Cumberland Hard Court Championships

The Cumberland Hard Court Championships or Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships[1] and also known as the Cumberland Hard Court Tournament was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded as in 1927. It was played at the Cumberland Club, Hampstead, London, England until tournament ended in 1986.[2]

Cumberland Hard Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameCumberland Hard Court Championships (1927-70)
Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships (1971)
Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships (1972–80)
British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament (1981-86)
TourILTF Circuit (1913-70)
Bio-Strath Circuit, (1970-71)
ILTF Independent Tour (1972-86)
Founded1927
Abolished1985
LocationHampstead, London, England
VenueCumberland Club
SurfaceClay

History

The Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships were founded in 1927 and played at the Cumberland Club, Hampstead, England. In 1971 the tournament was incorporated into the Bio-Strath Circuit under the sponsorship name of the Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships or simply the Bio-Strath Cumberland,[3] where it was the second leg of circuit that year. In 1981 the British department store retail company British Home Stores took over sponsorship of the event, and it was branded as the British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament.[4] The tournament ran through till 1986 as part of the ILTF Independent Tour then was discontinued.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
Cumberland Hard Court Championships
1931 Jiro Satoh Ted Avory6-4, 6-3.[2]
1934 Bunny Austin Man-Mohan Bhandari[5]6-2 6-1
1935 John Olliff Frank Wilde14-12, 6-2.[2]
1936 Charles Hare John Olliff6-4, 6-3.[2]
1937 Ronald Shayes Edmund John David[6]6-4, 6-2.[2]
1938 Wai-Chuen Choy John Olliff4-6, 6-2, 6-3.[2]
1939/1946Not held (due to World War II)
1947 Howard Walton Francis Wallis[7]4-6, 6-2, 6-2.[2]
1948 Headley Baxter Dennis Slack[8]6-2, 6-1
1949 Tony Mottram Geoff Paish6-2, 6-4.[2]
1950 Geoffrey Brown Headley Baxter6-2, 6-2.[2]
1951 Tony Mottram (2) Peter Cawthorn6-2, 6-1.[2]
1952 Peter Cawthorn Gerry Oakley6-3, 6-1.[2]
1953 Roger Becker Gerry Oakley6-3, 6-4.[2]
1954 Jeff Robson Billy Knight6-3, 6-4.[2]
1955 Billy Knight Tony Mottram1-6, 6-4, 6-2.[2]
1956 Bobby Wilson Mike Davies1-6, 6-3, 7-5.[2]
1957 Gerry Oakley Tony Pickardw.o.[2]
1958 Bobby Wilson (2) Gerry Oakley7-5, 6-4.[2]
1959 Lew Gerrard Roger Becker6-3, 6-2.[2]
1960 Bobby Wilson (3) Norman Kitovitz6-1, 6-2.[2]
1961 Roger Becker (2) Günther Sanders6-3, 6-4.[2]
1962 Martin Mulligan Warren Jacques6-4, 6-4.[2]
1963 Mark Cox Harry Matheson[9]6-3, 7-5.[2]
1964 Mark Cox Clay Iles7-5, 6-2.[2]
1965 Bobby Wilson (4) Gerald Battrick6-3, 7-5.[2]
1966 Graham Stilwell Stanley Matthews2-6, 6-3, 6-3.[2]
1967 Gerald Battrick Mike Carpenter[10]7-5, 6-4.[2]
1968 Bobby Wilson (5) Peter Curtis6-3, 6-0.[2]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Bobby Wilson (6) Keith Wooldridge6-3, 6-1.[2]
1970 Allan McDonald Keith Wooldridge6-3, 9-7.[2]
Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships
1971 Ian Fletcher Alan Mills7-5, 6-0.[2]
↓  ILTF Independent Tour  ↓
Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships
1972 David Lloyd John de Mendoza6-0, 9-7.[2]
1973 Buster Mottram Syd Ball6-2, 6-1.[2]
