The Hampshire Tennis Championships or the Hampshire Championships was a men's and women's grass court tennis event established in 1878 as the Bournemouth CLTC Tournament. In 1906 the Bournemouth tournament was upgraded to a county level event and renamed as Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championships that ran continuously until 1981.

History On 21 May 1878 the Bournemouth Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club staged its first tennis spring meeting the Bournemouth CLTC Tournament held at the cricket ground Dean Park, Bournemouth, Dorset, England that concluded on 24 May 1878. In October 1878 a second autumn meeting was also held at the same venue.

In 1891 the Bournemouth LTC Tournament became known as the Bournemouth Open Tournament. In 1906 the Bournemouth Open Tournament as it was called, was upgraded to a county level event and renamed as the Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships, that ran continuously until 1981 when it ceased to be part of the international tennis tour.

This tournament is still being staged today as a merged event called the Hampshire & IOW County Championships.

Finals Men's Singles (Incomplete roll) YearChampionRunner-upScoreBournemouth Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club Tournament 1878 Hubert Medlycott ??1879 Edmond Brackenbury Hubert Medlycott3 sets to 21880 Frank Benson F.A. Campbell 6-1, 6-1, 6-31881 Montague Hankey J.G. Johnston 6-2, 6-3, 6-01882 Montague Hankey William Henry Birkbeck2 sets to 1Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament1883 Ernest Wool Lewis Jose d'Almeida6-0, 6-0 ret.1884 Ernest Wool Lewis (2) Aston Cooper-Key 6-0, 6-2, 6-31885 Ernest Wool Lewis (3) Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross 6-2, 6-1, 6-41886 Ernest Wool Lewis (4) H.M. Nicholls6-0, 6-1, 6-21887 Ernest Wool Lewis (5) H. Phillip6-2, 6-4, 6-31888 Ernest Wool Lewis (6) Arthur Story6-4, 6-1, 6-11889 Ernest Wool Lewis (7) Harry Sibthorpe Barlow6-4, 6-3, 6-11890 Henry George Biddle David Elgar Payn6-4, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0Bournemouth Open Tournament 1891 Horace Chapman Harry Sibthorpe Barlow10-12, 9-7, 6-3, 6-41892 Horace Chapman (2) Joshua Pim w.o.1896 Herbert Newcombe Craig Allan Campbell Pearson2-6, 6-1, 6-21897 Herbert Newcombe Craig (2) Arthur Cyril Ransome3-6, 2-6 6-2, 6-2, 6-11898 Herbert Newcombe Craig (3) Grainger Chaytor(stopped bad weather)1899 Philip Graeme Pearson Allan Campbell Pearson6-1 6-2 6-41900 D.G. Fry Hugh Matthew Sweetman0-6 9-7 ret.1901 Brame Hillyard Edward Yatman6-3, 6-31902 Jack Ridding Robert Fletcher Leslie 6-4, 6-41903 Alexander Fellowes John Baker Dufall1904 Roy Allen Anthony Wilding 6-1, 6-11905 Roy Allen (2) G. Elwin Evered6-0, 6-3Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championship1906 Jack Ridding (2) Roy Allen1-6, 6-4, 6-4 1907 Roy Allen (3) John Rendall6-0, 6-11908 Roy Allen (4) Bernard Oswald Roe6-2, 6-11909 Roy Allen (5) Gordon W. Smith7-5, 6-01910 George Alan Thomas Stanley Doust6-3, 7-51915/1918men's event not held due to World War IHampshire Lawn Tennis Championships 1919 Frank Fisher Charles Tuckey6-3, 7-51920 Louis Bosman Raymond Cecil Blackbeard4-6, 7-5, 7-51921 Frank Fisher (2) A.C.D. Campbell6-3, 6-21922 Frank Fisher (3) F.T. Martin?1923 Brame Hillyard (2) Mr. Henley6-3, 2-6, 6-21924 James Bayley Frank Fisher6-4, 6-31925 Patrick Wheatley N.R. Chapman6-2, 6-31926 Jack Hillyard Udupi Diggavi Ranga Rao6-3, 6-11927 John Pennycuick Sydney Jacob6-0, 6-8, 7-51928 Eskel Andrews Keats Lester4-6, 6-3, 6-41929 Eric Peters Jack Lysaght6-2, 6-41930 Eskel Andrews (2) Patrick Wheatley7-5, 6-21931 Jiro Sato Vernon Kirby3-6, 9-7, 7-51932 Henry G. E. Evered Norman Taylor6-1, 6-41933 Norman Farquharson Vernon Kirby6-2, 9-71934 Vivian McGrath Cam Malfroy6-4, 5-7, 6-31935 Cam Malfroy George McVeagh6-8, 6-2, 6-11936 Adrian Quist Clifford Sproule6-2, 6-01937 Alan Stedman Cam Malfroy6-2, 6-11938 Don Butler George Godsell6-3, 3-6, 6-21939 Don Butler (2) Jack Gunn6-4, 6-41949/1945men's event not held due to World War I1946 Ignacy Tłoczyński Derek Hardwick6-1, 6-31947 Joseph McHale R.G. Salmon8-6, 8-61948 Tim Lewis George Godsell6-1, 2-6, 6-31949 David S. Anderton Derek Hardwick6-3, 6-41950 Tim Lewis (2) David S. Anderton6-2, 6-21952 Tim Lewis (3) Colin W. Hannam4-6, 6-2, 7-51953 Ron G. Reeve John M. Melhuish6-4, 6-31954 E.M.G. Earl David S. Anderton6-2 6-11955 Ed Bulmer I.N. Stewart 6-2, 6-41956 Ian Charles King Derek Collins7-5, 6-31959 Henry D 'Souza R.P. Chesterton6-3, 6-1Hampshire Championships1960 Geoff Bluett M. Frost6-2, 6-31966 A.S. Bull J.J. Quinn ?Open era 1968 John Crump Colin Rees6-2, 6-31969 John Crump (2) John de Mendoza8-6, 6-21970 Alun Jones Mike Wayman6-4, 4-6, 8-61971 Richard A. Leslie A.P. Billingham6-4, 1-6, 8-6Hampshire Tennis Championships1972 Richard A. Leslie (2) Yair Wertheimer7-5, 6-11973 Jasper Cooper Martin Cornish6-4, 4-6, 6-21975 Jasper Cooper (2) C. Collins6-2, 6-11976 Jasper Cooper (3) B. Joannides6-2, 6-11977 Andy W Paton Ola Malmqvist6-3, 7-51978 Robert Booth Clint Harris6-1, 6-41979 Tarek El-Sakka Tim Robson1980 Patrick Hughesman G. Petrie6-2, 6-21981 Clint Harris Tim Robson6-2, 6-2

