Surrey Grass Court Championships

Surrey Grass Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Created 1904
Ended 1980
Event name Surrey Championship (1927–67)
Surrey Grass Court Championships (1968–80, 1997)
Tour Grand Prix circuit (1968–1975, 1979–1980)
Surface Grass court (1927–1980)

The Surrey Grass Court Championships is a defunct men's tennis tournament played in Surbiton, England. The event was played as part of the Grand Prix Tour in 1974 and from 1979 to 1980. It was played on outdoor grass courts. It was first played in 1904 under the name of the Surrey Championships and was an amateur tournament until the open era of tennis. A women's tournament was added in 1960 and ended in 1981. The men's championships moved to a northern venue in 1981, in 1997 the championships were brought back, Jason Stoltenberg won the tournament and on the final day a host of exhibitions took place.[1] In 1998 the championships were graced by a reintroduction of a women's tournament and were renamed the Surbiton Trophy. During the 1975 Championships the tournament witnessed the longest single game in tennis history, during a match between Keith Glass and Anthony Fawcett. No one timed the game but it had 37 deuces.[2] But Budd Colins has the game timed at 31 minutes

Contents

Champions

Men's Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1904 Sidney H. Smith unknown unknown
1905 Sidney H. Smith unknown unknown
1906 Sidney H. Smith Anthony Wilding walkover
1907 Arthur Gore Josiah Ritchie 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1908 Josiah Ritchie Arthur Gore 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1909 Josiah Ritchie Charles Dixon 4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 0–6, 6–4
1910 Josiah Ritchie Robert Powell
1911 Charles Dixon Anthony Wilding 7–5, 3–6, 6–0, 6–1
1912 Charles Dixon Josiah Ritchie 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1913 Charles Dixon Theodore Mavrogordato 6–2, 8–6, 6–3
1914 Norman Brookes Francis Gordon Lowe 6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–8, 6–3
1915–1918 Not Held – WWI
1919 Gerald Patterson Herbert Roper Barrett 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1920 Frank M.B. Fisher Theodore Mavrogordato 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1921 Brian Norton unknown unknown
1922 Brian Norton unknown unknown
1923 Randolph Lycett unknown unknown
1924 Jack Hillyard Henry Mayes 6–4, 1–6, 10–12, 6–3, 6–2
1925 Gordon Crole Rees Athar-Ali Fyzee 3–6, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1926 Charles Kingsley Gordon Crole Rees 6–4, 6–2 ret.
1927 Gordon Crole Rees Nigel Sharpe 6–1, 6–0
1928 Henry Mayes Patrick Spence 6–2, 6–4
1929 Eric Peters Oswald Turnbull 3–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–3
1930 Yoshiro Ohta Fred Perry 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
1931 Iwao Aoki
Harry G. Lee		 Title Shared
1932 Nigel Sharpe Iwao Aoki 7–5, 6–3
1933 David
David H. Williams		 Title Shared
1934 Jiro Yamagishi Hideo Nishimura 6–3, 6–3
1935 Eskell D. Andrews Patrick Spence 6–2, 6–3
1936 Cam Malfroy Harry G. Lee 6–2, 9–11, 6–0
1937 Robert Tinkler Pat Sherwood 9–7, 6–3
1938 John Olliff Eric Filby 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1939 Kho Sin-Khie Jack Deloford 6–2, 6–4
1940–1945 Not Held – WWII
1946 Hans van Swol David Butler 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
1947 Claude F.O. Lister Marcel Coen 7–5, 6–2
1948 John Bromwich
Geoffrey Paish		 Title Shared
1949 Czeslaw Spychala Geoffrey Paish 6–3, 6–0
1950 Narendra Nath Czeslaw Spychala 6–2, 6–4
1951 Czeslaw Spychala David A. Samaai 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
1952 Ian Ayre Bryan Woodroffe 6–4, 6–2
1953 George Worthington Roger Becker 6–3, 6–1
1954 John Barry
Abe Segal		 Title Shared
1955 Malcolm Anderson Ramanathan Krishnan 6–3, 6–4
1956 Ian Vermaak Gordon Forbes 6–4, 6–3
1957 Roger Becker Alan Mills 7–9, 6–2, 6–3
1958 Roger Becker Mike Davies 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1959 Mike Davies Warren Jacques 7–9, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1960 Roger Becker Keith Diepraam 6–4, 6–1
1961 Martin Mulligan Warren Jacques 9–7, 6–2
1962 Martin Mulligan Mark Otway 6–3, 6–4
1963 Roger Taylor Jaidip Mukerjea 10–8, 9–11, 10–8
1964 David Philips Bob Carmichael 2–6, 6–4, 8–6
1965 Jan-Erik Lundquist Roger Taylor 9–7, 6–3
1966 Keith Wooldridge Peter Curtis 7–5, 6–4
1967 Roger Taylor Bobby Wilson 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1968 Keith Wooldridge Ken Fletcher 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1969 Gerald Battrick John Cooper 6–2, 6–1
1970 Robert Maud Frew McMillan 6–4, 6–3
1971 Anand Amritraj Paul Hutchins 6–2, 6–2
1972 Premjit Lall Ross Case 6–4, 8–6
1973 Owen Davidson Tony Roche 4–6, 6–4, 10–8
1974 Robert Giltinan Syd Ball 6–3, 6–2
1975 Peter McNamara Steve Docherty 4–6, 9–8, 6–4
1976–1978 Not Held
1979 Victor Amaya Mark Edmondson 6–4, 7–5
1980 Brian Gottfried Sandy Mayer 6–3, 6–3

