Brockenhurst Open Explained
The Brockenhurst Open[1] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1914.[2] The event also known as the New Forest Open[3] was organised by the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and played at the Brockenhurst Park Estate and House until 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II.[1]
History
Brockenhurst Park Estate and House was purchased in 1769 by Edward Morant.[4] The house was renamed Morant Hall (also known as Brockenhurt Manor) which remained with the Morant family until the estate was sold in the late 1950s.[5] In 1914 the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club staged its first tennis week of events known as the Brockenhurst Lawn Tennis Week.[1] [6] In 1915 World War I started and the tournament was suspended until 1921 when it was revived. The tournament ran annually until 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II.[1]
Finals
Men's singles
(incomplete roll)
Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
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1922 | Walter Crawley | Ullah Kramet | 6–2, 9–7, 6–3. |
1923 | Walter Crawley (2) | Brame Hillyard | 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 8–6. |
1928[7] | Henry Mayes | Cornelius H. D. O'Callaghan | 6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3. |
1931 | R.V. Jenkins | Theodore Mavrogordato | 6–1, 6–1. |
1932 | Edward Alfred Dearman | Noel Galway Holmes[8] | 6–1, 6–3. |
1933[9] | | Vivian McGrath | 0–6, 6–0, 7–5. |
1934 | Guy Cooper[10] | Edward Alfred Dearman | 6–4, 7–5. |
1935 | Eric Peters | Richard Arnold Von Planner | 6–4, 6–4. |
1936 | Guy Cooper | Edward Alfred Dearman | 7–5, 6–1. |
1937[11] | | Eric Peters | w.o. |
1938 | | Alan Brown[12] | 6–3, 7–5. |
1939 | George Edward Godsell | Harold Hare[13] | 6–3, 6–1. |
1940/1945 | Not held (due to World War II then discontinued) |
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Women's singles
Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
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1914 | | Marguerite Sudgen Pearce | 6–2, 6–3 |
1915/1920 | Not held (due to World War I) |
1921 | Violet Pinckney (2) | Blanche Duddell Colston | 4–6, 6–4, retd. |
1922 | | | 6–2, 6–2 |
1923 | | | 6–1, 6–4 |
1924 | Dorothy Holman (2) | | 3–6, 6–2, 8–6 |
1925 | Dorothy Holman (3) | Edith Clarke | 8–6, 7–5 |
1926 | | | 6–4, 6–2 |
1927 | | | 9–7, 7–5 |
1928[14] | Margaret McKane Stocks (2) | Claire Beckingham | 4–6, 10–8, 6–4 |
1929 | | Mabel Mavrogordato | 6–1, 5–0, retd. |
1930 | Elsie Goldsack Pittman | Ermyntrude Harvey | 8–6, 7–5 |
1931 | Evelyn Dearman | | 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
1932 | Edie Rudd | A. Yeates | 7–5, 6–4 |
1933[15] | Evelyn Dearman (2) | Margaret McKane Stocks | 6–4, 6–2 |
1934 | Nancy Lyle | Evelyn Dearman | 6–0, 7–5 |
1935 | Effie Hemmant Peters | P. Scott | 6–4, 6–2 |
1936 | Evelyn Dearman (3) | | 6–3, 6–4 |
1937[16] | Nina Brown | Effie Peters | divided prizes |
1938 | Evelyn Dearman (4) | Margot Stewart | 4–6, 6–1, 6–0 |
1939 | Nancy Lyle Glover (2) | Gay Moorhouse Chandler | 6–1, 7–5 |
1940/1945 | Not held (due to World War II then discontinued) |
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Notes and References
- Web site: Tournaments: Brockenhurst Open. The Tennis Base . Tennismem SL . September 1, 2023. subscription.
- News: BROCKENHURST TENNIS WEEK Brockenburst Lawn Tennis Week. The 19th annual open tournament of the New Forest Club, is being held this year from July 13th to July 18th. The annual ball and cabaret, at the Morant Hall. will be on July 17th. . 1 September 2023 . New Milton Advertiser . British Newspaper Archive . 23 May 1936 . Hampshire, England . 7. subscription.
- News: Brockenhurst Tennis Wee. The New Forest Open tennis tournament organised by the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club was concluded at Brockenhurst on Saturday.. 1 September 2023 . New Milton Advertiser . British Newspaper Archive . 23 July 1938 . Hampshire, England . 7. subscription.
- Web site: Brockenhurst Park and House . New Forest Explorers Guide . New Forest Heritage . 1 September 2023.
- New Forest Heritage
- Web site: Brockenhurst Lawn Tennis Week 1929 . New Forest Knowledge . 1 September 2023 . Lyndhurst, Hampshire.
- News: IRISHMAN IN TENNIS FINAL - Captain C. H. D. O'Callaghan (retd.), the Army champion, and Colonel H. G. Mayes (retd.) reached the final of the Men 'S • Singles in the New Forest tennis tournament at Brockenhurst last Friday. . 1 September 2023 . Nottingham and Midland Catholic News . British Newspaper Archive . 28 July 1928 . Nottinghamshire, England . 12. subscription.
- Web site: Noel Holmes (IRL) - Gentlemen's Singles . Wimbledon . 1 September 2023.
- News: AUSTRALIAN STARS IN THE BROCKENHURST FINALS . 1 September 2023 . New Milton Advertiser . British Newspaper Archive . 29 July 1933 . Hampshire, England . 4. subscription.
- Web site: Guy Cooper: Overview . ATP Tour . ATP . 1 September 2023.
- News: Spoilt By Rain BROCKENHURST TENNIS FINALS UNFINISHED Prizes Divided . 1 September 2023 . New Milton Advertiser . British Newspaper Archive . 24 July 1937 . Hampshire, England . 2. subscription.
- Web site: Alan Brown (GBR) - Gentlemen's Singles . Wimbledon . AELTC . 1 September 2023.
- Web site: Harold Hare: Overview . ATP Tour . ATP . 1 September 2023.
- Nottingham and Midland Catholic News
- New Milton Advertiser (1933)
- New Milton Advertiser (1937)