Bristol Open

The Bristol Open, also known as the West of England Championships, is a defunct men's tennis tournament that was held firstly in 1972, and then annually from 1981-1989. It was played in Bristol, Great Britain and was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit.

The tournament was played on grass courts in the weeks preceding the Wimbledon Championships. American Johan Kriek garnered the greatest success at the event, winning the Open twice in 1983 and 1984.

Results

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1972	Bob Hewitt	Alex Olmedo	6–4, 6–3
1973-80	Not held
1981	Mark Edmondson	Roscoe Tanner	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
1982	John Alexander	Tim Mayotte	6–3, 6–4
1983	Johan Kriek	Tom Gullikson	7–6, 7–5
1984	Johan Kriek	Brian Teacher	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
1985	Martin Davis	Glenn Layendecker	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
1986	Vijay Amritraj	Henri Leconte	7–6, 1–6, 8–6
1987	Kelly Evernden	Tim Wilkison	6–4, 7–6
1988	Christian Saceanu	Ramesh Krishnan	6–4, 2–6, 6–2
1989	Eric Jelen	Nick Brown	6–4, 3–6, 7–5

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1972	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	Clark Graebner Lew Hoad	6–3, 6–2
1973-80	Not held
1981	Billy Martin Russell Simpson	John Austin Johan Kriek	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1982	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	6–4, 7–6
1983	John Alexander John Fitzgerald	Tom Gullikson Johan Kriek	7–5, 6–4
1984	Larry Stefanki Robert Van't Hof	John Alexander John Fitzgerald	6–4, 5–7, 9–7
1985	Eddie Edwards Danie Visser	John Alexander Russell Simpson	6–4, 7–6
1986	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	Mark Edmondson Wally Masur	6–7, 7–6, 12–10
1987	Not available
1988	Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	Marty Davis Tim Pawsat	2–6, 6–4, 7–5
1989	Paul Chamberlin Tim Wilkison	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	7–6, 6–4

References

• ITF Search (search Bristol)

There is also the fencing competition which started in 1975 and is now held in the City Academy, Bristol on the third weekend of September each year. See http://www.bristolopen.info