St George's Hill Open

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St George's Hill Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourMen's Amateur Tour (1877-1912)
Women Amateur Tour (1877-1912)
ILTF Men's Amateur Tour (1913-1967)
ILTF Women's Amateur Tour (1913-1967)
Founded1881
Abolished1966
LocationSt Georges Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, England.
SurfaceGrass

The St George's Hill Open [1] tournament was founded as the St George's Hill Tournament a men's grass court tennis tournament staged at St Georges Hill Weybridge, Surrey, England in 1881, that ran until 1883, and was not held again. [2] [3] In 1913 the St Georges Hill Lawn Tennis Club was established. [4] In 1922 St Georges Hill LTC started a combined men's and women's tournament the St George's Hill Open this ran as a senior tennis tour event until 1966.

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History

The St George's Hill Tournament a men's grass court tennis tournament first staged in 1881 at the Weybridge, Surrey, England. [2] The first winner of the men's singles was England's Algernon Wilfred Milne. [2] In 1913 the St George's Hill Lawn Tennis Club opened. In 1922 a new combined event was established called the St George's Hill Open Tournament this time the grass court tournament ran until 1966.

Though the tournament is no longer a part of any international tour, it is still being staged today and is known as the St George's Hill Open Tennis Tournament. [5]

Finals

Men's Singles

Incomplete roll

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
St.George's Hill Tournament
1881 [2] Flag of England.svg Wilfred Milne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg B. Hawes3 sets to 0
1883 [6] Flag of the United States.svg Clarence Clarke Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Edward Glyn6-0, 6–4, 8-6
St.George's Hill Open
1922 [2] Red Ensign of South Africa (1912-1951).svg Brian Norton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Roupell [7] 6-0, 6-1
1924 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Theodore Mavrogordato Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Buzzard 6-3, 6-0
1925 Flag of Sweden.svg Carl-Erik von Braun Flag of the United Kingdom.svg J.S. Heagerty6-1, 6-3
1926 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Pat Hughes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg C.H. Watson6-1, 6-2
1927 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Pat Hughes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg F. R. L. Crawford 6-1, 6-1
1928 [8] Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Pat Spence Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brian Gilbert 6-0, 7-5
1929 Flag of Japan.svg Ryuki Miki Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Lee4-6, 6–3, 7-5
1930 Flag of Japan.svg Ryuki Miki British Raj Red Ensign.svg Donald Ross Rutnam6-0, 5–7, 6-2
1931 [2] [9] Flag of Japan.svg Ryuki Miki Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Lee 6-3, 6-3
1932 [2] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Frank H. D. Wilde Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Ritchie 6-3, 6-1
1933 [9] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ted Avory Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bob Tinkler [10] ?
1934 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ted Avory Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Lysaght 8-6, 6-4
1935 [11] Flag of New Zealand.svg Buster Andrews Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dickie Ritchie7-5, 3–6, 6-1
1936 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Harry Lee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ted Avory 4-6, 6–3, 6-0
1937 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eric Filby Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles Russell Harris6-1, 7-5
1938 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel G. Sharpe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Donald MacPhail 8-6, 6-2
1939 [2] Flag of Argentina.svg Alejo Domingo Russell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Murray Deloford 6-3, 6-4
1940/1945Not held (due to world war two)
1947 [2] Flag of Poland.svg Ignacy Tloczynski Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Godsell 6-1, 6-3
1959 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julian Coni Flag of the United Kingdom.svg F. Robinson6-3, 6-2
1960 Flag of New Zealand.svg John Roderick McDonald Flag of India.svg Vinay Dhawan 11-9, 8-6
1961 [2] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Malcom Gibb Flag of the United Kingdom.svg M. Pang6-2, 6-4
Open era

Women's Singles

Incomplete roll

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
St.George's Hill Open
1922 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eleanor Rose Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vera Spofforth Youle 6-2 8-6
1924 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Miss Taylor British Raj Red Ensign.svg Margaret Mangin Hasler 9-7 6-4
1925 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Esna Boyd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eleanor Rose6-3 0-6 6-3
1926 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eleanor Rose Flag of the United Kingdom.svg E. Norman6-2 8-6
1927 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Kemmis-Betty Hill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Shaw 6-3 6-3
1928 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peggy Saunders Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ermyntrude Harvey 6-4 6-4
1929 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Howkins Covell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Mudford 6-3 6-3
1930 British Raj Red Ensign.svg Jenny Sandison Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Vera Montgomery 6-2 6-3
1931 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Mudford Flag of Australia (converted).svg Esna Boyd divided title
1932 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nancy Lyle Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Naomi Trentham 6-0 6-3
1933 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Mudford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Peggy Saunders Michell 6-3 6-3
1934 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elsie Goldsack Pittman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mary Hardwick 6-4 3-6 6-3
1935 [12] Flag of the United States.svg Helen Wills-Moody Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elsie Goldsack Pittman 6-0 6-4
1936 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mary Hardwick Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elsie Goldsack Pittman 9-7 6-0
1937 [13] Flag of Poland.svg Jadwiga Jedrzejowska Flag of the United States.svg Alice Marble 3-6 6-4 6-3
1938 [14] Flag of the United States.svg Alice Marble Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Bonnie Heine Miller 6–3, 6-4
1939 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jean Nicoll Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Betty Nuthall 6-2, 6-2
1940/1945Not held (due to world war two)
1946 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Margaret Sharp Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Pearl Gannon Panton divided title
1947 Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Sheila Piercey Summers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joy Gannon 6-1, 7-5
1959 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenny Wagstaff Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lorna Cornell Cawthorn 3-6, 6–1, 6-3
1960 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Shirley Bloomer Brasher Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rosemary Deloford 6-1, 6-2
1961 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lorna Cornell Cawthorn Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Caroline Yates-Bell 6-3 6-3
1964 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lorna Cornell Cawthorn Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mary McAnally 10-8 6-2
1966 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Shirley Bloomer Brasher Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lorna Greville-Collins divided title
Open era

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