Leamington Open

The Leamington Open was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament held at Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England founded in 1882 it ran annually until 1931 as part of the pre-open era tennis tour.^[1] It was founded on 1 August 1882^[2] as the Royal Leamington Lawn Tennis Tournament.^[3]

Leamington Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	Amateur
Founded	1882
Abolished	1931
Editions	49
Location	Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England
Venue	Leamington Lawn Tennis Club
Surface	outdoor (grass)

History

The Leamington Open Tournament was established on 1 August 1882,^[4] and first staged at Jephson Gardens. At the same meeting held in August 1882, a dual tournament called the Warwickshire Championships (1882–1938) was staged.

At the inaugural event, the first men's all comers singles champion was England's Robert Wallace Braddell (son of Sir Thomas Braddell), who defeated Edward Lake Williams in 3 straight sets.^[5][6] The all comers mixed doubles title was won by Erskine Gerald Watson and his sister Maud Watson.^[7]

The tournament continued separately to that of the county championship until 1931. Formers men's winners of this event include Charles Walder Grinstead (1883) and Cotah Ramaswami (1920).

Finals

Men's Singles

Incomplete roll

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1882	Robert Wallace Braddell	Teddy Williams	7-5 6-2 6-3
1883	Charles Walder Grinstead	Herbert Wilberforce	8-6 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-3
1884	Teddy Williams	Frank Seymour Noon	6-3 6-2 6-2
1885	James Dwight	Alfred Henry Betham	6-1 6-3 6-0
1886	Alfred Henry Betham	Harry Grove	8-6 8-6 6-4
1889	Charles Gladstone Eames	Francis Seymour Noon	4–6, 6–1, 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
1909	Neville Gard Deed	William Caleb Wood Curtis	9-7, 6-2
1920	Cotah Ramaswami	John Cecil F. Masterman	walkover
1931	Henry Woolf Standring	R.L. Tower	6-4, 6-2

Mixed Doubles

Incomplete roll

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1884	Frank Noon Effie Noon	Alfred Betham Miss Exham	6-2, 6-4, 6-1
1886	Charles Ross Mrs Hornby	Thomas Mellersh Gertrude Mellersh	6-2, 6-3