The Teignmouth Open or Teignmouth and Shaldon Open Tournament was combined men's and women's

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tennis tournament founded in 1880 that ran until 1939. It was staged by the Teignmouth Lawn Tennis Club at

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through until 1939 when it was abolished.

History

Officially known as the Teignmouth and Shaldon Open Tournament was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first staged in September 1880 at Lower Bitton,

. During the 1880s it was a featured event of Pastime's five week end of summer 'Western Tour' taking in

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, Teignmouth,

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and

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. It was staged by the Teignmouth Lawn Tennis Club at Teignmouth, Devon, England through until 1939 when it was abolished. Former winners of the men's singles included:

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, Herbert Chipp,

Manliffe Goodbody Manliffe Francis Goodbody (20 November 1868 – 24 March 1916) was an Irish tennis and football player. Career Goodbody was born on 20 November 1868, at Dublin, the son of Marcus Goodbody and Hannah Woodcock Perry. He represented Ireland at foot ...

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Wilberforce Eaves Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves MBE (10 December 1867 – 10 February 1920) was an Australian-born tennis player from the United Kingdom. At the 1908 London Olympics he won a bronze medal in the Men's Singles tournament. Biography Eaves was born i ...

, Harry Grove,

Harry Sibthorpe Barlow Harry Sibthorpe Barlow (5 April 1860 – 16 July 1917) was a British amateur lawn tennis player, active at the end of the 19th century. Career In 1892, he won his first and only Wimbledon title when together with Ernest Lewis they defeated ano ...

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and

Henry Billington Henry Billington (12 November 1908 – 29 November 1980) was a British amateur tennis player, and the maternal grandfather of former World No. 4 in singles, Tim Henman. His wife Susan Hemsted (who was often his partner in mixed doubles tournamen ...

. Previous women's singles title winners included:

Maud Watson Maud Edith Eleanor Watson, Order of the British Empire, MBE (9 October 1864 – 5 June 1946) was a British tennis player and the first female Wimbledon Championships, Wimbledon champion. Biography Born in Harrow, London, Harrow, Middlesex, the ...

Violet Pinckney Violet Millicent Pinckney (11 March 1871 – 13 March 1955) was an English tennis player. Pinckney was born at Alderbury, Wiltshire, in 1871 to Major William Pinckney and his wife ''Frances Charlotte Everett''. In 1903 she won the German Ch ...

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Kathleen Lidderdale Kathleen Eleanora Lidderdale (6 September 1894 – 29 January 1973) was an English international field hockey player and tennis player. Personal life Kathleen Lidderdale was born 6 September 1894 in Henley, Oxfordshire. Her father, James Li ...

, and Madge Slaney.

Venue

Teignmouth Lawn Tennis Club: (1880-1939) The modern-day Teignmouth Tennis Club forms part of a specialised Tennis Academy located at the

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Surfaces

The tournament was played predominantly on grass courts except for the 1882 to 1884 editions when it was played on hard asphalt courts.

Finals

Men's Singles

(incomplete roll) included:

References

{{Reflist, 2 Defunct tennis tournaments in the United Kingdom Grass court tennis tournaments