East Grinstead Open

The East Grinstead Open was a combined grass court tennis tournament held at the East Grinstead Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club(f.1882),^[1] East Grinstead, West Sussex, England from 1882 to 1939.^[2]

East Grinstead Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	Men's Amateur (1877–1967) Women's Amateur (1877–1967)
Founded	1882
Editions	1939
Location	East Grinstead, West Sussex, England
Venue	East Grinstead LTCC
Surface	Grass (outdoor)

History

The East Grinstead Open tournament ^[3] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first staged around 1882 at East Grinstead, West Sussex, England.^[2] In 1928 the East Grinstead Open had 128 entries for the gentlemen's singles event.^[4] The first winner of the men's singles was England's William Nevill Cobbold.^[2] The first winner of the women's event was England's Mrs Baddington. The final known edition was in 1939 the men's singles event was won by New Zealands's Alistair Dewar-Brown.^[2][5] and the women's singles title was won by Hungary's Suzy Körmöczy. It was a featured regular series category event on the Men's Amateur Tour (1877–1912).

Notable winners of this tournament included in the men's singles; William Nevill Cobbold (1882, 1883, 1887), Charles Lacy Sweet (1884), James Dwight (1885), Wilfred Baddeley (1888), Herbert Baddeley (1889), Roy Allen (1904, 1909), Major Ritchie (1911), Gordon Lowe (1912), Brame Hillyard (1924), Paul Barrelet De Ricou^[6](1927), Donald Leahong^[7] (1930), Vernon Kirby (1937) and Ian Collins (1938).^[2]

Former notable winners of women's singles title included; Blanche Bingley (1885), Hilda Lane (1903–06, 1908–09, 1911–13), Dorothy Holman (1921–1925), Joan Ridley (1928–30), Geraldine Ramsey Beamish (1931) and Ermyntrude Harvey (1935–36, 1938).^[2]