Wolverhampton Open

Wolverhampton Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameWolverhampton Lawn Tennis Tournament (1897-1900)
Wolverhampton Tennis Tournament (1903-30)
Wolverhampton Open Lawn Tennis Tournament (1931-49)
Wolverhampton Open (1950-69)
Bio-Strath Wolverhampton Open (1970-71)
Wolverhampton Open (1972-74)
TourILTF (1913-1969)
Bio-Strath Circuit (1971)
Founded1897 (1897)
Abolished1974 (1974)
LocationWolverhampton, West Midlands, England
VenueParkdale, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Midlands
SurfaceClay- outdoors

The Wolverhampton Open[1] was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1897 as the Wolverhampton Lawn Tennis Tournament. The first tournament was staged at Parkdale, Wolverhampton from 1897 to 1900 before it was discontinued in 1900. In 1903 a second tournament was revived and played in Newbridge, in Wolverhampton, where it ran until 1974.[2]

History

The Wolverhampton Open was established as the Wolverhampton Lawn Tennis Tournament in 1897,[3][4] under auspices of the Albert Lawn Tennis Club, Parkdale, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, Midlands - before it was discontinued in 1900. In 1903 a second Wolverhampton tournament was revived by Wolverhampton Lawn Tennis Club, in Newbridge.[5] In 1931 the tournament was renamed as the Wolverhampton Open Lawn Tennis Tournament.[6] By the 1950s it was branded as the Wolverhampton Open and ran until 1974.[7] In 1970 the event was marketed under the brand name the Bio-Strath Wolverhampton Open as part of the Bio-Strath Circuit, it remained part of that tour through till 1971.[8]

Notable winners of the men's singles title included; Sydney Howard Smith, Cam Malfroy, George Lyttleton-Rogers, Claude Lister, Tony Pickard, Bill Hoogs Jr., Frew McMillan, and Andrew Pattison.[9] Winners of the women's singles title included; Phoebe Holcroft Watson, Dorothy Holman, Rita Bentley, Angela Mortimer, Ann Haydon Jones, Faye Toyne, Mary Habicht, Kerry Melville and Valerie Ziegenfuss.

