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Whitehouse Open

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Whitehouse Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1884; 140 years ago (1884)
Abolished1898; 126 years ago (1898)
LocationEdinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
VenueWhitehouse Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceClay
Grass

The Whitehouse Open was a late Victorian era combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on both clay courts and grass courts organised by the Whitehouse Lawn Tennis Club, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. It was staged from 1884 to 1895.[1][2]

History

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In May 1884 the Whitehouse Open Lawn Tennis Tournament staged for the first time at the Whitehouse Lawn Tennis Club, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland.[3] The tournament was played on both clay courts and grass courts, and ran until 1899.[4] The Whitehouse Tennis Club (as it's now called) was founded in 1881 was still operating in 2000.[5]

Finals

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Men's Singles

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Year Winner Runner-up Score
1884[6] England Richard Henry Fuller Scotland Archibald Thomson 6–4, 6–3, 6–3[2]
1885 Scotland Herbert Bowes-Lyon England Richard Henry Fuller 8–6, 11–13, 6–4, 6–3[2]
1886 Scotland Herbert Bowes-Lyon (2) Scotland George Nelson Stenhouse 6–1, 8–6, 6–1[2]
1887 Scotland Herbert Bowes-Lyon (3) England Arthur Nevile John Story 3–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–2[2]
1888 Scotland Herbert Bowes-Lyon (4) Scotland Archibald Thomson 6–4, 6–3, 6–1[2]
1889 Scotland Archibald Thomson England Arthur Nevile John Story 6–4 ,6–4, 6–2[2]
1890 Scotland Archibald Thomson (2) South Africa Edward Barnard Fuller 4–6, 6–3, 6–0, 0–6, 6–1[2]
1892 United Kingdom J.H. Conyers United Kingdom E. Conyers w.o.[2]
1893 Scotland Henry Lawrence Fleming United Kingdom J.H. Conyers w.o.[2]
1894 Scotland Richard Millar Watson Scotland Henry Lawrence Fleming w.o.[2]
1895 United Kingdom D. Maxwell Scotland Richard Millar Watson 6–4, 6–4, 6–2[2]

Women's Singles

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Incomplete Roll
Year Winner Runner-up Score
1884[7] Scotland Jane Meikle Scotland Julia Ferguson 6–2, 6–4
1885 Scotland Jane Meikle (2) Scotland Julia Ferguson 6–0, 6–0
1886 Scotland Jane Meikle (3) Scotland Miss Meilke 6–2, 6–2
1887 England Mabel Boulton Scotland Jane Meikle default
1888 England Annie Dod Scotland J. Ferguson 6–2, 8–6
1889 Scotland Lottie Paterson England Annie Dod 6–0, 6–2
1890 Scotland Lottie Paterson (2) England Jane Corder 6–0, 8–6
1891 Scotland Lottie Paterson (3) England Jane Corder 7–5, 6–2
1894 Scotland Mrs Kirkwood ? ?
1895 Scotland Louisa Stoltz Scotland Mrs Kirkwood default

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "HISTORICAL NOTE". tennis. Cannon Mills, Edinburgh, Scotland: Warriston Community Tennis Club. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022). Source: https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/Whitehouse. Search tournament by name. Tennis Archives. Netherlands.
  3. ^ "WHITEHOUSE LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. On Saturday the inaugural Whitehouse tournament was concluded presence large assemblage of spectators!. siding the distribution prizes. Lord Harrison said he thought the tennis was one of the best he had seen at the present time". Edinburgh Evening News. Midlothian, Scotland: The British Newspaper Archive. 26 May 1884. p. 4.
  4. ^ "WHITEHOUSE TENNIS TOURNAMENT.Weather favoured the continuance at the Whitehouse Lawn Tennis Club grounds yesterday". Edinburgh Evening News. Midlothian, Scotland: The British Newspaper Archive. 7 June 1899. p. 3.
  5. ^ "Late bid to net tennis trophies Cash appeal as Bowes-Lyon family puts items of Scottish sporting heritage up for auction". Herald Scotland. Glasgow: Herald & Times Group. 14 June 2000. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Whitehouse Lawn Tennis Tournament: On Saturday the Whitehouse tournament was concluded presence large assemblage spectators". Edinburgh Evening News. Midlothian, Scotland: British Newspaper Archive. 26 May 1884. p. 4. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
  7. ^ Edinburgh Evening News