The Homburg Cup

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The Homburg Cup
Der Homburg-Pokal
Defunct tennis tournament
TourPre-open era (1877-1967)
Founded1894
Abolished1936
Editions26
LocationBad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
VenueBad Homburg Tennis Club
(1894-1936)
SurfaceClay/Outdoor

The Homburg Cup [1] or Der Homburg-Pokal its original name was a tennis event held from 1894 through 1936 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany on outdoor Clay court's.

History

The Homburg Cup tournament was first held in 1894 played at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany and usually August. The Homburg Cup was organised by the 1st President of the German Tennis Federation, Carl August von der Meden, the early staging of this event attracted some of the most well known aristocracy in Europe such as the, Emperor of Germany, Crown Prince of Greece, and the Duke of Cambridge numerous other aristocrats appeared every year which generated significant press coverage for the event, prize money that was on offer was said to be substantial at the time which was probably why it was considered one of the most important [2] and prestigious [3] early pre-open era tournaments in continental Europe and Germany along with German Championships known then for its ability to attract the best players in the world throughout its early period certainly up to the beginning of World War I. It was an open event and featured the likes of the Arthur Gore, Anthony Wilding, Joshua Pim Laurence and Reginald Doherty, A Harold Mahony and Max Décugis its lasted 41 years until 1935 the event featured men's doubles,[4] women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles [5] competition.

Finals

Notes: Challenge round: The final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) in some tournaments not all. * Indicates challenger

Men's singles

(Incomplete list)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1894 Australia Samuel Henry Hughes ? ?
1895 [6] United Kingdom William M. Cranston United Kingdom Reginald Forbes 6-0, 6-3, 6-1
1896 [7] England Reginald Doherty United Kingdom William M. Cranston walkover
1897 [8] England Reginald Doherty (2) England George Hillyard walkover
1898 [9] England Reginald Doherty (3) England Laurence Doherty walkover
1899 England Reginald Doherty (4) United States Clarence Hobart 3-6, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-4
1900 [10] England Laurence Doherty England George Hillyard[11] 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2
1901 [12] France Max Decugis France Jacques Worth walkover
1902 [13] United Kingdom Josiah Ritchie United Kingdom Frederick William Payn 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
1903 Ireland George Ball-Greene United Kingdom Josiah Ritchie 7-5, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3
1904 Ireland George Ball-Greene[14] (2) United States Wylie Cameron Grant 9-7, 6-2, 6-3
1905 Ireland George Ball-Greene (3) New Zealand Anthony Wilding shared title
1906 New Zealand Anthony Wilding[15] (2) Germany Otto Froitzheim 6-1, 6-1, 6-4
1907 [16] Germany Otto Froitzheim New Zealand Anthony Wilding 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
1908 [17] Germany Otto Froitzheim (2) New Zealand Anthony Wilding 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 8-6
1909 Germany Otto Froitzheim (3) United Kingdom Josiah Ritchie 6-4, 5-7, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
1910 Germany Heinrich Kleinschroth Germany Heinrich Schomburgk 5-7, 6-4, 6-0, 6-3
1911 Germany Otto Froitzheim (4) Germany Heinrich Schomburgk 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1912 Germany Oscar Kreuzer United Kingdom Gordon Lowe 6-4, 1-6, 3-6, 6-0, 8-6
1913 Germany Otto Froitzheim (5) Germany Paul Otto Lindpaintner 6-1, 6-2
1914/1918 Not held (due to World War I)
1919 Germany Otto Froitzheim (6) Germany Oscar Kreuzer 6-3, 6-1, 6-1
1920 Germany Otto Froitzheim (7) Germany Oscar Kreuzer 6-1, 6-3, 6-3
1921 Germany Oscar Kreuzer (2) Germany Heinrich Kleinschroth 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
1925 Germany Willi Hannemann Germany Otto Froitzheim 4-6, 7-5, ret.
1926 Denmark Axel Petersen Germany Otto Froitzheim w.o.
1927 Germany Georg T. W. Demasius Germany Otto Froitzheim w.o.
1928 Denmark Axel Petersen (2) Germany Johann Philip Buss 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, ret.
1929 France Christian Boussus Germany Otto Froitzheim w.o.
1930 Australia Harry Hopman France Christian Boussus 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4
1931 Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel Germany Fritz Kuhlmann Sr 6-1, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
1932 Australia Harry Hopman (2) Australia Clifford Sproule 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 8-6, 6-3
1933/1934 Not held
1935 Germany Werner Menzel Germany Fritz Kuhlmann Sr 6-1, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
1936 United Kingdom John Olliff Romania Arnulf Schmidt 1-6, 8-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2

