# Scottish Championships (tennis)

The Scottish Championships its original name until 1994 also known as the Scottish Lawn Tennis Championships, and the Scottish Grass Court Championships, was an outdoor tennis event held from 1878 through 1994. It was played at various locations throughout its duration including Bridge of Allan, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Moffat, Peebles, and St Andrews in Scotland. The dates the tournament was held fluctuated between June and August annually.

## History

The Scottish Lawn Tennis Championships tournament began in 1878. It was originally held at the Grange Club in Edinburgh until 1892. It returned only one more time in 1994. In 1893 the event was played once only in St Andrews. It was then played at Moffat during the late 1890s and most of the 1900s. In 1908 it changed location again and the championships were staged at Bridge of Allan until 1914. The championships returned to Edinburgh for a second time at what would become its semi-permanent home, Craiglockhart, from 1913, 1919 to 1929, then again 1946 through to 1960, 1963, then 1965 to 1975. During all of the 1930s the championships were staged at the Peebles Hotel Hydro courts. The championships was staged only once during its time in Glasgow in 1958.
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 116 years until 1994.
Between 1997 and 2002, a tournament called The Scottish Tennis Championships was part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was played at the Craiglockhart Tennis Centre in Edinburgh on green clay courts. The 2015 ATP Challenger Tour indoor event in Glasgow was also called The Scottish Championships.

## Finals

Notes: 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 all. * indicates challenger.

