Surrey Championships

Surrey Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name Surrey Championships (1890–67)
Surrey Grass Court Championships (1968–80)
Tour Grand Prix circuit (1968–1975, 1979–1980)
Founded 1890
Abolished 1981
Editions 72
Surface Grass court

The Surrey Championships [1] also known as the Surrey Grass Court Championships [2] and the Surrey County Championships[3] is a defunct tennis tournament played in Surbiton, Surrey, England on outdoor Grass court's it ran for 73 editions from 1890 to 1981 and after period of 18 years re-emerged as the Surbiton Trophy.

History

The Surrey Championships were first staged in 1890 and was an amateur tournament until the open era of tennis considered an important warm up event to the Wimbledon championships and the first big opener of the grass court season [4] it attracted many former British and foreign Grand Slam champions post open era the tournament was part of the mens Grand Prix Tour in 1974 and from 1979 to 1980 during the 1975 Championships the tournament witnessed the longest single game in tennis history, during a match between Keith Glass and Anthony Fawcett the game was not timed but it contained 37 deuces.[lower-alpha 1][5] the men's championships moved to a northern venue in 1981. In 1997 the tournament was first revived as an exhibition tournament won by Jason Stoltenberg.[6] then in 1998 the former Surrey Championships was restored with a new name known as the Surbiton Trophy.

Champions

Notes: Challenge Round: The Final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) in some tournaments not all. (c) Indicates challenger

Men's Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1890 United Kingdom Harry S. Barlow United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 6-2
1891 No competition
1892 [7] United Kingdom Harry S. Barlow United Kingdom Horace Chapman 6-2, 6-2 6-1
1893 No competition
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900 [8] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Dixon United Kingdom Major Ritchie 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
1901 [9] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Dixon United Kingdom 6-2 2-6 6-2 *
1902 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Martin 6-1, 6-1
1903 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Brame Hillyard 6-1, 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
1904 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sidney H. Smith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1905 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sidney H. Smith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edward R. Allen 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
1906 [10] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sidney H. Smith New Zealand Anthony Wilding walkover
1907 [10] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Gore United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1908 [10] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Gore 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1909 [10] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Dixon 4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 0–6, 6–4
1910 [10] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie Canada Robert Powell 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3
1911 [11] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Dixon New Zealand Anthony Wilding 7–5, 3–6, 6–0, 6–1
1912 [10] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Dixon United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1913 [10] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Dixon United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Theodore Mavrogordato 6–2, 8–6, 6–3
1914 [12] Australia Norman Brookes United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Francis Gordon Lowe 6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–8, 6–3
1915–1918 Not Held – WWI
1919 [13] Australia Gerald Patterson United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Roper Barrett 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1920 [10] New Zealand Francis Fisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Theodore Mavrogordato 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1921 South Africa Brian Norton United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney M. Jacob 6–2 6–2 6–3
