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The Homburg Cup

The Homburg Cup [1] or Der Homburg-Pokal its original name was a tennis event held from 1894 through 1936 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany on outdoor Clay court's.

The Homburg Cup
Der Homburg-Pokal
Defunct tennis tournament
TourPre-open era (1877-1967)
Founded1894
Abolished1936
Editions26
LocationBad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
VenueBad Homburg Tennis Club
(1894-1936)
SurfaceClay/Outdoor

History edit

The Homburg Cup tournament was first held in 1894 played at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany and usually August. The Homburg Cup was organised by the 1st President of the German Tennis Federation, Carl August von der Meden, the early staging of this event attracted some of the most well known aristocracy in Europe such as the, Emperor of Germany, Crown Prince of Greece, and the Duke of Cambridge numerous other aristocrats appeared every year which generated significant press coverage for the event, prize money that was on offer was said to be substantial at the time which was probably why it was considered one of the most important [2] and prestigious [3] early pre-open era tournaments in continental Europe and Germany along with German Championships known then for its ability to attract the best players in the world throughout its early period certainly up to the beginning of World War I. It was an open event and featured the likes of the Arthur Gore, Anthony Wilding, Joshua Pim Laurence and Reginald Doherty, A Harold Mahony and Max Décugis its lasted 41 years until 1935 the event featured men's doubles,[4] women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles [5] competition.

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 not all. * Indicates challenger

Men's singles edit

(Incomplete list)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1894   Samuel Henry Hughes ? ?
1895 [6]   William M. Cranston   Reginald Forbes 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
1896 [7]   Reginald Doherty   William M. Cranston walkover
1897 [8]   Reginald Doherty (2)   George Hillyard walkover
1898 [9]   Reginald Doherty (3)   Laurence Doherty walkover
1899   Reginald Doherty (4)   Clarence Hobart 3-6, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-4
1900 [10]   Laurence Doherty   George Hillyard[11] 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2
1901 [12]   Max Decugis   Jacques Worth walkover
1902 [13]   Josiah Ritchie   Frederick William Payn 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
1903   George Ball-Greene   Josiah Ritchie 7-5, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3
1904   George Ball-Greene[14] (2)   Wylie Cameron Grant 9-7, 6-2, 6-3
1905   George Ball-Greene (3)   Anthony Wilding shared title
1906   Anthony Wilding[15] (2)   Otto Froitzheim 6-1, 6-1, 6-4
1907 [16]   Otto Froitzheim   Anthony Wilding 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
1908 [17]   Otto Froitzheim (2)   Anthony Wilding 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 8-6
1909   Otto Froitzheim (3)   Josiah Ritchie 6-4, 5-7, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
1910   Heinrich Kleinschroth   Heinrich Schomburgk 5-7, 6-4, 6-0, 6-3
1911   Otto Froitzheim (4)   Heinrich Schomburgk 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1912   Oscar Kreuzer   Gordon Lowe 6-4, 1-6, 3-6, 6-0, 8-6
1913   Otto Froitzheim (5)   Paul Otto Lindpaintner 6-1, 6-2
1914/1918 Not held (due to World War I)
1919   Otto Froitzheim (6)   Oscar Kreuzer 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
1920   Otto Froitzheim (7)   Oscar Kreuzer 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
1921   Oscar Kreuzer (2)   Heinrich Kleinschroth 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
1925   Willi Hannemann   Otto Froitzheim 4-6, 7-5, ret.
1926   Axel Petersen   Otto Froitzheim w.o.
1927   Georg T. W. Demasius   Otto Froitzheim w.o.
1928   Axel Petersen (2)   Johann Philip Buss 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, ret.
1929   Christian Boussus   Otto Froitzheim w.o.
1930   Harry Hopman   Christian Boussus 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4
1931   Roderich Menzel   Fritz Kuhlmann Sr 6-1, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
1932   Harry Hopman (2)   Clifford Sproule 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 8-6, 6-3
1933/1934 Not held
1935   Werner Menzel   Fritz Kuhlmann Sr 6-1, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
1936   John Olliff   Arnulf Schmidt 1-6, 8-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2

