Essex Championships

The Essex Championships were established in 1881 at Brentwood Essex, England [2] and continued to be staged there until 1884. In 1887 the event was then staged Leyton. It changed location again in 1888 and was held in Chingford till 1889. It switched back to Leyton, Essex for one year only in 1890. From 1891 it moved to the Cambridge Grounds, Colchester [3] where it remained until 1918. Staged briefly at Frinton-on-Sea in 1919 it then moved to Southend-on-Sea until 1922.[4] In 1923 the championships were held at Westcliff-on-Sea [2] till 1946. The championships returned to Frinton-on-Sea and stayed there till the tournament was abolished after seventy five editions in 1973. The event featured both men's and women's singles, doubles and mixed doubles competitions.[5]

The tournament was staged at different locations during its run the longest at Frinton-on-Sea.

Notes: Challenge Round: The Final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) [6] in some tournaments not all.

Men's Singles

Included:[5][7]

Year	Champion	Runner Up	Score
1881 [lower-alpha 1]	Dale Womersley	Nalton Womersley	6-0 6-4
1882 [lower-alpha 2]	Charles Walder Grinstead	Nalton Womersley	6-2 6-3
1883 [lower-alpha 3]	Charles Walder Grinstead	P. Colley	6-1 6-3 6-4
1884 [lower-alpha 4]	Charles Walder Grinstead	E. N. Cubitt.	6-0 6-4
1887 [lower-alpha 5]	Ernest George Meers	P. M. Evans	6-0 6-1 6-1
1888 [lower-alpha 6]	Ernest George Meers	E. H. Christy	6-1 6-0
1889 [lower-alpha 7]	E. H. Christy	A. R. Stephenson	w/o
1890 [lower-alpha 8]	Ernest George Meers	E. H. Christy	10-12 2-6 6-2 6-3 6-3
1891 [lower-alpha 9]	Arthur Gore	Charles Gladstone Eames	7-5 ret.
1892	H.Knox	Cecil E. Owen.	4-6 6-3 6-3
1893	Herbert Ramon Yglesias	J. A. E. Hickson	8-6 6-2
1894	Herbert Ramon Yglesias	Rupert L. Hamblin-Smith	7-5 6-3
1895	Reginald Doherty [8]	Herbert Ramon Yglesias	6-3 6-1 6-0
1896	Reginald Doherty [8]	Edward Roy Allen	6-4 6-2 7-5
1897	Herbert Roper Barrett [9]	C. B. Sharpe	6-1 3-0 RET
1898	Herbert Roper Barrett [9]	R. W. Wallace	7-5 6-2
1899	Herbert Roper Barrett [9]	A, H, Green	6-1 6-3
1900	Edward Roy Allen	Laurence Joseph Petre	6-2 6-3
1901	Herbert Roper Barrett [9]	Edward Roy Allen	6-2 6-3
1902	Herbert Roper Barrett [9]	Harry A. Parker	6-3 6-1
1903	Herbert Roper Barrett [9]	Edward Roy Allen	7-5 6-4 ret.
1904	Herbert Roper Barrett [9]	Edward Roy Allen	6-2 6-1 6-3
1905	Herbert Roper Barrett [9]	H. Norman Marrett	w/o
1906	Herbert Roper Barrett [9]	H. W. Davies	6-1 6-2 6-1
1907	C.E. Hunter	David Marc Hawes	6-1 6-4 7-5
1908	Herbert Roper Barrett [9]	C. E. Hunter.	6-2 8-6 ret.
1909	Herbert Roper Barrett [9]	Andrew Leicester Irvine	6-3 6-1
