Berlin Open | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Event name | West Berlin Open |
Tour | ILTF World Circuit (1913–1972) men (1913–1973 (women) ILTF Grand Prix Circuit (1973, 1976–79) ILTF Independent Circuit (1974-75) |
Founded | 1896 |
Abolished | 1973 (women) 1983 (men) |
Location | West Berlin, West Germany |
Venue | Lawn-Tennis-Turnier-Club (1896–1906) Rot-Weiss Tennis Club (1907–1983) |
Surface | Clay / outdoor |
The Berlin Open officially known as the West Berlin Open [1] [lower-alpha 1] was a men's tennis tournament founded in 1896 as a combined event (women included) called the Championships of Berlin until 1914, [2] following World War I the event was known as the Berlin Championships. [3] [4] The event was first played at the Lawn-Tennis-Turnier-Club until 1906. [5] [3] In 1907 it moved to Grunewald, and a new venue the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club. [3] Following World War II the tournament was branded as the West Berlin International Championships. [3] It then ran annually until 1973 as a combined event when the women's tournament was discontinued. [3] The men's event carried on until 1983 when it was last held in West Berlin, West Germany. [3] The event was part of the Grand Prix circuit and was played on outdoor clay courts. [3]
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | |
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Championships of Berlin | ||||
1896 | Herbert Dering | Leopold Bach | 6–4, 6–0, 6–4. [3] | |
1897 | Herbert Dering (2) | Fritz Grobien | w.o. [3] | |
1898 | Paul Arnold | Adolf Von Gordon | 5–7, 6–1, 6–2, 6–3. [3] | |
1899 | Adolf Von Gordon | Paul Arnold | w.o. [3] | |
1900 | A. Wladimir Schmitz | Adolf Von Gordon | w.o. [3] | |
1901 | Major Ritchie | A. Wladimir Schmitz | w.o. [3] | |
1902 | Major Ritchie (2) | Gunnar Setterwall | w.o. [3] | |
1903 | Major Ritchie (3) | Curt von Wessely | 6–1, 6–1, 6–1. [3] | |
1904 | Otto von Müller | Major Ritchie | w.o. [3] | |
1905 | Otto von Müller (2) | Ferdinand Bölling | 6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 6–4. [3] | |
1906 | Not held | |||
1907 | Oscar Kreuzer | Otto von Müller | w.o. [3] | |
1908 | Oscar Kreuzer (2) | Felix Pipes | 6–3, 6–0, 7–5. [3] | |
1909 | Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe | Oscar Kreuzer | w.o. [3] | |
1910 | Otto Froitzheim | Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe | 6–2, 12–10, 6–4. [3] | |
1911 | Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe (2) | Otto von Müller | w.o. [3] | |
1912 | Oscar Kreuzer (3) | Otto Froitzheim | 3–4, ret. [3] | |
1913 | Robert Kleinschroth [6] | Oscar Kreuzer | w.o. [3] | |
1914 | Otto Froitzheim (2) | Robert Kleinschroth | w.o. [3] | |
1915/1918 | Not held (due to World War I) | |||
Berlin Championships | ||||
1919 | Otto Froitzheim (3) | Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe | 6–3, 7–5. [3] | |
1920 | Oscar Kreuzer (4) | Curt Bruno Bergmann | 7–5, 6–3, ret. [3] | |
1921 | Otto Froitzheim (4) | Robert Kleinschroth | 6–3, 6–3, 6–2. [3] | |
1922 | Otto Froitzheim (5) | Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe | 6–2, 7–5, 10–8. [3] | |
