| St George's Hill Open | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| 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) | 
| Founded | 1881 | 
| Abolished | 1966 | 
| Location | St Georges Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, England. | 
| Surface | Grass | 
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 | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St.George's Hill Tournament | |||||||||
| 1881[2] |  Wilfred Milne |  B. Hawes | 3 sets to 0 | ||||||
| 1883[6] |  Clarence Clarke |  William Edward Glyn | 6-0, 6–4, 8-6 | ||||||
| St.George's Hill Open | |||||||||
| 1922 [2] | .svg.png.webp) Brian Norton |  Charles Roupell[7] | 6-0, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1924 |  Theodore Mavrogordato |  Tony Buzzard | 6-3, 6-0 | ||||||
| 1925 |  Carl-Erik von Braun |  J.S. Heagerty | 6-1, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1926 |  Pat Hughes |  C.H. Watson | 6-1, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1927 |  Pat Hughes |  F. R. L. Crawford | 6-1, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1928[8] | .svg.png.webp) Pat Spence |  Brian Gilbert | 6-0, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1929 |  Ryuki Miki |  Harry Lee | 4-6, 6–3, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1930 |  Ryuki Miki |  Donald Ross Rutnam | 6-0, 5–7, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1931[2][9] |  Ryuki Miki |  Harry Lee | 6-3, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1932 [2] |  Frank H. D. Wilde |  Colin Ritchie | 6-3, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1933[9] |  Ted Avory |  Bob Tinkler[10] | ? | ||||||
| 1934 |  Ted Avory |  Jack Lysaght | 8-6, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1935[11] |  Buster Andrews |  Dickie Ritchie | 7-5, 3–6, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1936 |  Harry Lee |  Ted Avory | 4-6, 6–3, 6-0 | ||||||
| 1937 |  Eric Filby |  Charles Russell Harris | 6-1, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1938 |  Nigel G. Sharpe |  Donald MacPhail | 8-6, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1939 [2] |  Alejo Domingo Russell |  Murray Deloford | 6-3, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1940/1945 | Not held (due to world war two) | ||||||||
| 1947 [2] |  Ignacy Tloczynski |  George Godsell | 6-1, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1959 |  Julian Coni |  F. Robinson | 6-3, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1960 |  John Roderick McDonald |  Vinay Dhawan | 11-9, 8-6 | ||||||
| 1961[2] |  Malcom Gibb |  M. Pang | 6-2, 6-4 | ||||||
| Open era | |||||||||
Women's Singles
Incomplete roll
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St.George's Hill Open | |||||||||
| 1922 |  Eleanor Rose |  Vera Spofforth Youle | 6-2 8-6 | ||||||
| 1924 |  Miss Taylor |  Margaret Mangin Hasler | 9-7 6-4 | ||||||
| 1925 | .svg.png.webp) Esna Boyd |  Eleanor Rose | 6-3 0-6 6-3 | ||||||
| 1926 |  Eleanor Rose |  E. Norman | 6-2 8-6 | ||||||
| 1927 |  Dorothy Kemmis-Betty Hill |  Dorothy Shaw | 6-3 6-3 | ||||||
| 1928 |  Peggy Saunders |  Ermyntrude Harvey | 6-4 6-4 | ||||||
| 1929 |  Phyllis Howkins Covell |  Phyllis Mudford | 6-3 6-3 | ||||||
| 1930 |  Jenny Sandison |  Vera Montgomery | 6-2 6-3 | ||||||
| 1931 |  Phyllis Mudford | .svg.png.webp) Esna Boyd | divided title | ||||||
| 1932 |  Nancy Lyle |  Naomi Trentham | 6-0 6-3 | ||||||
| 1933 |  Phyllis Mudford |  Peggy Saunders Michell | 6-3 6-3 | ||||||
| 1934 |  Elsie Goldsack Pittman |  Mary Hardwick | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||||||
| 1935 [12] |  Helen Wills-Moody |  Elsie Goldsack Pittman | 6-0 6-4 | ||||||
| 1936 |  Mary Hardwick |  Elsie Goldsack Pittman | 9-7 6-0 | ||||||
| 1937[13] |  Jadwiga Jedrzejowska |  Alice Marble | 3-6 6-4 6-3 | ||||||
| 1938 [14] |  Alice Marble | .svg.png.webp) Bonnie Heine Miller | 6–3, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1939 |  Jean Nicoll |  Betty Nuthall | 6-2, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1940/1945 | Not held (due to world war two) | ||||||||
| 1946 |  Margaret Sharp Lewis |  Pearl Gannon Panton | divided title | ||||||
| 1947 | .svg.png.webp) Sheila Piercey Summers |  Joy Gannon | 6-1, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1959 |  Jenny Wagstaff |  Lorna Cornell Cawthorn | 3-6, 6–1, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1960 |  Shirley Bloomer Brasher |  Rosemary Deloford | 6-1, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1961 |  Lorna Cornell Cawthorn |  Caroline Yates-Bell | 6-3 6-3 | ||||||
| 1964 |  Lorna Cornell Cawthorn |  Mary McAnally | 10-8 6-2 | ||||||
| 1966 |  Shirley Bloomer Brasher |  Lorna Greville-Collins | divided title | ||||||
| Open era | |||||||||
References
- ↑ American Lawn Tennis: Miss Marble in England. New York: American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company. 20 June 1937. p. 17.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022). Tournament:https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?St. Georges Hill.. Tennis Archives. Netherlands.
- ↑ Lawn Tennis Results. (1883). Routledges Sporting Annual. George Routledge and Sons. London. England. pp.113-117.
- ↑ "A history of the Hill – the origins of top-class tennis in Weybridge • St George's Hill Lawn Tennis Club". stghltc.co.uk. St George's Hill Lawn Tennis Club. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ↑ "St. George's Hill Open Tennis Tournament (Surrey)". www.tennisuk.net. Tennis Services UK Limited. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ↑ Lawn Tennis Results. (1883). Routledges Sporting Annual. pp.113-117.
- ↑ "Player: Charles Roupell". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ↑ "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". stevegtennis.com. Steve G Tennis. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- 1 2 Steve G Tennis
- ↑ "Player: Robert Tinkler". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ↑ "Lawn Tennis". Keesing's Contemporary Archives. Amsterdam: Keesing's Limited. 1935. p. 1680.
- ↑ Pathfinder. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Farm Journal, Incorporated. 1935. p. 4.
- ↑ American Lawn Tennis
- ↑ "Alice Marble wins Weybridge, England". The Oxnard Daily Courier. Oxnard, California, United States. 4 June 1938. p. 1.
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.