Women's singles

(Incomplete list)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1895 United Kingdom Toupie Lowther Germany S. Pollen 6-2. 6-1
1896 United Kingdom Elsie Lane United Kingdom Toupie Lowther 6-0, 6-2
1897 United Kingdom Blanche Bingley Hillyard United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper divided prizes.
1898 United Kingdom Elsie Lane (2) United Kingdom Toupie Lowther 7-5, 7-5
1899 United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper Germany Clara von der Schulenburg 7-5. 6-4
1900 United Kingdom Blanche Bingley Hillyard (2) United Kingdom Muriel Robb 2-6, 8-6, 7-5
1901 United Kingdom Toupie Lowther (2) United Kingdom Blanche Duddell 6-0, 6-0
1902 United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper Sterry (2) United Kingdom Toupie Lowther 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
1903 United Kingdom Toupie Lowther (3) Germany Clara von der Schulenburg 1-6, 6-4, 6-0
1904 United Kingdom Toupie Lowther (4) United Kingdom Elsie Lane 6-2, 7-5
1905 United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass United Kingdom Toupie Lowther 6-3, 7-5
1906 United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass (2) United Kingdom Blanche Bingley Hillyard 6-4, 8-6
1907 Germany Hedwig Neresheimer United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury 10-8, 6-3
1908 Germany Lucie Bergmann Germany Miss. Stettheimer 6-2, 6-2
1909 United Kingdom Agnes Morton Germany Dagmar von Krohn 6-2, 6-2
1910 United Kingdom Agnes Morton (2) Germany Mieken Rieck 6-1, 6-4
1911 United Kingdom Agnes Morton (3) Germany Nelly Bamberger 6-2, 6-4
1912 Germany Lilly Salin Germany Ilse Weihermann 6-3, 6-4
1913 Germany Nelly Bamberger Germany Lilly Salin 6-3, 2-0 retd.
1914/1918 Not held (due to World War I)
1919 Germany Ilse Friedleben Spain Lili de Alvarez ?
1921 Germany Ilse Friedleben (2) Spain Lili de Alvarez 5-7, 8-6 retd.
1922 Germany Ilse Friedleben (3) Germany Hete Käber 6-3, 6-2
1924 Germany Ilse Friedleben (4) Germany Toni Weihermann ?
1925 Germany Ilse Friedleben (5) Germany Cilly Aussem 6-2, 6-3
1926 Germany Anna Weihermann Hemp Germany Nelly Neppach 6-4, 3-6, 3-0 retd.
1927 Germany Ilse Friedleben France Simonne Mathieu 6-4, 3-0, retd.
1928 Germany Toni Mettenheimer Schomburgk Germany Ilse Friedleben 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
1929 Germany Toni Weihermann Richter Germany Ellen Hoffmann 6-1, 6-2
1930 Germany Ilse Friedleben (6) Germany Hilde Krahwinkel default
1931 Germany Anne Peitz Germany Marie-Louise Horn 6-3, 7-5
1932 Germany Hilde Krahwinkel Germany Marie-Louise Horn 6-1, 6-0
1933/1934 Not held
1935 Germany Margarethe Käppel Germany Anne Peitz Schneider 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
1936 Germany Anneliese Ullstein Germany Klara Hammer Beutter 6-4, 7-5

Records

Notes

  1. ↑ "Lawn Tennis". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13536, 12 October 1907. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Hobart, Clarence. "Lawn Tennis in Continental Europe" (PDF). la84.org. LA84 Foundation: Out Volume 38, XXXVIII,06, 8 Jan 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis : a cultural history (Repr. ed.). London: Leicester University Press. p. 257. ISBN 9780718501952.
  4. ↑ "Lawn Tennis". Capricornian. The Capricornian Newspaper, p.12, 18 Oct 1902. 18 October 1902. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Lawn Tennis". Capricornian. The Capricornian Newspaper, p.12, 18 Oct 1902. 18 October 1902. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Homburg 1895, Homburg Cup, Germany". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Homburg 1896 Homburg Cup Germany". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Homburg 1897 Homburg Cup Germany". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Homburg 1898 Homburg Cup Germany". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Homburg 1900, Homburg Cup Germany". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  11. ↑ Cox, Bruce Tarran; foreword by Mark (2013). George Hillyard : the man who moved Wimbledon. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 68. ISBN 978-1780885490.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ↑ Coorei. "Lawn Tennis". news.google.com. The Sydney Mail, Apr 26, 1911. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". stevegtennis.com. Steve G Tennis. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  14. ↑ Coorei. "Lawn Tennis". news.google.com. The Sydney Mail, Apr 26, 1911. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  15. ↑ Coorei. "Lawn Tennis". news.google.com. The Sydney Mail, Apr 26, 1911. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "Lawn Tennis at Homburg". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Omaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10276, 13 October 1909. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  17. ↑ "Lawn Tennis at Homburg". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Omaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10276, 13 October 1909. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

References

  • Lawn Tennis and Badminton Magazines, 1896–1901, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd, London, UK.
  • Lawn Tennis and Croquet Magazines, 1901–1920, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd, London, UK.
  • Tennis:Cultural History, Gillmeister, Heiner, A&C Black, 1998, ISBN 9780718501952.

See also

External links

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