Düsseldorf Grand Prix

Düsseldorf Grand Prix
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1905
Abolished1977
LocationDüsseldorf, Germany
VenueRochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub
CategoryGrand Prix circuit (1970-1977)
SurfaceClay / outdoor

The Düsseldorf Grand Prix or Großer Preis von Düsseldorf was a men's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1905 as a combined event men's and women's called the Düsseldorf International or Internationale Düsseldorf.[1] It remained a joint event until 1969 and was held at the Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub in Düsseldorf, Germany until 1977.[1]

History

In 1898 the Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub was founded.[2] In 1905 the club staged the first Internationale Düsseldorf tournament.[1] In 1929 the club moved to a new location where it remains today.[3] It was held annually in Düsseldorf, Germany until 1977.[1] The combined event was sanctioned by the Deutscher Lawn Tennis Bund (f.1902).[1] From 1914 until 1969 it was an ILTF sanctioned event.[1] In 1970 the men's event was rebranded as the Dusseldorf Grand Prix and in 1975 it became part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit.[1] The women's event remained a part of the ILTF Circuit under the original name Dusseldorf International. In 1973 the women's event was branded as the WTA Düsseldorf Open and was part of the 1973 WTA Tour for one edition only, before it returned as an event on the ILTF Independent Tour. The women's event ended in 1974 and the men's tournament was discontinued in 1977 and replaced at the same location by the Nations Cup.[1]

Finals

Singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1905 Julius Arnold Frese Karl Simon 6–1, 6–3, 6–3.[1]
1911 Otto Blom Adolf Hammacher 1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1925 Otto Froitzheim Willi Hannemann 6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 6–1.[1]
1927 Jean Borotra Otto Froitzheim 4–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–1.[1]
1929 Jean Borotra Adolf Hammacher 1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1930 Hyotaro Sato Harry Hopman 6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4.[1]
1937 Franjo Kukuljević Josef Siba 1–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1.[1]
1939 Konrad Eppler Herbert Werner 6–4, 6–2.[1]
1949 Earl Cochell Heraldo Weiss 6–2, 6–2, 6–1.[1]
1950 Heraldo Weiss Dilip Bose 3–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–3.[1]
1951 Torsten Johansson Wladyslaw Skonecki 9–7, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3.[1]
1953 Herb Flam Jaroslav Drobný 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2.[1]
1955 Jaroslav Drobný Mervyn Rose 6–2, 6–0, 6–3.[1]
1957[4] Luis Ayala Mal Anderson 6–4, 6–2, 6–4.[1]
1961 Ramanathan Krishnan Barry Phillips-Moore 6–1, 6–2, 6–1.[1]
1962 Wilhelm Bungert Christian Kuhnke 5–7, 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4.[1]
1963 Fred Stolle José Edison Mandarino 6–4, 6–4, 6–1.[1]
1967 Wilhelm Bungert Ingo Buding 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.[1]
1968 István Gulyás Wilhelm Bungert 6–1, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5.[1]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Christian Kuhnke Wilhelm Bungert 6–1, 6–8, 6–2, 6–2.[1]
1970 Wilhelm Bungert Christian Kuhnke 6–3, 6–0, 6–4.[1]
1971 Christian Kuhnke Toshiro Sakai 6–3, 6–2, 6–2.[1]
1972 Ilie Năstase Jürgen Fassbender 6–0, 6–2, 6–1
1973 Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Jürgen Fassbender 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
1974 Bernard Mignot Jiří Hřebec 6–1, 6–0, 0–6, 6–4
1975 Jaime Fillol Jan Kodeš 6–4, 1–6, 6–0, 7–5
1976 Björn Borg Manuel Orantes 6–2, 6–2, 6–0
1977 Wojciech Fibak Raymond Moore 6–1, 5–7, 6–2
replaced by Nations Cup

Doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1974 Jiří Hřebec
Jan Kodeš		 Kenichi Hirai
Toshiro Sakai		 6–1, 6–4
1975 François Jauffret
Jan Kodeš		 Harald Elschenbroich
Hans Kary		 6–2, 6–3
1976 Wojciech Fibak
Karl Meiler		 Bob Carmichael
Raymond Moore		 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1977 Jürgen Fassbender
Karl Meiler		 Paul Kronk
Cliff Letcher		 6–3, 6–3

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Tournaments: Dusseldorf International – Dusseldorf Grand Prix". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. ^ "THE ROCHUS CLUB – SINCE 1898". www.rochusclub.de. Düsseldorf, Germany: Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub e. V. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. ^ Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub
  4. ^ "TENNIS". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia: newspapers.com. 23 Jul 1957. p. 12. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
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