Surrey Championships
| Surrey Championships | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Event name |
Surrey Championships (1890–67) Surrey Grass Court Championships (1968–80) |
| Tour | Grand Prix circuit (1968–1975, 1979–1980) |
| Founded | 1890 |
| Abolished | 1981 |
| Editions | 72 |
| Surface | Grass court |
The Surrey Championships [1] also known as the Surrey Grass Court Championships [2] and the Surrey County Championships[3] is a defunct tennis tournament played in Surbiton, Surrey, England on outdoor Grass court's it ran for 73 editions from 1890 to 1981 and after period of 18 years re-emerged as the Surbiton Trophy.
History
The Surrey Championships were first staged in 1890 and was an amateur tournament until the open era of tennis considered an important warm up event to the Wimbledon championships and the first big opener of the grass court season [4] it attracted many former British and foreign Grand Slam champions post open era the tournament was part of the mens Grand Prix Tour in 1974 and from 1979 to 1980 during the 1975 Championships the tournament witnessed the longest single game in tennis history, during a match between Keith Glass and Anthony Fawcett the game was not timed but it contained 37 deuces.[lower-alpha 1][5] the men's championships moved to a northern venue in 1981. In 1997 the tournament was first revived as an exhibition tournament won by Jason Stoltenberg.[6] then in 1998 the former Surrey Championships was restored with a new name known as the Surbiton Trophy.
Champions
Notes: Challenge Round: The Final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) in some tournaments not all. (c) Indicates challenger
Men's Singles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 |  Harry S. Barlow | Wilfred Baddeley | 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1891 | No competition | ||||||||
| 1892 [7] | Harry S. Barlow | Horace Chapman | 6-2, 6-2 6-1 | ||||||
| 1893 | No competition | ||||||||
| 1894 | |||||||||
| 1895 | |||||||||
| 1896 | |||||||||
| 1897 | |||||||||
| 1898 | |||||||||
| 1899 | |||||||||
| 1900 [8] | Charles Dixon | Major Ritchie | 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1901 [9] | Charles Dixon | | 6-2 2-6 6-2 * | ||||||
| 1902 | Major Ritchie | Charles Martin | 6-1, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1903 | Major Ritchie | Brame Hillyard | 6-1, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1904 | Sidney H. Smith | Major Ritchie | 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1905 | Sidney H. Smith | Edward R. Allen | 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1906 [10] | Sidney H. Smith |  Anthony Wilding | walkover | ||||||
| 1907 [10] | Arthur Gore | Major Ritchie | 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1908 [10] | Major Ritchie | Arthur Gore | 6–3, 6–4, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1909 [10] | Major Ritchie | Charles Dixon | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 0–6, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1910 [10] | Major Ritchie |  Robert Powell | 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1911 [11] | Charles Dixon | Anthony Wilding | 7–5, 3–6, 6–0, 6–1 | ||||||
| 1912 [10] | Charles Dixon | Major Ritchie | 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1913 [10] | Charles Dixon | Theodore Mavrogordato | 6–2, 8–6, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1914 [12] |  Norman Brookes | Francis Gordon Lowe | 6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–8, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1915–1918 | Not Held – WWI | ||||||||
| 1919 [13] | Gerald Patterson | Herbert Roper Barrett | 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1920 [10] | Francis Fisher | Theodore Mavrogordato | 6–4, 6–4, 6–1 | ||||||
| 1921 | .svg.png){kind=small} Brian Norton | Sydney M. Jacob | 6–2 6–2 6–3 | ||||||
| 1922 [14] | Brian Norton | Randolph Lycett | 9–7, 7–5, 1–6, 6–1 | ||||||
| 1923 [15] | Randolph Lycett | Brian Norton | 3–6 6–4 6–1 2–6 7–5 | ||||||
| 1924 | Jack Hillyard | Henry Mayes | 6–4, 1–6, 10–12, 6–3, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1925 | Gordon Crole Rees |  Athar-Ali Fyzee | 3–6, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1926 | Charles Kingsley | Gordon Crole Rees | 6–4, 6–2 ret. | ||||||
| 1927 | Gordon Crole Rees | Nigel Sharpe | 6–1, 6–0 | ||||||
| 1928 |  Henry Mayes | .svg.png){kind=small} Patrick Spence | 6–2, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1929 | Eric Peters | Oswald Turnbull | 3–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1930 |  Yoshiro Ohta | Fred Perry | 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1931 [10] | Iwao Aoki Harry Lee | Title shared | |||||||
