The Keswick Open Hard Courts ^[1] was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1934 as the Lakeland Open. The tournament was organised by the Keswick Lawn Tennis Club, and played at Fitz Park, Keswick, Cumbria, England. It was played annually until 1967.

History

In August 1889 the Keswick Open was first held for the first time.^[2] The tournament was organised by the Keswick Lawn Tennis Club, and played at Fitz Park, Keswick, Cumbria, England. It was held annually until 1910 when it was discontinued as part of the LTA Circuit.^[2]

In 1934 the Keswick Lawn Tennis Club established a new successor event called the Lakeland Open that was also played at Fitz Park, but this time on hard clay courts, that event ran until 1939,^[3] when it was briefly supsepended due to World War Two. In 1941 the tournament was revived under a new new name the Keswick Open Hard Courts tournament. In 1960 the event was held in conjunction with the Cumberland County Championships.^[4] The event ran until 1967 when it was abolished.^[5]

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete list)

Lakeland Open
Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1934	Herby Aldred	Laurie Shaffi	6–3, 6–3
1938[1]	Constantin Tanacescu	Eric Filby	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
1939[1]	Constantin Tanacescu (2)	Angus Smith	6–0, 6–2
Keswick Open Hard Courts
1948[1]	Heraldo Weiss	Gerry Oakley	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1951[1]	Ignacy Tłoczyński	Czeslaw Spychala	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1956[1]	Eric Dixon	John Tuton	6–2, 6–2
1957[1]	Ken Riley	Chris Norris	6–3, 6–4
1963[1]	Bobby Wilson	Roger Becker	7–5, 7–5
1964[1]	Bobby Wilson (2)	Guillermo Hernandez	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1965[1]	Roger Dowdeswell	Tony Pickard	6–2, 5–7, 6–2

Women's singles

(Incomplete list)

Lakeland Open
Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1934	Dorothy Round	Olga Webb	6–0, 6–2
1936	Christabel Hardie Wheatcroft	Rita Jarvis	7–5, 6–4
1937	Christabel Hardie Wheatcroft (2)	Cecily Hartley Marriott	8–6, retd.
1938	Rosemary Thomas	Olga Webb MacInnes	6–4, 6–3
1939	Laila Schou-Nilsen	Mrs J. Selwyn James	6–2, 6–3
Keswick Open Hard Courts
1949	Mary Terán de Weiss	Dorothy Round Little	6-4, 6-3
1951	Shirley Bloomer	Joy Mottram	6–4, 6–4
1962	Louise Grundy	Mrs G. Bowman	6–2, 6–2
1963	Norma Baylon	Vera Roberts	4–6, 6–2, 6–4

References