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St George's Hill Open
The St George's Hill Open[1] tournament was founded as the St George's Hill Tournament a men's grass court tennis tournament staged at St Georges Hill Weybridge, Surrey, England in 1881, that ran until 1883, and was not held again.[2][3] In 1913 the St Georges Hill Lawn Tennis Club was established.[4] In 1922 St Georges Hill LTC started a combined men's and women's tournament the St George's Hill Open this ran as a senior tennis tour event until 1966.
History edit
The St George's Hill Tournament a men's grass court tennis tournament first staged in 1881 at the Weybridge, Surrey, England.[2] The first winner of the men's singles was England's Algernon Wilfred Milne.[2] In 1913 the St George's Hill Lawn Tennis Club opened. In 1922 a new combined event was established called the St George's Hill Open Tournament this time the grass court tournament ran until 1966.
Though the tournament is no longer a part of any international tour, it is still being staged today and is known as the St George's Hill Open Tennis Tournament.[5]
Finals edit
Men's Singles edit
Incomplete roll
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St.George's Hill Tournament | |||||||||
| 1881[2] | Wilfred Milne | B. Hawes | 3 sets to 0 | ||||||
| 1883[6] | Clarence Clarke | William Edward Glyn | 6-0, 6–4, 8-6 | ||||||
| St.George's Hill Open | |||||||||
| 1922 [2] | Brian Norton | Charles Roupell[7] | 6-0, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1924 | Theodore Mavrogordato | Tony Buzzard | 6-3, 6-0 | ||||||
| 1925 | Carl-Erik von Braun | J.S. Heagerty | 6-1, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1926 | Pat Hughes | C.H. Watson | 6-1, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1927 | Pat Hughes | F. R. L. Crawford | 6-1, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1928[8] | Pat Spence | Brian Gilbert | 6-0, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1929 | Ryuki Miki | Harry Lee | 4-6, 6–3, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1930 | Ryuki Miki | Donald Ross Rutnam | 6-0, 5–7, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1931[2][9] | Ryuki Miki | Harry Lee | 6-3, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1932 [2] | Frank H. D. Wilde | Colin Ritchie | 6-3, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1933[9] | Ted Avory | Bob Tinkler[10] | ? | ||||||
| 1934 | Ted Avory | Jack Lysaght | 8-6, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1935[11] | Buster Andrews | Dickie Ritchie | 7-5, 3–6, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1936 | Harry Lee | Ted Avory | 4-6, 6–3, 6-0 | ||||||
| 1937 | Eric Filby | Charles Russell Harris | 6-1, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1938 | Nigel G. Sharpe | Donald MacPhail | 8-6, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1939 [2] | Alejo Domingo Russell | Murray Deloford | 6-3, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1940/1945 | Not held (due to world war two) | ||||||||
| 1947 [2] | Ignacy Tloczynski | George Godsell | 6-1, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1959 | Julian Coni | F. Robinson | 6-3, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1960 | John Roderick McDonald | Vinay Dhawan | 11-9, 8-6 | ||||||
| 1961[2] | Malcom Gibb | M. Pang | 6-2, 6-4 | ||||||
| Open era | |||||||||
Women's Singles edit
Incomplete roll
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St.George's Hill Open | |||||||||
| 1922 | Eleanor Rose | Vera Spofforth Youle | 6-2 8-6 | ||||||
| 1924 | Miss Taylor | Margaret Mangin Hasler | 9-7 6-4 | ||||||
| 1925 | Esna Boyd | Eleanor Rose | 6-3 0-6 6-3 | ||||||
| 1926 | Eleanor Rose | E. Norman | 6-2 8-6 | ||||||
| 1927 | Dorothy Kemmis-Betty Hill | Dorothy Shaw | 6-3 6-3 | ||||||
