WTA Düsseldorf Open

This article is about the defunct WTA Tour tournament. For the ATP Tour tournament beginning in 2013, see Düsseldorf Open (ATP Tour).
Düsseldorf International
Düsseldorf Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1906
Abolished1974
LocationDüsseldorf, Germany
VenueRochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub
CategoryILTF (1914-1972)
WTA Tour (1973)
ILTF Independent Tour (1974)
SurfaceClay / outdoor

The Düsseldorf Open was a women's clay court tennis tournament founded as a combined men's and women's tournament in 1905 called the Düsseldorf International or Internationale Düsseldorf.[1] It remained a joint event until 1969 and was held annually at the Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub in Düsseldorf, Germany until 1974.[1]

History

In 1898 the Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub was founded.[2] In 1905 the club staged the first Internationale Düsseldorf tournament.[1] In 1906 a women's event was added to the schedule. In 1929 the Rochusclub moved to a new location where it remains today.[3] It was held annually in Düsseldorf, Germany until 1974.[1] The combined event was part of the Deutscher Lawn Tennis Bund (f.1902) circuit from inception until 1913.[1] In 1914 it became part of the new ILTF Circuit until 1969.[1] In 1970 the men's event was re branded as the Düsseldorf Grand Prix and 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 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.[1]

The Düsseldorf Open was a women's professional tennis tournament held for one year, in 1973, in Düsseldorf, West Germany. Its one-year on the WTA Tour saw a home player, Helga Masthoff, winning in the women's singles, whilst she and Heide Orth reached a women's doubles final that was not played.

Finals

Singles

(incomplete roll)

Düsseldorf International
Year Winners Runners-up Score
1906 Lucie Bergmann Elspeth Holzapfel 6–1, 6–4
1908 Dagmar von Krohn M. Holzapfel 6–1, 6–0
1912 Anita Heimann Lent Maria Deus 6–3, 6–0
1928 Cilly Aussem Elizabeth Ryan 7–5, 6–4
1929 Hilde Krahwinkel Irma Kallmeyer 6–4, 6–1
1935 Marie Luise Horn Nelly Adamson 1–6, 6–4, 6–1
1937 Anneliese Ullstein Hella Kovac 6–1, 6–3
1938 Gracyn Wheeler Rosl Kraus 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
1939 Hilda Walterová Alice Florian 6–1, 6–3
1952 Thelma Coyne Long Joan Curry 6–0, 6–1
1950 Mary Terán de Weiss Inge Pohmann 6-2, 8-6
1955 Doris Hart Erika Vollmer 6-2, 6-1
1956 Shirley Fry Heather Nicholls Brewer 6-1, 13-11
1959 Karol Fageros Renate Ostermann 6-8, 6-1, 6-1
1960 Maria Bueno Edda Buding 6-1, 6-1
1961 Lesley Turner Renate Ostermann 6-3, 6-2
1962 Lesley Turner (2) Jan Lehane 6-1, 6-2
1963 Margaret Smith Lesley Turner 6-3, 6-2
1964 Margaret Smith (2) Lesley Turner 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Helga Niessen Edda Buding 6–1, 8–6
1970 Helga Hosl Helga Niessen 7–5, 6–4
1971 Helga Masthoff (2) Betty Stöve 4–6, 6–3, 6–3
1972 Pat Walkden Pretorius Katja Ebbinghaus 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
↓  WTA Tour  ↓
1973 Helga Masthoff (3) Evonne Goolagong 6–4, 6–4
↓  ILTF Independent Tour  ↓
1974 Katja Ebbinghaus Helga Masthoff 6–2, 6–1
1975 Helga Masthoff (4) Evonne Goolagong 6–4, 6–4

Doubles

Year Champions Score
1973 Evonne Goolagong / Janet Young vs.
Helga Masthoff / Heide Orth		 Divided (not competed)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "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
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