1922 [14] South Africa Brian Norton United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Randolph Lycett 9–7, 7–5, 1–6, 6–1
1923 [15] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Randolph Lycett South Africa Brian Norton 3–6 6–4 6–1 2–6 7–5
1924 United Kingdom Jack Hillyard United Kingdom Henry Mayes 6–4, 1–6, 10–12, 6–3, 6–2
1925 United Kingdom Gordon Crole Rees British Raj Athar-Ali Fyzee 3–6, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1926 United Kingdom Charles Kingsley United Kingdom Gordon Crole Rees 6–4, 6–2 ret.
1927 United Kingdom Gordon Crole Rees United Kingdom Nigel Sharpe 6–1, 6–0
1928 Canada Henry Mayes South Africa Patrick Spence 6–2, 6–4
1929 United Kingdom Eric Peters United Kingdom Oswald Turnbull 3–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–3
1930 Japan Yoshiro Ohta United Kingdom Fred Perry 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
1931 [10] Japan Iwao Aoki
United Kingdom Harry Lee
Title shared
1932 United Kingdom Nigel Sharpe Japan Iwao Aoki 7–5, 6–3
1933 David Herman
United Kingdom David H. Williams
Title shared
1934 [16] Japan Jiro Yamagishi Japan Hideo Nishimura 6–3, 6–3
1935 New Zealand Eskell D. Andrews South Africa Patrick Spence 6–2, 6–3
1936 New Zealand Cam Malfroy United Kingdom Harry Lee 6–2, 9–11, 6–0
1937 United Kingdom Robert Tinkler United Kingdom Pat Sherwood 9–7, 6–3
1938 [10] United Kingdom John Olliff United Kingdom Eric Filby 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1939 [10] Taiwan Kho Sin-Kie United Kingdom Jack Deloford 6–2, 6–4
1940–1945 Not Held – WWII
1946 [10] Netherlands Hans van Swol United Kingdom David Butler 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
1947 United Kingdom Claude F.O. Lister Egypt Marcel Coen 7–5, 6–2
1948 Australia John Bromwich
United Kingdom Geoffrey Paish
Title shared
1949 Poland Czesław Spychała United Kingdom Geoffrey Paish 6–3, 6–0
1950 India Narendra Nath Poland Czesław Spychała 6–2, 6–4
1951 Poland Czesław Spychała South Africa David A. Samaai 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
1952 Australia Ian Ayre South Africa Bryan Woodroffe 6–4, 6–2
1953 [10] Australia George Worthington United Kingdom Roger Becker 6–3, 6–1
1954 New Zealand John Barry
South Africa Abe Segal
Title shared
1955 Australia Malcolm Anderson India Ramanathan Krishnan 6–3, 6–4
1956 South Africa Ian Vermaak South Africa Gordon Forbes 6–4, 6–3
1957 United Kingdom Roger Becker United Kingdom Alan Mills 7–9, 6–2, 6–3
1958 United Kingdom Roger Becker United Kingdom Mike Davies 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1959 United Kingdom Mike Davies Australia Warren Jacques 7–9, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1960 United Kingdom Roger Becker South Africa Keith Diepraam 6–4, 6–1
1961 Australia Martin Mulligan Australia Warren Jacques 9–7, 6–2
1962 Australia Martin Mulligan New Zealand Mark Otway 6–3, 6–4
1963 United Kingdom Roger Taylor India Jaidip Mukerjea 10–8, 9–11, 10–8
1964 South Africa David Philips Australia Bob Carmichael 2–6, 6–4, 8–6
1965 Sweden Jan-Erik Lundquist United Kingdom Roger Taylor 9–7, 6–3
1966 United Kingdom Keith Wooldridge United Kingdom Peter Curtis 7–5, 6–4
1967 United Kingdom Roger Taylor United Kingdom Bobby Wilson 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Open era
1968 United Kingdom Keith Wooldridge Australia Ken Fletcher 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1969 United Kingdom Gerald Battrick Australia John Cooper 6–2, 6–1
1970 South Africa Robert Maud South Africa Frew McMillan 6–4, 6–3
1971 India Anand Amritraj United Kingdom Paul Hutchins 6–2, 6–2
1972 India Premjit Lall Australia Ross Case 6–4, 8–6
1973 Australia Owen Davidson Australia Tony Roche 4–6, 6–4, 10–8
1974 Australia Bob Giltinan Australia Syd Ball 6–3, 6–2
1975 Australia Peter McNamara United States Steve Docherty 4–6, 9–8, 6–4
1976 Not Held
1977 United Kingdom P. Lawlor United Kingdom Chris Wells 4-6, 6-3, 8-6
1978 United Kingdom David Lloyd United Kingdom Willie Davies 6-4, 6-7, 6-5
1979 United States Victor Amaya Australia Mark Edmondson 6–4, 7–5
1980 United States Brian Gottfried United States Sandy Mayer 6–3, 6–3

