date=21 July 1911 |location=Leeds, Yorkshire, England |page=10}} From 1905 to 1914 the tournament was co-branded as the East Yorkshire Championships. The tournament was organised by the Hull Lawn Tennis Club, Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The tournament ran until 1956.

History

In 1884 the Hull Westbourne Avenue Open Tournament{{cite news |title=LAWN TENNIS. HULL WESTBOURNE OPEN TOURNAMENT. FIRST DAY. With everything in its favour, the sixth annual tournament Hull Lawn Tennis Club was commenced on the Westbourne Avenue grounds yesterday afternoon. Prizes to be offered in the seven events to be played.|work=Hull Daily Mail |publisher=British Newspaper Archive |date=12 July 1889 |location=Hull, Yorkshire, England |page=3}} was organised by the Hull Lawn Tennis Club (f.1880),{{cite book |last1=Lowerson |first1=John |title=Sport and the English Middle Classes, 1870–1914 |date=1993 |publisher=Manchester University Press |location=Manchester |isbn=978-0-7190-4651-3 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rUPoAAAAIAAJ&dq=Hull+Lawn+Tennis+Club&pg=PA106 |language=en}} and played at the Westbourne Avenue Grounds. In 1891 that tournament was renamed as the Hull Open Tournament a grass court tennis event. In 1905 the tournament was co-branded as the East Yorkshire Championships,{{cite news |title=Yorkshire Doubles Champions: The Brothers Watson, the Yorkshire Doubles Champion, and the holders the new East Yorkshire championship, were both engaged in play at the Hull Tennis Club grounds yesterday.|work=Hull Daily Mail |publisher=British Newspaper Archive |date=8 August 1906 |location=Hull, Yorkshire, England |page=3}} a county level event that lasted until 1914. Following World War I the tournament resumed under the name of the Hull Open.{{cite news |title=LAWN TENNIS: HULL OPEN – SUCCESSFUL MEETING CONCLUDED. Despite it being St. Swithin's, Hull was favoured with light though dull weather for the finals in one of the most successful tournaments ever held in the city.|work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |publisher=British Newspaper Archive |date=17 July 1922 |location=Hull, Yorkshire, England |page=14}} Despite being discontinued because of World War II it resumed thereafter through till at least 1956.{{cite news |title=HULL OPEN TENNIS TOURNEY BE SAVED. The Lawn tennis tourney in the balance for the Hull tennis club. The committee meet the chairman today, it may be decided to curtail event to something a semi-local nature.|work=Hull Daily Mail |publisher=British Newspaper Archive |date=22 October 1955 |location=Hull, Yorkshire, England |page=6}}

The men's event though consisting of mainly British Isles players, did attract international players, the women's event started to attract international players after the Second World War. Senior tour tennis ceased to be staged in Kingston-Upon-Hull until 2002 when an event for women was established called the Hull Indoor Tournament that ran until 2006.

Finals

=Men's Singles=

: Incomplete Roll included{{cite web |title=Tournament – Hull Westbourne Avenue |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?t=1589&n=Hull%20Westbourne%20Avenue |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Tennis Archives |access-date=10 January 2023}}{{cite web |title=Tournament – Hull |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?t=2527&n=Hull |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Tennis Archives |access-date=10 January 2023}}{{cite web |title=Tournament – East Yorkshire Championships |url=https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?t=1160&n=East%20Yorkshire%20Championships |website=www.tennisarchives.com |publisher=Tennis Archives |access-date=10 January 2023}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
style="width:60px;"|Year

