Angmering-on-Sea Open

Angmering-on-Sea Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1920
Abolished1938
LocationAngmering, West Sussex, England.
VenueAngmering-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass/Clay

The Angmering-on-Sea Open [1] was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1920 at Angmering, West Sussex, England that ran until 1938.[2]

History

The Angmering-on-Sea Open was an international tennis tournament founded in 1920 at Angmering, West Sussex, England.[3] The event was held at the first Angmering-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club. The tournament was mainly played on grass courts except for the 1921 to 1923 editions which were played on clay courts. The tournament ended in 1938 due to the outbreak of World War II the following year.

Finals

Men's Singles

(incomplete roll) included:[4]

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1920 George Stoddart Henry Portlock 8-6, 7-5
1921 Major Ritchie Henry Reginald Fussell 6-2, 6-2
1922 Gordon Lowe Major Ritchie 6-4, 6–3, 6-2
1923 Jack Hillyard Major Ritchie 6-2, 6-3
1924 Gordon Crole-Rees Hector Cosmo Fisher 3-6, 6–2, 6-2
1925 Roy Poland Major Ritchie 6-3, 0–6, 6-3
1926 Charles Kingsley Major Ritchie 6-4, 6-4
1927 Roy Poland (2) Leslie Allison Godfree w.o.
1928 Ted Avory Roy Poland 6-4, 6-3
1929 Roy Poland (3) Kenneth Gandar-Dower 6-2, 9-7
1930 Ryuki Miki Hira-Lal Soni 5-7, 6–1, 6-4
1931 Ryuki Miki (2) Hira-Lal Soni 5-7, 6–1, 6-4
1932 Dickie Ritchie Ryuki Miki 6-1, 3–6, 6-2
1932/1935 Event not held
1936 Ronald Shayes Henry Billington 9-7, 0–6, 8-6
1937 Henry Billington David H. Williams 6-3, 6-4
1938 Henry Billington (2) Hector Etchart[5] 6-3, 6-4

Women's Singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1920 Aurea Edgington Louise Bull 9-7, 6-4
1921 Elizabeth Ryan Phyllis Satterthwaite 6-2, 6-1
1922 Elizabeth Ryan (2) Peggy Ingram 6-3, 6-2
1923 Phyllis Satterthwaite Ariadne Rodocanachi 6-1, 8-6
1924 R. Armstrong Louise Bull 1-6, 6–0, 6-4
1925 Phoebe Holcroft Watson Eleanor Rose 6-3, 6-4
1926 Phoebe Holcroft Watson (2) Kitty McKane Godfree 6-3, 6-4
1927 Phoebe Holcroft Watson (3) Aurea Edgington 6-4, 6-4
1928 Margaret McKane Stocks Joyce Brown 6-4, 6-0
1929 Jenny Sandison Dorothy Shaw Jameson 6-1, 6-4
1930 Margaret Walsh Mellows Geraldine Beamish 6-3, 6-2
1931 Peggy Brazier Helen Ramsey Burr 7-5, 6-2
1932 Phyllis Mudford King Louise Bull 6-0, 6-1
1932/1935 Event not held
1936 Valerie Scott Betty Hobson 3-6, 6–4, 10-8
1937 Valerie Scott (2) Betty Smith 5-7, 6–3, 6-2
1938 Valerie Scott (3) Thelma Jarvis 6-1, 4–6, 6-4

References

  1. ^ DEVELOPMENTS AT ANGMERING: Started ten years ago, the Angmeringon-Sea Open Lawn Tennis Tournament has increased in popularity to such an extent that in recent years entries have surpassed all expectations. Worthing Gazette, Wednesday 16 October 1929, Sussex, England, The Britishnewspaper Archive. Source: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002167/19291016/042/0002. page. 2.
  2. ^ "ANGMERING-ON-SEA TENNIS. OPEN TOURNAMENT FINALS. The semi-finals and finals in the Open Events of the annual Lawn Tennis Tournament at the South West Sussex Club at Angmering is scheduled for today" (Subsciption). Worthing Gazette. Sussex, England: British Newspaper Archive. 31 August 1938. p. 10. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  3. ^ "DEVELOPMENTS AT ANGMERING. ON. SEA. Started ten years ago, the Angmeringon-Sea Open Lawn Tennis Tournament has increased in popularity to such an extent that in recent years entries have surpassed all expectations" (Subsciption). Worthing Gazette. Sussex, England: British Newspaper Archive. 16 October 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Tournament – Angmering-on-Sea". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Hector Etchart: Overview". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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