1923 | Bela Von Kehrling | Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe | 7–5, 6–3, 9–7. [3] | |
1924 | Bela Von Kehrling (2) | Heinz Landmann [7] | 6–1, 6–3, 6–1. [3] | |
1925 | Umberto De Morpurgo | Otto Froitzheim | 3–6, 4–6, 9–7, 6–3 retd. [3] | |
1926 | Bela Von Kehrling (3) | Willi Hahnemann | 6–2, 1–6, 6–1, 6–2. [3] | |
1927 | Willi Hahnemann | Axel Petersen [8] | w.o. [3] | |
1928 | Bela Von Kehrling (4) | Daniel Prenn | 6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2. [3] | |
1929 | Henri Cochet | Roderich Menzel | 9–11, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1. [3] | |
1930 | Bill Tilden II | Daniel Prenn | 7–5, 8–6, 1–6, 7–5. [3] | |
1931 | Roderich Menzel | Daniel Prenn | 6–4, 6–2, 6–1. [3] | |
1932 | Roderich Menzel (2) | Jacques Brugnon | 6–4, 6–3, 6–3. [3] | |
1933 | Gottfried von Cramm | Roderich Menzel | 2–6, 6–1, 15–13, ret. [3] | |
1934 | Gottfried von Cramm (2) | Giovanni Palmieri | 6–0, 6–1, 7–5. [3] | |
1935 | Not held | |||
1936 | Gottfried von Cramm (3) | Henner Henkel | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2. [3] | |
1937 | František Cejnar | Gottfried von Cramm | 8–6, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4. [3] | |
1938 | Jaroslav Drobný | Hans Redl | 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3. [3] | |
1940 | Henner Henkel | Rolf Göpfert | 6–2, 4–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2. [3] | |
1931/1948 | Not held (due to World War II) and after | |||
West Berlin International Championships | ||||
1949 | Rolf Göpfert | Helmut Göttsche | 5–7, 6–4, 6–4. [3] | |
1950 | Bill Sidwell | Alfred Huber | 10–8, 6–4, 6–3. [3] | |
1951 | Budge Patty | Dick Savitt | 6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3. [3] | |
1952 | Ham Richardson | Derek Capell [9] | 6–3, 6–0, 6–0. [3] | |
1953 | Lennart Bergelin | George Worthington | 6–3, 6–3, 6–3. [3] | |
1954 | Gardnar Mulloy | Budge Patty | 7–9, 8–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3. [3] | |
1955 | Jaroslav Drobný (2) | Hugh Stewart | 6–1, 6–1, 6–1. [3] | |
1956 | Hugh Stewart | Vladimir Petrović | 6–4, 6–0, 6–4. [3] | |
1957 | Warren Woodcock | Budge Patty | 5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3. [3] | |
1958 | Wladyslaw Skonecki | Sven Davidson | 6–4, 6–2, 6–4. [3] | |
1959 | Neale Fraser | Warren Woodcock | 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–0. [3] | |
1960 | Wolfgang Stuck | Christian Kuhnke | 9–7, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4. [3] | |
1961 | Warren Woodcock (2) | Giuseppe Merlo | 6–2, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4. [3] | |
1962 | Frank Froehling III | Ingo Buding | 2–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4. [3] | |
1963 | Christian Kuhnke | Fred Stolle | 6–3, 2–6, 13–11, 6–1. [3] | |
1964 | Roy Emerson | Ken Fletcher | 6–3, 7–5, 6–3. [3] | |
1965 | Bob Hewitt | Ken Fletcher | 1–6, 0–6, 8–6, 6–2, 6–3. [3] | |
1966 | Niki Pilic | Bob Hewitt | 6–2, 12–10, 6–3. [3] | |
1967 | Roy Emerson (2) | Manuel Santana | 6–4, 7–9, 6–4, 3–2 ret. [3] | |