| 1932 | Nigel Sharpe | Iwao Aoki | 7–5, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1933 | David Herman David H. Williams | Title shared | |||||||
| 1934 [16] | Jiro Yamagishi | Hideo Nishimura | 6–3, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1935 | Eskell D. Andrews | Patrick Spence | 6–2, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1936 | Cam Malfroy | Harry Lee | 6–2, 9–11, 6–0 | ||||||
| 1937 | Robert Tinkler | Pat Sherwood | 9–7, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1938 [10] | John Olliff | Eric Filby | 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1939 [10] |  Kho Sin-Kie | Jack Deloford | 6–2, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1940–1945 | Not Held – WWII | ||||||||
| 1946 [10] |  Hans van Swol | David Butler | 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 | ||||||
| 1947 | Claude F.O. Lister | .svg.png){kind=small} Marcel Coen | 7–5, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1948 | John Bromwich Geoffrey Paish | Title shared | |||||||
| 1949 |  Czesław Spychała | Geoffrey Paish | 6–3, 6–0 | ||||||
| 1950 |  Narendra Nath | Czesław Spychała | 6–2, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1951 | Czesław Spychała | David A. Samaai | 1–6, 7–5, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1952 | Ian Ayre | Bryan Woodroffe | 6–4, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1953 [10] | George Worthington | Roger Becker | 6–3, 6–1 | ||||||
| 1954 | John Barry Abe Segal | Title shared | |||||||
| 1955 | Malcolm Anderson | Ramanathan Krishnan | 6–3, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1956 | Ian Vermaak | Gordon Forbes | 6–4, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1957 | Roger Becker | Alan Mills | 7–9, 6–2, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1958 | Roger Becker | Mike Davies | 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1959 | Mike Davies | Warren Jacques | 7–9, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1960 | Roger Becker | Keith Diepraam | 6–4, 6–1 | ||||||
| 1961 | Martin Mulligan | Warren Jacques | 9–7, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1962 | Martin Mulligan | Mark Otway | 6–3, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1963 | Roger Taylor | Jaidip Mukerjea | 10–8, 9–11, 10–8 | ||||||
| 1964 | David Philips | Bob Carmichael | 2–6, 6–4, 8–6 | ||||||
| 1965 |  Jan-Erik Lundquist | Roger Taylor | 9–7, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1966 | Keith Wooldridge | Peter Curtis | 7–5, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1967 | Roger Taylor | Bobby Wilson | 2–6, 6–4, 6–2 | ||||||
| Open era | |||||||||
| 1968 | Keith Wooldridge | Ken Fletcher | 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 | ||||||
| 1969 | Gerald Battrick | John Cooper | 6–2, 6–1 | ||||||
| 1970 | Robert Maud | Frew McMillan | 6–4, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1971 | Anand Amritraj | Paul Hutchins | 6–2, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1972 | Premjit Lall | Ross Case | 6–4, 8–6 | ||||||
| 1973 | Owen Davidson | Tony Roche | 4–6, 6–4, 10–8 | ||||||
| 1974 | Bob Giltinan | Syd Ball | 6–3, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1975 | Peter McNamara |  Steve Docherty | 4–6, 9–8, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1976 | Not Held | ||||||||
| 1977 | P. Lawlor | Chris Wells | 4-6, 6-3, 8-6 | ||||||
| 1978 | David Lloyd | Willie Davies | 6-4, 6-7, 6-5 | ||||||
| 1979 | Victor Amaya | Mark Edmondson | 6–4, 7–5 | ||||||
| 1980 | Brian Gottfried | Sandy Mayer | 6–3, 6–3 | ||||||
Men's Doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 – 1978 | Unavailable | ||
| 1979 | Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson | Pat Du Pré Marty Riessen | 6–3, 6–7, 8–6 |
| 1980 | Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick |  Andrew Pattison Butch Walts | 7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15–13 |
Women's Singles
- Notes: The 1898 to 1900 events (*) were “closed” tournaments that were restricted to county team members only
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| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | May Arbuthnot | Elizabeth Mocatta | 6–2, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1891 | No competition | ||||||||
| 1892 | May Arbuthnot | Ivy Arbuthnot | 6–3, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1893 | No competition | ||||||||
| 1894 | |||||||||
| 1895 | |||||||||
| 1896 | |||||||||
| 1897 | |||||||||
| 1898 | Ellen Thynne | Amy Wilson Kirby | 6–2, 7–5 * | ||||||
| 1899 | Ellen Thynne | Edith J. Bromfield | 6–2, 2–6, 6–2 * | ||||||
| 1900 | Charlotte Cooper | Ellen Thynne Evered | 6–2, 6–2 * | ||||||
| 1900 | Edith Bromfield | Ellen Thynne Evered | 5–7, 6–3, 7–5 | ||||||
