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Surrey Championships

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The Surrey Championships [1] also known as the Surrey Grass Court Championships [2] and the Surrey County Championships[1] was a men's and women's international tennis event originally founded in 1882 as the Berrylands Club Tournament. In 1890 the former tournament's name was changed to the Surbiton Open that featured the first Surrey County Championships. The tournament was first played in Richmond then later in Surbiton, Surrey, England on outdoor grass courts. It ran for 73 editions from 1890 to 1981 and after a period of 18 years re-emerged as the Surbiton Trophy.

Surrey Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameSurrey Championships (1890–67)
Surrey Grass Court Championships (1968–80)
TourGrand Prix circuit (1968–1975, 1979–1980)
Founded1890
Abolished1981
Editions72
LocationSurbiton, Surrey, England
VenueBerrylands LTC (1890-1974)
Surbiton Lawn Tennis and Squash Rackets Club (1975-81)
SurfaceGrass

History edit

In 1881 the Berryland Lawn Tennis Club was founded.[3] In 1882 the club staged the first precursor event to these championships known as the Berrylands Club Tournament.[4] In 1889 the Berrylands Lawn Tennis Tournament name was changed to the Surbiton Open.[5] In 1890 the Surbiton Open was held that also featured the first Surrey County Championships.[6] It 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 [7] it attracted many former British and foreign Grand Slam champions post open era the tournament was part of the men's Grand Prix Tour in 1974 and from 1979 to 1980. In 1975 the Berryland Lawn Tennis Club's name was changed to the Surbiton Lawn Tennis and Squash Rackets Club.[8] 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.[a][9] 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.[10] Then in 1998 the former Surrey Championships was restored with a new name known as the Surbiton Trophy.

Finals edit

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, but not all. (c) Indicates challenger

Men's singles edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score
Surrey County Championships
1890   Harry S. Barlow   Wilfred Baddeley 5–7, 6–3, 7–5, 6-2
1891 Not held
1892 [11]   Harry S. Barlow (2)   Horace Chapman 6–2, 6-2 6-1
1893/1899 Not held
1900 [12]   Charles Dixon   Major Ritchie 6–3, 1–6, 6–3, 6-2
1901 [13]   Philip Graeme Pearson   David M. A. G. Hawes 6-2 2-6 6-2
1902   Major Ritchie (2)   Charles Martin 6–1, 6-1
1903   Major Ritchie (3)   Brame Hillyard 6–1, 6–1, 1–6, 6-4
Surrey Grass Court Championships
1904   Sydney H. Smith   Major Ritchie 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1905   Sydney H. Smith (2)   Roy Allen 6–2, 6–3, 6-1
1906 [14]   Sydney H. Smith (3)   Anthony Wilding walkover
1907 [14]   Arthur Gore   Major Ritchie 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1908 [14]   Major Ritchie (4)   Arthur Gore 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1909 [14]   Major Ritchie (5)   Charles Dixon 4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 0–6, 6–4
1910 [14]   Major Ritchie (6)   Robert Powell 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3
1911 [15]   Charles Dixon (2)   Anthony Wilding 7–5, 3–6, 6–0, 6–1
1912 [14]   Charles Dixon (3)   Major Ritchie 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1913 [14]   Charles Dixon (4)   Theodore Mavrogordato 6–2, 8–6, 6–3
1914 [1]   Norman Brookes   Francis Gordon Lowe 6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–8, 6–3
1915/1918 Not held (due to World War I)
1919 [16]   Gerald Patterson   Herbert Roper Barrett 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1920 [14]   Francis Fisher   Theodore Mavrogordato 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1921   Brian Norton   Sydney M. Jacob 6–2 6–2 6–3
1922 [17]   Brian Norton (2)   Randolph Lycett 9–7, 7–5, 1–6, 6–1
1923 [7]   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 (2)   Nigel Sharpe 6–1, 6–0
1928   Henry Mayes   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 [14]   Iwao Aoki   Harry Lee title shared
1932   Nigel Sharpe   Iwao Aoki 7–5, 6–3
1933   David Herman   David H. Williams title shared
1934 [18]   Jiro Yamagishi   Hideo Nishimura 6–3, 6–3
1935   Buster 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 [14]   John Olliff   Eric Filby 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1939 [14]   Kho Sin-Kie   Jack Deloford 6–2, 6–4
1940/1945 Not held (due to World War II
1946 [14]   Hans van Swol   David Butler 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
1947   Claude Lister   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 (2)   David Samaai 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
1952   Ian Ayre   Bryan Woodroffe 6–4, 6–2
1953 [14]   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 (2)   Mike Davies 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1959   Mike Davies   Warren Jacques 7–9, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1960   Roger Becker (3)   Keith Diepraam 6–4, 6–1
1961   Martin Mulligan   Warren Jacques 9–7, 6–2
1962   Martin Mulligan (2)   Mark Otway 6–3, 6–4
1963   Roger Taylor   Jaidip Mukerjea 10–8, 9–11, 10–8
1964   David Phillips   Bob Carmichael 2–6, 6–4, 8–6
1965   Jan-Erik Lundqvist   Roger Taylor 9–7, 6–3
1966   Keith Wooldridge   Peter Curtis 7–5, 6–4
1967   Roger Taylor (2)   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 edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1927
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1978		 Unavailable
1979   Tim Gullikson
  Tom Gullikson		   Pat DuPré
  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 edit