Women's singles (Incomplete roll) two versions of the women's event held in * May and ** August. YearChampionRunner-upScoreBournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament 1883 Mrs Hornby M. Richards 5-6, 6-3, 6-1 1884 F. Davies Mrs Hornby 3-6, 6-2, 6-5 1885 Mrs Surman Mrs Hornbydivided title 1886 Mrs Hornby (2) B. Hannaford 6-3, 6-3 1887 Constance Bryan Beatrice Langrishe 6-1, 6-3 1888 May Langrishe Constance Bryan 6-1, 7-5 1889 May Langrishe (2) Constance Bryan 6-4, 6-4 1890 May Langrishe (3) Constance Bryan 6-1, 4-6, 6-3Bournemouth Open Tournament 1891 Violet Pinckney Elsie Pinckney w.o. 1892 Violet Pinckney (2) Charlotte Cooper w.o.1893/1895women's event not held 1896 Violet Pinckney (3) Amy Ransome 6-3, 6-11897women's event not held 1898 Charlotte Cooper Blanche Bingley Hillyarddivided title 1899 Ruth Winch Alice Greene 6-2, 6-01900women's event not held 1901 Ruth Winch (2) Violet Pinckney 6-1, 6-4 1902 Ruth Winch (3) Amy Ransome 11-9, 6-1 1903 Connie Wilson Ellen Mary Stawell-Brown 6-4, 6-2 1904 Connie Wilson (2) M. Britain6-2, 6-4 1905 Violet Pinckney (4) Amy Ransome1-6, 6-1, 6-2Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championship 1906 Gladys Eastlake-Smith Ellen Thynne Evered 6-2, 6-3 1907 Gladys Eastlake-Smith Ellen Thynne Evered 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 1908 Edith Boucher Gladys Lamplough 6-1, 6-3 1909 Violet Pinckney (5) Beryl Tulloch 8-6, 6-3 1910 Beryl Tulloch Jessie Tripp 5-7, 6-1, 6-1Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships 1911 Edith Hannam (2) Agnes Tuckey 6-4, 6-3 1912 Edith Hannam (3) Agnes Tuckey 6-2, 6-2 1913 Edith Hannam (4) Agnes Tuckey 8-6, 6-0 1914 Agnes Tuckey Lavinia Radeglia6-0, 6-41915/1918women's event not held due to World War I 1919 Kitty McKane Doris Craddock6-2, 6-1 1920 Doris Craddock Mrs A.A. Hall 6-2, 6-1 1921 Kathleen Lidderdale Doris Covell Craddock 6-3, 6-2 1922 Aurea Farrington Edgington Eleanor Rose divided title 1923 Eleanor Rose E. Tanner 6-4, 8-6 1924 Geraldine Beamish Eleanor Rose 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 1925 Geraldine Beamish (2) Violet Chamberlain 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 1926 Violet Chamberlain Geraldine Beamish 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 1927 Violet Chamberlain (2) Geraldine Beamish 6-1, 6-3 1928 Joan Ridley Violet Chamberlain 6-3, 6-3 1929 Joan Ridley (2) Elsie Goldsack 6-4, 8-6 1930 Joan Ridley (3) Elsie Goldsack Pittman4-6, 6-4, 6-1 1931 Madge Slaney Jeanette Morfey6-3, 6-3 1932 Evelyn Dearman Nancy Lyle 6-4, 6-3 1933 Margaret Walsh