Tennis tournament St George's Hill Open |
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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) |
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Founded | 1881 |
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Abolished | 1966 |
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Location | St Georges Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, England. |
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Surface | Grass |
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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
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Champions
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Runners-up
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Score
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St.George's Hill Tournament
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1881[2] |
Wilfred Milne |
B. Hawes |
3 sets to 0
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1883[6] |
Clarence Clarke |
William Edward Glyn |
6-0, 6–4, 8-6
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St.George's Hill Open
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1922 [2] |
Brian Norton |
Charles Roupell[7] |
6-0, 6-1
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1924 |
Theodore Mavrogordato |
Tony Buzzard |
6-3, 6-0
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1925 |
Carl-Erik von Braun |
J.S. Heagerty |
6-1, 6-3
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1926 |
Pat Hughes |
C.H. Watson |
6-1, 6-2
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1927 |
Pat Hughes |
F. R. L. Crawford |
6-1, 6-1
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1928[8] |
Pat Spence |
Brian Gilbert |
6-0, 7-5
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1929 |
Ryuki Miki |
Harry Lee |
4-6, 6–3, 7-5
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1930 |
Ryuki Miki |
Donald Ross Rutnam |
6-0, 5–7, 6-2
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1931[2][9] |
Ryuki Miki |
Harry Lee |
6-3, 6-3
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1932 [2] |
Frank H. D. Wilde |
Colin Ritchie |
6-3, 6-1
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1933[9] |
Ted Avory |
Bob Tinkler[10] |
?
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1934 |
Ted Avory |
Jack Lysaght |
8-6, 6-4
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1935[11] |
Buster Andrews |
Dickie Ritchie |
7-5, 3–6, 6-1
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1936 |
Harry Lee |
Ted Avory |
4-6, 6–3, 6-0
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1937 |
Eric Filby |
Charles Russell Harris |
6-1, 7-5
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1938 |
Nigel G. Sharpe |
Donald MacPhail |
8-6, 6-2
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1939 [2] |
Alejo Domingo Russell |
Murray Deloford |
6-3, 6-4
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1940/1945 |
Not held (due to world war two)
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1947 [2] |
Ignacy Tloczynski |
George Godsell |
6-1, 6-3
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1959 |
Julian Coni |
F. Robinson |
6-3, 6-2
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1960 |
John Roderick McDonald |
Vinay Dhawan |
11-9, 8-6
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1961[2] |
Malcom Gibb |
M. Pang |
6-2, 6-4
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Open era
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Women's Singles
Incomplete roll
References
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.
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