Aldeburgh Open

Aldeburgh Open Aldeburgh Open Hard Courts
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF Circuit (1913=38)
Founded	1884; 141 years ago (1884)
Abolished	1938; 87 years ago (1938)
Location	Aldeburgh-on-Sea, Suffolk, England
Venue	Aldeburgh LTC
Surface	Grass (1884-23) Clay (1924-38)

The Aldeburgh Open[1] and later known as the Aldeburgh Open Hard Courts[2] was a men's and women's international grass court tennis tournament founded in 1884 as the Aldeburgh Lawn Tennis Tournament.[3] The tournament was organised by the Aldeburgh LTC and first staged at the West Hill grounds, Aldeburgh-on-Sea, Suffolk, England. In 1924 the event switched to clay courts. The tournament ran annually until 1939 when it was discontinued because of World War II.

History

In 1884 the Aldeburgh Lawn Tennis tournament was established.[4] The tournament was held annually through till 1914 when it was discontinued due to World War I. Initially it was played on grass tennis courts, it resumed in 1920 and in 1923 the event switched to hard clay courts and was known as the Aldeburgh Open Hard Courts.[5] The event continued to be held through till 1938. In 1939 it was discontinued because of World War II.

Finals

Men's singles

Incomplete roll included:[6][7]

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Aldeburgh Lawn Tennis Tournament.
1888	F.E. Haward	H. Favarger	6-2, 4-6, 8-6
1890[8]	F.E. Haward	Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith	7-5, 6-3
1891	Alexander W. Miller White	Charles Sidney Cullingham	5-7, 6-2, 6-2
1892	Herbert Owen Ransome	Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith	6-1, 6-2, 6-3
1893	Herbert Owen Ransome (2)	Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith	7-5, 5-7, 6-1
1894	Robert Baldock Scott	Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith	w.o.
Aldeburgh Open
1908	Edward Gordon Cleather	Charles Richard Longe	6-1, 6-2
1914/1918	Not held (due to world war one)
1920	Hugh Walter Davies	Harold Aitken[9]	6-3, 6-4
1922	Henry Alfred Carless	B.S. Foster	7-5, 6-8, 6-3
Aldeburgh Open Hard Courts
1923	J.F. Park[10]	J.K. Stanford	6-3, 6-3
1931	James Giesen[11]	Brian William Finnigan	9-11, 7-5, 6-3
1935	Brian William Finnigan	G.C. Pryse-Rice	2-6, 8-6, 6-0

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Aldeburgh Lawn Tennis Tournament.
1890[12]	Mrs Lang	Mrs Stapylton	walkover
1891	Toupie Lowther	Miss Carter	6-4, 0-6, 6-4
Aldeburgh Open
1908	Lavinia Radeglia	May Morris	4-6, 6-2, 6-2
1909	Dorothy Holman	E.G. Willis	6-0, 6-2
1910	Miss Stogdon	N. Stanford	6-1, 6-0
1911	Mildred Brooksmith	Charlotte Everard	6-2, 6-0
1912	Daisy Clark Kercheval-Hole	Mrs Reynolds	6-2, 6-0
1913	Mildred Brooksmith (2)	E.M. Brogden	6-2, 6-3
1914/1918	Not held (due to world war one)
1920	Dorothy Kemmis-Betty	Mrs Hind	6-3, 6-4
1921	Mrs Darbishire	N. Welch	4-6, 6-3, 6-3
Aldeburgh Open Hard Courts
1922	Dorothy Kemmis-Betty (2)	Violet Southam	6-1, 6-0
1923	Violet Southam	Joan Ridley	6-4, 5-7, 6-3
1924	Nancy Palmer Edwards	M.C. Hervey	6-4, 6-1
1925	Nancy Palmer Edwards (2)	J. Hill	6-2, 11-9
1926	Dorothy Biddle	Miss Norman	6-2, 6-4
1927	Mary Cambridge	L.K. Bond	6-4, 6-1
1928	Nancy Palmer Edwards (3)	Mrs P. Carthew	6-2, 7-5
1929	Nancy Palmer Edwards (4)	Betty Boas	6-1, 6-2
1930[13]	Helen Eddis	Miss Wentworth-Reeve	5-7, 6-2, 7-5
1931	Kay Stammers	Margaret Stocks	6-3, 6-1
1932	Dorothy Biddle de Winton (2)	I.M. Boothroyd	6-1, 6-1
1933	Dorothy Biddle de Winton (3)	D. Finnigan	7-5, 6-1
1934	D. Finnigan	Betty Boas	7-5, 5-7, 6-2
1935	Mrs P. Carthew	D. Finnigan	6-4, 6-3
1936[14]	Audrey Wright	E. Worrall	6-3, 6-4
1937	Freda Scott Underwood	E. Worrall	6-2, 6-3
1938	Nancy Palmer (5)	Mrs P. Carthew	3-6, 6-4, 6-4

References

1. "TENNIS MATCHES IN THE COUNTY MISS WORRALL'S SUCCESS: Miss E. Worrall, the Leicestershire player is competing in the three open events in the, Aldeburgh Open tennis tournament last week, reached the final of the Women' open single's event, where she will meet Miss. Audrey Wright". Leicester Evening Mail. Leicestershire, England.: British Newspaper Archive. 24 August 1936. p. 13. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
2. "TENNIS THE ALDEBURGH TOURNAMENT At the Aldeburgh Open Hard Court tennis tournament. Miss Wentworth-Reeve lost in the ladies singles final to Miss Helen Eddis, of Harrow, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5". Bury Free Press. Suffolk, England: British Newspaper Archive. 30 August 1930. p. 10. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
3. "LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT AT ALDEBURGH: The seventh annual lawn tennis tournament commenced on Wednesday, on the well-known West Hill Ground". Ipswich Journal. Suffolk, England: British Newspaper Archive. 29 August 1891. p. 5. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
4. "Tournament – Aldeburgh". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
5. Bury Free Press (30 August 1930) British page. 10.
6. "Tournament – Aldeburgh". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
7. "Tournament – Aldeburgh Hard Courts". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
8. "Alderburgh Lawn Tennis Tournament". The Ipswich Journal. Ipswich, Suffolk, England: newspapers.com. 30 Aug 1890. p. 11. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
9. "Harold Aitken: Overview". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
10. "J.F. Park: ATP Tour". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
11. "James Giesen: Overview". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
12. The Ipswich Journal (1890)
13. Bury Free Press
14. Leicester Evening Mail