Cumberland Hard Court Championships

Cumberland Hard Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameCumberland Hard Court Championships (1927-70)
Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships (1971)
Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships (1972–80)
British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament (1981-86)
TourILTF Circuit (1913-70)
Bio-Strath Circuit, (1970-71)
ILTF Independent Tour (1972-86)
Founded1927
Abolished1985
LocationHampstead, London, England
VenueCumberland Club
SurfaceClay

The Cumberland Hard Court Championships or Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships[1] and also known as the Cumberland Hard Court Tournament was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded as in 1927. It was played at the Cumberland Club, Hampstead, London, England until tournament ended in 1986.[2]

History

The Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships were founded in 1927 and played at the Cumberland Club, Hampstead, England. In 1971 the tournament was incorporated into the Bio-Strath Circuit under the sponsorship name of the Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships or simply the Bio-Strath Cumberland,[3] where it was the second leg of circuit that year. In 1981 the British department store retail company British Home Stores took over sponsorship of the event, and it was branded as the British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament.[4] The tournament ran through till 1986 as part of the ILTF Independent Tour then was discontinued.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
Cumberland Hard Court Championships
1931 Jiro Satoh Ted Avory 6-4, 6-3.[2]
1934 Bunny Austin Man-Mohan Bhandari[5] 6-2 6-1
1935 John Olliff Frank Wilde 14-12, 6-2.[2]
1936 Charles Hare John Olliff 6-4, 6-3.[2]
1937 Ronald Shayes Edmund John David[6] 6-4, 6-2.[2]
1938 Wai-Chuen Choy John Olliff 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.[2]
1939/1946 Not held (due to World War II)
1947 Howard Walton Francis Wallis[7] 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.[2]
1948 Headley Baxter Dennis Slack[8] 6-2, 6-1
1949 Tony Mottram Geoff Paish 6-2, 6-4.[2]
1950 Geoffrey Brown Headley Baxter 6-2, 6-2.[2]
1951 Tony Mottram (2) Peter Cawthorn 6-2, 6-1.[2]
1952 Peter Cawthorn Gerry Oakley 6-3, 6-1.[2]
1953 Roger Becker Gerry Oakley 6-3, 6-4.[2]
1954 Jeff Robson Billy Knight 6-3, 6-4.[2]
1955 Billy Knight Tony Mottram 1-6, 6-4, 6-2.[2]
1956 Bobby Wilson Mike Davies 1-6, 6-3, 7-5.[2]
1957 Gerry Oakley Tony Pickard w.o.[2]
1958 Bobby Wilson (2) Gerry Oakley 7-5, 6-4.[2]
1959 Lew Gerrard Roger Becker 6-3, 6-2.[2]
1960 Bobby Wilson (3) Norman Kitovitz 6-1, 6-2.[2]
1961 Roger Becker (2) Günther Sanders 6-3, 6-4.[2]
1962 Martin Mulligan Warren Jacques 6-4, 6-4.[2]
1963 Mark Cox Harry Matheson[9] 6-3, 7-5.[2]
1964 Mark Cox Clay Iles 7-5, 6-2.[2]
1965 Bobby Wilson (4) Gerald Battrick 6-3, 7-5.[2]
1966 Graham Stilwell Stanley Matthews 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.[2]
1967 Gerald Battrick Mike Carpenter[10] 7-5, 6-4.[2]
1968 Bobby Wilson (5) Peter Curtis 6-3, 6-0.[2]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Bobby Wilson (6) Keith Wooldridge 6-3, 6-1.[2]
1970 Allan McDonald Keith Wooldridge 6-3, 9-7.[2]
Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships
1971 Ian Fletcher Alan Mills 7-5, 6-0.[2]
↓  ILTF Independent Tour  ↓
Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships
1972 David Lloyd John de Mendoza 6-0, 9-7.[2]
1973 Buster Mottram Syd Ball 6-2, 6-1.[2]
1974 Keith Hancock Richard Lewis 6-3, 6-4.[2]
1975 Robin Drysdale Alvin Gardiner 6-7, 6-2, 6-4.[2]
1977 David Lloyd (2) Chris Bradnam 7-6, 6-4.[2]
1978 Chris Bradnam[11] Michael Appleton 6-1, 6-3.[2]
1979 Chris Bradnam (2) Rohun Beven 6-3, 6-4.[2]
1980 Rohun Beven Willie Davies 6-1, 6-2.[2]
