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Cumberland Hard Court Championships

The Cumberland Hard Court Championships or Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships[1] and also known as the Cumberland Hard Court Tournament was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded as in 1927. It was played at the Cumberland Club, Hampstead, London, England until tournament ended in 1986.[2]

Cumberland Hard Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameCumberland Hard Court Championships (1927-70)
Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships (1971)
Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships (1972–80)
British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament (1981-86)
TourILTF Circuit (1913-70)
Bio-Strath Circuit, (1970-71)
ILTF Independent Tour (1972-86)
Founded1927
Abolished1985
LocationHampstead, London, England
VenueCumberland Club
SurfaceClay

History edit

The Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships were founded in 1927 and played at the Cumberland Club, Hampstead, England. In 1971 the tournament was incorporated into the Bio-Strath Circuit under the sponsorship name of the Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships or simply the Bio-Strath Cumberland,[3] where it was the second leg of circuit that year. In 1981 the British department store retail company British Home Stores took over sponsorship of the event, and it was branded as the British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament.[4] The tournament ran through till 1986 as part of the ILTF Independent Tour then was discontinued.

Finals edit

Men's singles edit

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
Cumberland Hard Court Championships
1931   Jiro Satoh   Ted Avory 6-4, 6-3.[2]
1934   Bunny Austin   Man-Mohan Bhandari[5] 6-2 6-1
1935   John Olliff   Frank Wilde 14-12, 6-2.[2]
1936   Charles Hare   John Olliff 6-4, 6-3.[2]
1937   Ronald Shayes   Edmund John David[6] 6-4, 6-2.[2]
1938   Wai-Chuen Choy   John Olliff 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.[2]
1939/1946 Not held (due to World War II)
1947   Howard Walton   Francis Wallis[7] 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.[2]
1948   Headley Baxter   Dennis Slack[8] 6-2, 6-1
1949   Tony Mottram   Geoff Paish 6-2, 6-4.[2]
1950   Geoffrey Brown   Headley Baxter 6-2, 6-2.[2]
1951   Tony Mottram (2)   Peter Cawthorn 6-2, 6-1.[2]
1952   Peter Cawthorn   Gerry Oakley 6-3, 6-1.[2]
1953   Roger Becker   Gerry Oakley 6-3, 6-4.[2]
1954   Jeff Robson   Billy Knight 6-3, 6-4.[2]
1955   Billy Knight   Tony Mottram 1-6, 6-4, 6-2.[2]
1956   Bobby Wilson   Mike Davies 1-6, 6-3, 7-5.[2]
1957   Gerry Oakley   Tony Pickard w.o.[2]
1958   Bobby Wilson (2)   Gerry Oakley 7-5, 6-4.[2]
1959   Lew Gerrard   Roger Becker 6-3, 6-2.[2]
1960   Bobby Wilson (3)   Norman Kitovitz 6-1, 6-2.[2]
1961   Roger Becker (2)   Günther Sanders 6-3, 6-4.[2]
1962   Martin Mulligan   Warren Jacques 6-4, 6-4.[2]
1963   Mark Cox   Harry Matheson[9] 6-3, 7-5.[2]
1964   Mark Cox   Clay Iles 7-5, 6-2.[2]
1965   Bobby Wilson (4)   Gerald Battrick 6-3, 7-5.[2]
1966   Graham Stilwell   Stanley Matthews 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.[2]
1967   Gerald Battrick   Mike Carpenter[10] 7-5, 6-4.[2]
1968   Bobby Wilson (5)   Peter Curtis 6-3, 6-0.[2]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969   Bobby Wilson (6)   Keith Wooldridge 6-3, 6-1.[2]
1970   Allan McDonald   Keith Wooldridge 6-3, 9-7.[2]
Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships
1971   Ian Fletcher   Alan Mills 7-5, 6-0.[2]
↓  ILTF Independent Tour  ↓
Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships
1972   David Lloyd   John de Mendoza 6-0, 9-7.[2]
1973   Buster Mottram   Syd Ball 6-2, 6-1.[2]
1974   Keith Hancock   Richard Lewis 6-3, 6-4.[2]
1975   Robin Drysdale   Alvin Gardiner 6-7, 6-2, 6-4.[2]
1977   David Lloyd (2)   Chris Bradnam 7-6, 6-4.[2]
1978   Chris Bradnam[11]   Michael Appleton 6-1, 6-3.[2]
1979   Chris Bradnam (2)   Rohun Beven 6-3, 6-4.[2]
1980   Rohun Beven   Willie Davies 6-1, 6-2.[2]
British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament
1981   Mark Cox (2)   Chris Bradnam 7-6, 6-4.[2]
1982   Stephen Alger   Christo van Rensburg 6-2, 7-6.[2]
1983   John Feaver   Chris Bradnam 4-6, 7-6, 7-5.[2]

