North London Championships

North London Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF
Founded1894; 130 years ago (1894)
Abolished1930; 94 years ago (1930)
LocationStamford Hill, London, England
VenueGipsy Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass- outdoors

The North London Championships[1] also known as the Gipsy Championships or simply Gipsy was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded as the Gipsy Lawn Tennis Tournament in 1894.[2] The tournament was held at the Gipsy Lawn Tennis Club,[3] Stamford Hill, London, England until 1930.[4]

History

The North London Championships were established in 1894.[5] The tournament was staged at the Gipsy Lawn Tennis Club,[6] continuously until 1915, it was discontinued because of World War I. The tournament then resumed in 1919 and continued through till 1930 when it was abolished.[7]

Notbale winners of the men's singles title included; Arthur Gore, Herbert Roper Barrett, Harold Segerson Mahony, Major Ritchie, Theodore Michel Mavrogordato, Zenzo Shimidzu, Gordon Lowe, and Henry Mayes.[8] Winners of the women's singles championship included; Blanche Hillyard, Edith Austin, Dorothea Douglass, Hilda Lane, Agnes Morton, Dorothy Holman, Geraldine Ramsey Beamish, Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, Helen Wills, Elizabeth Ryan and Helen Jacobs.

See also

References

  1. ^ "he North London Championships. The Gipsy Lawn Tennis Club's Open Tournament came to an end on Saturday, after a week's interesting play". Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. London, England: British Newspaper Archives. 15 July 1899. p. 15.
  2. ^ "LADIES' OUTDOOR AMUSEMENTS: The Men's challenge cup, with a value of 100 guineas was won by Mr Herbert Roper Barrett was presented by Mrs Blanche Hillyard is the present bolder of the ladies' championship trophy. At the second Gipsy Lawn Tennis Tournament, which was concluded on Saturday last, the Ladies' Single Handicap was won by Miss Childs". The Queen. London, England: British Newspaper Archives. 13 July 1895. p. 66.
  3. ^ Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
  4. ^ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Gipsy – North London Tournament". www.tennisarchives.com. Netherlands: Tennis Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  5. ^ The Queen, (13 July 1895). p. 66.
  6. ^ Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
  7. ^ Tennis Archives
  8. ^ Tennis Archives
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