The Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships ^[1] was an open men's and women's international grass court tennis tournament founded in 1888 as the Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament. ^[2] The tournament was played at the Sheffield and Hallamshire Lawn Tennis Club (f.1885), Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England until 1976 when it was discontinued. ^[3]

History

The Sheffield and Hallamshire Lawn Tennis Club was founded in November 1885. ^[4] In 1888 it inaugurated the Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament ^{[5] [6] [7]} played on grass courts in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. In 1897 the Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament was elevated to a county level event and renamed as the Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships. ^{[8] [9]} In April 1971 it was added to the new Bio-Strath Circuit of events, and rebranded as the Bio-Strath Sheffield Tournament for that year only. ^[10]

The winner of the first men's singles champion was British player Mr. G. E. Lowe. ^[11] The winner of the first women's singles champion was British player Miss. L. Chatterton-Clarke. ^[12] The final men's singles champion was British player Andrew Jarrett. The final women's singles champion was Australian player Wendy Gilchrist Paish.

Venue

The original Sheffield and Hallamshire Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1885. ^[13] In 1887 the club had three gravel courts, then later expanded to include an additional ten grass courts. Today the club is known as the Hallamshire Tennis, Squash & Racketball Club. ^[14]

Finals

Men's Singles

Incomplete Roll: ^[15]

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament
1888	G.E. Lowe	Henry Guy Nadin	6-2, 6-1, 2-6, 6-0
1889	David Davy	Frederick T. Bradbury	7-9, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
1890	Kenneth Sanderson	Charles william Wade	6-4, 3-6, 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
1891	Herbert Wilberforce	Tancred Disaeli Cummins	6-2, 6-4, 6-4
1892	Arthur Benjamin Carvosso	Tancred Disaeli Cummins	8-6, 8-6, 6-1
1893	Joshua Pim	Wilfred Baddeley	6-0, 6-4, 6-1
1894	Roy Allen	Charles Gladstone Allen	w.o.
1895	Roy Allen (2)	Reginald Arthur Gamble	6-1, 6-, 6-4
1896	Frank Riseley	Roy Allen	6-4, 7-5, 6-4
Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships
1903	Roy Allen (3)	Charles Gladstone Allen	w.o.
1904	Roy Allen (4)	Frederick William Payn	6-3, 6-8, 6-3, 7-5
1905	Roy Allen (5)	Arthur Gore	6-4, 6-4, 6-2
1906	Anthony Wilding	Ernest Watson	6-1, 6-0, 6-1
1907	Anthony Wilding (2)	Reginald Webster	6-0, 6-4, 6-1
1908	Anthony Wilding (3)	Roy Allen	6-0, 6-4
1909	Roy Allen (6)	Sidney Watson	6-2, 6-2, 6-2
1910	Mark Day Hick	Roy Allen	w.o.
1914/1919	Not held (due to world war one)
1920	Zenzo Shimidzu	Randolph Lycett	4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
1922	Brame Hillyard	M Pentland	6-1, 8-6, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3
1930	Atri Madan Mohan	Harry Scriven Burrows	3-6, 6-1, 6-0
1931	Jiro Satoh	Ryuki Miki	divided the title.
1932	Jiro Satoh (2)	Takeo Kuwabara	6-4, 6-1
1933	Don Turnbull	Adrian Quist	6-8, 10-12, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
1934	Ryuki Miki	Cam Malfroy	5-7, 7-5, 6-2
1935	Alan Stedman	Cam Malfroy	11-13, 7-5, 6-2
1936	Cam Malfroy	Alan Steadman	6-0, 1-6, 6-2
1937	Colin N. O, Ritchie	Jack Lysaght	5-7, 14-12, 7-5
1938	Ghaus Mohammed Khan	Cam Malfroy	5-7, 6-3, 6-1
1939	Constantin Tănăsescu	Jin H. Ho	3-0, ret.
1940/1945	Not held (due to world war two)
1949	Arthur Reader	Ong, Chew-Bee	6-1, 6-3, 6-2
1950	Arthur Reader	Czesław Spychała	7-5, 6-3
1954	Peter Cawthorn	Ivo Ribeiro	6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 2-6, 6-4
Open Era
1970	Hans Joachim Plötz	Dick Crealy	6-2, 6-2, 6-4
Bio-Strath Sheffield Tournament
1971	Kim Warwick	Pierre Joly	6-4, 4-6, 6-4
Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships
1974	Bobby Wilson	John Clifton	7-5, 6-3
1975	Bobby Wilson (2)	Peter Campbell	6-3, 6-4
1976	Andrew Jarrett	Stephen Warboys	6-4, 7-5

