North London Championships | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Tour | ILTF |
Founded | 1894 |
Abolished | 1930 |
Location | Stamford Hill, London, England |
Venue | Gipsy Lawn Tennis Club |
Surface | Grass- 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]
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.
North London Championships | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Tour | ILTF |
Founded | 1894 |
Abolished | 1930 |
Location | Stamford Hill, London, England |
Venue | Gipsy Lawn Tennis Club |
Surface | Grass- 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]
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.