### Men's singles

| Year | Champions | Runner-up | Score |
| 1878 | James Patten McDougall | ? | ? |
| 1879 | Leslie Balfour-Melville | ? | 6–1, 6–1, 6–0 |
| 1880 | James Patten McDougall (2) | Leslie Balfour-Melville | ? |
| 1881 | John Galbraith Horn | A. L. Davidson | 6–1, 6–5 |
| 1882 | John Galbraith Horn (2) | F. A. Fairlie | 6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1883 | John Galbraith Horn (3) | Arthur Walton Fuller | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 |
| 1884 | Reginald Arthur Gamble | John Galbraith Horn | 6–3, 10–8, 2–6, 6–3 |
| 1885 | Patrick Bowes-Lyon | Archibald Thomson | 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1886 | Patrick Bowes-Lyon (2) | Herbert Bowes-Lyon | 6–1, 4–6, 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1887 | Harry Grove | Patrick Bowes-Lyon | 6–3, 6–3, 1–6, 2–6, 6–2 |
| 1888 | Patrick Bowes-Lyon (3) | Harry Grove | 1–6, 0–6, 10–8, 6–2, 3–1 ret. |
| 1889 | Ernest Browne | Patrick Bowes-Lyon | 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1890 | Ernest Browne (2) | George Richmond Mewburn | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1891 | Ernest Browne (3) | Arthur Benjamin Carvosso | 6–3, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1892 | Arthur Gore | Ernest Browne | w.o. |
| 1893 | Arthur Gore (2) | Richard Millar Watson | 6–3, 7–5 4–6, 7–5 |
| 1894 | Richard Millar Watson | Arthur Gore | w.o. |
| 1895 | Reginald Doherty | Richard Millar Watson * | 6–1, 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1896 | Reginald Doherty (2) | Roy Allen * | 13–11, 6–4 retired. |
| 1897 | Reginald Doherty (3) | Laurence Doherty * | w.o. |
| 1898 | Laurence Doherty | Reginald Doherty * | w.o. |
| 1899 | Ernest Douglas Black | Wilberforce Eaves | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2, 5–7, 6–4 |
| 1900 | Charles Pritchett | Roy Allen | 6–8, 9–7, 6–3, 7–5 |
| 1901 | Wilberforce Eaves | John Mycroft Boucher | 6–4, 6–0, 7–5 |
| 1902 | Frank Lorymer Riseley | John Mycroft Boucher | 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2 |
| 1903 | Frederick William Payn | Ernest Wills | 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1904 | Anthony Wilding | Charles James Glenny | 6–1, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1905 | Alexander Morrice Mackay | John Mycroft Boucher | 6–4, 5–7, 10–8, 6–4 |
| 1906 | Alexander Morrice Mackay (2) | John Mycroft Boucher | 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1907 | Alexander Morrice Mackay (3) | Samuel Ernest Charlton | 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1908 | Robert Powell | Anthony Wilding | 4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1909 | Theodore Mavrogordato | Walter Crawley | 8–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1910 | Robert Powell (2) | Georges Watson | 6–1, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1911 | Alfred Dunlop | William L. Clements | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1912 | James Cecil Parke | Stanley Doust | w.o. |
| 1913 | Horace Rice | James Charles Glenny | 6–2, 8–6, 6–1 |
| 1914 | John F. Stokes | Noel O. G. Turnbull | 6–4, 6–0, 6–2 |
| 1915/1918 | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) |
| 1919 | Clive Branfoot | Leith W. Ross | 0–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 1920 | Cecil R. Blackbeard | Charles P. Dixon | 6–2, 14–12, 9–7 |
| 1921 | G. M. Elliott | Alex Blair | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
| 1922 | Pat Spence | Alex Blair | 6–0, 2–6, 7–5, 1–6, 6–3 |
| 1923 | Pat Spence (2) | Eric Rayner | 6–2, 10–8, 6–3 |
| 1924 | Charles Kingsley | G. M. Elliott | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1925 | Alex Blair | E. C. McIntosh | 8–6, 6–1, 9–7 |
| 1926 | Ian Collins | John G. Locke | 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1927 | Ian Collins (2) | D. L. Craig | 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1928 | Ian Collins (3) | Yoshiro Ota | 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1929 | J. Colin Gregory | Ian Collins | 6–2, 6–3, 9–7 |
| 1930 | Jack Crawford | J. Colin Gregory | divided title |