  • Note: The 1898 to 1900 events (*) were "closed" tournaments that were restricted to county team members only.
Year Champions Runners-up Score
Surrey County Championships
1890   May Arbuthnot   Elizabeth Mocatta 6–2, 6–2
1891 Not held
1892   May Arbuthnot (2)   Ivy Arbuthnot 6–3, 6–3
1893/1897 Not held
1898   Ellen Thynne   Amy Wilson Kirby 6–2, 7–5 *
1899   Ellen Thynne (2)   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 (2)   Edith Bromfield 6–1, 6–3
1902   Charlotte Cooper Sterry (3)   Agnes Morton 6–3, 6–3
1903   Toupie Lowther   Edith Bromfield 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Surrey Grass Court Championships
1904   Connie Wilson   Ellen Stawell-Brown 6–4, 7–5
1905   Connie Wilson (2)   Agnes Morton 6–2, 6–0
1906   Toupie Lowther (2)   Dora Boothby 5–7, 6–4, 8–6
1907   Charlotte Cooper Sterry (4)   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 (2)   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 (5)   Madeline Fisher O'Neill 8–6, 6–1
1914   Dorothea Douglass Chambers   Ethel Thomson Larcombe 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1915/1918 Not held (due to World War I)
1919   Elizabeth Ryan   Dorothea Douglass Chambers walkover
1920   Dorothea Douglass Chambers (2)   Elizabeth Ryan 6–4, 6–2
1921   Elizabeth Ryan (2)   Dorothy Holman 6–0, 6–0
1922   Elizabeth Ryan (3)   Irene Bowder Peacock 10–8, 6–2
1923   Elizabeth Ryan (4)   Eleanor Rose 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1924   Elizabeth Ryan (5)   Aurea Farrington Edgington 6–3, 6–4
1925 [19]   Elizabeth Ryan (6)   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 title shared
1932   Gwen Sterry   Peggy Michell 7–5, 6–4
1933   Peggy Michell   Elsie Goldsack Pittman title shared
1934   Elsie Goldsack Pittman (2)   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 [20]   Freda James   Alice Marble 6–4, 6–3
1938 [21]   Helen Wills   Margot Lumb 6–3 6–4
1939   Mary Hardwick   Margot Lumb 6–4, 6–4
1940/1945 Not held (due to World War II)
1946   Kay Stammers Menzies   Gay Moorhouse Chandler 6–4, 6–3
1947   Kay Stammers Menzies (2)   Joan Curry 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1948   Joan Curry   Jean Walker-Smith title shared
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 title shared
1955   Rosemary Walsh   Daphne Seeney 6–4, 7–5
1956 [22]   Althea Gibson   Anne Shilcock 6–3, 13-11
1957 [23]   Althea Gibson (2)   Thelma Coyne Long 8–6, 7–5
1958 [24]   Althea Gibson (3)   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 (2)   Carole Caldwell Graebner 6–4, 6–4
1963 [25]   Deidre Catt (2)   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 (2)   Patti Hogan 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1971 [2]   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 Wooldridge (2)   Gwynn Sammel 6–3, 7–6
1978   Evonne Goolagong Cawley   Winnie Shaw 6–1, 6–1
1979   Cynthia Doerner-Sieler   Kym Ruddell 6–1, 6–2
1980 Not held
1981 [26]   Betsy Nagelsen   Barbara Hallquist 6–0, 6–4

Notes edit

  1. ^ According to Bud Collins the game lasted 31 minutes.

References edit

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