Surrey Championships

The Surrey Championships [1] also known as the Surrey Grass Court Championships [2] and the Surrey County Championships[1] was a men's and women's international tennis event originally founded in 1882 as the Berrylands Club Tournament. In 1890 the former tournament's name was changed to the Surbiton Open that featured the first Surrey County Championships. The tournament was first played in Richmond then later in Surbiton, Surrey, England on outdoor grass courts. It ran for 73 editions from 1890 to 1981 and after a period of 18 years re-emerged as the Surbiton Trophy.

Surrey Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameSurrey Championships (1890–67)
Surrey Grass Court Championships (1968–80)
TourGrand Prix circuit (1968–1975, 1979–1980)
Founded1890
Abolished1981
Editions72
LocationSurbiton, Surrey, England
VenueBerrylands LTC (1890-1974)
Surbiton Lawn Tennis and Squash Rackets Club (1975-81)
SurfaceGrass

History

In 1881 the Berryland Lawn Tennis Club was founded.[3] In 1882 the club staged the first precursor event to these championships known as the Berrylands Club Tournament.[4] In 1889 the Berrylands Lawn Tennis Tournament name was changed to the Surbiton Open.[5] In 1890 the Surbiton Open was held that also featured the first Surrey County Championships.[6] It was an amateur tournament until the open era of tennis considered an important warm-up event to the Wimbledon championships and the first big opener of the grass court season [7] it attracted many former British and foreign Grand Slam champions post open era the tournament was part of the men's Grand Prix Tour in 1974 and from 1979 to 1980. In 1975 the Berryland Lawn Tennis Club's name was changed to the Surbiton Lawn Tennis and Squash Rackets Club.[8] During the 1975 Championships the tournament witnessed the longest single game in tennis history, during a match between Keith Glass and Anthony Fawcett – the game was not timed but it contained 37 deuces.[lower-alpha 1][9] The men's championships moved to a northern venue in 1981. In 1997 the tournament was first revived as an exhibition tournament won by Jason Stoltenberg.[10] Then in 1998 the former Surrey Championships was restored with a new name known as the Surbiton Trophy.

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, but not all. (c) Indicates challenger