1974 Keith Hancock Richard Lewis6-3, 6-4.[2]
1975 Robin Drysdale Alvin Gardiner6-7, 6-2, 6-4.[2]
1977 David Lloyd (2) Chris Bradnam7-6, 6-4.[2]
1978 Chris Bradnam[11] Michael Appleton6-1, 6-3.[2]
1979 Chris Bradnam (2) Rohun Beven6-3, 6-4.[2]
1980 Rohun Beven Willie Davies6-1, 6-2.[2]
British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament
1981 Mark Cox (2) Chris Bradnam7-6, 6-4.[2]
1982 Stephen Alger Christo van Rensburg6-2, 7-6.[2]
1983 John Feaver Chris Bradnam4-6, 7-6, 7-5.[2]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
Cumberland Hard Court Championships
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1927 Christabel Hardie Elsie Goldsack6-4, 4-6, 6-2
1928 Violet Chamberlain Christabel Hardie6-2, 6-1
1929 Joan Ridley Betty Dix6-2, 6-2
1930 Elsie Goldsack Pittman Joan Ridley3-6, 6-3, 6-3
1931 Davina Gordon Townsend Freda Scott3-6, 6-1, 6-2
1932 Mrs H. Martin N. Case6-4, 6-2
1933 Jeanette Morfey Jean Saundersdivided title
1934 Christabel Hardie Wheatcroft (2) Mary Burgess-Smith4-6, 8-6, 8-6
1935 Joan Ingram Christabel Hardie Wheatcroft6-1, 6-3
1936 Mary Heeley Sheila Paterson6-1, 6-1
1937 Mary Heeley (2) Nina Brown6-1, 6-0
1938 Mary Hardwick Betty Batt8-6, 6-2
1939/1946Not held (due to World War II)
1946 Joan Curry Betty Clements Hilton7-5, 6-4
1947 Joan Curry (2) Peggy Dawson-Scott6-3, 6-2
1948 Joan Curry (3) Molly Lincoln Blair6-2, 6-4
1949 Jean Quertier Jean Walker-Smith6-4, 6-1
1950 Patsy Rodgers Joey Physick David6-4, 6-0
1951 Nancye Wynne Bolton Susan Partridge4-6, 6-2, 6-4
1952 Gem Hoahing Georgie Woodgate2-6, 6-4, 6-3
1953 Angela Mortimer Gem Hoahing6-3, 6-1
1954 Angela Buxton Lorna Cawthorn6-4, 6-0
1955 Pearl Gannon Panton Jenny Middleton5-7, 6-2, 6-0
1956 Angela Buxton (2) Sue Waters6-0, 6-4
1957 Christine Truman Sheila Armstrong4-6, 6-1, 8-6
1958 Christine Truman (2) Sheila Armstrong6-3, 5-7, 6-3
1959 Shirley Bloomer Ruia Morrison6-2, 6-4
1960 Christine Truman (3) Shirley Bloomer Brasher6-4, 6-2
1961 Pauline Titchener Roberts Rosemary Deloford6-4, 6-2
1962 Ann Haydon Lorna Cawthorn6-2, 6-1
1963 Christine Truman (4) Robin Lesh7-5, 6-8, 6-4
1964 Jan Lehane Ann Haydon Jones6-3, 2-6, 6-4
1965 Ann Haydon Jones (2) Christine Truman4-6, 6-3, 10-8
1966 Ann Haydon Jones (3) Elizabeth Starkie6-2, 6-2
1967 Christine Truman (5) Jitka Volavková7-5, 6-1
1968 Faye Toyne-Moore Christine Truman Janes6-4, 6-2
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Joyce Barclay Williams Winnie Shaw7-5, 6-2
1970 Evonne Goolagong Jill Cooper6-2, 9-7
Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships
1971 Christine Truman Janes (6) Jill Cooper8-6, 4-6, 6-2
↓  ILTF Independent Tour  ↓
Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships
1972 Glynis Coles Patti Hogan8-6, 6-4
1973 Linda Mottram Veronica Burton7-5, 2-6, 6-2
1974 Veronica Burton Paulina Peisachov4-6, 9-8, 6-2
1975 Linda Mottram (2) Glynis Coles7-6, 7-5
1977 Linda Mottram (3) Jackie Fayter6-2, 5-7, 6-4
1978 Linda Mottram (4) Jackie Fayter6-3, 6-7, 6-2
1979 Jo Durie Linda Mottram6-4, 6-1
1980 Jo Durie (2) Anne Hobbs6-4, 7-6
British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament
1981 Jo Durie (3) Debbie Jevans6-3, 6-4
1982 Kate Brasher Masako Yanagi6-1, 6-1
1983 Amanda Brown Debbie Jevans Jarrett6-2, 4-6, 6-3
1985 Elna Reinach Nancy Cohen7-5, 7-5
1986 Catrin Jexell Jane Wood6-4, 6-2

References
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