Baden Baden International

Baden Baden International
Defunct tennis tournament
TourPre-open era (1877–1967)
Founded1896
Abolished1966
Editions55
LocationBaden-Baden, Germany
VenueBaden-Baden Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceClay / outdoor

The Baden Baden International [1] also known as the Baden-Baden [2] tennis tournament and the Baden Baden Invitational was a tennis event held from 1896 through 1966 in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on outdoor Clay courts.

History

The Baden Baden tournament was first held in 1896 played at the Baden Baden Lawn Tennis Club (today called the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club),[3] Baden-Baden, Germany the tournament fluctuated between July, August, and September over the course of its run the tournament survived for 55 years with various breaks due to the first and second world wars.

Finals

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) [4] in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenger

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1896 Reginald Doherty Victor Voss 6–1, 7–5, 6–2
1897 Reginald Doherty (2) Laurence Doherty walkover
1904 Otto Froitzheim George Ball-Greene 6–1, 3–6, 9–7
1905 George Ball-Greene Anthony Wilding walkover
1906 [5] Anthony Wilding George Ball-Greene 6–1, 6–2, 6–1
1907 [6] Anthony Wilding (2) Otto Froitzheim 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1908 [7] Anthony Wilding (3) Otto Froitzheim 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1909 Otto Froitzheim Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe walkover
1910 Oscar Kreuzer (2) Otto Froitzheim 4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1, 4-2 ret
1914–1919 Not held (due to world war one)
1924 Otto Froitzheim (3) Oscar Kreuzer 7–5, 6–2, 7–5
1925 Johann Philip Buss Otto Reuter 6–1, 10–8, 6–4
1926 Johann Philip Buss (2) Hector Fisher 7–5, 6–2, 6–2
1927 Otto Froitzheim (4) Pat Hughes 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1928 Otto Froitzheim (5) Erik Worm 7–5, 6–4, 6–0
1929 René de Buzelet Otto Froitzheim 6–2, 0–6, 2–6, 6–3, ret
1930 Pat Hughes Otto Froitzheim 2–6, 8–6, ret
1931 Tournament abandoned due to rain
1932 Jacques Brugnon Pat Hughes 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1933 Gottfried von Cramm Louis Haensch 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1934 Marcel Bernard Johann Philip Buss 6–3, 6–4
1935 Fritz Kuhlmann Henner Henkel 4–6, 5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5
1936 Henner Henkel Adam Borowski 5–7, 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 7–5
1937 Bernard Destremau ? ?
1938–1949 Not held (partly due to world war two)
1950 Jaroslav Drobný Heraldo Weiss 6–1, 6–1
1951 Jaroslav Drobný (2) Sven Davidson 2–6 6–2 6–4 6–2
1952 Jaroslav Drobný (3) Eric Sturgess 1–6 6–0 6–2
1953 Jaroslav Drobný (4) Lennart Bergelin 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
1954 Jaroslav Drobný[8] (5) Giuseppe Merlo 9–11, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1955 [9] Budge Patty Fausto Gardini 6–1, 8–6, 6–1
1956 [10] Jacques Brichant Budge Patty 6–2, 6–2
1957 Giuseppe Merlo Rupert Huber 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1958 Sven Davidson Jacques Brichant 6–2. 6–2
1959 Wolfgang Stuck Billy Knight 6–3, 6–3, 9–9, ret
1960 Luis Ayala Torben Ulrich 6–2, 6–4
1961 Manuel Santana Luis Ayala 10–8, 4–6, 6–3
1962 Neale Fraser Fred Stolle 6–1, 6–4
1963 Roy Emerson José Edison Mandarino 6–3, 9–7. 7–5
1964 [11] Manuel Santana (2) Ronald Barnes 6–3, 6–3
1965 [12] Christian Kuhnke Tony Roche 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1966 Ken Fletcher John Newcombe 3–6, 6–3, 6–1