1968 | Manuel Santana | Tom Okker | 6–8, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2. [3] | |
↓ Open Era ↓ | ||||
West Berlin Open | ||||
1969 | Raymond Moore | Cliff Drysdale | 1–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–8, 7–5. [3] | |
1970 | Georges Goven | Christian Kuhnke | 6–2, 2–6, 6–1, 6–3. [3] | |
1971 | Christian Kuhnke (2) | Manuel Santana | 6–2, 7–9, 0–6, 7–5, 4–4, ret. [3] | |
1973 | Hans-Jürgen Pohmann | Harald Elschenbroich | 6–2, 7–6, 6–3. [3] | |
1974 | Christian Kuhnke (3) | Karl Meiler | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3. [3] | |
1976 | Víctor Pecci | Hans-Jürgen Pohmann | 6–1, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3. [3] | |
1977 | Paolo Bertolucci | Jiří Hřebec | 6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4. [3] | |
1978 | Vladimír Zedník | Harald Elschenbroich | 6–4, 7–5, 6–2. [3] | |
1979 | Peter McNamara | Patrice Dominguez | 6–4, 6–0, 6–7, 6–2. [3] | |
1981 | Werner Zirngibl | Erick Iskersky | 6–3, 7–6 . [3] | |
1982 | Klaus Eberhard | Peter Elter | 6–2, 6–2. [3] | |
1983 | Karsten Schulz [10] | Klaus Eberhard | 6–4, 6–7, 6–1. [3] | |
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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1973 | Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann | Raúl Ramírez Joaquín Loyo-Mayo | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
1976 | Patricio Cornejo Antonio Muñoz | Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann | 7–5, 6–1 |
1977 | Hans Gildemeister Belus Prajoux | Pavel Huťka Vladimír Zedník | final not played title shared |
1978 | Jürgen Fassbender Colin Dowdeswell | Željko Franulović Hans Gildemeister | 6–3, 6–4 |
1979 | Ivan Lendl Carlos Kirmayr | Jorge Andrew Stanislav Birner | 6–2, 6–1 |
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | |
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Championships of Berlin | ||||
1896 | Clara von der Schulenburg | Tila Steinmann | 6–3, 6–1, 6–2 | |
1897 | Clara von der Schulenburg (2) | Antonie Kusenberg Popp | 6–3, ret. | |
1898 | Clara von der Schulenburg (3) | Helen Jackson | 6–0, 6–0, 6–2 | |
1899 | Hedwig Rosenbaum | Else Steinmann | 2–6, 6–2, 10–8, 6–4 | |
1900 | Bertha Kalser | Frl Garnet | 6–4, 6–2 | |
1901 | L. von Simson | G. Wiebe | 6–2, 3–6, 6–1 | |
1902 | Elsie Lane | Nelly Herz | walkover | |
1903 | Clara von der Schulenburg (4) | Nora Cavallar | 6–3, 6–1 | |
1904 | Clara von der Schulenburg (5) | Paula Gusserow | 6–2, 6–1 | |
1905 | Clara von der Schulenburg (6) | Nelly Schmoller | 6–0, 6–3 | |
1906 | Not held | |||
1907 | Emma Koettgen | F. Foth | 6–1, 6–1 | |
1908 | Dagmar von Krohn | Mary Gray Curtis-Whyte | 9–7, 6–4 | |
1909 | Clara von der Schulenburg (7) | Gertrud Mittler | 6–1, 6–1 | |
1910 | Clara von der Schulenburg (8) | Hedwig Neresheimer | 7–5, 6–4 | |
1911 | Mieken Rieck | Emma Köttgen | 8–6, 4–6, 6–2 | |
1912 | Mieken Rieck (2) | Gertrud Mittler | 6–1, 6–3 | |
1913 | Gertrud Mittler | T. Popp | 6–1, 6–3 | |
1914 | Hedwig Neresheimer von Satzger | Marie Bertrand Amende | 6–8, 6–4, 6–3 | |
