Brockenhurst Open

Brockenhurst Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit (1913-1939)
Founded1914 (1914)
Abolished1939 (1939)
LocationBrockenhurst, Hampshire, England
VenueNew Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
SurfaceGrass - outdoors

The Brockenhurst Open[1] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1914.[2] The event also known as the New Forest Open[3] was organised by the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and played at the Brockenhurst Park Estate and House until 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II.[1]

History

Brockenhurst Park Estate and House was purchased in 1769 by Edward Morant.[4] The house was renamed Morant Hall (also known as Brockenhurt Manor) which remained with the Morant family until the estate was sold in the late 1950s.[5] In 1914 the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club staged its first tennis week of events known as the Brockenhurst Lawn Tennis Week.[1][6] In 1915 World War I started and the tournament was suspended until 1921 when it was revived. The tournament ran annually until 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II.[1]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1922 Walter Crawley Ullah Kramet 6–2, 9–7, 6–3.[1]
1923 Walter Crawley (2) Brame Hillyard 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 8–6.[1]
1928[7] Henry Mayes Cornelius H. D. O'Callaghan 6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3.[1]
1931 R.V. Jenkins Theodore Mavrogordato 6–1, 6–1.[1]
1932 Edward Alfred Dearman Noel Galway Holmes[8] 6–1, 6–3.[1]
1933[9] Jack Crawford Vivian McGrath 0–6, 6–0, 7–5.[1]
1934 Guy Cooper[10] Edward Alfred Dearman 6–4, 7–5.[1]
1935 Eric Peters Richard Arnold Von Planner 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1936 Guy Cooper Edward Alfred Dearman 7–5, 6–1.[1]
1937[11] Vernon Kirby Eric Peters w.o.[1]
1938 Eric Peters Alan Brown[12] 6–3, 7–5.[1]
1939 George Edward Godsell Harold Hare[13] 6–3, 6–1.[1]
1940/1945 Not held (due to World War II then discontinued)

Women's singles

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1914 Violet Pinckney Marguerite Sudgen Pearce 6–2, 6–3
1915/1920 Not held (due to World War I)
1921 Violet Pinckney (2) Blanche Duddell Colston 4–6, 6–4, retd.
1922 Kitty Mckane Dorothy Holman 6–2, 6–2
1923 Dorothy Holman Camilla Rimington 6–1, 6–4
1924 Dorothy Holman (2) Christabel Hardie 3–6, 6–2, 8–6
1925 Dorothy Holman (3) Edith Clarke 8–6, 7–5
1926 Christabel Hardie Mabel Mavrogordato 6–4, 6–2
1927 Joan Ridley Claire Beckingham 9–7, 7–5
1928[14] Margaret McKane Stocks (2) Claire Beckingham 4–6, 10–8, 6–4
1929 Violet Chamberlain Mabel Mavrogordato 6–1, 5–0, retd.
1930 Elsie Goldsack Pittman Ermyntrude Harvey 8–6, 7–5
1931 Evelyn Dearman Nancy Lyle 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1932 Edie Rudd A. Yeates 7–5, 6–4
1933[15] Evelyn Dearman (2) Margaret McKane Stocks 6–4, 6–2
1934 Nancy Lyle Evelyn Dearman 6–0, 7–5
1935 Effie Hemmant Peters P. Scott 6–4, 6–2
1936 Evelyn Dearman (3) Peggy Scriven 6–3, 6–4
1937[16] Nina Brown Effie Peters divided prizes
1938 Evelyn Dearman (4) Margot Stewart 4–6, 6–1, 6–0
1939 Nancy Lyle Glover (2) Gay Moorhouse Chandler 6–1, 7–5
1940/1945 Not held (due to World War II then discontinued)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Tournaments: Brockenhurst Open". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "BROCKENHURST TENNIS WEEK Brockenburst Lawn Tennis Week. The 19th annual open tournament of the New Forest Club, is being held this year from July 13th to July 18th. The annual ball and cabaret, at the Morant Hall. will be on July 17th". New Milton Advertiser. Hampshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 23 May 1936. p. 7. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Brockenhurst Tennis Wee. The New Forest Open tennis tournament organised by the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club was concluded at Brockenhurst on Saturday". New Milton Advertiser. Hampshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 23 July 1938. p. 7. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Brockenhurst Park and House". New Forest Explorers Guide. New Forest Heritage. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  5. ^ New Forest Heritage
  6. ^ "Brockenhurst Lawn Tennis Week 1929". New Forest Knowledge. Lyndhurst, Hampshire. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  7. ^ "IRISHMAN IN TENNIS FINAL - Captain C. H. D. O'Callaghan (retd.), the Army champion, and Colonel H. G. Mayes (retd.) reached the final of the Men 'S • Singles in the New Forest tennis tournament at Brockenhurst last Friday". Nottingham and Midland Catholic News. Nottinghamshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 28 July 1928. p. 12. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Noel Holmes (IRL) - Gentlemen's Singles" (PDF). Wimbledon. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  9. ^ "AUSTRALIAN STARS IN THE BROCKENHURST FINALS". New Milton Advertiser. Hampshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 29 July 1933. p. 4. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Guy Cooper: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Spoilt By Rain BROCKENHURST TENNIS FINALS UNFINISHED Prizes Divided". New Milton Advertiser. Hampshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 24 July 1937. p. 2. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Alan Brown (GBR) - Gentlemen's Singles" (PDF). Wimbledon. AELTC. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Harold Hare: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  14. ^ Nottingham and Midland Catholic News
  15. ^ New Milton Advertiser (1933)
  16. ^ New Milton Advertiser (1937)
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