Men's Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1927

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

Women's Singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1890 United Kingdom May Arbuthnot United Kingdom Elizabeth Mocatta 6–2, 6–2
1891 No competition
1892 United Kingdom May Arbuthnot United Kingdom Ivy Arbuthnot 6–3, 6–3
1893 No competition
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898 United Kingdom Ellen Thynne United Kingdom Amy Wilson Kirby 6–2, 7–5 *
1899 United Kingdom Ellen Thynne United Kingdom Edith J. Bromfield 6–2, 2–6, 6–2 *
1900 United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper United Kingdom Ellen Thynne Evered 6–2, 6–2 *
1900 United Kingdom Edith Bromfield United Kingdom Ellen Thynne Evered 5–7, 6–3, 7–5
1901 United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper Sterry United Kingdom Edith Bromfield 6–1, 6–3
1902 United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper Sterry United Kingdom Agnes Morton 6–3, 6–3
1903 United Kingdom Toupie Lowther United Kingdom Edith Bromfield 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1904 United Kingdom Connie Wilson United Kingdom Edith Bromfield 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1905 United Kingdom Connie Wilson United Kingdom Ellen Stawell-Brown 6–4, 7–5
1906 United Kingdom Toupie Lowther United Kingdom Dora Boothby 5–7, 6–4, 8–6
1907 United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper Sterry United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass Chambers 6–4, 6–3
1908 United Kingdom Alice Greene United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper Sterry 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1909 United Kingdom Dora Boothby United Kingdom Edith Johnson 6–0, 6–4
1910 United Kingdom Dora Boothby United Kingdom Agnes Morton 6–3, 6–3
1911 United Kingdom Helen Aitchison United Kingdom Agnes Morton 6–3, 6–4
1912 United Kingdom Ethel Thomson Larcombe United Kingdom Dora Boothby 7–5, 6–3
1913 United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper Sterry United Kingdom Madeline Fisher O'Neill 8–6, 6–1
1914 United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass Chambers United Kingdom Ethel Thomson Larcombe 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1915 No competition (due to World War I)
1916
1917
1918
1919 United States Elizabeth Ryan United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass Chambers walkover
1920 United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass Chambers United States Elizabeth Ryan 6–4, 6–2
1921 United States Elizabeth Ryan United Kingdom Dorothy Holman 6–0, 6–0
1922 United States Elizabeth Ryan South Africa Irene Bowder Peacock 10–8, 6–2
1923 United States Elizabeth Ryan' United Kingdom Eleanor Rose 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1924 United States Elizabeth Ryan United Kingdom Aurea Farrington Edgington 6–3, 6–4
1925 [17] United States Elizabeth Ryan United Kingdom Kathleen McKane 7–9, 6–1, 6–3
1926 United Kingdom Joan Fry United Kingdom Phoebe Holcroft Watson 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1927 South Africa Bobbie Heine South Africa Irene Bowder Peacock 1–6, 6–3, 7–5
1928 United Kingdom Elsie Goldsack United Kingdom Joan Ridley 6–4, 6–2
1929 United Kingdom Betty Nuthall United States Elizabeth Ryan 7–5, 6–1
1930 India Jenny Sandison United Kingdom Betty Nuthall 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
1931 United Kingdom Dorothy Shaw Jameson United Kingdom Joan Austin divided the prizes
1932 United Kingdom Gwen Sterry United Kingdom Peggy Michell 7–5, 6–4
1933 Australia Peggy Michell United Kingdom Elsie Goldsack Pittman divided the prizes
1934 United Kingdom Elsie Goldsack Pittman United Kingdom Patricia Brazier 6–3 6–3
1935 Australia Joan Hartigan United Kingdom Phyllis Mudford King 6–4, 6–3
1936 United Kingdom Dorothy Round Chile Anita Lizana 6–2, 6–3
1937 [18] United Kingdom Freda James United States Alice Marble 6–4, 6–3
1938 [19] United States Helen Wills United Kingdom Margot Lumb 6–3 6–4
1939 United Kingdom Mary Hardwick United Kingdom Margot Lumb 6–4, 6–4
1940 No competition (due to World War II)
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946 United Kingdom Kay Stammers Menzies United Kingdom Gay Moorhouse Chandler 6–4, 6–3
1947 United Kingdom Kay Stammers Menzies United Kingdom Joan Curry 6–4, 6–3
1948 United Kingdom Joan Curry United Kingdom Jean Walker-Smith divided the title
1949 United States Patricia Canning Todd United Kingdom Jean Walker-Smith 6–3, 9–7
1950 United Kingdom Jean Walker-Smith United Kingdom Jean Quertier 6–2, 7–5
1951 United Kingdom Helen Fletcher United Kingdom Joan Curry 6–3, 6–1
1952 United States Maureen Connolly United States Patricia Canning Todd 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1953 United Kingdom Patricia Ward United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer 6–2, 6–3
1954 United States Shirley Fry United States Doris Hart divided the title
1955 United Kingdom Rosemary Walsh Australia Daphne Seeney 6–4, 7–5
1956 [20] United States Althea Gibson United Kingdom Anne Shilcock 6–3, 13-11
1957 [21] United States Althea Gibson Australia Thelma Coyne Long 8–6, 7–5
1958 [22] United States Althea Gibson United States Mimi Arnold 6–1, 6–0
1959 United Kingdom Sally Moore United Kingdom Ann Haydon 6–4, 6–2
1960 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer United Kingdom Christine Truman 3–6, 6–4, 9–7
1961 United Kingdom Deidre Catt West Germany Edda Buding 5–7, 6–3, 7–5
1962 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer United States Carole Caldwell Graebner 6–4, 6–4
1963 [23] United Kingdom Deidre Catt United States Darlene Hard 1–6, 9–7, 8–6
1964 United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones United States Carole Caldwell Graebner 6–3, 6–1
1965 United Kingdom Christine Truman United Kingdom Rita Bentley 7–5, 6–1
1966 United Kingdom Winnie Shaw United States Mary-Ann Eisel 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1967 United States Lynn Abbes United Kingdom Robin Blakelock-Lloyd 6–4, 6–3
Open era
1968 Australia Judy Tegart-Dalton United Kingdom Christine Truman 10–8, 6–4
1969 United States Mary-Ann Eisel Australia Judy Tegart-Dalton 4–6, 6–4, 8–6
1970 United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones United States Patti Hogan 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1971 [24] Australia Judy Tegart-Dalton United Kingdom Joyce Barclay 9–8, 6–2
1972 United Kingdom Joyce Barclay United States Patti Hogan 6–4, 6–3
1973 Australia Wendy Turnbull United States Ann Kiyomura 6–2, 6–0
1974 United Kingdom Sue Barker United Kingdom Sue Mappin 6–2, 7–5
1975 South Africa Greer Stevens United States Patti Hogan 6–1, 6–4
1976 Not Held
1977 United Kingdom Winnie Shaw South Africa Gwen Sammel 6–3, 7–6
1978 Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley United Kingdom Winnie Shaw 6–1, 6–1
1979 Australia Cyntia Doerner-Seiler Australia Kym Ruddell 6–1, 6–2
1980 Not Held
1981 [25] United States Betsy Nagelsen United States Barbara Hallquist 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

Notes

  1. According to Bud Collins the game lasted 31 minutes.

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