! style="width:230px;"|Winner

! style="width:230px;"|Runner-up

! style="width:100px;"|Score

colspan=4 align=center |Hull Westbourne Avenue Open Tournament
1884{{flagicon|GBR}} W.S. Wright{{flagicon|GBR}} William Francis Wells-Colew.o.
1885{{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} William Henry Mahon{{flagicon|ENG}} Gilbert Mahonw.o.
1886{{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} William Henry Mahon (2){{flagicon|GBR}} L. Harrison6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1887{{flagicon|ENG}} Frederick T. Bradbury{{flagicon|GBR}} L. Harrison2–6, 8–6, 6–2
1890{{flagicon|Ireland|1783}} William Henry Mahon (3){{flagicon|ENG}} Geoffrey Heathcote-Hacker9–7, 6–3
colspan=4 align=center |Hull Open Tournament
1891{{flagicon|GBR}} H.L. Winter{{flagicon|GBR}} E.M. Samsonw.o.
colspan=4 align=center |also valid as East Yorkshire Championships
1905{{flagicon|ENG}} Ernest Watson{{flagicon|ENG}} Sidney Watson6–2, 6–3
1906{{flagicon|ENG}} Ernest Watson (2){{flagicon|ENG}} Sidney Watson7–5, 2–6, 6–4
1908{{flagicon|ENG}} Ernest Watson (3){{flagicon|GBR}} Alec Smith6–2, 6–0
1909{{flagicon|AUS}} Les Poidevin{{flagicon|ENG}} Sidney Watson6–3, 6–4
1910{{flagicon|ENG}} George Simond{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Day Hick6–2, 6–1, 6–2
1915/1918colspan=3 align=center |(Not held due to world war one)
colspan=4 align=center |Hull Open
1935{{flagicon|USA}} Clayton Lee (Teddy) Burwell{{cite web |last1=Patterson |first1=Michael Robert |title=Clayton Lee "Teddy" Burwell – Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy Government Official, Lawyer, Tennis Player |url=https://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/cburwell.htm |website=arlingtoncemetery.net |publisher=Arlington National Cemetery |access-date=10 January 2023 |date=8 January 2023}}{{flagicon|USA}} Dave N. Jones6–1, 6–4
1936{{flagicon|ENG}} Ronald Shayes{{flagicon|NED}} Hans van Swol6–3, 6–0
1937{{flagicon|NED}} Hans van Swol{{flagicon|GBR}} Edmund John David6–3, 9–7
1938{{flagicon|GBR}} Jimmy Jones{{flagicon|GBR}} Murray Deloford6–3, 6–1
1939{{flagicon|ROM}} Constantin Tanacescu{{flagicon|GBR}} Jimmy Jones6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1940/1946colspan=3 align=center |(Not held due to world war two)
1947{{flagicon|IND}} Ghaus Mohammed Khan{{flagicon|IND}} K.L. Ahmed6–4, 8–10, 6–4
1948{{flagicon|GBR}} John B. Griffith{{flagicon|GBR}} Teddy Tinling6–4, 7–5
1949{{flagicon|GBR}} George Godsell{{flagicon|GBR}} Teddy Tinling6–3, 6–2
1950{{flagicon|AUS}} Geoff Brown{{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} Brian W. Rooke7–5, 6–0
1951{{flagicon|South Africa|1928}} Nigel Cockburn{{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Cawthorn6–4, 6–1
1952{{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Cawthorn{{flagicon|USA}} Steven Deaderick Potts{{cite news |title=Obituaries in Nashville, TN : Stephen Deaderick Potts |url=https://www.tennessean.com/obituaries/ten144346 |access-date=10 January 2023 |work=The Tennessean |publisher=Gannett |date=16 December 2019 |location=Nashville, Tennessee USA. |language=en}}6–2, 7–5
1953{{flagicon|GBR}} Robert J. (Bob) Lee{{flagicon|GBR}} Anthony Starte7–5, 3–6, 6–3
1954{{flagicon|NZL}} Jeffrey Ellis Robson{{flagicon|IND}} Islam Ahmad6–3, 9–7
1955{{flagicon|GBR}} Ivor Warwick{{flagicon|AUS}} Arthur R. Gubb6–4, 6–1
1956{{flagicon|USA}} Matt Rainey{{flagicon|GBR}} J.S. Fluck6–1, 8–6
colspan=3 align=center |Tournament ends

