St George's Hill Open
| St George's Hill Open | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Tour | Men's Amateur Tour (1877-1912) Women Amateur Tour (1877-1912) ILTF Men's Amateur Tour (1913-1967) ILTF Women's Amateur Tour (1913-1967) |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Abolished | 1966 |
| Location | St Georges Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, England. |
| Surface | Grass |
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
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
Men's Singles
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
Incomplete roll
References
- ^ 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
- 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.