Men's singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
Surrey County Championships
1890 Harry S. Barlow Wilfred Baddeley5–7, 6–3, 7–5, 6-2
1891Not held
1892 [11] Harry S. Barlow (2) Horace Chapman6–2, 6-2 6-1
1893/1899Not held
1900 [12] Charles Dixon Major Ritchie6–3, 1–6, 6–3, 6-2
1901 [13] Philip Graeme Pearson David M. A. G. Hawes6-2 2-6 6-2
1902 Major Ritchie (2) Charles Martin6–1, 6-1
1903 Major Ritchie (3) Brame Hillyard6–1, 6–1, 1–6, 6-4
Surrey Grass Court Championships
1904 Sydney H. Smith Major Ritchie6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1905 Sydney H. Smith (2) Roy Allen6–2, 6–3, 6-1
1906 [14] Sydney H. Smith (3) Anthony Wildingwalkover
1907 [14] Arthur Gore Major Ritchie6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1908 [14] Major Ritchie (4) Arthur Gore6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1909 [14] Major Ritchie (5) Charles Dixon4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 0–6, 6–4
1910 [14] Major Ritchie (6) Robert Powell6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3
1911 [15] Charles Dixon (2) Anthony Wilding7–5, 3–6, 6–0, 6–1
1912 [14] Charles Dixon (3) Major Ritchie6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1913 [14] Charles Dixon (4) Theodore Mavrogordato6–2, 8–6, 6–3
1914 [1] Norman Brookes Francis Gordon Lowe6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–8, 6–3
1915/1918Not held (due to World War I)
1919 [16] Gerald Patterson Herbert Roper Barrett6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1920 [14] Francis Fisher Theodore Mavrogordato6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1921 Brian Norton Sydney M. Jacob6–2 6–2 6–3
1922 [17] Brian Norton (2) Randolph Lycett9–7, 7–5, 1–6, 6–1
1923 [7] Randolph Lycett Brian Norton3–6 6–4 6–1 2–6 7–5
1924 Jack Hillyard Henry Mayes6–4, 1–6, 10–12, 6–3, 6–2
1925 Gordon Crole Rees Athar-Ali Fyzee3–6, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1926 Charles Kingsley Gordon Crole Rees6–4, 6–2 ret.
1927 Gordon Crole Rees (2) Nigel Sharpe6–1, 6–0
1928 Henry Mayes Patrick Spence6–2, 6–4
1929 Eric Peters Oswald Turnbull3–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–3
1930 Yoshiro Ohta Fred Perry6–1, 4–6, 6–3
1931 [14] Iwao Aoki Harry Leetitle shared
1932 Nigel Sharpe Iwao Aoki7–5, 6–3
1933 David Herman David H. Williamstitle shared
1934 [18] Jiro Yamagishi Hideo Nishimura6–3, 6–3
1935 Buster Andrews Patrick Spence6–2, 6–3
1936 Cam Malfroy Harry Lee6–2, 9–11, 6–0
1937 Robert Tinkler Pat Sherwood9–7, 6–3
1938 [14] John Olliff Eric Filby2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1939 [14] Kho Sin-Kie Jack Deloford6–2, 6–4
1940/1945Not held (due to World War II
1946 [14] Hans van Swol David Butler4–6, 6–4, 7–5
1947 Claude Lister Marcel Coen7–5, 6–2
1948 John Bromwich Geoffrey Paishtitle shared
1949 Czesław Spychała Geoffrey Paish6–3, 6–0
1950 Narendra Nath Czesław Spychała6–2, 6–4
1951 Czesław Spychała (2) David Samaai1–6, 7–5, 6–3
1952 Ian Ayre Bryan Woodroffe6–4, 6–2
1953 [14] George Worthington Roger Becker6–3, 6–1
1954 John Barry Abe Segaltitle shared
1955 Malcolm Anderson Ramanathan Krishnan6–3, 6–4
1956 Ian Vermaak Gordon Forbes6–4, 6–3
1957 Roger Becker Alan Mills7–9, 6–2, 6–3
1958 Roger Becker (2) Mike Davies4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1959 Mike Davies Warren Jacques7–9, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1960 Roger Becker (3) Keith Diepraam6–4, 6–1
1961 Martin Mulligan Warren Jacques9–7, 6–2
1962 Martin Mulligan (2) Mark Otway6–3, 6–4
1963 Roger Taylor Jaidip Mukerjea10–8, 9–11, 10–8
1964 David Phillips Bob Carmichael2–6, 6–4, 8–6
1965 Jan-Erik Lundqvist Roger Taylor9–7, 6–3
1966 Keith Wooldridge Peter Curtis7–5, 6–4
1967 Roger Taylor (2) Bobby Wilson2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Open era
1968 Keith Wooldridge Ken Fletcher3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1969 Gerald Battrick John Cooper6–2, 6–1
1970 Robert Maud Frew McMillan6–4, 6–3
1971 Anand Amritraj Paul Hutchins6–2, 6–2
1972 Premjit Lall Ross Case6–4, 8–6
1973 Owen Davidson Tony Roche4–6, 6–4, 10–8
1974 Bob Giltinan Syd Ball6–3, 6–2
1975 Peter McNamara Steve Docherty4–6, 9–8, 6–4
1976Not held
1977 P. Lawlor Chris Wells4–6, 6–3, 8-6
1978 David Lloyd Willie Davies6–4, 6–7, 6-5
1979 Victor Amaya Mark Edmondson6–4, 7–5
1980 Brian Gottfried Sandy Mayer6–3, 6–3

Men's doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1927
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1978		Unavailable
1979 Tim Gullikson
Tom Gullikson		 Pat DuPré
Marty Riessen		6–3, 6–7, 8–6
1980 Mark Edmondson
Kim Warwick		 Andrew Pattison
Butch Walts		7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15–13