=Women's singles=

:Incomplete Roll

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
style="width:60px;"|Year

! style="width:230px;"|Winner

! style="width:230px;"|Runner-up

! style="width:100px;"|Score

colspan=4 align=center |Hull Westbourne Avenue Open Tournament
1886{{flagicon|GBR}} Constance Hodgson{{flagicon|GBR}} Miss Alfrey6–3, 6–2
1887{{flagicon|GBR}} Constance Hodgson (2){{flagicon|GBR}} Angel Smith3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1889{{flagicon|GBR}} Katherine Grey{{flagicon|GBR}} Miss Barber6–3, 6–1
1890{{flagicon|GBR}} Katherine Grey (2){{flagicon|GBR}} E. Lee-Smith6–1, 5–7, 9–7
colspan=4 align=center |Hull Open Tournament
1891{{flagicon|GBR}} Catherine Crosby{{flagicon|GBR}} G. Harrisonw.o.
1892{{flagicon|GBR}} Helen Jackson{{flagicon|GBR}} Beatrice Draffen6–0, 6–0
1901{{flagicon|GBR}} Miss Robinson{{flagicon|GBR}} Bertha Holder6–1, 1–6, 6–3
colspan= 4 align=center |also valid as East Yorkshire Championships
1906{{flagicon|GBR}} Marion Crosby Morton{{flagicon|GBR}} Mrs J.B. Perrett2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1908{{flagicon|GBR}} Bertha Holder{{flagicon|GBR}} Eleanor Rose6–1, 6–2
1910{{flagicon|GBR}} Helen Aitchison{{flagicon|GBR}} Bertha Holder6–1, 6–4
1911{{flagicon|GBR}} Eleanor Rose{{flagicon|GBR}} Mrs F. Robinson6–2, 6–2
1912{{flagicon|GBR}} Eleanor Rose (2){{flagicon|GBR}} Kathleen Aitchison7–5, 9–11, 6–2
1913{{flagicon|GBR}} Eleanor Rose (3){{flagicon|GBR}} Kathleen Aitchison1–6, 6–2 6–4
1914{{flagicon|GBR}} Mrs J. Billyeald{{flagicon|GBR}} Susannah Cadman Wilford6–3, 6–2
1915/1920colspan=3 align=center |(Not held due to world war one)
colspan=4 align=center |Hull Open
1921{{flagicon|GBR}} Kathleen Aitchison{{flagicon|GBR}} Norah Fosdick Middleton6–2, 6–2
1922{{flagicon|GBR}} Kathleen Aitchison (2){{flagicon|GBR}} Joan Austin4–6, 8–6, 6–2
1923{{flagicon|GBR}} Joan Austin{{flagicon|GBR}} Eleanor Rose6–3, 6–2
1924{{flagicon|GBR}} Kathleen Aitchison (3){{flagicon|GBR}} Elsie Goodlass Holtby6–3, 6–1
1925{{flagicon|GBR}} Elsie Goodlass Holtby{{flagicon|GBR}} Norah Fosdick Middleton6–3, 6–3
1926{{flagicon|GBR}} Betty Dix{{flagicon|GBR}} Norah Fosdick Middleton6–3, 6–2
1927{{flagicon|GBR}} Dorothy Shaw{{flagicon|GBR}} Kate Anningson6–1, 6–0
1928{{flagicon|GBR}} Betty Dix (2){{flagicon|GBR}} Kate Anningson6–2, 6–3
1929{{flagicon|GBR}} Dorothy Shaw Jameson{{flagicon|GBR}} Betty Dix6–1, 6–4
1930{{flagicon|GBR}} Betty Dix (3){{flagicon|GBR}} Joan Reid-Thomas Strawson6–4, 6–2
1931{{flagicon|GBR}} Joan Reid-Thomas Strawson{{flagicon|GBR}} Betty Dix6–2, 6–2
1932{{flagicon|GBR}} Edie Rudd{{flagicon|GBR}} Nancy Hellewell3–6, 6–1, 8–6
1933{{flagicon|GBR}} Barbara Stampe{{flagicon|GBR}} Gladys Clarke-Jervoise1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1934{{flagicon|GBR}} Edie Rudd Luxton (2){{flagicon|GBR}} Freda Scott6–1, 6–2
1935{{flagicon|GBR}} A. Sargent{{flagicon|GBR}} Patricia Owen6–4, 6–3
1936{{flagicon|GBR}} Gladys Southwell{{flagicon|NED}} Gertruid Terwindt6–4, 7–5
1937{{flagicon|NED}} Gertruid Terwindt{{flagicon|GBR}} Ruth Armstrong Kirk6–2, 6–3
1938{{flagicon|GBR}} Ruth Armstrong Kirk{{flagicon|GBR}} Mary Lincoln6–3, 6–4
1939{{flagicon|GBR}} Ruth Armstrong Kirk (2){{flagicon|GBR}} Mary Lincolnw.o.
1940/1946colspan=3 align=center |(Not held due to world war two)
1947{{flagicon|GBR}} Mrs Dowling{{flagicon|GBR}} M. Dickenson8–6, 7–5
1948{{flagicon|NED}} Mrs B. Scholten{{flagicon|GBR}} S. Tickler5–7, 7–5, 6–4
1949{{flagicon|GBR}} Georgie Woodgate{{flagicon|GBR}} Billie Woodgate6–4, 6–4
1950{{flagicon|GBR}} Sheila Speight{{flagicon|GBR}} Mrs G. Brown6–1, 6–3
1951{{flagicon|GBR}} Jean Trower{{flagicon|GBR}} Valerie Lewis5–7, 7–5, 6–4
1952{{flagicon|GBR}} Shirley Bloomer{{flagicon|GBR}} Valerie Lewis4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1953{{flagicon|GBR}} Shirley Bloomer (2){{flagicon|GBR}} Valerie Lewis6–1, 6–3
1954{{flagicon|GBR}} Shirley Bloomer (3){{flagicon|GBR}} Jean Petchell7–5, 6–2
1955{{flagicon|GBR}} Valerie Lewis{{flagicon|GBR}} Anthea Gibb6–4, 6–1
1956{{flagicon|GBR}} Mrs C. Dunn{{flagicon|GBR}} Mrs M. Beecroft7–5, 2–6, 6–2
colspan=3 align=center |Tournament ends

References

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Category:Grass court tennis tournaments

Category:Defunct tennis tournaments in the United Kingdom