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1896 [13] Elsie Lane ? Miss Zographo 6–1, 6–0
1897 Blanche Bingley Hillyard Charlotte Cooper 6–2, 6–4
1905 Elsie Lane (2) ? Lucie Bergmann 6–4, 6–4
1906 Dorothea Douglass Toupie Lowther 6–4, 6–4
1907 Daisy Kercheval-Hole Hedwig Neresheimer 6–4, 6–3
1908 Dagmar von Krohn Marie Bertrand Amende 6–2, 6–0
1909 Agnes Morton Dagmar von Krohn 6–3, 6–2
1910 Agnes Morton (2) Hedwig Neresheimer 6–4 6–3
1913 Lilly Salin Anita Heimann Lent 6–0, 7–5
1914–1919 Not held (due to world war one)
1921 Ilse Friedleben Frau von Udermann ?
1924 Ilse Friedleben (2) ? ?
1925 Irma Kallmeyer Erika de Lacroix ?
1926 Ilse Friedleben (3) Irma Kallmeyer 6–1, 6–3
1927 Irma Kallmeyer Anna Weihermann Hemp 6–8, 6–4, 7–5
1928 Ilse Friedleben (4) Irma Kallmeyer 6–1, 6–2
1929 Simonne Mathieu Ilse Friedleben 7–5, 6–2
1930 Simonne Mathieu (2) Ilse Friedleben 6–2, 7–5
1931 Ilse Friedleben (5) Paula von Reznicek 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1932 Lolette Payot Paula von Reznicek 4–6, 8–6, 6–3
1933 Toni M. Schomburgk Klara Hammer 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1935 Marie-Louise Horn Anne Peitz Schneide 6–4, 6–1
1937 Irmgard Rost Gisela Enger 6–4, 6–3
1938 Totta Zehden Gisela Enger 6–1, 6–3
1940 Hilde Weihe Fraulein Rduch walkover
1941–1949 Not held (partly due to world war two)
1950 Dorothy Head Mary Terán de Weiss 7–5, 7–5
1951 Mary Terán de Weiss Mrs Karel Kozeluh 2–6 6–2 6–4 6–2
1952 Joy Gannon Mottram Joan Curry ?
1953 Joy Gannon Mottram (2) Dorothy Head Knode 9–7, 1–6, 10–8
1954 Joy Gannon Mottram (3) Edda Buding 6–1, 6–1
1957 Yola Ramírez Edda Buding 6–2, 6–1
1958 Angela Mortimer Edda Buding 5–7, 6–3, 8–6
1959 Edda Buding Erika Obst Launert 6–4, 7–5
1960 Angela Mortimer Yola Ramírez 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1961 Elizabeth Starkie Margot Dittmeyer 6–3, 1–6, 6–0
1962 Maria Bueno Renée Schuurman 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1963 Norma Baylon Annette Van Zyl 6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1964 [14] Maria Bueno (2) Norma Baylon 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1965 [15] Margaret Smith Lesley Turner 6–2, 6–1
1966 Helga Schultze Helga Niessen 6–3, 3–6, 7–5

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Drobny in Finals". news.google.com. St. Petersburg Times, Sep 5, 1954. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Who Won?". news.google.com. St. Petersburg Times, Sep 10, 1956. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Tennisplatz "Rot-Weiß"". www.baden-baden.com. Baden-Baden EN. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Internationales Lawntennis-Turnier in Baden-Baden" (PDF). Bohemia. 12 September 1906. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Tennis in Germany". The North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times. Tas.: National Library of Australia. 10 September 1907. p. 3.
  7. ^ "LAWN TENNIS AT BADEN". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 10 September 1908. p. 5.
  8. ^ "Drobny in Finals". news.google.com. St. Petersburg Times, Sep 5, 1954. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  9. ^ "Patty Captures German Tennis Title". news.google.com. The Times News, Sep 5, 1955. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  10. ^ "Who Won?". news.google.com. St. Petersburg Times, Sep 10, 1956. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Tenis Mundial". news.google.com. El Tiempo, Aug 3, 1964. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  12. ^ "Minute Sports Page". news.google.com. Spokane Daily Chronicle, Aug 2, 1965. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  13. ^ Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis : a cultural history (Repr. ed.). London: Leicester University Press. p. 242. ISBN 9780718501952.
  14. ^ "Tenis Mundial". news.google.com. El Tiempo, Aug 3, 1964. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  15. ^ "Minute Sports Page". news.google.com. Spokane Daily Chronicle, Aug 2, 1965. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

References

  • Lawn Tennis and Badminton Magazines, 1896–1901, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd., London, UK.
  • Lawn Tennis and Croquet Magazines, 1901–1920, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd., London, UK.
  • Tennis:Cultural History, Gillmeister, Heiner, A&C Black, 1998, ISBN 9780718501952.
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