| 1901 | Charlotte Cooper Sterry | Edith Bromfield | 6–1, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1902 | Charlotte Cooper Sterry | Agnes Morton | 6–3, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1903 | Toupie Lowther | Edith Bromfield | 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1904 | Connie Wilson | Edith Bromfield | 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1905 | Connie Wilson | Ellen Stawell-Brown | 6–4, 7–5 | ||||||
| 1906 | Toupie Lowther | Dora Boothby | 5–7, 6–4, 8–6 | ||||||
| 1907 | Charlotte Cooper Sterry | Dorothea Douglass Chambers | 6–4, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1908 | Alice Greene | Charlotte Cooper Sterry | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1909 | Dora Boothby | Edith Johnson | 6–0, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1910 | Dora Boothby | Agnes Morton | 6–3, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1911 | Helen Aitchison | Agnes Morton | 6–3, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1912 | Ethel Thomson Larcombe | Dora Boothby | 7–5, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1913 | Charlotte Cooper Sterry | Madeline Fisher O'Neill | 8–6, 6–1 | ||||||
| 1914 | Dorothea Douglass Chambers | Ethel Thomson Larcombe | 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1915 | No competition (due to World War I) | ||||||||
| 1916 | |||||||||
| 1917 | |||||||||
| 1918 | |||||||||
| 1919 | Elizabeth Ryan | Dorothea Douglass Chambers | walkover | ||||||
| 1920 | Dorothea Douglass Chambers | Elizabeth Ryan | 6–4, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1921 | Elizabeth Ryan | Dorothy Holman | 6–0, 6–0 | ||||||
| 1922 | Elizabeth Ryan | .svg.png){kind=small} Irene Bowder Peacock | 10–8, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1923 | Elizabeth Ryan' | Eleanor Rose | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1924 | Elizabeth Ryan | Aurea Farrington Edgington | 6–3, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1925 [17] | Elizabeth Ryan | Kathleen McKane | 7–9, 6–1, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1926 | Joan Fry | Phoebe Holcroft Watson | 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1927 | Bobbie Heine | Irene Bowder Peacock | 1–6, 6–3, 7–5 | ||||||
| 1928 | Elsie Goldsack | Joan Ridley | 6–4, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1929 | Betty Nuthall | Elizabeth Ryan | 7–5, 6–1 | ||||||
| 1930 | Jenny Sandison | Betty Nuthall | 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1931 | Dorothy Shaw Jameson | Joan Austin | divided the prizes | ||||||
| 1932 | Gwen Sterry | Peggy Michell | 7–5, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1933 | Peggy Michell | Elsie Goldsack Pittman | divided the prizes | ||||||
| 1934 | Elsie Goldsack Pittman | Patricia Brazier | 6–3 6–3 | ||||||
| 1935 | Joan Hartigan | Phyllis Mudford King | 6–4, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1936 | Dorothy Round |  Anita Lizana | 6–2, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1937 [18] | Freda James | Alice Marble | 6–4, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1938 [19] | Helen Wills | Margot Lumb | 6–3 6–4 | ||||||
| 1939 | Mary Hardwick | Margot Lumb | 6–4, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1940 | No competition (due to World War II) | ||||||||
| 1941 | |||||||||
| 1942 | |||||||||
| 1943 | |||||||||
| 1944 | |||||||||
| 1945 | |||||||||
| 1946 | Kay Stammers Menzies | Gay Moorhouse Chandler | 6–4, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1947 | Kay Stammers Menzies | Joan Curry | 6–4, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1948 | Joan Curry | Jean Walker-Smith | divided the title | ||||||
| 1949 | Patricia Canning Todd | Jean Walker-Smith | 6–3, 9–7 | ||||||
| 1950 | Jean Walker-Smith | Jean Quertier | 6–2, 7–5 | ||||||
| 1951 | Helen Fletcher | Joan Curry | 6–3, 6–1 | ||||||
| 1952 | Maureen Connolly | Patricia Canning Todd | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1953 | Patricia Ward | Shirley Bloomer | 6–2, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1954 | Shirley Fry | Doris Hart | divided the title | ||||||
| 1955 | Rosemary Walsh | Daphne Seeney | 6–4, 7–5 | ||||||
| 1956 [20] | Althea Gibson | Anne Shilcock | 6–3, 13-11 | ||||||
| 1957 [21] | Althea Gibson | Thelma Coyne Long | 8–6, 7–5 | ||||||
| 1958 [22] | Althea Gibson | Mimi Arnold | 6–1, 6–0 | ||||||
| 1959 | Sally Moore | Ann Haydon | 6–4, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1960 | Angela Mortimer | Christine Truman | 3–6, 6–4, 9–7 | ||||||
| 1961 | Deidre Catt |  Edda Buding | 5–7, 6–3, 7–5 | ||||||
| 1962 | Angela Mortimer | Carole Caldwell Graebner | 6–4, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1963 [23] | Deidre Catt | Darlene Hard | 1–6, 9–7, 8–6 | ||||||
| 1964 | Ann Haydon Jones | Carole Caldwell Graebner | 6–3, 6–1 | ||||||
| 1965 | Christine Truman | Rita Bentley | 7–5, 6–1 | ||||||
