Bad Neuenahr International | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Founded | 1909 |
Abolished | 1978 |
Location | Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany |
Venue | HTC Bad Neuenahr |
Surface | Clay (outdoors) |
The Bad Neuenahr International or Internationale Bad Neuenahr was a combined tennis tournament founded in 1909 as the Neuenahr-Ahrweiler International. [1] It was held at HTC Bad Neuenahr, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany and played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament was discontinued in 1978. [1]
Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler is a spa town [2] in the German Bundesland of the Rhineland-Palatinate that serves as the capital of the Ahrweiler district. [3]
In 1882 a spa was first established in the town at Wiesenallee. [4] Then two new lawn tennis courts were built, later further two tennis courts were built at the Kurhaus. [4] By the early 1890s visiting wealthy spa guests and locals began to play against each other on these courts. [5] In 1900 in order to promote tennis responsibility for staging events was down to the spa administrators. [4]
In 1909 the first international open tennis tournaments were held and continued until 1911. [4] The foreign participants were usually bathers taking a cure in the spa's. [4] In 1912 the spa administration donated a "gold cup" that attracted good players from all over Europe to Neuenahr, [5] known as the Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Gold Cup awarded to winners of the men's singles event in the international tournament. [1] The first winner was the Belgian champion Louis Jacques Émile Trasenster. [1] [4] In 1920 the Hockey Tennis Club Bad Neuenahr was opened, [6] with 14 new clay courts and the event transferred there. In 1921 the spa administration transferred the event to HTC Bad Neuenahr. [1] [7] The tournament was staged annually until 1978. [1]
(incomplete roll)
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | |
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↓ German LTA Circuit ↓ | ||||
1912 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 6–3, 6–1. [8] | |
1913 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 6–0, 6–2 | |
1915/1919 | Not held (due to World War I) | |||
↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓ | ||||
1920 [8] | ![]() | ? | ? | |
1921 [8] | ![]() | ? | ? | |
1922 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | ? | |
1924 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | ? | |
1925 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 11–9, 5–7, 6–2 | |
1926 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–0, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 | |
1927 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 8–6 4–6 3–6 ret. | |
1928 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 | |
1929 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 6–4, 7–5 | |
1930 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 | |
1931 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 5–7, 6–1, 6–1, 6–0 | |
1932 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 8–6, 1–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–1 | |
1933 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 7–5, 0–6, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 | |
1934 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 2–0, ret. | |
1935 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 7-5, 7-5, 6-0 | |
1936 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 2–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 | |
1937 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–1, 6–2, 6–0 | |
1938 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 6–1, 6–1 | |
1939 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–1, 4–6, 6–1, 9–7 | |
1940-48 | Not held (due to World War II) | |||
1949 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 6–0, 6–2 | |
1950 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 13–11, 6–3, 6–3 | |
1951 [8] | ![]() | ![]() | 4–6, 6–1, ret. | |
1952 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–0, 6–3, 6–1 | |
1953 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 4–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–3 | |
1954 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 7–5, 6–0 | |
1955 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 6–2 | |
1956 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 8–6 | |
1957 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–1, 6–8, 6–4 | |
1958 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 | |
1959 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 7–5, 6–3 | |
1960 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 4–6, 6–2, 6–1 | |
1961 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 | |
1962 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 6–3, 6–1 | |
1963 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 4–6, 9–7, 6–0 | |
1964 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–1, 8–6, 6–4 | |
1965 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 4–6, 8–6, 6–4 | |
1966 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 8–6, 6–0 | |
1967 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 2–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4 | |
1968 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 6–8, 6–4 | |
↓ Open era ↓ | ||||
1969 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 3–6, 13–11, 6–2 | |
↓ ILTF Independent Circuit ↓ | ||||
1970 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | ? | |
1971 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 7–5, 6–1, 8–10, 6–2 | |
1972 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 6–3, 6–1 | |
1973 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | shared title | |
1974 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 5–7, 6–2, 6–0, 7–6 | |
1975 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 2–0, ret. | |
1976 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–1, 1–0, ret. | |
1977 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 6–1 | |
1978 [1] | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–7, 2–1, retd. |
(incomplete roll)
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | |
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↓ German LTA Circuit ↓ | ||||
1911 | ![]() | ![]() | 8–6, 4–6, 7–5 | |
1912 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–1, 3–6, 6–2 | |
1915/1919 | Not held (due to World War I) | |||
↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓ | ||||
1924 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 | |
1925 | ![]() | ![]() | 3–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–2 | |
1926 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 | |
1928 | ![]() | ![]() | 5–7. 6–1 abandoned | |
1929 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–0, 6–0 | |
1931 | ![]() | ![]() | 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 | |
1935 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 | |
1936 | ![]() | ![]() | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 | |
1937 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 6–0 | |
1938 | ![]() | ![]() | 8–6, 6–6, retd | |
1940-48 | Not held (due to World War II) | |||
1952 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–1, 6–2 | |
1953 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–1, 6–3 | |
1954 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 6–1 | |
1957 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 8-6 | |
1958 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 | |
1959 | ![]() | ![]() | 4–6, 7–5, 7–5 | |
1961 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 6–1 | |
1962 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 6–1 | |
1964 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–1, 6–2 | |
1967 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 6–1 | |
↓ Open era ↓ | ||||
1969 | ![]() | ![]() | 5–7, 7–5, 6–4 | |
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