Surrey Grass Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament | |
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Event name |
Surrey Championship (1927–67) Surrey Grass Court Championships (1968–80, 1997) |
Tour | Grand Prix circuit (1968–1975, 1979–1980) |
Founded | 1900 |
Abolished | 1980 |
Surface | Grass court (1927–1980) |
The Surrey Grass Court Championships is a defunct 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 1900 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.[lower-alpha 1][2]
Champions
Men's Singles
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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1902 | Josiah Ritchie | Charles Martin | 6-1, 6-1 |
1903 | Josiah Ritchie | Brame Hillyard | 6-1, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 |
1904 | Sidney H. Smith | Josiah Ritchie | 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 |
1905 | Sidney H. Smith | Edward R. Allen | 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 |
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 | 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3 |
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 | Francis Fisher | Theodore Mavrogordato | 6–4, 6–4, 6–1 |
1921 | Brian Norton | Sydney M. Jacob | 6–2 6–2 6–3 |
1922 | Brian Norton | Randolph Lycett | 9–7, 7–5, 1–6, 6–1 |
1923 | Randolph Lycett | Brian Norton | 3–6 6–4 6–1 2–6 7–5 |
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 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 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-Kie | 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 | Czesław Spychała | Geoffrey Paish | 6–3, 6–0 |
1950 | Narendra Nath | Czesław Spychała | 6–2, 6–4 |
1951 | Czesław Spychała | 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 | Bob 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 |
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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 | |
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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 | 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 | 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 |
Notes
- ↑ According to Bud Collins the game lasted 31 minutes.
References
- ↑ "The Surbiton road to Wimbledon". Independent. 6 June 1997. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ↑ Keith Glass (29 May 2010). "The longest game of tennis". Guardian. Retrieved 8 September 2010.