Women's singles edit

(Incomplete list)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1895   Toupie Lowther   S. Pollen 6-2. 6-1
1896   Elsie Lane   Toupie Lowther 6-0, 6-2
1897   Blanche Bingley Hillyard   Charlotte Cooper divided prizes.
1898   Elsie Lane (2)   Toupie Lowther 7-5, 7-5
1899   Charlotte Cooper   Clara von der Schulenburg 7-5. 6-4
1900   Blanche Bingley Hillyard (2)   Muriel Robb 2-6, 8-6, 7-5
1901   Toupie Lowther (2)   Blanche Duddell 6-0, 6-0
1902   Charlotte Cooper Sterry (2)   Toupie Lowther 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
1903   Toupie Lowther (3)   Clara von der Schulenburg 1-6, 6-4, 6-0
1904   Toupie Lowther (4)   Elsie Lane 6-2, 7-5
1905   Dorothea Douglass   Toupie Lowther 6-3, 7-5
1906   Dorothea Douglass (2)   Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6-4, 8-6
1907   Hedwig Neresheimer   Rosamund Salusbury 10-8, 6-3
1908   Lucie Bergmann   Miss. Stettheimer 6-2, 6-2
1909   Agnes Morton   Dagmar von Krohn 6-2, 6-2
1910   Agnes Morton (2)   Mieken Rieck 6-1, 6-4
1911   Agnes Morton (3)   Nelly Bamberger 6-2, 6-4
1912   Lilly Salin   Ilse Weihermann 6-3, 6-4
1913   Nelly Bamberger   Lilly Salin 6-3, 2-0 retd.
1914/1918 Not held (due to World War I)
1919   Ilse Friedleben   Lili de Alvarez ?
1921   Ilse Friedleben (2)   Lili de Alvarez 5-7, 8-6 retd.
1922   Ilse Friedleben (3)   Hete Käber 6-3, 6-2
1924   Ilse Friedleben (4)   Toni Weihermann ?
1925   Ilse Friedleben (5)   Cilly Aussem 6-2, 6-3
1926   Anna Weihermann Hemp   Nelly Neppach 6-4, 3-6, 3-0 retd.
1927   Ilse Friedleben   Simonne Mathieu 6-4, 3-0, retd.
1928   Toni Mettenheimer Schomburgk   Ilse Friedleben 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
1929   Toni Weihermann Richter   Ellen Hoffmann 6-1, 6-2
1930   Ilse Friedleben (6)   Hilde Krahwinkel default
1931   Anne Peitz   Marie-Louise Horn 6-3, 7-5
1932   Hilde Krahwinkel   Marie-Louise Horn 6-1, 6-0
1933/1934 Not held
1935   Margarethe Käppel   Anne Peitz Schneider 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
1936   Anneliese Ullstein   Klara Hammer Beutter 6-4, 7-5

Records edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Lawn Tennis". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13536, 12 October 1907. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  2. ^ Hobart, Clarence. "Lawn Tennis in Continental Europe" (PDF). la84.org. LA84 Foundation: Out Volume 38,XXXVIII,06, 8 Jan 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. ^ Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis : a cultural history (Repr. ed.). London: Leicester University Press. p. 257. ISBN 9780718501952.
  4. ^ "Lawn Tennis". Capricornian. The Capricornian Newspaper, p.12, 18 Oct 1902. 18 October 1902. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Lawn Tennis". Capricornian. The Capricornian Newspaper, p.12, 18 Oct 1902. 18 October 1902. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Homburg 1895, Homburg Cup, Germany". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Homburg 1896 Homburg Cup Germany". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Homburg 1897 Homburg Cup Germany". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Homburg 1898 Homburg Cup Germany". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Homburg 1900, Homburg Cup Germany". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  11. ^ Cox, Bruce Tarran ; foreword by Mark (2013). George Hillyard : the man who moved Wimbledon. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 68. ISBN 978-1780885490.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Coorei. "Lawn Tennis". news.google.com. The Sydney Mail, Apr 26, 1911. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  13. ^ "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". stevegtennis.com. Steve G Tennis. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  14. ^ Coorei. "Lawn Tennis". news.google.com. The Sydney Mail, Apr 26, 1911. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  15. ^ Coorei. "Lawn Tennis". news.google.com. The Sydney Mail, Apr 26, 1911. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  16. ^ "Lawn Tennis at Homburg". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Omaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10276, 13 October 1909. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  17. ^ "Lawn Tennis at Homburg". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Omaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10276, 13 October 1909. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

References edit

  • Lawn Tennis and Badminton Magazines, 1896–1901, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd, London, UK.
  • Lawn Tennis and Croquet Magazines, 1901–1920, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd, London, UK.
  • Tennis:Cultural History, Gillmeister, Heiner, A&C Black, 1998, ISBN 9780718501952.

See also edit

External links edit

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