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St George's Hill Open

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St George's Hill Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourMen's Amateur Tour (1877-1912)
Women Amateur Tour (1877-1912)
ILTF Men's Amateur Tour (1913-1967)
ILTF Women's Amateur Tour (1913-1967)
Founded1881
Abolished1966
LocationSt Georges Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, England.
SurfaceGrass

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

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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

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Men's Singles

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Incomplete roll

Year Champions Runners-up Score
St.George's Hill Tournament
1881[2] England Wilfred Milne United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland B. Hawes 3 sets to 0
1883[6] United States Clarence Clarke United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Edward Glyn 6-0, 6–4, 8-6
St.George's Hill Open
1922 [2] South Africa Brian Norton United Kingdom Charles Roupell[7] 6-0, 6-1
1924 United Kingdom Theodore Mavrogordato United Kingdom Tony Buzzard 6-3, 6-0
1925 Sweden Carl-Erik von Braun United Kingdom J.S. Heagerty 6-1, 6-3
1926 United Kingdom Pat Hughes United Kingdom C.H. Watson 6-1, 6-2
1927 United Kingdom Pat Hughes United Kingdom F. R. L. Crawford 6-1, 6-1
1928[8] South Africa Pat Spence United Kingdom Brian Gilbert 6-0, 7-5
1929 Japan Ryuki Miki United Kingdom Harry Lee 4-6, 6–3, 7-5
1930 Japan Ryuki Miki India Donald Ross Rutnam 6-0, 5–7, 6-2
1931[2][9] Japan Ryuki Miki United Kingdom Harry Lee 6-3, 6-3
1932 [2] United Kingdom Frank H. D. Wilde United Kingdom Colin Ritchie 6-3, 6-1
1933[9] United Kingdom Ted Avory United Kingdom Bob Tinkler[10] ?
1934 United Kingdom Ted Avory United Kingdom Jack Lysaght 8-6, 6-4
1935[11] New Zealand Buster Andrews United Kingdom Dickie Ritchie 7-5, 3–6, 6-1
1936 United Kingdom Harry Lee United Kingdom Ted Avory 4-6, 6–3, 6-0
1937 United Kingdom Eric Filby United Kingdom Charles Russell Harris 6-1, 7-5
1938 United Kingdom Nigel G. Sharpe United Kingdom Donald MacPhail 8-6, 6-2
1939 [2] Argentina Alejo Domingo Russell United Kingdom Murray Deloford 6-3, 6-4
1940/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1947 [2] Poland Ignacy Tloczynski United Kingdom George Godsell 6-1, 6-3
1959 United Kingdom Julian Coni United Kingdom F. Robinson 6-3, 6-2
1960 New Zealand John Roderick McDonald India Vinay Dhawan 11-9, 8-6
1961[2] United Kingdom Malcom Gibb United Kingdom M. Pang 6-2, 6-4
Open era

Women's Singles

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Incomplete roll

Year Champions Runners-up Score
St.George's Hill Open
1922 United Kingdom Eleanor Rose United Kingdom Vera Spofforth Youle 6-2 8-6
1924 United Kingdom Miss Taylor India Margaret Mangin Hasler 9-7 6-4
1925 Australia Esna Boyd United Kingdom Eleanor Rose 6-3 0-6 6-3
1926 United Kingdom Eleanor Rose United Kingdom E. Norman 6-2 8-6
1927 United Kingdom Dorothy Kemmis-Betty Hill United Kingdom Dorothy Shaw 6-3 6-3
1928 United Kingdom Peggy Saunders United Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey 6-4 6-4
1929 United Kingdom Phyllis Howkins Covell United Kingdom Phyllis Mudford 6-3 6-3
1930 India Jenny Sandison United Kingdom Vera Montgomery 6-2 6-3
1931 United Kingdom Phyllis Mudford Australia Esna Boyd divided title
1932 United Kingdom Nancy Lyle United Kingdom Naomi Trentham 6-0 6-3
1933 United Kingdom Phyllis Mudford United Kingdom Peggy Saunders Michell 6-3 6-3
1934 United Kingdom Elsie Goldsack Pittman United Kingdom Mary Hardwick 6-4 3-6 6-3
1935 [12] United States Helen Wills-Moody United Kingdom Elsie Goldsack Pittman 6-0 6-4
1936 United Kingdom Mary Hardwick United Kingdom Elsie Goldsack Pittman 9-7 6-0
1937[13] Poland Jadwiga Jedrzejowska United States Alice Marble 3-6 6-4 6-3
1938 [14] United States Alice Marble South Africa Bonnie Heine Miller 6–3, 6-4
1939 United Kingdom Jean Nicoll United Kingdom Betty Nuthall 6-2, 6-2
1940/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1946 United Kingdom Margaret Sharp Lewis United Kingdom Pearl Gannon Panton divided title
1947 South Africa Sheila Piercey Summers United Kingdom Joy Gannon 6-1, 7-5
1959 United Kingdom Jenny Wagstaff United Kingdom Lorna Cornell Cawthorn 3-6, 6–1, 6-3
1960 United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer Brasher United Kingdom Rosemary Deloford 6-1, 6-2
1961 United Kingdom Lorna Cornell Cawthorn United Kingdom Caroline Yates-Bell 6-3 6-3
1964 United Kingdom Lorna Cornell Cawthorn United Kingdom Mary McAnally 10-8 6-2
1966 United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer Brasher United Kingdom Lorna Greville-Collins divided title
Open era

References

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  1. ^ American Lawn Tennis: Miss Marble in England. New York: American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company. 20 June 1937. p. 17.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Lawn Tennis Results. (1883). Routledges Sporting Annual. George Routledge and Sons. London. England. pp.113-117.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "St. George's Hill Open Tennis Tournament (Surrey)". www.tennisuk.net. Tennis Services UK Limited. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  6. ^ Lawn Tennis Results. (1883). Routledges Sporting Annual. pp.113-117.
  7. ^ "Player: Charles Roupell". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  8. ^ "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". stevegtennis.com. Steve G Tennis. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  9. ^ a b Steve G Tennis
  10. ^ "Player: Robert Tinkler". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Lawn Tennis". Keesing's Contemporary Archives. Amsterdam: Keesing's Limited. 1935. p. 1680.
  12. ^ Pathfinder. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Farm Journal, Incorporated. 1935. p. 4.
  13. ^ American Lawn Tennis
  14. ^ "Alice Marble wins Weybridge, England". The Oxnard Daily Courier. Oxnard, California, United States. 4 June 1938. p. 1.

Sources

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  • 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.