| 1931 | Vernon Kirby | Norman Farquharson | 6–2, 13–11 |
| 1932 | Edward Avory | Josiah Ritchie | 6–2, 7–5, 6–8, 6–3 |
| 1933 | Donald MacPhail | E. L. Percival | divided title |
| 1934 | Teddy Burwell | Jack Lysaght | 6–8, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1935 | Robert Murray | Ian Collins | 8–6, 9–11, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1936 | Donald MacPhail (2) | Ian Collins | 0–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–1, 9–7 |
| 1937 | Henry Billington | Laurie Shaffi | 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 |
| 1938 | Murray Deloford | Donald MacPhail | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1939 | Donald MacPhail (3) | Alejo Russell | 11–9, 6–4 |
| 1940/1945 | Not held (due to World War II) | Not held (due to World War II) | Not held (due to World War II) |
| 1946 | Donald MacPhail (4) | Fergus Davidson | 6–2, 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1947 | Tadeusz Sławeck | Robin R. Welsh | 3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 9–7 |
| 1948 | Geza Eros | John Rutherglen | 7–5, 3–6, 8–6, 6–3 |
| 1949 | Nigel Cockburn | Gerald Oakley | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1950 | Adrian Quist | Tadeusz Sławecki | divided title |
| 1951 | Eric Sturgess | Arthur G. Roberts | 11–9, 6–3, 8–6 |
| 1952 | Ian Ayre | Felicisimo Ampon | 5–7, 9–7, 6–2, 9–7 |
| 1953 | Billy Knight | Tony Pickard | 6–4, 10–8, 6–0 |
| 1954 | Bobby Wilson | Wayne Van Hoorhees | 6–3, 6–1, 10–8 |
| 1955 | Tony Pickard | Geoff Ward | 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1956 | Colin Baxter | G. R. Chisholm | 6–2, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1957 | Reginald Bennett | Alan Mills | 14–12, 8–6 |
| 1958 | Colin Baxter (2) | John R. Maguire | 6–3, 6–4, 6–0 |
| 1959 | Colin Baxter (3) | John R. Maguire | 6–0, 6–3 |
| 1960 | John R. Maguire | Colin Baxter | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1961 | J. Malcolm Gracie | Colin Baxter | 8–6, 6–1 |
| 1962 | James T. Wood | Harry Matheson | 6–4, 0–6, 9–7 |
| 1963 | Harry Matheson | James T. Wood | 6–2, 3–6, 8–6 |
| 1964 | James T. Wood (2) | John Clifton | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1965 | John Clifton | Harry Matheson | 6–3, 3–6, 8–6 |
| 1966 | John Clifton (2) | Graham Primrose | 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1967 | Graham Primrose | John Cottrill | 7–5, 6–2 |
| ↓ Open era ↓ ||||
| 1968 | John Clifton (3) | Graham Primrose | 6–2, 7–5 |
| 1969 | John Clifton (4) | Paul Hutchins | 6–2, 2–6, 6–4 |
| 1970 | Ray Ruffels | John Clifton | 6–1, 11–9 |
| 1971 | John Clifton (5) | Harry Matheson | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1972 | John Clifton (6) | David Lloyd | divided title |
| 1973 | Jay Royappa | John Clifton | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1974 | John Clifton (7) | Keith Brebnor | 6-0, 6-2 |
| 1975 | Tony Fawcett | Ernie Ewert | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1976 | Chris Lewis | C. Martin Robinson | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1977 | Ken Revie | Harry L. Roulston | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1 |
| 1978 | Dale Collings | Michael Appleton | 3–6, 6–2, 15–13 |
| 1979 | Michael Appleton | Donald J. Watt | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1980 | Jeremy Bates | Keith Gilbert | 7–5, 7–6 |
| 1981 | Michael Appleton (2) | Donald J. Watt | 7–6, 6–1 |
| 1982 | Donald J. Watt | Ken Revie | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1983 | Buster Mottram | Mike Bauer | 7–6, 6–7, 6–4 |
| 1984 | Steve Denton | ? | ? |
| 1985 | Jeremy Bates | Colin Dowdeswell | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1986 | Robin Scott | Colin McGill | |
| 1987 | Anders Järryd | Andrés Gómez | divided title |
| 1988 | Peter Lundgren | Jakob Hlasek | ? |
| 1989 | John McEnroe | Jimmy Connors | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| 1990 | Lan Bale | ? | ? |
| 1991 | Colin McGill | ? | ? |
| 1992 | Paul Hand | Phil Cooper | divided title |
| 1993 | B. Cowan | D. Sweeney | 7–6, 7–5 |
| 1994 | Ken Wood | Malcom Watt | 7–6, 6–2 |

