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1154:"APPEAL FOR SUPPORT:An appeal for support of the Sunderland Open Tournament has been issued, which is held annually during the first week in July. Now that the tournaments at Norton, Ryton, and Darlington have been dropped, said Vice-Admiral George R. B. Blount Chairman of the Sunderland LTA, ours event at Ashbrooke is the only open tournament left standing"
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The Minden family were closely associated with this tournament, who within a couple of years had emigrated to New
Zealand. Percival Clennell Fenwick won the inaugural New Zealand Lawn Tennis Championships in 1886 and again in 1887, 1888. His brother Minden Fenwick won the title in 1889–1890.
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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), in some tournaments not
147:“A great and fashionable assembly” witnessed Mr. Hallward beat Mr. Minden Fenwick in the Gentlemen’s Single Handed Final. Miss Smith beat Miss Turner to the ladies’ title, and the Gentlemen’s and Ladies’ Double Handed competition was won by Mr. J.W. Fowler and Miss. E Cheese.
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until 1893. The inaugural was held from 1 August to 6 August 1881. The winner of the men's singles was Mr. Mark
Fenwick who defeated Mr. Arthur Richard Springett. The women's singles was won by Miss Ethel Surtees who defeated Miss Alice Cheese.
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McLintock, Alexander Hare; McLintock, Alexander Hare; Taonga, New
Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. "New Zealand Championships". An encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock, 1966. Ministry of Culture and
188:(1888). Of note the ladies singles tournament was not played at every edition. The tournament ran annually until 1933 when it was dropped by the County Durham Lawn Tennis Association along with the following
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351:7-9, 6-2, 6-1, ret.
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1200:28 November
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251:G. H. Evans
190:Norton Open
184:(1887) and
99:grass court
93:was a late
1407:Categories
1113:References
1094:Miss. Shaw
951:Runner-up
919:Miss. Bell
882:Runner-up
859:Miss. Shaw
740:Runner-up
667:Runner-up
534:Frank Noon
504:Frank Noon
221:Runner-up
186:Lottie Dod
129:Darlington
106:Darlington
52:Darlington
1390:Heritage.
1097:6–1, 6–4
1046:7–5, 8–6
1000:9–7, 6–3
862:6–0, 6–1
832:6–3, 6–0
40:Abolished
1165:17 April
708:Mr. Long
150:—
48:Location
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879:Winner
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218:Winner
137:England
120:History
114:England
76:Surface
60:England
32:Founded
1072:Miss.
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196:Finals
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1005:1882.
959:1881.
945:Year
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229:1881.
215:Year
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66:Venue
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