Women's Singles

Incomplete Roll:

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament
1888	L. Chatterton-Clarke	M. Crossley	6-1, 6-2
1889	M. Crossley	L. Chatterton-Clarke	6-5, 6-1
1890	Beatrice Wood	M. Crossley	6-4, 6-2
1891	Beatrice Wood (2)	Agnes Noon Watts	6-3, 6-3
1892	Miss Crosby	Miss Kersey	6-2, 6-2
1893	M. Shaw	Katherine Grey	4-6, 7-5, 7-5
1894	Jane Corder	Florence Noon Thompson	6-1, 6-3
1895	Ruth Dyas	Gertrude Provis	7-5, 6-3
1896	Gertrude Provis	Beatrice Wood Draffen	6-4, 6-4
Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships
1897	Ruth Dyas (2)	Miss Smyth	5-7, 6-3, 6-3
1898	Katherine Grey	Miss Black	6-1, 6-2
1899	Ruth Dyas Durlacher (3)	Ida Cressy	6-2, 6-3
1901	N. Morton	M. Morton	6-3, 4-6, 6-2
1903	Bertha Holder	N. Morton	6-4, 5-7, 7-5
1907	Bertha Holder (2)	Norah Fosdick	1-6, 6-3, 6-0
1908	Bertha Holder (3)	Katherine Slater Clegg	3-6, 6-3, 6-1
1909	Katherine Slater Clegg	Bertha Holder	6-4, 5-7, 7-5
1910	Katherine Slater Clegg (2)	A. Appleyard	6-2, 6-3
1911	Katherine Slater Clegg (3)	Bertha Holder	2-6, 6-1, 6-4
1912	Katherine Slater Clegg (4)	Norah Fosdick Middleton	6-4, 6-3
1913	Mildred Coles	Miss West	4-6, 7-5, 7-5
1914	Peggy Dransfield	Mrs Howard	6-0, 6-4
1915/1919	Not held (due to world war one)
1920	Peggy Dransfield (2)	Kathleen Aitchison	6-3, 7-9, 6-2
1921	Elsie Goodlass Holtby	Peggy Dransfield	2-6, 12-10, 6-3
1922	Peggy Dransfield (3)	Mary Holmes	6-3, 6-2
1924	Doris Covell	Betty Dix	6-1, 6-2
1925	Betty Dix	Doris Covell Craddock	6-1, 6-0
1926	Betty Dix (2)	E. Schofield	6-1, 6-0
1927	Betty Dix (3)	Marjorie Macfarlane	0-6, 6-2, 6-4
1928	Hazel Morrison-Smith	Mrs G. Hawkins	4-6, 7-5, 6-1
1929	Jenny Sandison	Joan Fry	2-6, 6-1, 7-5
1930	Jenny Sandison (2)	Christabel Hardie	10-12, 6-1, 6-4
1931	Joan Ridley	Mrs H. Martin	3-6 6-4 6-1
1932	Joan Ingram	Christabel Hardie Wheatcroft	6-1, 6-4
1933	Christabel Hardie Wheatcroft	N. Case	6-2, 6-8, 6-2
1934	Joan Hartigan	Nell Hopman	1-6, 6-0, 6-4
1935	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	Anita Lizana	6-4, 4-6, 6-4
1936	Irmgard Rost	Anita Lizana	4-6, 10-8, 6-3
1937	Simonne Mathieu	Irmgard Rost	6-4, 6-2
1938	Simonne Mathieu (2)	Joy Cox	6-3, 6-1
1939	Elsie Goldsack Pittman	Eva Porokova	6-2, 7-5
1940/1945	Not held (due to world war two)
1950	Anne Constantine	Billie Woodgate	6-4, 7-5
1953	Shirley Bloomer	Rita Bentley	6-3, 8-6
Open Era
Bio-Strath Sheffield Tournament
1971	Lita Liem	Lany Kaligis	6-3, 6-3
Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships
1975	L. Jooste	J. Nichol	7-5, 6-4
1976	Wendy Gilchrist Paish	Beatriz Villaverde	6-2, 7-6

Event Names

• Sheffield and Hallamshire Tournament (1888-1895)
• Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships (1896-1970)
• Bio-Strath Sheffield Tournament (1971)
• Sheffield and Hallamshire Championships (1972–76)

References