St George's Hill Open
| St George's Hill Open | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Tour | Men's Amateur Tour (1877-1912) Women Amateur Tour (1877-1912) ILTF Men's Amateur Tour (1913-1967) ILTF Women's Amateur Tour (1913-1967) |
| Founded | 1881 |
| Abolished | 1966 |
| Location | St Georges Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, England. |
| Surface | Grass |
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.
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
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Women's Singles
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References
- ↑ American Lawn Tennis: Miss Marble in England. New York: American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company. 20 June 1937. p. 17.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022). Tournament:https://www.tennisarchives.com/tournament/?St. Georges Hill.. Tennis Archives. Netherlands.
- ↑ Lawn Tennis Results. (1883). Routledges Sporting Annual. George Routledge and Sons. London. England. pp.113-117.
- ↑ "A history of the Hill – the origins of top-class tennis in Weybridge • St George's Hill Lawn Tennis Club". stghltc.co.uk. St George's Hill Lawn Tennis Club. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ↑ "St. George's Hill Open Tennis Tournament (Surrey)". www.tennisuk.net. Tennis Services UK Limited. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ↑ Lawn Tennis Results. (1883). Routledges Sporting Annual. pp.113-117.
- ↑ "Player: Charles Roupell". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ↑ "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". stevegtennis.com. Steve G Tennis. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Steve G Tennis
- ↑ "Player: Robert Tinkler". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
- ↑ "Lawn Tennis". Keesing's Contemporary Archives. Amsterdam: Keesing's Limited. 1935. p. 1680.
- ↑ Pathfinder. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Farm Journal, Incorporated. 1935. p. 4.
- ↑ American Lawn Tennis
- ↑ "Alice Marble wins Weybridge, England". The Oxnard Daily Courier. Oxnard, California, United States. 4 June 1938. p. 1.
Sources
- 1877 to 2012 Finals Results. stevegtennis.com. Steve G Tennis.
- American Lawn Tennis. (1937) New York: American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company.
- Keesing's Contemporary Archives (1935). Amsterdam: Keesing's Limited.
- Nieuwland, Alex (2011–2022). Tournament:St. Georges Hill. Tennis Archives. Netherlands.
- Pathfinder. (1935). Philadelphia, PA, United States: Farm Journal, Incorporated.
- Routledges Sporting Annual. (1883). George Routledge and Sons. London. England.
- St. George's Hill Open Tennis Tournament (Surrey). www.tennisuk.net. Tennis Services UK Limited.
- The Oxnard Daily Courier (1938). Oxnard, California, United States.