Men's Doubles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1927
–

1978		 Unavailable
1979 Tim Gullikson
Tom Gullikson		 Pat Du Pré
Marty Riessen		 6–3, 6–7, 8–6
1980 Mark Edmondson
Kim Warwick		 Andrew Pattison
Butch Walts		 7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15–13

Women's Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1960 Angela Mortimer Christine Truman 3–6, 6–4, 9–7
1961 Deidre Catt Edda Buding 5–7, 6–3, 7–5
1962 Angela Mortimer Carole Caldwell Graebner 6–4, 6–4
1963 Deidre Catt Darlene Hard 1–6, 9–7, 8–6
1964 Ann Haydon Jones Carole Caldwell Graebner 6–3, 6–1
1965 Christine Truman Rita Bentley 7–5, 6–1
1966 Winnie Shaw Mary-Ann Eisel Curtis 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1967 Lynn Abbes Robin Blakelock-Lloyd 6–4, 6–3
1968 Judy Tegart-Dalton Christine Truman 10–8, 6–4
1969 Mary-Ann Eisel Curtis Judy Tegart-Dalton 4–6, 6–4, 8–6
1970 Ann Haydon Jones Patti Hogan 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1971 Judy Tegart-Dalton Joyce Barclay-Williams-Hume 9–8, 6–2
1972 Joyce Barclay-Williams-Hume Patti Hogan 6–4, 6–3
1973 Wendy Turnbull Ann Kiyomura 6–2, 6–0
1974 Sue Barker Sue Mappin 6–2, 7–5
1975 Greer Stevens Patti Hogan 6–1, 6–4
1976 Not Held
1977 Winnie Shaw Gwen Sammel 6–3, 7–6
1978 Evonne Goolagong Cawley Winnie Shaw 6–1, 6–1
1979 Cyntia Doerner-Seiler Kym Ruddell 6–1, 6–2
1980 Not Held
1981 Betsy Nagelsen Barbara Hallquist 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

References

  1. ^ "The Surbiton road to Wimbledon". Independent. 6 June 1997. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis-the-surbiton-road-to-wimbledon-1254894.html?. Retrieved 8 September 2010. 
  2. ^ "The longest game of tennis". Guardian. 29 May 2010. http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/may/29/longest-tennis-game-keith-glass. Retrieved 8 September 2010.