| 1928 | Peggy Saunders | Ermyntrude Harvey | 6-4 6-4 | ||||||
| 1929 | Phyllis Howkins Covell | Phyllis Mudford | 6-3 6-3 | ||||||
| 1930 | Jenny Sandison | Vera Montgomery | 6-2 6-3 | ||||||
| 1931 | Phyllis Mudford | Esna Boyd | divided title | ||||||
| 1932 | Nancy Lyle | Naomi Trentham | 6-0 6-3 | ||||||
| 1933 | Phyllis Mudford | Peggy Saunders Michell | 6-3 6-3 | ||||||
| 1934 | Elsie Goldsack Pittman | Mary Hardwick | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||||||
| 1935 [12] | Helen Wills-Moody | Elsie Goldsack Pittman | 6-0 6-4 | ||||||
| 1936 | Mary Hardwick | Elsie Goldsack Pittman | 9-7 6-0 | ||||||
| 1937[13] | Jadwiga Jedrzejowska | Alice Marble | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | ||||||
| 1938 [14] | Alice Marble | Bonnie Heine Miller | 6–3, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1939 | Jean Nicoll | Betty Nuthall | 6-2, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1940/1945 | Not held (due to world war two) | ||||||||
| 1946 | Margaret Sharp Lewis | Pearl Gannon Panton | divided title | ||||||
| 1947 | Sheila Piercey Summers | Joy Gannon | 6-1, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1959 | Jenny Wagstaff | Lorna Cornell Cawthorn | 3-6, 6–1, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1960 | Shirley Bloomer Brasher | Rosemary Deloford | 6-1, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1961 | Lorna Cornell Cawthorn | Caroline Yates-Bell | 6-3 6-3 | ||||||
| 1964 | Lorna Cornell Cawthorn | Mary McAnally | 10-8 6-2 | ||||||
| 1966 | Shirley Bloomer Brasher | Lorna Greville-Collins | divided title | ||||||
| Open era | |||||||||
References edit
- ^ American Lawn Tennis: Miss Marble in England. New York: American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company. 20 June 1937. p. 17.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022). Tournament:https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?St. Georges Hill.. Tennis Archives. Netherlands.
- ^ Lawn Tennis Results. (1883). Routledges Sporting Annual. George Routledge and Sons. London. England. pp.113-117.
- ^ "A history of the Hill – the origins of top-class tennis in Weybridge • St George's Hill Lawn Tennis Club". stghltc.co.uk. St George's Hill Lawn Tennis Club. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "St. George's Hill Open Tennis Tournament (Surrey)". www.tennisuk.net. Tennis Services UK Limited. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ Lawn Tennis Results. (1883). Routledges Sporting Annual. pp.113-117.
- ^ "Player: Charles Roupell". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". stevegtennis.com. Steve G Tennis. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ^ a b Steve G Tennis
- ^ "Player: Robert Tinkler". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ^ "Lawn Tennis". Keesing's Contemporary Archives. Amsterdam: Keesing's Limited. 1935. p. 1680.
- ^ Pathfinder. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Farm Journal, Incorporated. 1935. p. 4.
- ^ American Lawn Tennis
- ^ "Alice Marble wins Weybridge, England". The Oxnard Daily Courier. Oxnard, California, United States. 4 June 1938. p. 1.
Sources edit
- 1877 to 2012 Finals Results. stevegtennis.com. Steve G Tennis.
- American Lawn Tennis. (1937) New York: American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company.
- Keesing's Contemporary Archives (1935). Amsterdam: Keesing's Limited.
- Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022). Tournament:St. Georges Hill. Tennis Archives. Netherlands.
- Pathfinder. (1935). Philadelphia, PA, United States: Farm Journal, Incorporated.
- Routledges Sporting Annual. (1883). George Routledge and Sons. London. England.
- St. George's Hill Open Tennis Tournament (Surrey). www.tennisuk.net. Tennis Services UK Limited.
- The Oxnard Daily Courier (1938). Oxnard, California, United States.