Mellows Muff Wilson1-6, 7-5, 6-1 1934 Joan Hartigan Madge Slaney 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 1935 Leila Row Joan Ingram 7-5, 6-8 retd. 1936 Madge Slaney (2) Patience Thomson 6-2, 6-2 1937 Margot Stewart Betty Cooke 7-5, 6-3 1938 Mary Hardwick Mona Riddell 6-0, 6-4 1939 Margot Stewart Edie Rudd Luxton 6-4, 6-31915/1918women's event not held due to World War II 1946 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Janet Morgan6-3, 6-4 1947 Nancye Wynne Bolton Jean Walker-Smith6-2, 6-2 1948 Jean Walker-Smith Kathleen Tuckey6-3, 4-6, 6-2 1949 Margaret Emerson Hilaire Newberry 6-0, 6-2 1950 Jean Walker-Smith (2)Kathleen Tuckey1-6, 6-2, 6-2 1951 Angela Buxton Mrs R. Chapmandivided title 1952 Anne Shilcock Angela Buxton6-8, 6-1, 6-2 1953 Marion Boundy Mrs R. Chapman6-1, 6-2 1954 Viola White Margaret Grace6-4, 6-2 1955 Anita Lizana Ellis Viola White6-0, 5-7, 6-0 1956 Sheila Bramley Mrs R. Chapman 6-3, 6-3 1957 Sheila Bramley (2) Elaine Shenton4-1, rained out. 1958 Sheila Bramley (3) J. Chamberlain 10-8, 7-5 1959 Anita Lizana Ellis (2) Elizabeth Starkie 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 1960 Sheila Bramley (4) Margaret Lee6-3, 6-1Hampshire Championships 1961 A. O'Neill K. Howarth 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 1962 Ann Owen K. Wainwright 6-1, 6-4 1963 M. White Anthea Rigby 6-1, 7-5 1964 Anthea Rigby G. Chapman 8-6, 8-6 1965 Elaine Shenton G. Chapman 6-3, 6-1 1966 Anthea Rigby (2) Elaine Shentondivided titleOpen era 1968 Brenda Kirk Marianna Brummer6-0, 7-5 1969 Penny Moor Diane Riste divided title 1970 Diane Riste Barbara Walsh8-6, 6-1 1971 Mrs P. Blackburn Diane Riste 6-2, 6-4Hampshire Tennis Championships 1972 Rosemary Pearson Nuala Dwyer6-4, 3-6, 6-3 1973 Nuala Dwyer M. O'Toole 6-2, 6-2 1975 Dianne Evers Michelle Ballheimer6-1, 6-4 1976 P. Roberts L. Hobley6-3, 9-7 1977 L. Hobley Judy Erskine 6-3, 6-1 1978 A. Tripp Josephine Smedley6-2, 6-2 1979* Mary Carillo Belinda Thompson6-2, 6-3 1979** Helen de Giorgio Jill Andrews3-6 6-3 7-5 * 1980* Susan Rollinson Kate Gulley6-3, 6-4 1980** Elspeth Young K. Treloar 6-3, 6-3 1981 Judy Tegart-Dalton Jane Langstaff 6-0 6-0

Event names Bournemouth Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club Tournament (1878–1882) Bournemouth Lawn Tennis Club Tournament (1883–1891) Bournemouth Open Tournament (1891–1905) Hampshire County Lawn Tennis Championship (1906–1910) Hampshire Lawn Tennis Championships (1911–1960) Hampshire Championships (1960–1971) Hampshire Tennis Championships (1972–1981)

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