British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament
1981 Mark Cox (2) Chris Bradnam 7-6, 6-4.[2]
1982 Stephen Alger Christo van Rensburg 6-2, 7-6.[2]
1983 John Feaver Chris Bradnam 4-6, 7-6, 7-5.[2]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
Cumberland Hard Court Championships
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1927 Christabel Hardie Elsie Goldsack 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
1928 Violet Chamberlain Christabel Hardie 6-2, 6-1
1929 Joan Ridley Betty Dix 6-2, 6-2
1930 Elsie Goldsack Pittman Joan Ridley 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
1931 Davina Gordon Townsend Freda Scott 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
1932 Mrs H. Martin N. Case 6-4, 6-2
1933 Jeanette Morfey Jean Saunders divided title
1934 Christabel Hardie Wheatcroft (2) Mary Burgess-Smith 4-6, 8-6, 8-6
1935 Joan Ingram Christabel Hardie Wheatcroft 6-1, 6-3
1936 Mary Heeley Sheila Paterson 6-1, 6-1
1937 Mary Heeley (2) Nina Brown 6-1, 6-0
1938 Mary Hardwick Betty Batt 8-6, 6-2
1939/1946 Not held (due to World War II)
1946 Joan Curry Betty Clements Hilton 7-5, 6-4
1947 Joan Curry (2) Peggy Dawson-Scott 6-3, 6-2
1948 Joan Curry (3) Molly Lincoln Blair 6-2, 6-4
1949 Jean Quertier Jean Walker-Smith 6-4, 6-1
1950 Patsy Rodgers Joey Physick David 6-4, 6-0
1951 Nancye Wynne Bolton Susan Partridge 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
1952 Gem Hoahing Georgie Woodgate 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
1953 Angela Mortimer Gem Hoahing 6-3, 6-1
1954 Angela Buxton Lorna Cawthorn 6-4, 6-0
1955 Pearl Gannon Panton Jenny Middleton 5-7, 6-2, 6-0
1956 Angela Buxton (2) Sue Waters 6-0, 6-4
1957 Christine Truman Sheila Armstrong 4-6, 6-1, 8-6
1958 Christine Truman (2) Sheila Armstrong 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
1959 Shirley Bloomer Ruia Morrison 6-2, 6-4
1960 Christine Truman (3) Shirley Bloomer Brasher 6-4, 6-2
1961 Pauline Titchener Roberts Rosemary Deloford 6-4, 6-2
1962 Ann Haydon Lorna Cawthorn 6-2, 6-1
1963 Christine Truman (4) Robin Lesh 7-5, 6-8, 6-4
1964 Jan Lehane Ann Haydon Jones 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
1965 Ann Haydon Jones (2) Christine Truman 4-6, 6-3, 10-8
1966 Ann Haydon Jones (3) Elizabeth Starkie 6-2, 6-2
1967 Christine Truman (5) Jitka Volavková 7-5, 6-1
1968 Faye Toyne-Moore Christine Truman Janes 6-4, 6-2
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Joyce Barclay Williams Winnie Shaw 7-5, 6-2
1970 Evonne Goolagong Jill Cooper 6-2, 9-7
Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships
1971 Christine Truman Janes (6) Jill Cooper 8-6, 4-6, 6-2
↓  ILTF Independent Tour  ↓
Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships
1972 Glynis Coles Patti Hogan 8-6, 6-4
1973 Linda Mottram Veronica Burton 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
1974 Veronica Burton Paulina Peisachov 4-6, 9-8, 6-2
1975 Linda Mottram (2) Glynis Coles 7-6, 7-5
1977 Linda Mottram (3) Jackie Fayter 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
1978 Linda Mottram (4) Jackie Fayter 6-3, 6-7, 6-2
1979 Jo Durie Linda Mottram 6-4, 6-1
1980 Jo Durie (2) Anne Hobbs 6-4, 7-6
British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament
1981 Jo Durie (3) Debbie Jevans 6-3, 6-4
1982 Kate Brasher Masako Yanagi 6-1, 6-1
1983 Amanda Brown Debbie Jevans Jarrett 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
1985 Elna Reinach Nancy Cohen 7-5, 7-5
1986 Catrin Jexell Jane Wood 6-4, 6-2

References

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  4. ^ Tingay, Lance; Barrett, John (1982). "British Tournament Results 1981". Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : the official yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-356-08596-8.
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