Scottish Hard Court Championships

The Scottish Hard Court Championships ^[3] its original name also called Scottish Hard Championships was a tennis event held from 1923 through 1994 in Scotland.

History

The Scottish Hard Court Championships was first played at the St Andrews Lawn Tennis Club, Kinburn Park St Andrews, Fife, Scotland on outdoor clay courts in 1923 and remained there until 1981 ^[4] when it changed location to Fort Hill Tennis Club, Broughty Ferry, Dundee ^[5] for the reminder of its run. The tournament featured both men's and women's singles competition as well as same sex and mixed doubles the tournament survived for a period of 71 years until 1994.

Champions

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1923 [6]	G. M. Elliott	E. C. McIntosh	6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 5–7, 6–3
1924 [7]	Alex Blair	E. C. McIntosh	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 5–7, 7–5
1925	E. C. McIntosh	Arthur W. Hill	6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1926 [8]	Brame Hillyard	G. M. Elliott	6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1927	Henry Hunter	D. R. Hamilton	4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 5–7, 8–6
1928 [9]	Harvey MacKintosh	Arthur W. Hill	6–0, 6–4, 6–3
1929	Arthur W. Hill	R. W. Dunsire	6–4, 6–2, 6–3
1930	Arthur W. Hill	J. T. Hill	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1931 [10]	Arthur W. Hill	Ian Collins	3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1932 [11]	Ian Collins	Donald MacPhail	6–0, 6–0, 6–3
1933	Ian Collins	S. N. Grossman	6–2 6–3
1934	Ian Collins	Nigel Sharpe	7–5 10–8
1935 [12]	Ian Collins	Donald MacPhail	7–5 6–1 6–3
1936 [13]	Eskel D. Andrews	Ian Collins	6–4, 10–8, 6–1
1937 [14]	Donald MacPhail	Ian Collins	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1938 [15]	Donald MacPhail	Ian Collins	7–5, 6–3
1939 [16]	Ian Collins	J. F. Morton	6–1, 6–2
1940	No competition (due to World War II)
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946 [17]	Tadeusz A. (Ted) Slawek	Fergus Davidson	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1947 [18]	Owen M. Bold	Tadeusz A. (Ted) Slawek	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1948 [19]	Clarence Medlycott Jones Howard F. Walton		Title divided
1949	Heraldo Weiss	Tadeusz A. (Ted) Slawek	6–2, 6–0
1950 [20]	Ignacy Tłoczyński	Donald William (Don) Butler	6–0, 8–6
1951 [21]	Ignacy Tłoczyński	Owen Williams	6–3, 6–0
1952 [22]	Ignacy Tłoczyński	?	?
1953 [23]	Don Black	J. Prouse	6–1, 6–1
1954 [24]	Philip Wooldridge	Alan Mills	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
1955	Alan Mills	Pierre T. Vercueil	6–3, 8–6, 6–3
1956	Alan Mills	Colin Baxter	6–3, 6–1
1957 [25]	Geoffrey Lane Paish	Colin Baxter	6–3, 6–4
1958 [26]	G. L. Paish	Colin Baxter	6–3, 6–4
1959	Colin Baxter	M. Harvey	6–3, 8–6
1960	Basil Wheeler	John R. Maguire	6–1, 8–6
1961	James Irvine Tattersall	Don Black	6–4, 6–4
1962	Frew McMillan	John R. Maguire	6–1, 6–2
1963 [27]	Warren F. Jacques	Harry Stirling Matheson	6–3 8–6 6–3
1964	Harry Stirling Matheson	J. Prouse	6–4, 6–3
1965	Alan Mills	Harry Stirling Matheson	7–5, 6–4
1966	?	?	?
1967 [28]	William E. Dickson	H.D. Perkins	6–4, 6–4
Open era
1968 [29]	David Lloyd	?	?
1969 [30]	David Lloyd	Drew Nicol	6–2, 6–2
1970 [31]	Ian Beverley	Graeme Notman	6–2, 6–2
1971 [32]	David Lloyd	Graeme Notman	6–2, 6–3
1972
1973	?	?	?
1974 [33]	John Howie	?	?
1975	?	?	?
1976 [34]	Graeme Notman	?	?
1977 [35]	Graeme Notman [36]	John Howie [37]	?
1978	?	?	?
1979 [38]	Ken. M. Revie	?	?
1980	Keith Kordula	?	?
1981	?	?	?
1982 [39]	Ken. M. Revie	?	?
1983 [40]	Ken. M. Revie	David Shaw	?
1984	?	?	?
1985 [41]	Keith Kordula	?	?
1986	?	?	?
1987	Michael McGill	?	?
1988 [42]	Michael McGill	?	?
1989	Michael McGill [43]	Ken Wood [44]	?
1990	?	?	?
1991	?	?	?
1992 [45]	Malcom Watt	?	?
1993 [46]	Jason Barnett	?	?
1994 [47]	Ken Wood	Jason Barnett	2–6, 7–6, 6–4

