Rochester Open

The Rochester Open was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1881 as the Paddock LTC Open. It was organised by the Paddock Lawn Tennis Club, and played at The Paddock, King's School, Rochester, Kent, England.^[1] The tournament ran till 1924.

Rochester Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1881
Abolished	1924
Location	The Paddock, King's School, Rochester, Kent, England
Venue	Paddock Lawn Tennis Club
Surface	Grass

History

The Rochester Open tournament was founded in 1881. The tournament was organised by the Paddock Lawn Tennis Club,^[2] and was played at The Paddock, King's School, Rochester, Kent, England until 1924.^[3] The Paddock is the cricket square for King's School Rochester.

Location

Rochester is a town in Medway, in Kent, England. It is located about 30 miles (50 km) from London. The town forms a conurbation with neighbouring towns Chatham, Rainham, Strood and Gillingham.

Finals

The Paddock, King's School Rochester where this event was staged

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1881	H. Blatherwick	?	?
1882	A. Buchanan	E. Welchman	6-1, 6–4, 6-0
1885	C.C.J. Perry	E.M. Lachlan	6-1, 6–2, 3–6, 6-2
1886	David Elgar Payn	Alfred E. Walker	8–4, 6–4, 6-3
1887	Charles Gladstone Eames	Harry T. Shapley	6-2, 6-2
1888	Charles Gladstone Eames (2)	Wilfred Baddeley	6-3, 6-4
1893	Wilberforce Eaves	Roy Allen	7-5, 4–6, 6-3
1894	Wilberforce Eaves (2)	Oscar William Benwell	6-2, 6-1
1905	Nigel George Davidson	Charles Gladstone Eames	9-7, 6-2
1908	William Alfred Ingram	Allan Campbell Pearson	6-3, 11-9
1909	Roderick James McNair	D.H. Lindsay	6-0, 6-2
1910	Evan Horace Lownds	R.P. Scott	5-7, 7–5, 6-2

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1904	Mildred Coles	Mrs H. Paine	6-1 6-2
1905	Mildred Coles (2)	Mrs H. Paine	6-2 6-1
1906	Mildred Coles (3)	Mildred Brooksmith	6-4 7-5
1907	Mildred Coles (4)	Miss Stagg	6-3 6-1
1908	Mildred Brooksmith	Mrs H.E. Munro	6-3 6-0
1909	Winifred McNair	Mildred Coles	6-0 6-2
1910	Mildred Brooksmith (2)	Norah Lattey	6-1 6-2
1911	Mildred Brooksmith (3)	Miss Harrison	divided title
1912	Mrs Spoor	Norah Lattey	6-4 6-1
1913	Phyllis Carr Satterthwaite	B. Pennycuick	6-2 6-0
1914/1919	Not held (due to world war one)
1920	M. Scott	E. Tighe	7-9 8-6 6-3
1921	Phyllis Carr Satterthwaite (2)	Mrs Graham	6-0 6-1
1922	Mildred Coles (5)	E. Tighe	8-6 6-2
1924	Mildred Coles (6)	Mrs E. Orde	6-1 6-3