### Women's singles

| Year | Champions | Runner-up | Score |
| 1886 | Mable Boulton | Julia MacKenzie | 3–6, 6–0, 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 |
| 1887 | Connie Butler | Mable Boulton | 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 8–6 |
| 1888 | Connie Butler (2) | Annie Dod | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1889 | Connie Butler (3) | D. Patterson | 6–0 6–2 |
| 1890 | Helen Jackson | D. Patterson | 6–1, 6–0 |
| 1891 | Helen Jackson (2) | Jane Corder | 4–6, 6–0, 6–1 |
| 1892 | Helen Jackson (3) | Lottie Paterson | 7–5, 6–1 |
| 1893 | Jane Corder | Miss Moir | 6–0, 6–4 |
| 1894 | Lottie Paterson | Miss Burns | 6–1, 6–0 |
| 1895 | Lottie Paterson (2) | Ida Cressy | 8–6, 6–3 |
| 1896 | Lottie Paterson (3) | Ida Cressy | 6–3, 8–6 |
| 1897 | Minnie Hunter | Lucy Kendal | 6–4, 7–5 |
| 1898 | Madeline O'Neill | Minnie Hunter | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 1899 | Charlotte Cooper | Minnie Hunter | 6–3, 8–6 |
| 1900 | Minnie Hunter (2) | Helen Pillans | 6–3, 8–6 |
| 1901 | Muriel Robb | Minnie Hunter | 6–1 4–6 7–5 |
| 1902 | Alice Maud Ferguson | Mary Curtis-Whyte | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1903 | M. Crawford | Miss Stoltz | 8–6, 6–2 |
| 1904 | Winifred Longhurst | Alice Maud Ferguson | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1905 | Mary Curtis-Whyte | Alice Maud Ferguson | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1906 | Alice Maud Ferguson (2) | Mary Curtis-Whyte | 6–3, 8–6 |
| 1907 | Alice Maud Ferguson (3) | Mary Curtis-Whyte | 6–2, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 1908 | Maude Garfit | Alice Maud Ferguson | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1909 | Maude Garfit (2) | M. Fergus | 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 |
| 1910 | Ethel Thomson Larcombe | Mary Welsh | 6–0, 6–1 |
| 1911 | Ethel Thomson Larcombe (2) | Mary Welsh | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1912 | Ethel Thomson Larcombe (3) | Mary Welsh | w.o |
| 1913 | Mary Welsh | M. Fergus | 6–2, retired |
| 1914 | Mary Welsh (2) | M. Fergus | 6–2, 1–6, 7–5 |
| 1915/1919 | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) |
| 1920 | M. Thom | Mary Welsh | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1921 | Mary Welsh (3) | M. Fergus | 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1922 | Mary Welsh (4) | Mrs Hall | 6–0, 6–2 |
| 1923 | Mary Welsh (5) | Mrs Wilson | 6–0, 6–1 |
| 1924 | M Thom (2) | Mary Welsh | 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 1925 | M. Thom (3) | M. Jenkins | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1926 | M. Thom (4) | M. Ferguson | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 1927 | Ruth Watson | Naomi Trentham | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1928 | Joan Ridley | Gwen Sterry | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1929 | Joan Ridley (2) | Helen Barr | 6–0, 6–4 |
| 1930 | Winifred Mason | Esna Robertson | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1931 | Gwen Sterry | Esna Robertson | 7–5, 6–4 |
| 1932 | Esna Robertson | Olga Webb | 1–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1933 | Winifred Mason (2) | Kathleen Robertson | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1934 | Joan Hartigan | Susan Noel | 5–7, 14–12, 7–5 |
| 1935 | Anita Lizana | Joan Ingram | 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 |
| 1936 | Anita Lizana (2) | Mary Hardwick | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1937 | Anita Lizana (3) | Esna Robertson | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1938 | Mary Hardwick | Dorothy Bundy | 6–2, 7–5 |
| 1939 | Nancy MacPherson-Grant | Esna Robertson | 6–3, 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) |
| 1946 | Anita Ellis (4) | Betty Lombard | 6–4, 6–0 |
| 1947 | Leslie Hunter Fulton | Mollie Welsh | 6–0, 6–4 |
| 1948 | Joy Gannon | Mrs H Czolowska | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1949 | Gem Hoahing | Joy Hibbert | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1950 | Wendy Stork | Helen Proudfoot | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1951 | Helen Proudfoot | Heather Macfarlane | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 1952 | Beryl Bartlett | Glenda Love | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1953 | Shirley Bloomer | Patricia Harrison | 4–6, 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1954 | Jean Petchell | Jean Knight | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1955 | Elaine Watson | Rosemary Walsh | 3–6, 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1956 | Christine Truman | Valerie Lewis | 7–5, 6–4 |
| 1957 | Rita Bentley | Jill Rook | 5–7, 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1958 | E.A. Walker | Mollie Welsh Mackay | 9–7, 7–5 |
| 1959 | N.T. Seacy | A.V. Paterson | 6–0, 8–6 |
| 1960 | Joyce Barclay | Anne McAlpine | 9–7, 1–6, 6–1 |
| 1961 | Robin Blakelock | Frances MacLennan | divided the title |
| 1962 | Joyce Barclay (2) | NT Buchanan | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1963 | Joyce Barclay (3) | D.McCallum | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1964 | Joyce Williams (4) | Winnie Shaw | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1965 | Winnie Shaw | Joyce Williams | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1966 | Winnie Shaw (2) | Joyce Williams | 6–4, 2–6, 7–5 |
| 1967 | Judy Tegart | Ann Jones | 6–4, 6–4 |
| ↓ Open era ↓ ||||
| 1968 | Joyce Williams (5) | Karen Krantzcke | 8–6, 6–4 |
| 1969 | Marjorie Love | Sheila Moodie | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1970 | Winnie Shaw (3) | Joyce Williams | 6–3, 6–8, 12–10 |
| 1971 | Joyce Williams (6) | Winnie Shaw | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1972 | Corinne Molesworth | Joyce Williams | divided the title |
| 1973 | Jill Cooper | Joyce Williams | 6–4, 1–6, 6–3 |
| 1974 | Marjorie Love | Patricia Coleman | 3–6, 6–1, 6–0 |
| 1975 | Joyce Barclay Hume (7) | Lindsay Blachford | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1976 | Mariana Simionescu | J. Sedlackova | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1977 | Martina Navratilova | Kristien Shaw | 2–6, 9–8, 7–5 |
| 1978 | Carrie Meyer | D. Colligs | 6–3, 8–9, 6–3 |
| 1979 | Lea Antonoplis | Joyce Barclay Hume | 7–6, 6–4 |
| 1980 | Lea Antonoplis (2) | Carolina Maso | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1981 | Judy Erskine | J. Denholm | 6–7, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1982 | Cathy Drury | Denise Parnell | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1983 | Cathy Drury (2) | L. Fitzgerald | 6–0, 6–0 |
| 1984 | Lea Antonoplis (3) | ? | ? |
| 1985 | Lea Antonoplis (4) | Elizabeth Minter | 6–3, 6–0 |
| 1986 | Jackie Holden | ? | ? |
| 1987 | Lisa Bonder | Gabriela Sabatini | divided the title |
| 1988 | Gigi Fernández | Wendy Turnbull | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1989 | Mary Joe Fernández | Anne Simpkin | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1990 | Barbara Rittner | ? | ? |
| 1991 | Michelle Mair | ? | ? |
| 1992 | Caroline Billingham | K. Ross | divided the title |
| 1993 | Samantha Smith | Anne Simpkin | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1994 | Heather Lockhart | Alison Reid | 6–0, 4–6, 6–4 |