| Bad Neuenahr International | |
| Type: | defunct |
| Location: | Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany |
| Venue: | HTC Bad Neuenahr |
| Surface: | Clay (outdoors) |
The Bad Neuenahr International or Internationale Bad Neuenahr was a combined tennis tournament founded in 1909 as the Neuenahr-Ahrweiler International.[1] It was held at HTC Bad Neuenahr, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany and played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament was discontinued in 1978.[1]
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler is a spa town[2] in the German Bundesland of the Rhineland-Palatinate that serves as the capital of the Ahrweiler district.[3]
In 1882 a spa was first established in the town at Wiesenallee.[4] Then two new lawn tennis courts were built, later further two tennis courts were built at the Kurhaus.[4] By the early 1890s visiting wealthy spa guests and locals began to play against each other on these courts.[5] In 1900 in order to promote tennis responsibility for staging events was down to the spa administrators.[4]
In 1909 the first international open tennis tournaments were held and continued until 1911.[4] The foreign participants were usually bathers taking a cure in the spa's.[4] In 1912 the spa administration donated a "gold cup" that attracted good players from all over Europe to Neuenahr,[5] known as the Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Gold Cup awarded to winners of the men's singles event in the international tournament.[1] The first winner was the Belgian champion Louis Jacques Émile Trasenster.[1] [4] In 1920 the Hockey Tennis Club Bad Neuenahr was opened,[6] with 14 new clay courts and the event transferred there. In 1921 the spa administration transferred the event to HTC Bad Neuenahr.[1] [7] The tournament was staged annually until 1978.[1]
(incomplete roll)
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ German LTA Circuit ↓ | ||||
| 1912[8] |  Claus Herberg | 6–3, 6–3, 6–1. | ||
| 1913 | Claus Herberg | Wilhelm Gisbert Groos | 6–4, 6–0, 6–2 | |
| 1915/1919 | Not held (due to World War I) | |||
| ↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓ | ||||
| 1920 | Dr. A. Marcotty | ? | ? | |
| 1921 | Ernst Büchting | ? | ? | |
| 1922 | Frans Ludwig Hoppe | Ernst Büchting | ? | |
| 1924 | Heinz C. Landmann | Fritz Kuhlmann | ? | |
| 1925 | Conrad Kupsch | Fritz Kuhlmann | 6–2, 11–9, 5–7, 6–2 | |
| 1926 | Erwin Statz | Herr Claus | 6–0, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 | |
| 1927 | Cornelis Albert Bryan[9] | Otto Froitzheim | 8–6 4–6 3–6 ret. | |
| 1928 | Fritz Kuhlmann |  Jacques Bonte[10] | 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 | |
| 1929 |  Yoshiro Ota | 6–4, 6–4, 7–5 | ||
| 1930 | Ludmar Heitmann | 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 | ||
| 1931 | Eberhard Nourney (2) | Heinz Remmert | 5–7, 6–1, 6–1, 6–0 | |
| 1932 | C.Rudolf Strauss | Karl Heinz Kretzer | 8–6, 1–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–1 | |
| 1933 | Helmut Sindern | Josef Hirtz | 7–5, 0–6, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 | |
| 1934 | Eberhard Nourney (3) | Erwin Statz | 2–0, ret. | |
| 1935 | Eberhard Nourney (4) | Edgar Dettmer[11] | 7-5, 7-5, 6-0 | |
| 1936 | Fritz Kuhlmann | Edgar Dettmer | 2–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 | |
| 1937 | Harald Richter | 6–1, 6–2, 6–0 | ||
| 1938 | Edmund Bartkowiak (2) | Ludmar Heitmann | 6–2, 6–1, 6–1 | |
| 1939 | Helmut Gulcz | Ernst Buchholz | 6–1, 4–6, 6–1, 9–7 | |
| 1940-48 | Not held (due to World War II) | |||
| 1949 | Ernst Buchholz | 6–4, 6–0, 6–2 | ||
| 1950 | Ernst Buchholz |  Dilip Bose | 13–11, 6–3, 6–3 | |
| 1951 | Ernst Buchholz | 4–6, 6–1, ret. | ||
