Whitehouse Tennis Tournament
# Whitehouse Tennis Tournament

The Whitehouse Tennis Tournament was a late Victorian era combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on both clay courts and grass courts organised by the Whitehouse Lawn Tennis Club, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. It was staged from 1884 to 1895.

## History

In May 1884 the Whitehouse Lawn Tennis Tournament staged for the first time at the Whitehouse Lawn Tennis Club, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland. The tournament was played on both clay courts and grass courts, and ran until 1899. The Whitehouse Tennis Club (as it's now called) was founded in 1881 was still operating in 2000.

## Finals

### Mens Singles

| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1884 | Richard Henry Fuller | Archibald Thomson | 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1885 | Herbert Bowes-Lyon | Richard Henry Fuller | 8–6, 11–13, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1886 | Herbert Bowes-Lyon (2) | George Nelson Stenhouse | 6–1, 8–6, 6–1 |
| 1887 | Herbert Bowes-Lyon (3) | Arthur Nevile John Story | 3–6, 6–3, 6–0, 6–2 |
| 1888 | Herbert Bowes-Lyon (4) | Archibald Thomson | 6–4, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1888 | Herbert Bowes-Lyon (5) | Arthur Nevile John Story | 6–1, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1889 | Archibald Thomson | Arthur Nevile John Story | 6–4 ,6–4, 6–2 |
| 1890 | Archibald Thomson (2) | Edward Barnard Fuller | 4–6, 6–3, 6–0, 0–6, 6–1 |
| 1892 | J.H. Conyers | E. Conyers | w.o. |
| 1893 | Henry Lawrence Fleming | J.H. Conyers | w.o. |
| 1894 | Richard Millar Watson | Henry Lawrence Fleming | w.o. |
| 1895 | D. Maxwell | Richard Millar Watson | 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 |

### Womens Singles

    Incomplete Roll

| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1884 | Jane Meikle | Julia Ferguson | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1885 | Jane Meikle (2) | Julia Ferguson | 6–0, 6–0 |
| 1886 | Jane Meikle (3) | Miss Meilke | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1887 | Mabel Boulton | Jane Meikle | default |
| 1888 | Annie Dod | J. Ferguson | 6–2, 8–6 |
| 1889 | Lottie Patterson | Annie Dod | 6–0, 6–2 |
| 1890 | Lottie Patterson (2) | Jane Corder | 6–0, 8–6 |
| 1891 | Lottie Patterson (3) | Jane Corder | 7–5, 6–2 |
| 1894 | Mrs Kirkwood | ? | ? |
| 1895 | Louisa Stoltz | Mrs Kirkwood | default |
