St George's Hill Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourMen's Amateur Tour (1877-1912)
Women Amateur Tour (1877-1912)
ILTF Men's Amateur Tour (1913-1967)
ILTF Women's Amateur Tour (1913-1967)
Founded1881
Abolished1966
LocationSt Georges Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, England.
SurfaceGrass

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]England Wilfred MilneUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland B. Hawes3 sets to 0
1883[6]United States Clarence ClarkeUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Edward Glyn6-0, 6–4, 8-6
St.George's Hill Open
1922 [2]South Africa Brian NortonUnited Kingdom Charles Roupell[7]6-0, 6-1
1924United Kingdom Theodore MavrogordatoUnited Kingdom Tony Buzzard6-3, 6-0
1925Sweden Carl-Erik von BraunUnited Kingdom J.S. Heagerty6-1, 6-3
1926United Kingdom Pat HughesUnited Kingdom C.H. Watson6-1, 6-2
1927United Kingdom Pat HughesUnited Kingdom F. R. L. Crawford6-1, 6-1
1928[8]South Africa Pat SpenceUnited Kingdom Brian Gilbert6-0, 7-5
1929Japan Ryuki MikiUnited Kingdom Harry Lee4-6, 6–3, 7-5
1930Japan Ryuki MikiIndia Donald Ross Rutnam6-0, 5–7, 6-2
1931[2][9]Japan Ryuki MikiUnited Kingdom Harry Lee6-3, 6-3
1932 [2]United Kingdom Frank H. D. WildeUnited Kingdom Colin Ritchie6-3, 6-1
1933[9]United Kingdom Ted AvoryUnited Kingdom Bob Tinkler[10]?
1934United Kingdom Ted AvoryUnited Kingdom Jack Lysaght8-6, 6-4
1935[11]New Zealand Buster AndrewsUnited Kingdom Dickie Ritchie7-5, 3–6, 6-1
1936United Kingdom Harry LeeUnited Kingdom Ted Avory4-6, 6–3, 6-0
1937United Kingdom Eric FilbyUnited Kingdom Charles Russell Harris6-1, 7-5
1938United Kingdom Nigel G. SharpeUnited Kingdom Donald MacPhail8-6, 6-2
1939 [2]Argentina Alejo Domingo RussellUnited Kingdom Murray Deloford6-3, 6-4
1940/1945Not held (due to world war two)
1947 [2]Poland Ignacy TloczynskiUnited Kingdom George Godsell6-1, 6-3
1959United Kingdom Julian ConiUnited Kingdom F. Robinson6-3, 6-2
1960New Zealand John Roderick McDonaldIndia Vinay Dhawan11-9, 8-6
1961[2]United Kingdom Malcom GibbUnited Kingdom M. Pang6-2, 6-4
Open era

Women's Singles

Incomplete roll

Year Champions Runners-up Score
St.George's Hill Open
1922United Kingdom Eleanor RoseUnited Kingdom Vera Spofforth Youle6-2 8-6
1924United Kingdom Miss TaylorIndia Margaret Mangin Hasler9-7 6-4
1925Australia Esna BoydUnited Kingdom Eleanor Rose6-3 0-6 6-3
1926United Kingdom Eleanor RoseUnited Kingdom E. Norman6-2 8-6
1927United Kingdom Dorothy Kemmis-Betty HillUnited Kingdom Dorothy Shaw6-3 6-3
1928United Kingdom Peggy SaundersUnited Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey6-4 6-4
1929United Kingdom Phyllis Howkins CovellUnited Kingdom Phyllis Mudford6-3 6-3
1930India Jenny SandisonUnited Kingdom Vera Montgomery6-2 6-3
1931United Kingdom Phyllis MudfordAustralia Esna Boyddivided title
1932United Kingdom Nancy LyleUnited Kingdom Naomi Trentham6-0 6-3
1933United Kingdom Phyllis MudfordUnited Kingdom Peggy Saunders Michell6-3 6-3
1934United Kingdom Elsie Goldsack PittmanUnited Kingdom Mary Hardwick6-4 3-6 6-3
1935 [12]United States Helen Wills-MoodyUnited Kingdom Elsie Goldsack Pittman6-0 6-4
1936United Kingdom Mary HardwickUnited Kingdom Elsie Goldsack Pittman9-7 6-0
1937[13]Poland Jadwiga JedrzejowskaUnited States Alice Marble3-6 6-4 6-3
1938 [14]United States Alice MarbleSouth Africa Bonnie Heine Miller6–3, 6-4
1939United Kingdom Jean NicollUnited Kingdom Betty Nuthall6-2, 6-2
1940/1945Not held (due to world war two)
1946United Kingdom Margaret Sharp LewisUnited Kingdom Pearl Gannon Pantondivided title
1947South Africa Sheila Piercey SummersUnited Kingdom Joy Gannon6-1, 7-5
1959United Kingdom Jenny WagstaffUnited Kingdom Lorna Cornell Cawthorn3-6, 6–1, 6-3
1960United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer BrasherUnited Kingdom Rosemary Deloford6-1, 6-2
1961United Kingdom Lorna Cornell CawthornUnited Kingdom Caroline Yates-Bell6-3 6-3
1964United Kingdom Lorna Cornell CawthornUnited Kingdom Mary McAnally10-8 6-2
1966United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer BrasherUnited Kingdom Lorna Greville-Collinsdivided title
Open era

References

  1. American Lawn Tennis: Miss Marble in England. New York: American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company. 20 June 1937. p. 17.
  2. 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.
  3. Lawn Tennis Results. (1883). Routledges Sporting Annual. George Routledge and Sons. London. England. pp.113-117.
  4. "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.
  5. "St. George's Hill Open Tennis Tournament (Surrey)". www.tennisuk.net. Tennis Services UK Limited. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  6. Lawn Tennis Results. (1883). Routledges Sporting Annual. pp.113-117.
  7. "Player: Charles Roupell". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  8. "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". stevegtennis.com. Steve G Tennis. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  9. 1 2 Steve G Tennis
  10. "Player: Robert Tinkler". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  11. "Lawn Tennis". Keesing's Contemporary Archives. Amsterdam: Keesing's Limited. 1935. p. 1680.
  12. Pathfinder. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Farm Journal, Incorporated. 1935. p. 4.
  13. American Lawn Tennis
  14. "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.
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