Poole Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
(1970–1971) women
ILTF Independent Circuit
(1970–1971) men
Founded1970 (1970)
Abolished1971 (1971)
LocationPoole, Great Britain
VenueEast Dorset Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club
SurfaceClay / outdoor

The Poole Open was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1970.[1] In 1970 the tournament was branded as the En-Tout-Cass Trophy Poole,[2] (for sponsorship reasons) and was third leg of the En-Tout-Cass Circuit that year.[3] The tournament was played at the East Dorset Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club (f.1909),[4] Poole, Great Britain until 1971.[1]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1970[5]Czechoslovakia Jan KukalAustralia John Cooper6–2, 6–3.[1]
1971Italy Franco BartoniUnited States Butch Seewagen4–6, 6–2, 6–1.[1]

Men's doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1970[6]United Kingdom Ken Weatherley
United Kingdom John de Mendoza
Czechoslovakia Jan Kukal
United Kingdom Stanley Matthews
1–6, 6–4, 6–4

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1970[7]United Kingdom Joyce WilliamsAustralia Evonne Goolagong6–2, 6–0
1971Ecuador María GuzmánRepublic of Ireland Susan Minford3–6, 6–3, 6–4

Women's doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1970[8]Australia Patricia Edwards
Australia Evonne Goolagong
United Kingdom Rita Bentley
United Kingdom Joyce Williams
6–4, 6–8, 6–4

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Tournaments:Poole Open". The Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  2. "TENNIS: EN TOUT CAS TROPHY (Poole)". Daily Mirror. London, England: Wikipedia Library - British Newspaper Archive. 10 April 1970. p. 27. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  3. Tingay, Lance (1971). "The 1970 British Tournament Season". In Barrett, John (ed.). World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 259, 260. ISBN 978-0-362-00091-7.
  4. "Club History". clubspark.lta.org.uk. East Dorset Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  5. World of Tennis 1971
  6. World of Tennis 1971
  7. World of Tennis 1971
  8. World of Tennis 1971
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