Niagara International Championship

The Niagara International Championship was a tennis tournament held in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada between 1885 and 1923. The tournament was played on outdoor grass courts at the Queen's Royal Hotel and was held in the second half of August. In the final year, 1923, the tournament was held on the courts of the Clifton Hotel.

Finals

Men's singles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1885 Henry Gordon Mackenzie Robert Orr Shaw Wood 6–2, 6–1, 6-11886 1887 E.C. Knight S. Burrell 6–4, 6-11888 Ganson Depew Robert Orr Shaw Wood 6–4, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6-0 1889 1890 Edward E. Tanner Henry Gordon Mackenzie 6–4, 6–3, 6-11891 J.P. Bowman Edward E. Tanner default1892 Arthur E. Fuller Fritz K. Ward 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–8, 6-41893 Fritz K. Ward Arthur E. Fuller 8–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–01894 Malcolm G. Chase Fritz K. Ward 6–3, 6–1, 8–61895 Carr Neel Edwin P. Fischer 6–2, 6–2, 6-11896 Carr Neel Fritz K. Ward 6–2, 6–3, 6–3 1897 William S. Bond Malcolm D. Whitman 7–9, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 1898 William S. Bond Leo Ware 6–4, 1–6, 6–4, 10–8 1899 Raymond D. Little William S. Bond 6–2, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6, 6–41900 Raymond D. Little Harold H. Hackett 6–2, 4–6, 8–6, 6–21901 Raymond D. Little Edwin P. Fischer 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 1902 Beals C. Wright Harold H. Hackett 4–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–11903 Edwin P. Fischer Beals C. Wright walkover1904 Alphonzo Edward Bell Robert LeRoy 7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 6–21905 Irving Wright D.M. Stewart 13–11, 8–6, 6–41906 Irving Wright Harry C. Johnson default1907 Irving Wright James F. Foulkes 6–1, 6–4, 6–21908 Nathaniel Niles Irving Wright 1–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–41909 Nathaniel Niles George C. Janes 6–1, 6–1, 6–11910 Nathaniel Niles Henry C. Wick 6–1, 6–4, 6–01911 Edwin H. Whitney Fred H. Harris 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 4–6, 6–31912 Richard Norris Williams William S. McEllroy 6–3, 6–3, 6–41913 Clarence Griffin Edwin H. Whitney 9–7, 1–6, 6–2, 9–71914 Clarence Griffin George M. Church 3–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–21915 No competition (due to WWI)1916191719181919 Ichiya Kumagae Vincent (Vinnie) Richards 6-1, 6–4, 6–4.1920 Harold Taylor James Weber 6–3, 3–6 default1921 Robert Lindley Murray Clifford Herd 7–5, 8–6, 6–31922 Robert Lindley Murray Armand Bruneau 6–2, 6–2, 6–21923 Robert Lindley Murray Herbert Bowman 6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3

Women's singles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1893 Maude Delano-Osborne Mrs. Sydney Smith 6–8, 6–3, 6–31894 Maude Delano-Osborne Mrs. Whithead 4–6, 6–3, 6–41896 Juliette Atkinson Kathleen Atkinson 1897 Juliette Atkinson Mrs. Eustace Smith 6–4, 6–31898 Juliette Atkinson Marie Wimer 10–8, 7–9, 6–4, 6–3 1899 Edith Parker Hallie Champlin 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 6–21900 Marie Wimer Edith Parker 9–7, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 1901 Marion Jones Carrie Neely 6-3 7-5 3-6 6-0 1902 Carrie Neely Nona Closterman 6–4, 6–2 1903 Myrtle McAteer Carrie Neely 6–4, 6–3 1905 Violet Summerhayes Miss Day 6–2, 6–31907 May Sutton Edith Rotch 6–2, 6–11908 Marie Wagner Lois Moyes Bickle 6–4, 6–21909 May Sutton J.H. Hannam 6–2, 6–11910 Lois Moyes Bickle Alice Day Beard 6–3, 6–41911 Hazel Hotchkiss May Sutton 0–6, 7–5, 6–01912 Mary K. Browne Dorothy Green 6–2, 7–51913 Louise Riddell Williams Mary K. Browne 8–6, 3–6, 6–41914 Lois Moyes Bickle Edith Rotch 6–0, 6–4

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