| 1966 | Winnie Shaw | Mary-Ann Eisel | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1967 | Lynn Abbes | Robin Blakelock-Lloyd | 6–4, 6–3 | ||||||
| Open era | |||||||||
| 1968 | Judy Tegart-Dalton | Christine Truman | 10–8, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1969 | Mary-Ann Eisel | Judy Tegart-Dalton | 4–6, 6–4, 8–6 | ||||||
| 1970 | Ann Haydon Jones | Patti Hogan | 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1971 [24] | Judy Tegart-Dalton | Joyce Barclay | 9–8, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1972 | Joyce Barclay | Patti Hogan | 6–4, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1973 | Wendy Turnbull | Ann Kiyomura | 6–2, 6–0 | ||||||
| 1974 | Sue Barker | Sue Mappin | 6–2, 7–5 | ||||||
| 1975 | Greer Stevens | Patti Hogan | 6–1, 6–4 | ||||||
| 1976 | Not Held | ||||||||
| 1977 | Winnie Shaw | Gwen Sammel | 6–3, 7–6 | ||||||
| 1978 | Evonne Goolagong Cawley | Winnie Shaw | 6–1, 6–1 | ||||||
| 1979 | Cyntia Doerner-Seiler | Kym Ruddell | 6–1, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1980 | Not Held | ||||||||
| 1981 [25] | Betsy Nagelsen | Barbara Hallquist | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | ||||||
Notes
- ↑ According to Bud Collins the game lasted 31 minutes.
References
- ↑ "Surrey County Championships Brookes Wins Title". news.google.com. The Age - May 25, 1914. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "Mrs Williams in Surrey Final". news.google.com. The Glasgow Herald - May 29, 1971. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "Surrey County Championships Brookes Wins Title". news.google.com. The Age - May 25, 1914. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "English Championships". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 130, 2 June 1923. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ Keith Glass (29 May 2010). "The longest game of tennis". Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ↑ "The Surbiton road to Wimbledon". Independent. 6 June 1997. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ↑ "Surrey Championships 1892". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "Surrey Championships 1900". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". stevegtennis.com. Steve G Tennis. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "Davis Cup Contest The Rival Captains". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. The West Coast Times, 2 December 1912. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "Surrey County Championships Brookes Wins Title". news.google.com. The Age - May 25, 1914. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "Lawn Tennis Surrey Championships". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 122, 26 May 1919. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "Tennis Davis Cup Competitors Surrey Championship". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. The Northern Advocate, 30 May 1922. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "English Championships". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 130, 2 June 1923. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "All Japan Semi Finals in Surrey". nlb.gov.sg. The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 9 June 1934, Page 15. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "SURREY TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. The Press, Volume LXI, Issue, 18390, 25 May 1925. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "U.S. Champ and Conquerer". news.google.com. Reading Eagle, June 5, 1937. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "Tennis in England Surrey Championships Results of the Finals". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23044, 23 May 1938. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "American Girl Wins Net Title". news.google.com. Sunday Herald, June 3, 1956. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "Althea Cops in Wimbledon tennis prep". news.google.com. Washington Afro-American - Jun 4, 1957. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "Miss Gibson wins Tennis Tourney". news.google.com. Reading Eagle - Jun 8, 1958. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "Darlene Hard to Retire". news.google.com. The Age - May 31, 1963. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "Mrs Williams in Surrey Final". news.google.com. The Glasgow Herald - May 29, 1971. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- ↑ "Austin is Back". news.google.com. Herald-Journal - June 15, 1981. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
External links
- https://app.thetennisbase.com/Surrey Championships Roll of Honour
- http://www.tennisarchives.com/Surrey Championships Roll of Honour
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