1910	Herbert Roper Barrett [9]	?, ?	?
1911	A. L. Bentley	?, ?	?
1912	Herbert Roper Barrett [9]	Andrew Leicester Irvine	6-3 6-3
1914	G. M. Wilson	?, ?	?
1915–1918	Not held (due to world war one)
1919 [lower-alpha 10]	Francis Marion Bates (Frank) Fisher	?, ?	?
1920 [lower-alpha 11]	H.N. Marrett	Neville Wilford	6-4 6-8 6-4 0-6 6-2
1921	Athar-Ali Fyzee	Neville Wilford	6-8 6-2 2-6 6-3 6-2
1922	Jack Weakley	G. W. Todd	2-6 11-9 5-7 6-3 6-1
1923 [lower-alpha 12]	C. E. St John Evers	W. E. Cooke	4-6 7-5 6-3 6-1
1924	Jack Weakley	C. E. St John Evers	5 7-5 2-6 8-6 [7]
1925	John Pennycuick	C. V. L. Prowse	6-1 6-4 6-3
1926	Pat Hughes	John Pennycuick	8-6 6-0 6-3
1927	Henry Standring	Pat Hughes	6-2 6-3 6-0
1928	John Shales	K. A. Latter.	3-6 6-1 6-4
1929	W.E. Turner Cole	G. S. Best	6-3 6-2 6-2
1930	Donald Leahong [10]	Jack C. Warboys	2-6 6-0 6-2 6-4 [7]
1931	A. M. Dudley Pitt	R. W. H. Grey	6-0 6-2 6-3
1932	David Williams	John Shales	7-5 6-2
1933	Clarence Medlycott Jones	David Williams	6-0 6-1 6-4
1934	George Lyttleton-Rogers	Clarence Medlycott Jones	6-4 6-8 6-4
1935	Clarence Medlycott Jones	Uberto De Morpurgo	6-4 5-7 6-2
1936	Lawrence Shaffi	Clarence Medlycott Jones	6-3 5-7 7-5
1937	Clarence Medlycott Jones	Lawrence Shaffi	6-3 6-1 6-3
1938–1945	Not held (and due to world war two)
1946 [lower-alpha 13]	Brian Kenton Burnett	R. C. F. Nichols	6-1 6-2
1947	Iftikhar Ahmed Khan	Wai-Chuen Choy	6-1 3-6 7-5
1948	Franjo Kukuljevic	Derek Bull	6-1 6-1
1949	Geoff Brown	Wai-Chuen Choy	6-4 6-1 [11]
1950	Bill Sidwell	Geoff Brown	6-4 4-6 6-2
1951	Don Candy	Kurt Nielsen	6-1 6-4 [12]
1952	Brian Maxwell Woodroffe	Armando Vieira	6-2 11-9
1953	Tony Mottram [13]	Jack Arkinstall	6-4 6-1
1954	Jeff E. Robson	John Barry	6-2 6-2
1955	Bob Howe	George Worthington	3-6 6-3 6-4
1956	Ian Clyde Vermaak	Gordon Forbes	6-4 5-7 6-3
1957	Naresh Kumar	Ramanathan Krishnan	3-6 6-3 9-7
1958	Mal Anderson	Carlos Alberto Fernandes	6-1 7-5
1959	Mark Otway	Lew Gerrard	6-2 6-2
1960	Neale Fraser [13]	Brian Woolf	6-4 6-2
1961	Lew Gerrard	Ian Crookenden	6-3 3-6 4-6 6-2 6-2
1962	Roger Taylor	Warren Woodcock	6-3 6-4
1963	John Fraser	Jaidip Mukerjea	6-3 6-2
1964	Ken Fletcher	Roger Taylor	6-8 7-5 6-1
1965	Owen Davidson	Tony Roche	6-4 8-6
1966	Brian Fairlie	Mark Cox	6-4 10-8
1967	Bobby Wilson	Paul Hutchins	5-7 6-4 6-3
1968	Dick Crealey	Keith Woolridge	6-3 4-6 6-4
1969	Graham Primrose	Keith Woolridge	6-4 6-3
1970	Keith Diepraam	Roger Dowdeswell	6-4 6-1
1971	Gerald Battrick	Anand Amritraj	6-3 6-2
1972	Torben Ulrich	J. D. Edmond	7-5 6-4
1973	Philip Siviter [14]	Geoffrey Newton	6-4 6-4

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