Women's singles edit

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
Cumberland Hard Court Championships
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1927   Christabel Hardie   Elsie Goldsack 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
1928   Violet Chamberlain   Christabel Hardie 6-2, 6-1
1929   Joan Ridley   Betty Dix 6-2, 6-2
1930   Elsie Goldsack Pittman   Joan Ridley 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
1931   Davina Gordon Townsend   Freda Scott 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
1932   Mrs H. Martin   N. Case 6-4, 6-2
1933   Jeanette Morfey   Jean Saunders divided title
1934   Christabel Hardie Wheatcroft (2)   Mary Burgess-Smith 4-6, 8-6, 8-6
1935   Joan Ingram   Christabel Hardie Wheatcroft 6-1, 6-3
1936   Mary Heeley   Sheila Paterson 6-1, 6-1
1937   Mary Heeley (2)   Nina Brown 6-1, 6-0
1938   Mary Hardwick   Betty Batt 8-6, 6-2
1939/1946 Not held (due to World War II)
1946   Joan Curry   Betty Clements Hilton 7-5, 6-4
1947   Joan Curry (2)   Peggy Dawson-Scott 6-3, 6-2
1948   Joan Curry (3)   Molly Lincoln Blair 6-2, 6-4
1949   Jean Quertier   Jean Walker-Smith 6-4, 6-1
1950   Patsy Rodgers   Joey Physick David 6-4, 6-0
1951   Nancye Wynne Bolton   Susan Partridge 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
1952   Gem Hoahing   Georgie Woodgate 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
1953   Angela Mortimer   Gem Hoahing 6-3, 6-1
1954   Angela Buxton   Lorna Cawthorn 6-4, 6-0
1955   Pearl Gannon Panton   Jenny Middleton 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
1956   Angela Buxton (2)   Sue Waters 6-0, 6-4
1957   Christine Truman   Sheila Armstrong 4-6, 6-1, 8-6
1958   Christine Truman (2)   Sheila Armstrong 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
1959   Shirley Bloomer   Ruia Morrison 6-2, 6-4
1960   Christine Truman (3)   Shirley Bloomer Brasher 6-4, 6-2
1961   Pauline Titchener Roberts   Rosemary Deloford 6-4, 6-2
1962   Ann Haydon   Lorna Cawthorn 6-2, 6-1
1963   Christine Truman (4)   Robin Lesh 7-5, 6-8, 6-4
1964   Jan Lehane   Ann Haydon Jones 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
1965   Ann Haydon Jones (2)   Christine Truman 4-6, 6-3, 10-8
1966   Ann Haydon Jones (3)   Elizabeth Starkie 6-2, 6-2
1967   Christine Truman (5)   Jitka Volavková 7-5, 6-1
1968   Faye Toyne-Moore   Christine Truman Janes 6-4, 6-2
↓  Open era  ↓
1969   Joyce Barclay Williams   Winnie Shaw 7-5, 6-2
1970   Evonne Goolagong   Jill Cooper 6-2, 9-7
Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships
1971   Christine Truman Janes (6)   Jill Cooper 8-6, 4-6, 6-2
↓  ILTF Independent Tour  ↓
Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships
1972   Glynis Coles   Patti Hogan 8-6, 6-4
1973   Linda Mottram   Veronica Burton 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
1974   Veronica Burton   Paulina Peisachov 4-6, 9-8, 6-2
1975   Linda Mottram (2)   Glynis Coles 7-6, 7-5
1977   Linda Mottram (3)   Jackie Fayter 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
1978   Linda Mottram (4)   Jackie Fayter 6-3, 6-7, 6-2
1979   Jo Durie   Linda Mottram 6-4, 6-1
1980   Jo Durie (2)   Anne Hobbs 6-4, 7-6
British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament
1981   Jo Durie (3)   Debbie Jevans 6-3, 6-4
1982   Kate Brasher   Masako Yanagi 6-1, 6-1
1983   Amanda Brown   Debbie Jevans Jarrett 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
1985   Elna Reinach   Nancy Cohen 7-5, 7-5
1986   Catrin Jexell   Jane Wood 6-4, 6-2

References edit

  1. ^ "TENNIS CUMBERLAND HARD COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS (Hampstead). Men's Singles. Third Round: H. Walton (Warwicks) bt A. Billingham (Middx) 6-1. 6-2" (Subscription). Daily Mirror. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 10 April 1963. p. 30. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
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  3. ^ Barrett, John; Tingay, Lance; West, Peter (1971). "The 1970 British Tournament Season". World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 260–271. ISBN 978-0-362-00091-7.
  4. ^ Tingay, Lance; Barrett, John (1982). "British Tournament Results 1981". Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : the official yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-356-08596-8.
  5. ^ "Man-Mohan Bhandari : Overview". ATP Tour. London: ATP. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
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  7. ^ "Francis Wallis: Overview". ATP Tour. London: ATP. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
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  9. ^ "Harry Matheson: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Michael Carpenter: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
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