Brockenhurst Open

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Brockenhurst Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour ILTF Circuit (1913-1939)
Founded1914;110 years ago (1914)
Abolished1939;85 years ago (1939)
Location Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
VenueNew Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
Surface Grass - 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]

Contents

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)

YearWinnersRunners-upScore
1922 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Walter Crawley British Raj Red Ensign.svg Ullah Kramet6–2, 9–7, 6–3. [1]
1923 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Walter Crawley (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brame Hillyard 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 8–6. [1]
1928 [7] Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg Henry Mayes Flag of Ireland.svg Cornelius H. D. O'Callaghan6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3. [1]
1931 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg R.V. Jenkins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Theodore Mavrogordato 6–1, 6–1. [1]
1932 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edward Alfred Dearman Flag of Ireland.svg Noel Galway Holmes [8] 6–1, 6–3. [1]
1933 [9] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Crawford Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vivian McGrath 0–6, 6–0, 7–5. [1]
1934 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Cooper [10] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edward Alfred Dearman 6–4, 7–5. [1]
1935 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eric Peters Flag of Austria.svg Richard Arnold Von Planner6–4, 6–4. [1]
1936 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Guy Cooper Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edward Alfred Dearman 7–5, 6–1. [1]
1937 [11] Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Vernon Kirby Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eric Peters w.o. [1]
1938 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eric Peters Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alan Brown [12] 6–3, 7–5. [1]
1939 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Edward Godsell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harold Hare [13] 6–3, 6–1. [1]
1940/1945Not held (due to World War II then discontinued)

Women's singles

YearWinnersRunners-upScore
1914 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Violet Pinckney Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marguerite Sudgen Pearce6–2, 6–3
1915/1920Not held (due to World War I)
1921 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Violet Pinckney (2)Blanche Duddell Colston4–6, 6–4, retd.
1922 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kitty Mckane Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Holman 6–2, 6–2
1923 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Holman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Camilla Rimington 6–1, 6–4
1924 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Holman (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Christabel Hardie 3–6, 6–2, 8–6
1925 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Holman (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edith Clarke8–6, 7–5
1926 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Christabel Hardie Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mabel Mavrogordato 6–4, 6–2
1927 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joan Ridley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Claire Beckingham 9–7, 7–5
1928 [14] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Margaret McKane Stocks (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Claire Beckingham4–6, 10–8, 6–4
1929 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Violet Chamberlain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mabel Mavrogordato 6–1, 5–0, retd.
1930 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elsie Goldsack Pittman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ermyntrude Harvey 8–6, 7–5
1931 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Evelyn Dearman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nancy Lyle 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1932 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edie Rudd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg A. Yeates7–5, 6–4
1933 [15] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Evelyn Dearman (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Margaret McKane Stocks 6–4, 6–2
1934 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nancy Lyle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Evelyn Dearman6–0, 7–5
1935 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Effie Hemmant Peters Flag of the United Kingdom.svg P. Scott6–4, 6–2
1936 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Evelyn Dearman (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peggy Scriven 6–3, 6–4
1937 [16] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nina Brown Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Effie Petersdivided prizes
1938 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Evelyn Dearman (4) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Margot Stewart4–6, 6–1, 6–0
1939 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nancy Lyle Glover (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gay Moorhouse Chandler6–1, 7–5
1940/1945Not held (due to World War II then discontinued)

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