Championship of Europe

The Championship of Europe was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1899 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany.^[1] The tournament was staged in different countries for 15 editions until 1914 when it was discontinued.

Championship of Europe
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1899; 126 years ago (1899)
Abolished	1914; 111 years ago (1914)
Editions	15
Location	Bad Homburg Dublin Hythe Leicester Liverpool London Newcastle Ostend Paris Scarborough Scheveningen Stockholm
Venue	Bad Homburg TC (1899, 1905) Ostend TC (1900) Tennis Club de Paris (1901) Queen's Club (1902, 1908) Leimonias LTC (1903) Royal Lawn TC (1904) Leicester LTC (1906) Fitzwilliam LTC (1906) Northumberland CCC (1909) Liverpool Cricket Club (1910) Hotel Imperial Courts (1912) Yorkshire LTC (1913) Norwood Sports Club (1914)
Surface	Clay Grass Wood

History

The Championship of Europe tournament was first played on clay courts at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club, in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany.^[2] The event was staged in different countries and played on multiple surfaces both indoors and outdoors. It was discontinued in 1914 due to World War I.^[3]

Finals

Men's singles

Year	Location	Surface	Champion	Runner Up	Score
1899[4]	Bad Homburg	Clay	Harold Mahony	Reginald Doherty	w.o.
1900[5]	Ostend	Clay	Major Ritchie	Harold Mahony	w.o.
1901[6]	Paris	Wood (i)	Max Decugis	Paul Lebreton	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1902[7]	London	Wood (i)	Laurie Doherty	Harold Mahony	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–1.[a]
1903[8]	Scheveningen	Clay	Robert LeRoy	W. Percy Pinckney	4–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–0
1904[9]	Stockholm	Wood (i)	Major Ritchie (2)	Max Decugis	7–5, 6–2, 6–4
1905[10]	Bad Homburg	Clay	Anthony Wilding	George Hillyard	5–7, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
1906[11]	Leicester	Grass	Frank Riseley	George Ball-Greene	4–6, 6–1, 5–1, ret.
1907[12]	Dublin	Grass	James Cecil Parke	Herbert N. Craig	6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1908[13]	London	Grass	Major Ritchie (3)	Walter Crawley	10–8, 6–8, 2–3, ret.
1909	Newcastle	Grass	Major Ritchie (4)	Sydney Adams	3–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–0
1910	Liverpool	Grass	Beals Wright	S.Ernest Charlton	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1912[b]	Hythe	Grass	Algernon Kingscote	?	?
1913[14]	Scarborough	Grass	James Cecil Parke	F. Gordon Lowe	6–2, 7–5, 6–1
1914[15]	Norwood	Grass	F. Gordon Lowe	Alfred Beamish	6–4, 6–1, 6–3

Women's singles

Year	Location	Surface	Champion	Runner Up	Score
1912[c]	Hythe	Grass	Winifred McNair	Elizabeth Ryan	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1914[d]	Norwood	Grass	Doris Covell Craddock	Madeline O'Neill	6–4, 7–5

Notes

1. The 1902 edition of the men's European Championships was also valid as the London Covered Court Championships.
2. The 1912 edition of the men's European Championships held in Hythe was also valid as the Kent Coast Championships.
3. The 1912 edition of the women's European Championships held in Hythe also valid as the Kent Coast Championships.
4. The 1914 edition of the women's European Championships held in Norwood was also valid as the Norwood Park Open Championships.