Women's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1923	Mary Gray Welsh	M. Jenkins	6–2, 6–0
1924	Mary Gray Welsh	M. Little	6–2, 6–0
1925 [48]	Mary Gray Welsh	M. Herd	6–4, 6–4
1926 [49]	Jean Rankine	Jeanette Weir	6–4, 10–8
1927	Jessie Riddick	Nancy Grimond	6–1, 6–0
1928 [50]	Jean Rankine	Muriel Thomas	6–3, 9–7
1929	Esna Boyd Robertson	Jean Rankine	4–6, 6–1, 6–3
1930	Esna Boyd Robertson	Winifred Mason	6–1, 7–5
1931 [51]	Esna Boyd Robertson	Geraldine Beamish	6–3, 6–1
1932 [52]	Esna Boyd Robertson	Kathleen Robertson	6–2, 6–2
1933 [53]	Winifred Mason	Edie Rudd Luxton	6–1, 6–4
1934	Olga Webb	Esna Boyd Robertson	4–6, 6–4, 10–8
1935 [54]	Esna Boyd Robertson	Lesley Hunter	6–0, 5–7, 6–4
1936 [55]	Esna Boyd Robertson	Sheila Patterson	7–5, 6–4
1937	Olga Webb McInnes	Esna Boyd Robertson	6–3, 6–2
1938	Olga Webb McInnes	Mollie Welsh	7–5, 6–0
1939	Anita Lizana Ellis	Esna Boyd Robertson	6–3, 6–3
1940	No competition (due to World War II)
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946	Anita Lizana Ellis	Mollie Welsh	6–0, 6–1
1947	Anita Lizana Ellis	Dorothy Round Little	6–1, 6–4
1948	Mollie Blair	Susan Partridge	6–2, 7–5
1949	Mary Terán de Weiss	Anita Lizana Ellis	6–4, 6–1
1950	Anita Lizana Ellis	Mrs Helen Proudfoot	6–1, 6–1
1951	Jean Trower	Margaret Emerson	6–1, 7–9, 6–0
1952	Anita Lizana Ellis	Doreen Treadwell Wedderburn	6–3, 6–3
1953 [56]	Elaine M. Watson	Jean Petchell	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
1954	Heather Macfarlane	Billie Woodgate	7–5, 8–6
1955	Rita Bentley	Anita Lizana Ellis	7–5, 7–5
1956	Sheila Armstrong	Heather Macfarlane	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1957	Heather Macfarlane	A. Paterson	6–3, 6–2
1958	C. Leather E. Walker		divided title
1959	Sheila Armstrong	Joyce Barclay	6–1, 6–0
1960	Lorna Cornell Cawthorn	Margaret O'Donnell	6–4, 7–5
1961	Frances MacLennan	Ann McAlpine	6–1, 6–3
1962	Ann McAlpine	?	?
1963 [57]	Carole Rosser	Winnie Shaw	?
1964	Fay Toyne	Winnie Shaw	6–1, 6–2
1965 [58]	Carole Rosser	Winnie Shaw	6–3, 6–4
1966 [59]	Carole Rosser	?	?
1967 [60]	Sheila Moodie	?	?
Open era
1968 [61]	Sheila Moodie	?	?
1969	Marjorie Love	Gwen Armstrong	6–0, 6–1
1970	Linda McDonald	Sheila Moodie	6–2, 6–2
1971	Marjorie Love	Sheila Moodie	8–6, 3–6, 6–4
1972	Marjorie Love	?	?
1973 [62]	Marjorie Love	?	?
1974	Ruth Allen	Wendy Slaughter	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
1975	Ruth Allen	?	?
1976	Cathy Drury	Anne Hobbs	6–4, 6–3
1977 [63]	Judy Erskine	G. Armstrong	6–2, 6–2
1978	Suzanne Bakewell C. O'Brien	?	divided title
1979	Judy Erskine	Elizabeth Locke	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
1980	Judy Erskine	?	?
1981	Judy Erskine	?	?
1982	Susan McCulloch	?	?
1983	Vicki Marler	?	?
1984	L. Reid	?	?
1985	L. Reid	?	?
1986	Judy Erskine	?	?
1987	Susanne Mair	?	?
1988	Michelle Mair	?	?
1989 [64]	Heather Lockhart	?	?
1990	Michelle Mair	?	?
1992	Allison Wood	?	?
1993	Alison Reid	?	?
1994 [65]	Alison Reid	Allison Wood	6–1, 6–2

Notes

References

• Ayre's Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, A. Wallis Myers. UK.
• Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack and Tournament Guide, G.P. Hughes, 1939 to 1958, Published by Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd, UK.
• Lawn Tennis and Badminton Magazines, 1896–1901, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd, London, UK.
• Lawn Tennis and Croquet Magazines, 1901–1920, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd, London, UK.
• Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, UK.

See also

• Tennis in Scotland

External links

• https://app.thetennisbase.com/Scottish Hard Court Championships Roll of Honour
• Scottish Hard Courts