Venues

The Albert Lawn Tennis Club was founded at Parkdale, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire around 1894.[10] It staged the first Wolverhampton tennis tournament until 1900. In 1903 a second Wolverhampton tournament was revived by the Wolverhampton Lawn Tennis Club (f. 1885),[11] in Newbridge, Wolverhampton.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  LTA Circuit  ↓
Wolverhampton Lawn Tennis Tournament
1897 Sydney Howard Smith Charles Henry Ridding 6–0, ret.[2]
1898 Sydney Howard Smith (2) Wilberforce Eaves 6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2.[2]
1900 Wilberforce Eaves John Mycroft Boucher 7–5, 7–5, 6–3.[2]
Wolverhampton Tennis Tournament
1905 Edward Roy Allen Alfred Beamish 4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 8–6, 6–4.[2]
1910 Edward Joseph Sampson[12] Xenophon Kasdaglis 6–2, 8–6.[2]
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1915/1919 Not held (due to World War I)
1924[13] Hassan Ali Fyzee Edward (Teddy) Higgs 3-2 sets.[14]
1929 Donald Greig George Meredith 6–2, 7–5.[2]
Wolverhampton Open Lawn Tennis Tournament
1930 George Meredith Thomas Slater 6–4, 3–6, 6–3.[2]
1934 Cam Malfroy Ryuki Miki 6–2, 6–1.[2]
1935 George Lyttleton Rogers Umberto De Morpurgo 6–3, 8–6.[2]
1939 Jack Moore Claude Lister 2–6, 6–1, 7–5.[2]
1940/1946 Not held (due to World War II)
1947 Claude Lister Jack Moore 4–6, 7–5, 9–7.[2]
1948 Claude Lister (2) John B. Griffith 8–6, 9–7.[2]
1949 Claude Lister (3) John B. Griffith 6–4, 6–3.[2]
Wolverhampton Open
1950 W.P.W. Anderson George Godsell 6–3, 2–6, 6–2.[2]
1951 N.E. Hooper J.B. Payne 6–1, 6–1.[2]
1952 Rex H. Hack John C. Upton 6–4, 6–3.[2]
1953 J.C. Upton K.G. Jones 6–4, 6–1.[2]
1954 Claude Lister (4) K.G. Jones 6–2, 8–6.[2]
1955 M.A. Harris L.M. Kilby 6–2, 7–5.[2]
1956 M.L. Booth L.M. Kilby 6–4, 6–2.[2]
1957 K.G. Jones P.G. Wainwright 4–6, 6–1, 6–2.[2]
1959 Robin Sanders John Maloney 4–6, 6–4, 6–1.[2]
1960 Tony Pickard David Samaai 6–2, 5–7, 6–3.[2]
1961 Will Coghlan Roger Taylor 6–4, 6–1.[2]
1962 Frew McMillan John B. Hillebrand 6–4, 6–4.[2]
1963 Frew McMillan (2) Roy W. Dixon [15] 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1964 Billy Knight Frew McMillan 6–3, 4–6, 6–4.[2]
1965 Billy Knight (2) Patricio Cornejo 9–7, 6–3.[2]
1966 Bill Hoogs Jr. Onny Parun 6–4, 8–6.[2]
1967 Jaroslav Drobný Billy Knight 6–8, 6–4, 6–3.[2]
1968 Keith Carpenter Graydon Garner 6–4, 7–5.[2]
↓  Open era  ↓
Bio-Strath Wolverhampton Open
1970 Frew McMillan (3) Hank Irvine 6–4, 4–6, 6–4.[2]
1971 Andrew Pattison Peter Doerner 6–3, 6–2.[2]
Wolverhampton Open
1974 Alvin Gardiner Roger Webb 6–2, 6–2.[2]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
Wolverhampton Tennis Tournament
1920 Marie Hazel Mrs South 6–1, 6–2
1921 Marie Hazel (2) Mrs Bellord 6–3, 6–0
1922 Marie Hazel (3) Miss Wynne 6–1, 6–0
1923 Marie Hazel (4) Phoebe Holcroft 6–4, 7–5
1924[16] Jessie Russell Colegate Marie Hazel 6–0, 6–2
1925 Irene Maltby Kathleen Lidderdale Bridge 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1926 M. Wynne Irene Maltby 6–2, 6–4
1927 Marie Hazel (5) Irene Maltby 6–1, 6–8, 8–6
1928 Dorothy Round Marie Hazel 8–6, 4–6, 6–3
1930 Dorothy Round (2) Marie Hazel 6–1, 6–2
Wolverhampton Open Lawn Tennis Tournament
1931 Phoebe Holcroft Watson Jackie McAlpine 6–3, 6–2
1932 Dorothy Round (3) Mrs H. Page 6–1, 6–2
1933 Mie Johnstone Mrs H. Page 6–3, 6–4
1934 Dorothy Round (4) Grace Vaughton 6–1, 6–2
1935 Christabel Wheatcroft Gladys Southwell 6–3, 6–3
1936 Christabel Wheatcroft (2) Barbara Freisenbruch 6–0, 6–2
1937 Mrs H. Page Isobel Cooke 7–5, 6–1
1939 Elsie Hamilton Mary Norman 6–4, 6–3
1940/1946 Not held (due to World War II)
1947 Sally Stoney Lister Elsie Hamilton Phillips 6–1, 6–4
1948 Sally Stoney Lister (2) Isabel Follows 6–2, 6–2
1949[17] Elsie Hamilton Phillips Patricia Cowney 8–6, 6–3
Wolverhampton Open
1950 Patricia Cowney Gillian Gittings Worrall 6–3, 6–3
1951 Elsie Hamilton Phillips (2) Molly Wadlow Stone 6–2, 6–2
1952 Elsie Hamilton Phillips (3) Molly Wadlow Stone 6–3, 6–3
1953 Y. Toyne L. Bishop 6–4, 0–6, 6–4
1954 Sally Stoney Lister (3) Jane Godfrey 7–5, 6–3
1955 Molly Wadlow Stone Jane Godfrey 12–10, 3–6, 7–5
1956 Valerie Pitt Molly Wadlow Stone 6–4, 6–1
1957 Mrs R. Worrall Mrs L. Newman 3–6, 6–0, 6–1
1958 Rita Bentley Hazel Austin Cheadle 8–6, 6–2
1959 Angela Mortimer Ann Haydon 6–1, 6–4
1960 Angela Mortimer (2) Rita Bentley 8–6, 9–7
1961 Ann Haydon Lynn Hutchings 6–0, 6-1
1962 Hazel Cheadle Eleanor O'Neill 6–1, 1–6, 6–3
1963 Ann Haydon Jones (2) Renée Schuurman 9–7, 1–6, 6–4
1964[18] Faye Toyne Alison Stroud 6–1, 6–3
1965 Mary Habicht Jean Haskew 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
1966 Susan Tutt Jean Haskew 6–1, 6–1
1968 Valerie Ziegenfuss Janice Townsend divided title
↓  Open era  ↓
Bio-Strath Wolverhampton Open
1970 Kerry Melville Sue Alexander 6–2, 6–2
1971 Janice Townsend Wainwright Maria Guzman 6–3, 6–2
Wolverhampton Open
1974 Jenny Dimond Jenny Helliar 2–6, 6–1, 6–1

Event Names

  • Wolverhampton Lawn Tennis Tournament (1897-1900)
  • Wolverhampton Tennis Tournament (1903-30)
  • Wolverhampton Open Lawn Tennis Tournament (1931-49)
  • Wolverhampton Open (1950-69)
  • Bio-Strath Wolverhampton Open (1970-71)
  • Wolverhampton Open (1972-74)

References

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  13. ^ "Lawn Tennis: WOLVERHAMPTON. Mr A H Fyzee defeated E Higgs in the final round of the Men's Singles at Wolverhampton yesterday after being two sets down. Mrs Colegate had an easy task against Mrs Hazel in the final of the Ladies' Singles". The Sportsman. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 6 August 1924. p. 3. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
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