| 1952 |  Ian Ayre | 6–0, 6–3, 6–1 | ||
| 1953 | Ernst Buchholz | 4–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–3 | ||
| 1954 |  Tony Mottram (2) | Ernst Buchholz | 7–5, 6–0 | |
| 1955 |  Malcolm Fox | 6–2, 6–2 | ||
| 1956 |  Ladislav Legenstein | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 8–6 | ||
| 1957 | Pierre Darmon | 6–1, 6–8, 6–4 | ||
| 1958 |  Carlos Fernandes | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 | ||
| 1959 | Ernst Buchholz | 6–2, 7–5, 6–3 | ||
| 1960 | Peter Scholl | Carlos Fernandes | 4–6, 6–2, 6–1 | |
| 1961 | Luis Ayala | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 | ||
| 1962 | Neale Fraser | Ingo Buding | 6–3, 6–3, 6–1 | |
| 1963 | Martin Mulligan | 6–3, 4–6, 9–7, 6–0 | ||
| 1964 | Boro Jovanović | 6–1, 8–6, 6–4 | ||
| 1965 | Lothar Pawlik | 4–6, 8–6, 6–4 | ||
| 1966 | Attila Korpás (2) | Horst Guenther Klameth | 6–2, 8–6, 6–0 | |
| 1967 | Harald Elschenbroich | 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| 1968 | Koji Watanabe |  István Gulyás | 6–4, 6–8, 6–4 | |
| ↓ Open era ↓ | ||||
| 1969 | 6–3, 3–6, 13–11, 6–2 | |||
| ↓ ILTF Independent Circuit ↓ | ||||
| 1970 | Attila Korpás (3) | István Gulyás | ? | |
| 1971 | Christian Kuhnke | 7–5, 6–1, 8–10, 6–2 | ||
| 1972 | Attila Korpás | 6–3, 6–3, 6–1 | ||
| 1973 | Alex Kurucz | Hans-Joachim Plötz | shared title | |
| 1974 | Jan Kukal | 5–7, 6–2, 6–0, 7–6 | ||
| 1975 | Jan Kukal | 6–4, 2–0, ret. | ||
| 1976 | Werner Zirngibl | 6–1, 1–0, ret. | ||
| 1977 | Jürgen Fassbender | 6–3, 6–1 | ||
| 1978 | Buster Mottram | 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–7, 2–1, retd. |
(incomplete roll)
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ German LTA Circuit ↓ | |||
| 1911 | Baroness Hedwig Loë | Baroness Grete Loë | 8–6, 4–6, 7–5 |
| 1912 | G. Schell | M. Kaubes | 6–1, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 1915/1919 | Not held (due to World War I) | ||
| ↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓ | |||
| 1924 | Fräulein Lutzmann | Frau Suschen Rütten | 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1925 | Fräulein Lutzmann (2) | Lidda Neumerkel | 3–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1926 | Fräulein Lutzmann (3) | Frau Suschen Rütten | 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 |
| 1928 | Madzy Rollin Couquerque | Margaretha Canters | 5–7. 6–1 abandoned |
| 1929 | Ilse Friedleben | 6–0, 6–0 | |
| 1931 | Ilse Friedleben (2) | Klara Hammer | 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1935 | Lisa Fabian | Erna Reimann | 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 1936 | Lisa Fabian | Ingeborg Schumann | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1937 | 6–3, 6–0 | ||
| 1938 | Fräulein ten Elsen | Fräulein Rduch | 8–6, 6–6, retd |
| 1940-48 | Not held (due to World War II) | ||
| 1952 | Beryl Penrose | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| 1953 | Joy Gannon Mottram (2) | Helena Matouš | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1954 | Joy Gannon Mottram (3) | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| 1957 | Angela Mortimer | Patricia Ward | 6-1 8-6 |
| 1958 | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| 1959 | Patricia Ward |  Norma Baylon | 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
| 1961 | Sandra Reynolds | 6–3, 6–1 | |
| 1962 | Heide Schildknecht | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| 1964 | Faye Toyne | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| 1967 | Susanne Korpas | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| ↓ Open era ↓ | |||
| 1969 | Helga Schultze-Hosl (2) | Helga Niessen | 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 |