KENT ALL-COMERS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS Beckenham Cricket Club, Beckenham, Kent
Ladies’ Singles Roll of Honour
FINAL WINNER FINALIST SCORE
1888 May Jacks Miss Gurney 16 63 60 1889 E. Maud Shackle May Jacks 63 75 1890 May Jacks E. Maud Shackle 46 60 64 1891 E. Maud Shackle May Jacks 64 60 1892 E. Maud Shackle May Jacks 63 61 1893 E. Maud Shackle Miss P. Legh 63 64 1894 Edith Austin A. Wilson 64 62 1895 Edith Austin A. Wilson 63 61 1896 Edith Austin Miss P. Legh 64 26 64 1897 Edith Austin Miss E. R. Morgan 62 60 1898 Charlotte R. Cooper (Us) Edith Austin 62 46 63 1899 Edith Austin Charlotte R. Cooper (Us) 16 75 62 1900 Mrs Edith Greville Muriel E. Robb 61 63 1901 Dorothea Douglass Mrs Edith Greville 61 46 64 5 July 1902 + Dorothea Douglass Hilda Lane 75 64 1903 Connie M. Wilson Dorothea Douglass 36 64 64 1904 Dorothea Douglass Connie M. Wilson 62 62 27 June 1905 +Connie M. Wilson Miss Greene Postponed 1906 + Dorothea Douglass Connie M. Wilson 63 22 ret. 1907 May Sutton (Us) Mrs Dorothea Lambert Chambers 62 86 13 June 1908 Agatha M. Morton Dora P. Boothby 62 61 1909 Dora P. Boothby Agatha M. Morton Postponed 1910 Mrs Dorothea Lambert Chambers Dora P. Boothby 64 63
CHALLENGE ROUND ABOLISHED
17 June 1911 Mrs Dorothea Lambert Chambers Miss J. Mildred Coles 63 75 1912 Mrs Winifred McNair Dora P. Boothby 61 64 1913 Mrs Dorothea Lambert Chambers Mrs Phyllis Sattherthwaite 64 64 1914 + Mrs. Edith Hannam Agatha M. Morton 06 119 ret. 1915-18 Not Held (World War One) 1919 Elizabeth Ryan (Us) Mrs Dorothea Lambert Chambers 26 75 64 1920 + Elizabeth Ryan (Us) Mrs Winifred McNair 79 32 Divided 1921 Elizabeth Ryan (Us) Mrs W. Geraldine Beamish 97 64 1922 Kitty McKane Elizabeth Ryan (Us) 63 63 1923 Elizabeth Ryan (Us) Mrs Phyllis Satterwaithe 63 36 63 1924 Elizabeth Ryan (Us) Kitty McKane 68 61 61 1925 Elizabeth Ryan (Us) Mrs W. Geraldine Beamish 46 63 62 1926 Senorita Lili de Alvarez (Esp) Molla Mallory (Us) 64 62 11 June 1927 Helen Wills (Us) Mrs Kitty Godfree 62 64 1928 Elizabeth Ryan (Us) Mary Violet Chamberlain 62 108 1929 Phyllis Howkins Covell Peggy Saunders Mitchell 61 64 1930 Jenny Sandison (Ind) L. Ann Owen 62 46 64 1931 Phyllis Mudford Dorothy Round 61 62 1932 Mary Heeley Freda James 16 63 60 1933 Dorothy Round Peggy Saunders Mitchell 75 62 1934 Phyllis Mudford King Joan Hartigan (Aus) 62 63 1935 + Dorothy Round Katharine Stammers 62 60 1936 Senorita Anita Lizana (Chi) Betty Nuthall 36 60 61 1937 Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (Pol) Alice Marble (Us) 61 911 61 1938 Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (Pol) Mrs E. L. ‘Bobbie’ Henne Miller 75 36 62 1939 Alice Marble (Us) Katharine Stammers 63 61 1940-45 Not Held (World War Two) 1946 Vera Dace Betty Nuthall 64 63 1947 Mrs Kay Menzies Mrs Sheila P. Summers (Rsa) 62 119 1948 Mrs Maria Weiss (Arg) Patsy Rodgers 75 61 1949 Mrs Patt C. Todd (Us) Mrs Sheila P. Summers (Rsa) 63 60 1950 Gussie Moran (Us) Nancy Morrison (Us) 46 61 62 1951 Betty Rosenquest (Us) Barbara Scofield (Us) 46 75 61 1952 Mrs Helen Reddick-Smith (Rsa) Mrs A. H. (Vera) Thomas 62 62 1953 Maureen Connolly (Us) Julia Sampson (Us) 62 63 1954 Abandoned At Quarter-final Stage 1955 Louise Brough (Us) Mary Carter (Aus) 62 64 1956 + Darlene Hard (Us) Mrs Betty Pratt (Jam) Ab. (Rain) 1957 Althea Gibson (Us) Darlene Hard (Us) 63 36 64 1958 Sandra Reynolds (Rsa) Jean Forbes (Rsa) 64 64 1959 Darlene Hard (Us) Mrs Sally Moore (Us) 61 75 1960 Christiane Mercelis (Bel) Mrs Vera Roberts 75 46 64 17 June 1961 Margaret Smith (Aus) Christine Truman 63 46 86 1962 Jan Lehane (Aus) Lesley Turner (Aus) 75 63 16 June 1963 +Margaret Smith (Aus) Jan Lehane (Aus) 60 61 1964 + Maria Bueno (Bra) Margaret Smith (Aus) 35 Divided 13 June 1965 Margaret Smith (Aus) Maria Bueno (Bra) 46 63 63 1966 + Karen Krantzcke (Aus) Maria Bueno (Bra) W/O 1967 Mrs Ann Haydon-Jones Virginia Wade 63 16 63 1968 Mrs Margaret Court (Aus) Mrs Ann Jones 119 62 1969 Mrs Denise Carter-Triolo (Us) Kerry Melville (Aus) 63 75 1970 Patti Hogan (Us) Olga Morozova (Ussr) 61 63 1971 Kerry Melville (Aus) Kristy Pigeon (Us) 60 36 97 1972 Olga Morozova (Ussr) Jill Cooper 64 61 1973 Dianne Fromholtz (Aus) Janet Newberry (Us) 75 06 61 1974 Paulina Peisachov (Isr) Kate Latham (Us) 57 63 64 1975 Greer Stevens (Rsa) Patti Hogan (Us) 46 63 63 1976 Olga Morozova (Ussr) Marise Kruger (Rsa) 75 26 63 1977 Yvonne Vermaak (Rsa) Michelle Tyler 64 57 61 1978 Mrs Evonne Cawley (Aus) Laura DuPont (Us) 64 62 1979 Mrs Evonne Cawley (Aus) Pam Shriver (Us) 63 62 1980 Andrea Jaeger (Us) Jo Durie 64 61 1981 Pam Shriver (Us) Elizabeth Little (Aus) 62 62 1982 Pam Shriver (Us) Elizabeth Sayers (Aus) 63 62 1983 Mrs Billie Jean King (Us) Barbara Potter (Us) 64 63 1984 Terry Phelps (Us) Mrs Tina Watanabe-Mochizuki (Us) 76 62 1985 Barbara Potter (Us) Annabel Croft 76 46 63 1986 Pam Shriver (Us) Barbara Potter (Us) 64 63 1987 Barbara Potter (Us) Alycia Moulton (Us) 76 75 1988 Robin White (Us) Ann Henricksson (Us) 63 62 1989 Ross Fairbank (Rsa) Anne Minter (Aus) 63 63 1990 Ross Fairbank (Us) Gigi Fernandez (Pur) 75 64 1991 Andrea Strnadova (Cze) Renae Stubbs (Aus) 67 64 63 1992 Mary Joe Fernandez (Us) Helena Sukova (Cze) 64 62 1993 Martina Navratilova (Us) Kristie Boogert (NED) 63 63 1994 Kerry-Anne Guse (Aus) Dinky van Rensburg (Rsa) 75 16 76 1995 Els Callens (Bel) Mrs Ross Fairbank-Niedeffer (Us) 62 63 1996 Clare Wood Maria Vento (Ven) 63 62
Notes
1902 Rain on 14 June. Postponed to 5 July, Miss Douglass 4-1 down in each set 1903 Postponed to 4 July due to rain 1905 Postponed to 27 June at The Championships, Wimbledon 1906 Miss Wilson played against medical orders 1909 Rain on 13 June. Postponed - cannot confirm score line 1911 Challenge Round abolished 1914 Miss Morton retired due to doubles commitments 1920 Rain on 12 June. Scheduled to be completed at Eastbourne in September 1935 Miss Stammers becomes the first British player to beat Mrs Moody in 11 years. Stammers won 6-0, 6-4 in the semifinals 1956 Final abandoned due to rain 1963 Miss Smith won in exactly 30 minutes 1964 Final abandoned in first set due to rain 1966 Miss Bueno unable to compete