Tennis tournament
The Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Championship [ 1] Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1926 as the Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Lawn Tennis Club Tournament .[ 2] Sutton Coldfield , Warwickshire , England until 1965.
History
In 1922 the Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Lawn Tennis Club was founded.[ 3] [ 4] World War II . The tournament did not resume until 1949 in part due to a lack of water still not available after the war to maintain its courts. In 1950 it was rebranded as the Sutton Coldfield Hard Court Championships. The tournament continued to held through to 1965 when it was discontinued. Sutton Coldfield Tennis Club is still active today.[ 5]
Finals
Incomplete roll includes:
Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Year
Winners
Runners-up
Score
1937[ 6]
Kho Sin-Khie 3-6, 9–7, 6-2
1938[ 7]
(2) Jimmy Jones 3-6, 9–7, 6-2
Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Championship
1949
Tony Mottram 6-0 6-3
1950[ 8]
Koon Hung Ip 6-0 6-3
1951
Peter Cawthorn Ignacy Tloczynski 6-2, 9-7
1952
Peter Cawthorn (2) Don Tregonning 6-2, 8–10, 6-3
1953
Jack Arkinstall John Horn 6-0 6-1
1954
David Samaai Don Hamilton [ 9] 7-5, 3–6, 6-3
1955
Bill Gilmour Sr. Tony Mottram 4-6, 7–5, 6-3
1956
[ 10] 6-1, 6-4
1957
Roger Becker Derek Lawer [ 11] 6-3, 6-2
1958
Lew Gerrard John Hurry [ 12] 3-6, 6–4, 8-6
1959
Robin Sanders Howard Walton 6-2, 6-3
1960
Robin Sanders (2) Gaetan Koenig [ 13] 6-2, 6-3
1963
John Hillebrand Martin Mulligan 6-4, 8-6
1964
Roy Dixon John Hillebrand 6-2, 8-6
1965
Roy Dixon (2) Uwe Gottschalk [ 14] 3-6, 6–4, 6-4
Incomplete roll includes.
Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Year
Winners
Runners-up
Score
1933
Olga Greenwood 6-2, 1–6, 6-3
1939
Betty Clements 6-1, 6-3
Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Championship
1950[ 15]
Barbara Knapp 6-3, 7-5
1951
Margaret Emerson Sheila Speight 7-5, 6-1
1952
Rosemary Walsh Hazel Cheadle 6-4, 6-3
1953
Hazel Cheadle Audrey Housley 6-2, 7-5
1954
Angela Mortimer Heather Nicholls Brewer 6-4, 6-3
1955
Daphne Seeney Hazel Cheadle 6-2, 3–6, 7-5
1956
Anne Shilcock Ann Haydon 3-6, 9–7, 6-4
1957[ 16]
Angela Mortimer (2) Rita Bentley 9-7, 7-5
1958[ 17]
Angela Mortimer (3) Rita Bentley 6-4 6-0
1959
Angela Mortimer (4) Ann Haydon 6-2, 6-2
1960
Barbara Drew Françoise Dürr 6-1, 9-7
1963
Hazel Cheadle Jean Haskew 6-1, 6-2
1964[ 18]
Ann Haydon Jones Rita Bentley 1-6, 8–6, 6-4
1965[ 19]
Pat McClenaughan Faye Toyne 6-3, 6-1
Tournament records
References
^ Talbot, David (8 June 1965). "LAWN TENNIS: Good start by German hopes By David Talbot an invasion by five young German players, all of whom are hoping for success in next week's Wimbledon qualifying competition, gives a distinctive character to this year's Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Championship" Birmingham Daily Post . Warwickshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. p. 26. Retrieved 7 May 2023 . ^ "Sport: The fourteenth annual hard court tournament of the Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Lawn Tennis Club will take place next week at the club ground in Highbridge Road, Wylde Green, next week" Birmingham Mail . Warwickshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 9 June 1939. p. 19. Retrieved 7 May 2023 .^ "Sutton Coldfield Tennis Club Club Information" . ipadel.co.uk . iPadel Ltd. Retrieved 7 May 2023 .^ Birmingham Mail (1939)
^ "Sutton Coldfield Tennis Club" . clubspark.lta.org.uk . LTA. Retrieved 7 May 2023 .^ "Tennis News: Norman Taylor is tuning for Wimbledon by defending his Sutton Coldfield hard courts title this year" Leicester Daily Mercury . Leicestershire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 17 June 1938. Retrieved 7 May 2023 .^ Leicester Daily Mercury
^ "IP WINS AT SUTTON Sutton Coldfield tennis title yesterday" Birmingham Weekly Mercury . Warwickshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 11 June 1950. p. 20. Retrieved 7 May 2023 .^ "Don Hamilton: Overview" . ATP Tour . Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 7 May 2023 .^ "R. Bob Lee: Overview" . ATP Tour . Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 7 May 2023 .^ "Derek Lawer: Overview" . ATP Tour . Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 7 May 2023 .^ "John Hurry : Overview" . ATP Tour . Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 7 May 2023 .^ "Gaetan Koenig: Overview" . ATP Tour . Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 7 May 2023 .^ "Player Profile: Uwe Gottschalk" . www.itftennis.com . ITF. Retrieved 7 May 2023 .^ Birmingham Weekly Mercury
^ "Miss Mortimer wins" Football Gazette (South Shields) . Durham, England: British Newspaper Archive. 31 May 1958. p. 6. Retrieved 7 May 2023 .^ Football Gazette (South Shields) (31 May 1958)p.6.
^ "ANN JONES WINS" Liverpool Echo . Lancashire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 23 May 1964. p. 20. Retrieved 7 May 2023 .^ "SUTTON TENNIS: Miss Toyne fails in final Pat McClenaughan (Sydney) defeated the top seed Fay Toyne (Brisbane) 6-3. 6-1 in an all Australian women's singles final in the Sutton Coldfield hard court lawn tennis tournament" Sports Argus . Warwickshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 12 June 1965. p. 1. Retrieved 7 May 2023 .
