Rothmans Connaught Hard Court Championships

Connaught Hard Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF
Founded1951 (1951)
Abolished1974 (1974)
LocationChingford, Essex, England.
VenueConnaught Lawn Tennis Club (f.1885)
SurfaceClay- outdoors

The Rothmans Connaught Hard Court Championships[1] also known simply as the Connaught Hard Courts was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1951.[2] The championships were organised by the Connaught Lawn Tennis Club, Chingford, Essex, England. The tournament ran until 1974.

History

The Connaught Hard Court Championships,[3] were established in 1951 as an open tournament held at the Connaught Lawn Tennis Club (f.1885),[4] Chingford, Essex, England. The tournament was continually staged until 1974. The tournament was sponsored by the tobacco company Rothmans International from 1971 to 1974.

Notable winners of the men's singles title included; Tony Mottram, Jack Arkinstall, Torben Ulrich, Sven Davidson, Lew Hoad,[5] Rod Laver,[6] Jaroslav Drobný,[7] and Owen Davidson.[8] Previous winners of women's singles title included; Doris Hart,[9] Angela Mortimer, Christine Truman, Norma Baylon, Ann Haydon Jones, Virginia Wade,[10] and Dianne Fromholtz.

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)[11]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1951 Tony Mottram John Horn 6-0, 6-3
1952 Tony Mottram (2) Ignacy Tloczynski 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
1953 Jack Arkinstall Don Black 6-3, 6-0
1954 Torben Ulrich Bobby Wilson 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
1955 Sven Davidson Mike Davies 6-4, 6-1
1956 Lew Hoad Bobby Wilson 6-2, 6-1
1957 Jaroslav Drobný Mike Davies 6-4, 6-3
1958 Roger Becker Mike Davies 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
1959 Roger Becker (2) Bobby Wilson 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
1960 Bobby Wilson Roger Becker 6-4, 6-4
1961 Bobby Wilson (2) Alan Mills 8-6, 6-1
1962 Rod Laver Martin Mulligan 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
1963 Bobby Wilson (3) Mike Sangster 8-6, 6-4, 6-2
1964 Bobby Wilson (4) Mike Sangster 6-2, 6-3
1965 Bobby Wilson (5) Mark Cox 6-2, 8-6
1966 Bobby Wilson (6) Alan Mills 6-2, 6-2
1967 Birger Folke Lars Ölander 6-3, 2-6, 14-12
1968 Paul Hutchins Bobby Wilson 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Allan Stone John Cooper 6-4, 6-2
1972 Hank Irvine John Clifton 6-2, 6-2
1973 Owen Davidson Colin Dowdeswell 3-6, 9-8, 6-1

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1951 Kay Tuckey Joy Gannon Mottram 6-4, 6-4
1952 Jean Walker-Smith Joy Gannon Mottram 1-6, 9-7, 6-4
1953 Doris Hart Shirley Fry 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
1954 Leonie Thorn Brighton Jenny Middleton 7-5, 6-3
1955 Angela Mortimer Elaine Watson 6-1, 6-0
1956 Angela Mortimer (2) Jenny Middleton 6-3, 6-1
1957 Christine Truman Elaine Shenton 6-3, 6-3
1958 Christine Truman (2) Ann Haydon 6-3, 8-6
1959 Angela Mortimer (3) Christine Truman 6-3, 7-5
1960 Angela Mortimer (4) Christine Truman 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
1961 Angela Mortimer (5) Edda Buding 6-3, 6-3
1962 Angela Mortimer (6) Christine Truman 6-2, 6-4
1963 Norma Baylon Christine Truman divide title
1964 Norma Baylon (2) Christine Truman 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
1965 Elizabeth Starkie Christine Truman 8-6, 6-3
1966 Ann Haydon Jones Virginia Wade 6-4, 6-3
1967 Virginia Wade Pat Walkden 6-0, 9-7
1968 Faye Toyne Moore Virginia Wade 6-4, 8-6
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Corinne Molesworth Shirley Bloomer Brasher 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
1972 Cynthia Sieler Wendy Appleby 7-5, 7-5
1973 Dianne Fromholtz Ilana Kloss 6-1, 3-6, 6-4

Tournament records

References

  1. ^ "SWIRLING near-gale-force wind and rain hit the Rothman's Connaught Hard Court Championships at Chingford Essex yesterday, and flurries snow made play almost impossible". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. Birmingham, England: British Newspaper Archives. 28 May 1972. p. 40.
  2. ^ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament–Connaught Hard Courts; Chingford". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. ^ Wilson, Bobby (1964). St. Paul's Bibliographies: My Side of the Net. Oxford: Oxford Polytechnic Press. p. 76.
  4. ^ "History". www.connaughtclub.co.uk. Chingford, England: Connaught Club. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  5. ^ Connaught Club
  6. ^ Connaught Club
  7. ^ Connaught Club
  8. ^ Tennis Archives
  9. ^ Connaught Club
  10. ^ Connaught Club
  11. ^ "Tournament – Connaught Hard Courts; Chingford". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
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