# Shropshire Championships

The Shropshire Championships or Shropshire Open Championship or Shropshire County Championships was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first established in 1903 as the Championship of Shropshire. It was first held at the Severnside Lawn Tennis Club (f. 1897) Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The tournament was staged annually until 1959.

## History

In 1897 the Severnside Lawn Tennis Club was formed. In 1903 the club established the first Championship of Shropshire. In 1905 the Shropshire Lawn Tennis Association was formed, it became responsible for organising and promoting the county championships.
The tournament was staged annually until 1914 when it was suspended because of World War I it resumed thereafter. The event was held in Shrewsbury for 32 years until 1939. It was suspended again between 1940 and 1945 due to World War II. Following the second world war the tournament was moved Newport, Shropshirefor the next 12 years until 1960 when it was discontinued as part of the ILTF Circuit.
The Shropshire County Championships (Closed) is still being held today only open to residents and players from Shropshire.

## Finals
### Men's singles

(incomplete roll)
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| 1904 | Anthony Wilding | E.V. Jones | 4-6, 9–7, 8–6, ret. |
| 1905 | Edward Roy Allen | E.V. Jones | 6-4, 6–4, 6-2 |
| 1906 | Anthony Wilding (2) | Edward Roy Allen | 5-7, 6–0, 6–1, 3–6, 6-4 |
| 1907 | Edward Roy Allen (2) | Ernest George Parton | 6-2, 6–3, 6-0 |
| 1908 | Edward Roy Allen (3) | Wylie Grant | 6-3, 6–3, 6-3 |
| 1909 | Theodore Mavrogordato | Edward Roy Allen | 5-7, 6–1, 8–10, 6–1, 6-3 |
| 1910 | Theodore Mavrogordato (2) | Frank H. Pearce | 6-0, 6–3, 6-0 |
| 1920 | George Stoddart | Gerald (Gerry) Millard | 6-1, 6–2, 3–6, 6-1 |
| 1921 | William D. Radcliffe | Samuel Ernest Charlton | 6-1, 6-4 |
| 1915/1919 | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) |
| 1931 | Ryuki Miki | Cam Malfroy | 5-7, 7–5, 6-2 |
| 1940/1945 | Not held (due to World War II) | Not held (due to World War II) | Not held (due to World War II) |
| 1949 | David Samaai | Milan Matous | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1953 | Mike Davies | B. Smith | 6-2, 6-1 |
| 1954 | L.M. Kilby | D.J.W. Richards | 7-5, 6-1 |
| 1955 | Louis Surville | John Stewart | 7-5, 6-2 |
| 1959 | Edward (Ted) Beards | Trevor A. Adamson | 6-0, 6-2 |

### Women's singles

(incomplete roll)
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| 1903 | Winifred Longhurst | Eva Steedman | walkover |
| 1904 | Maude Garfit | C. Jones | 6-4, 8-6 |
| 1905 | Maude Garfit (2) | Violet Pinckney | 7-5, 6-3 |
| 1906 | Violet Pinckney | Maude Garfit | 1-6, 6–4, 6-3 |
| 1907 | Maude Garfit 3) | Edith Boucher | 5-7, 6–4, 6-1 |
| 1908 | Maude Garfit (4) | Mabel Squire Parton | 4-6, 6–2, 6-0 |
| 1909 | Maude Garfit (5) | Mabel Squire Parton | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1910 | Maude Garfit (6) | Mabel Squire Parton | 7-5, 3–6, 6-4 |
| 1911 | Mabel Squire Parton | Winifred Longhurst | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1912 | Marie Hazel | Mrs Rosendale-Lloyd | 6-2, 7-5 |
| 1913 | Marie Hazel (2) | Mrs Rosendale-Lloyd | 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1914 | Mrs Rosendale-Lloyd | Mrs E. Wilkinson | 6-3, 1–6, 6-3 |
| 1915/1919 | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) |
| 1920 | Mrs Spoor | Marie Hazel | 2-6, 6–0, 8-6 |
| 1921 | Marie Hazel (3) | Mrs Rosendale-Lloyd | 6-1, 6-3 |
| 1924 | Joan Fry | F. Holden | 6-1, 6-3 |