Droitwich Open

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Droitwich Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour ILTF Grand Prix circuit, (1928–39)
Founded1928
Abolished1939
Location Droitwich Spa, Droitwich, Worcestershire, England.
Surface Grass

The Droitwich Open also known as the Droitwich Spa Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1928 as the Droitwich Open Lawn Tennis Tournament or Droitwich Spa Open Open Lawn Tennis Tournament. [1] The tournament was organised by the Droitwich Spa Lawn Tennis Club (now called the Droitwich Tennis Club), and played at the Brine Baths Park (now called Droitwich Lido Park), Droitwich Spa, Worcesteshire, England. [2] The tournament ran until 1939 just before World War II then was discontinued. [3]

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History

In 1928 the Droitwich Open Lawn Tennis Tournament was founded. [4] This tournament was played on grass court and staged annually through till 1939 when it was discontinued. [5] In October 1967 Droitwich Tennis Club applied to the Lawn Tennis Association to restart a new open tennis hard court tournament that was to begin in 1968. [6] In May 1968 the first Droitwich Open Hard Courts tournament was held. [7] In 1971 that event became part of the Bio-Strath Circuit under the brand name the Bio-Starth Droitwich Open Hard Courts.

Venue

Droitwich Spa Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1920. [8] It staged the first Droitwich Open in 1928. [9] The club was located in what was then called Brine Baths Park (now called Droitwich Lido Park), Droitwich Spa, Worcesteshire. [10] The original club had four grass courts and four hard courts (clay). [11] In 1975 Droitwich Tennis Club moved to its current location at St Peters Church Lane. [12] The club still has the eight tennis courts. They no longer have the original grass or clay courts, but a combination of hard and artificial grass courts. [13]

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete list)

YearWinnersRunners-upScore
1929 [14] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alfred Pearson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Don Butler 6–3, 6–1
1931 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Don Butler Flag of the United Kingdom.svg E. M. Sykes6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1933 [15] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Don Butler (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ronald Shayes 6–4, 1–6, 6–2
1934 [16] Flag of New Zealand.svg Cam Malfroy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Don Butler 6–4, 3–6, 8–6
1935 [17] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Don Butler (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Godsell 6–3, 6–2
1936 [18] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Godsell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Billington 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
1937 [19] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ronald Shayes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Godsell 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1938 Flag of Romania.svg Alexander M. Hamburger Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ronald Shayes 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1939 Flag of Romania.svg Alexander M. Hamburger (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg G.R.M. Ricketts6–0, 7–5

Women's singles

(Incomplete list)

YearWinnersRunners-upScore
1928 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vera Marshall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vera Noott6–3, 6–2
1929 [20] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Miss Elizabeth T. Madin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vera Marshall6–4, 6–4
1931 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vera Noott Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mrs H. O'Connor6–1, 6–4
1932 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jeanette Morfey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gladys Clarke-Jervoise6–3, 6–0
1933 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Florence Ford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mary Whitmarsh6–4, 6–4
1934 [21] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Florence Ford (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joy Cunningham6–3, 6–3
1935 [22] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Florence Ford (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joy Cunningham6–3, 6–2
1936 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Round Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Florence Ford6–4, 6–4
1937 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Florence Ford (4) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Betty Batt2–6, 6–2, 6–2
1938 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gertrude Valentine-Brown Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Florence Ford6–2, 1–6, 6–4
1939 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gertrude Valentine-Brown (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Madge Slaney [23] 4–6 7–5 6–1

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References

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