St George's Hill Open | |
Type: | defunct |
Tour: | Men's Amateur Tour (1877-1912) Women Amateur Tour (1877-1912) ILTF Men's Amateur Tour (1913-1967) ILTF Women's Amateur Tour (1913-1967) |
Founded: | 1881 |
Ended: | 1966 |
Location: | St Georges Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, England. |
Surface: | Grass |
The St George's Hill Open[1] tournament was founded as the St George's Hill Tournament a men's grass court tennis tournament staged at St Georges Hill Weybridge, Surrey, England in 1881, that ran until 1883, and was not held again.[2] [3] In 1913 the St Georges Hill Lawn Tennis Club was established.[4] In 1922 St Georges Hill LTC started a combined men's and women's tournament the St George's Hill Open this ran as a senior tennis tour event until 1966.
The St George's Hill Tournament a men's grass court tennis tournament first staged in 1881 at the Weybridge, Surrey, England.[2] The first winner of the men's singles was England's Algernon Wilfred Milne.[2] In 1913 the St George's Hill Lawn Tennis Club opened. In 1922 a new combined event was established called the St George's Hill Open Tournament this time the grass court tournament ran until 1966.
Though the tournament is no longer a part of any international tour, it is still being staged today and is known as the St George's Hill Open Tennis Tournament.[5]
Incomplete roll
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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St.George's Hill Tournament | |||
1881 | Wilfred Milne | B. Hawes | 3 sets to 0 |
1883[6] | ![]() | William Edward Glyn | 6-0, 6–4, 8-6 |
St.George's Hill Open | |||
1922 | Brian Norton | ![]() | 6-0, 6-1 |
1924 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3, 6-0 |
1925 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1, 6-3 |
1926 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1, 6-2 |
1927 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1, 6-1 |
1928[8] | Pat Spence | ![]() | 6-0, 7-5 |
1929 | ![]() | ![]() | 4-6, 6–3, 7-5 |
1930 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-0, 5–7, 6-2 |
1931[9] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3, 6-3 |
1932 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3, 6-1 |
1933 | ![]() | ![]() | ? |
1934 | ![]() | ![]() | 8-6, 6-4 |
1935[11] | ![]() | ![]() | 7-5, 3–6, 6-1 |
1936 | ![]() | ![]() | 4-6, 6–3, 6-0 |
1937 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1, 7-5 |
1938 | ![]() | ![]() | 8-6, 6-2 |
1939 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3, 6-4 |
1940/1945 | Not held (due to world war two) | ||
1947 | ![]() | 6-1, 6-3 | |
1959 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3, 6-2 |
1960 | ![]() | ![]() | 11-9, 8-6 |
1961 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2, 6-4 |
Open era | |||
Incomplete roll
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
---|---|---|---|
St.George's Hill Open | |||
1922 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 8-6 |
1924 | ![]() | ![]() | 9-7 6-4 |
1925 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 0-6 6-3 |
1926 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 8-6 |
1927 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 6-3 |
1928 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 6-4 |
1929 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 6-3 |
1930 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 6-3 |
1931 | ![]() | ![]() | divided title |
1932 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-0 6-3 |
1933 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 6-3 |
1934 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 3-6 6-3 |
1935 [12] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-0 6-4 |
1936 | ![]() | ![]() | 9-7 6-0 |
1937[13] | ![]() | ![]() | 3-6 6-4 6-3 |
1938 [14] | ![]() | Bonnie Heine Miller | 6–3, 6-4 |
1939 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2, 6-2 |
1940/1945 | Not held (due to world war two) | ||
1946 | ![]() | ![]() | divided title |
1947 | Sheila Piercey Summers | ![]() | 6-1, 7-5 |
1959 | ![]() | ![]() | 3-6, 6–1, 6-3 |
1960 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1, 6-2 |
1961 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 6-3 |
1964 | ![]() | ![]() | 10-8 6-2 |
1966 | ![]() | ![]() | divided title |
Open era | |||