1915/1918 | Not held (due to World War I) | |||
Berlin Championships | ||||
1919 | Hete Kaeber | Daisy Schultz Uhl | 6–4, 7–5 | |
1920 | Clara von der Schulenburg (9) | Hete Kaeber | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 | |
1921 | Ilse Weihermann Friedleben | Lili de Alvarez | 6–2, 6–0 | |
1922 | Ilse Weihermann Friedleben (2) | Nelly Neppach | 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 | |
1923 | Nelly Neppach | Ilona Varady | 6–2, 6–1 | |
1924 | Ilse Friedleben (3) | Nelly Neppach | 6–1, 7–5 | |
1925 | Ilse Friedleben (4) | Nelly Neppach | 6–2, 6–0 | |
1926 | Kea Bouman | Nelly Neppach | 6–0, 7–5 | |
1927 | Ilse Friedleben (5) | Irma Kallmeyer | 6–1, 6–2 | |
1928 [11] | Elizabeth Ryan | Toni Mettenheimer Schomburgk | 6–3 ,6–3 | |
1929 | Paula von Reznicek | Cilly Aussem | 7–5, 6–3 | |
1930 [12] | Cilly Aussem | Hilde Krahwinkel | 4–6, 8–6, 6–1 | |
1931 | Ida Adamoff | Ilse Friedleben | 3–6, 6–0, 6–4 | |
1932 | Hilde Krahwinkel | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | 6–4, 6–1 | |
1933 | Hilde Krahwinkel (2) | Marie Luise Horn | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 | |
1934 | Marie-Louise Horn | Elizabeth Ryan | 6–2, 6–2 | |
1935 | Not held | |||
1936 | Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (3) | Nelly Adamson | 6–2, 6–0 | |
1937 | Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling (4) | Anneliese Ullstein | 6–0, 6–3 | |
1938 | Totta Zehden | Gracyn Wheeler | 6–2, 6–8, 6–1 | |
1939/1949 | Not held (due to World War II) and after | |||
West Berlin International Championships | ||||
1949 | Ruth von Falkenhayn | Mary Terán de Weiss | 4–6, 6–4, 8–6 | |
1950 | Thelma Coyne Long | Inge Pohmann | 6–3, 6–3 | |
1951 | Thelma Coyne Long (2) | Margaret Osborne duPont | 6–4, 6–3 | |
1952 | Totta Zehden (2) | Inge Hoffert Buderus | 4–6, 6–1, 7–5 | |
1953 | Totta Zehden (3) | Inge Reh Vogler | 6–2, 6–1 | |
1954 | Silvana Lazzarino | Elena Lehmann | 6–1, 6–4 | |
1955 | Birgit Gullbrandsson-Sandén | Marica Crnadak | 6–3, 6–4 | |
1956 | Erika Vollmer | Heather Nicholls Brewer | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 | |
1957 | Jenny Staley Hoad | Mary Bevis Hawton | 6–1, 7–5 | |
1958 | Edda Buding | Lucia Bassi | 6–2, 6–0 | |
1959 | Sandra Reynolds | Maria Bueno | 7–5, 6–2 | |
1960 | Yola Ramirez | Inge Pohmann | 6–4, 6–0 | |
1961 | Angela Mortimer | Margot Dittmeyer | 6–2, 6–1 | |
1962 | Lesley Turner | Jan Lehane | 8–6, 3–6, 6–2 | |
1963 | Margaret Smith | Robyn Ebbern | 6–2, 7–5 | |
1964 | Margaret Smith (2) | Helga Schultze | 6–2, 6–1 | |
1965 | Helga Schultze | Jill Blackman | 6–4, 6–8, 6–1 | |
1966 | Sonja Pachta | Almut Sturm | 6–2, 8–6 | |
1967 | Pat Walkden | Helga Schultze | 6–2, 1–6, 6–2 | |
1968 | Helga Schultze (2) | Margaret Smith Court | 6–1, 7–5 | |
↓ Open Era ↓ | ||||
West Berlin Open | ||||
1969 [13] | Karen Krantzcke | Lesley Turner Bowrey | 6–1, 6–2 | |
1970 | Virginia Wade | Helga Niessen | 10–8, 6–1 | |
1971 | Helga Niessen Masthoff | Katja Ebbinghaus | 7–5, 1–6, 6–3 | |
1974 | Helga Schultze Hoesl (3) | Raquel Giscafré | 6–4, 6–0 |
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