Women's singles
  • Note: The 1898 to 1900 events (*) were "closed" tournaments that were restricted to county team members only.
Year Champions Runners-up Score
Surrey County Championships
1890 May Arbuthnot Elizabeth Mocatta6–2, 6–2
1891Not held
1892 May Arbuthnot (2) Ivy Arbuthnot6–3, 6–3
1893/1897Not held
1898 Ellen Thynne Amy Wilson Kirby6–2, 7–5 *
1899 Ellen Thynne (2) Edith J. Bromfield6–2, 2–6, 6–2 *
1900 Charlotte Cooper Ellen Thynne Evered6–2, 6–2 *
1900 Edith Bromfield Ellen Thynne Evered5–7, 6–3, 7–5
1901 Charlotte Cooper Sterry (2) Edith Bromfield6–1, 6–3
1902 Charlotte Cooper Sterry (3) Agnes Morton6–3, 6–3
1903 Toupie Lowther Edith Bromfield3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Surrey Grass Court Championships
1904 Connie Wilson Ellen Stawell-Brown6–4, 7–5
1905 Connie Wilson (2) Agnes Morton6–2, 6–0
1906 Toupie Lowther (2) Dora Boothby5–7, 6–4, 8–6
1907 Charlotte Cooper Sterry (4) Dorothea Douglass Chambers6–4, 6–3
1908 Alice Greene Charlotte Cooper Sterry3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1909 Dora Boothby Edith Johnson6–0, 6–4
1910 Dora Boothby (2) Agnes Morton6–3, 6–3
1911 Helen Aitchison Agnes Morton6–3, 6–4
1912 Ethel Thomson Larcombe Dora Boothby7–5, 6–3
1913 Charlotte Cooper Sterry (5) Madeline Fisher O'Neill8–6, 6–1
1914 Dorothea Douglass Chambers Ethel Thomson Larcombe6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1915/1918Not held (due to World War I)
1919 Elizabeth Ryan Dorothea Douglass Chamberswalkover
1920 Dorothea Douglass Chambers (2) Elizabeth Ryan6–4, 6–2
1921 Elizabeth Ryan (2) Dorothy Holman6–0, 6–0
1922 Elizabeth Ryan (3) Irene Bowder Peacock10–8, 6–2
1923 Elizabeth Ryan (4) Eleanor Rose3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1924 Elizabeth Ryan (5) Aurea Farrington Edgington6–3, 6–4
1925 [19] Elizabeth Ryan (6) Kathleen McKane7–9, 6–1, 6–3
1926 Joan Fry Phoebe Holcroft Watson3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1927 Bobbie Heine Irene Bowder Peacock1–6, 6–3, 7–5
1928 Elsie Goldsack Joan Ridley6–4, 6–2
1929 Betty Nuthall Elizabeth Ryan7–5, 6–1
1930 Jenny Sandison Betty Nuthall3–6, 7–5, 6–4
1931 Dorothy Shaw Jameson Joan Austintitle shared
1932 Gwen Sterry Peggy Michell7–5, 6–4
1933 Peggy Michell Elsie Goldsack Pittmantitle shared
1934 Elsie Goldsack Pittman (2) Patricia Brazier6–3 6–3
1935 Joan Hartigan Phyllis Mudford King6–4, 6–3
1936 Dorothy Round Anita Lizana6–2, 6–3
1937 [20] Freda James Alice Marble6–4, 6–3
1938 [21] Helen Wills Margot Lumb6–3 6–4
1939 Mary Hardwick Margot Lumb6–4, 6–4
1940/1945Not held (due to World War II)
1946 Kay Stammers Menzies Gay Moorhouse Chandler6–4, 6–3
1947 Kay Stammers Menzies (2) Joan Curry2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1948 Joan Curry Jean Walker-Smithtitle shared
1949 Patricia Canning Todd Jean Walker-Smith6–3, 9–7
1950 Jean Walker-Smith Jean Quertier6–2, 7–5
1951 Helen Fletcher Joan Curry6–3, 6–1
1952 Maureen Connolly Patricia Canning Todd3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1953 Patricia Ward Shirley Bloomer6–2, 6–3
1954 Shirley Fry Doris Harttitle shared
1955 Rosemary Walsh Daphne Seeney6–4, 7–5
1956 [22] Althea Gibson Anne Shilcock6–3, 13-11
1957 [23] Althea Gibson (2) Thelma Coyne Long8–6, 7–5
1958 [24] Althea Gibson (3) Mimi Arnold6–1, 6–0
1959 Sally Moore Ann Haydon6–4, 6–2
1960 Angela Mortimer Christine Truman3–6, 6–4, 9–7
1961 Deidre Catt Edda Buding5–7, 6–3, 7–5
1962 Angela Mortimer (2) Carole Caldwell Graebner6–4, 6–4
1963 [25] Deidre Catt (2) Darlene Hard1–6, 9–7, 8–6
1964 Ann Haydon Jones Carole Caldwell Graebner6–3, 6–1
1965 Christine Truman Rita Bentley7–5, 6–1
1966 Winnie Shaw Mary-Ann Eisel6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1967 Lynn Abbes Robin Blakelock-Lloyd6–4, 6–3
Open era
1968 Judy Tegart-Dalton Christine Truman10–8, 6–4
1969 Mary-Ann Eisel Judy Tegart-Dalton4–6, 6–4, 8–6
1970 Ann Haydon Jones (2) Patti Hogan2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1971 [2] Judy Tegart-Dalton Joyce Barclay9–8, 6–2
1972 Joyce Barclay Patti Hogan6–4, 6–3
1973 Wendy Turnbull Ann Kiyomura6–2, 6–0
1974 Sue Barker Sue Mappin6–2, 7–5
1975 Greer Stevens Patti Hogan6–1, 6–4
1976Not held
1977 Winnie Wooldridge (2) Gwynn Sammel6–3, 7–6
1978 Evonne Goolagong Cawley Winnie Shaw6–1, 6–1
1979 Cynthia Doerner-Sieler Kym Ruddell6–1, 6–2
1980Not held
1981 [26] Betsy Nagelsen Barbara Hallquist6–0, 6–4

Notes
  1. According to Bud Collins the game lasted 31 minutes.

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