Angmering-on-Sea Open

The Angmering-on-Sea Open ^[1] was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1920 at Angmering, West Sussex, England that ran until 1938.^[2]

Angmering-on-Sea Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1920
Abolished	1938
Location	Angmering, West Sussex, England.
Venue	Angmering-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club
Surface	Grass/Clay

History

The Angmering-on-Sea Open was an international tennis tournament founded in 1920 at Angmering, West Sussex, England.^[3] The event was held at the first Angmering-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club. The tournament was mainly played on grass courts except for the 1921 to 1923 editions which were played on clay courts. The tournament ended in 1938 due the outbreak of World War II the following year.

Finals

Men's Singles

(incomplete roll) included:^[4]

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1920	George Stoddart	Henry Portlock	8-6, 7-5
1921	Major Ritchie	Henry Reginald Fussell	6-2, 6-2
1922	Gordon Lowe	Major Ritchie	6-4, 6–3, 6-2
1923	Jack Hillyard	Major Ritchie	6-2, 6-3
1924	Gordon Crole-Rees	Hector Cosmo Fisher	3-6, 6–2, 6-2
1925	Roy Poland	Major Ritchie	6-3, 0–6, 6-3
1926	Charles Kingsley	Major Ritchie	6-4, 6-4
1927	Roy Poland (2)	Leslie Allison Godfree	w.o.
1928	Ted Avory	Roy Poland	6-4, 6-3
1929	Roy Poland (3)	Kenneth Gandar-Dower	6-2, 9-7
1930	Ryuki Miki	Hira-Lal Soni	5-7, 6–1, 6-4
1931	Ryuki Miki (2)	Hira-Lal Soni	5-7, 6–1, 6-4
1932	Dickie Ritchie	Ryuki Miki	6-1, 3–6, 6-2
1932/1935	Event not held
1936	Ronald Shayes	Henry Billington	9-7, 0–6, 8-6
1937	Henry Billington	David H. Williams	6-3, 6-4
1938	Henry Billington (2)	Hector Etchart[5]	6-3, 6-4

Women's Singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1920	Aurea Edgington	Louise Bull	9-7, 6-4
1921	Elizabeth Ryan	Phyllis Satterthwaite	6-2, 6-1
1922	Elizabeth Ryan (2)	Peggy Ingram	6-3, 6-2
1923	Phyllis Satterthwaite	Ariadne Rodocanachi	6-1, 8-6
1924	R. Armstrong	Louise Bull	1-6, 6–0, 6-4
1925	Phoebe Holcroft Watson	Eleanor Rose	6-3, 6-4
1926	Phoebe Holcroft Watson (2)	Kitty McKane Godfree	6-3, 6-4
1927	Phoebe Holcroft Watson (3)	Aurea Edgington	6-4, 6-4
1928	Margaret McKane Stocks	Joyce Brown	6-4, 6-0
1929	Jenny Sandison	Dorothy Shaw Jameson	6-1, 6-4
1930	Margaret Walsh Mellows	Geraldine Beamish	6-3, 6-2
1931	Peggy Brazier	Helen Ramsey Burr	7-5, 6-2
1932	Phyllis Mudford King	Louise Bull	6-0, 6-1
1932/1935	Event not held
1936	Valerie Scott	Betty Hobson	3-6, 6–4, 10-8
1937	Valerie Scott (2)	Betty Smith	5-7, 6–3, 6-2
1938	Valerie Scott (3)	Thelma Jarvis	6-1, 4–6, 6-4

References

1. DEVELOPMENTS AT ANGMERING: Started ten years ago, the Angmeringon-Sea Open Lawn Tennis Tournament has increased in popularity to such an extent that in recent years entries have surpassed all expectations. Worthing Gazette, Wednesday 16 October 1929, Sussex, England, The Britishnewspaper Archive. Source: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002167/19291016/042/0002. page. 2.
2. "ANGMERING-ON-SEA TENNIS. OPEN TOURNAMENT FINALS. The semi-finals and finals in the Open Events of the annual Lawn Tennis Tournament at the South West Sussex Club at Angmering is scheduled for today" (Subsciption). Worthing Gazette. Sussex, England: British Newspaper Archive. 31 August 1938. p. 10. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
3. "DEVELOPMENTS AT ANGMERING. ON. SEA. Started ten years ago, the Angmeringon-Sea Open Lawn Tennis Tournament has increased in popularity to such an extent that in recent years entries have surpassed all expectations" (Subsciption). Worthing Gazette. Sussex, England: British Newspaper Archive. 16 October 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
4. "Tournament – Angmering-on-Sea". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
5. "Hector Etchart: Overview". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 9 May 2023.