Rothmans Connaught Hard Court Championships

The Rothmans Connaught Hard Court Championships[1] also known simply as the Connaught Hard Courts was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1951.[2] The championships were organised by the Connaught Lawn Tennis Club, Chingford, Essex, England. The tournament ran until 1974.

Connaught Hard Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF
Founded1951 (1951)
Abolished1974 (1974)
LocationChingford, Essex, England.
VenueConnaught Lawn Tennis Club (f.1885)
SurfaceClay- outdoors

History

The Connaught Hard Court Championships,[3] were established in 1951 as an open tournament held at the Connaught Lawn Tennis Club (f.1885),[4] Chingford, Essex, England. The tournament was continually staged until 1974. The tournament was sponsored by the tobacco company Rothmans International from 1971 to 1974.

Notable winners of the men's singles title included; Tony Mottram, Jack Arkinstall, Torben Ulrich, Sven Davidson, Lew Hoad,[5] Rod Laver,[6] Jaroslav Drobný,[7] and Owen Davidson.[8] Previous winners of women's singles title included; Doris Hart,[9] Angela Mortimer, Christine Truman, Norma Baylon, Ann Haydon Jones, Virginia Wade,[10] and Dianne Fromholtz.

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)[11]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1951 Tony MottramJohn Horn6-0, 6-3
1952 Tony Mottram (2) Ignacy Tloczynski2-6, 6-1, 6-3
1953 Jack Arkinstall Don Black6-3, 6-0
1954 Torben Ulrich Bobby Wilson6-2, 1-6, 6-0
1955 Sven Davidson Mike Davies6-4, 6-1
1956 Lew Hoad Bobby Wilson6-2, 6-1
1957 Jaroslav Drobný Mike Davies6-4, 6-3
1958 Roger Becker Mike Davies4-6, 6-4, 6-3
1959 Roger Becker (2) Bobby Wilson7-5, 2-6, 6-4
1960 Bobby Wilson Roger Becker6-4, 6-4
1961 Bobby Wilson (2) Alan Mills8-6, 6-1
1962 Rod Laver Martin Mulligan4-6, 6-4, 6-4
1963 Bobby Wilson (3) Mike Sangster8-6, 6-4, 6-2
1964 Bobby Wilson (4) Mike Sangster6-2, 6-3
1965 Bobby Wilson (5) Mark Cox6-2, 8-6
1966 Bobby Wilson (6) Alan Mills6-2, 6-2
1967 Birger Folke Lars Ölander6-3, 2-6, 14-12
1968 Paul Hutchins Bobby Wilson6-2, 1-6, 6-1
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Allan Stone John Cooper6-4, 6-2
1972 Hank Irvine John Clifton6-2, 6-2
1973 Owen Davidson Colin Dowdeswell3-6, 9-8, 6-1

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1951 Kay Tuckey Joy Gannon Mottram6-4, 6-4
1952 Jean Walker-Smith Joy Gannon Mottram1-6, 9-7, 6-4
1953 Doris Hart Shirley Fry6-3, 4-6, 6-4
1954 Leonie Thorn Brighton Jenny Middleton7-5, 6-3
1955 Angela Mortimer Elaine Watson6-1, 6-0
1956 Angela Mortimer (2) Jenny Middleton6-3, 6-1
1957 Christine Truman Elaine Shenton6-3, 6-3
1958 Christine Truman (2) Ann Haydon6-3, 8-6
1959 Angela Mortimer (3) Christine Truman6-3, 7-5
1960 Angela Mortimer (4) Christine Truman6-1, 4-6, 6-4
1961 Angela Mortimer (5) Edda Buding6-3, 6-3
1962 Angela Mortimer (6) Christine Truman6-2, 6-4
1963 Norma Baylon Christine Truman (3)divide title
1964 Norma Baylon (2) Christine Truman3-6, 6-2, 6-4
1965 Elizabeth Starkie Christine Truman8-6, 6-3
1966 Ann Haydon Jones Virginia Wade6-4, 6-3
1967 Virginia Wade Pat Walkden6-0, 9-7
1968 Faye Toyne Moore Virginia Wade6-4, 8-6
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Corinne Molesworth Shirley Bloomer Brasher3-6, 6-2, 6-4
1972 Cynthia Sieler Wendy Appleby7-5, 7-5
1973 Dianne Fromholtz Ilana Kloss6-1, 3-6, 6-4

Tournament records

References
  1. "SWIRLING near-gale-force wind and rain hit the Rothman's Connaught Hard Court Championships at Chingford Essex yesterday, and flurries snow made play almost impossible". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. Birmingham, England: British Newspaper Archives. 28 May 1972. p. 40.
  2. Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament–Connaught Hard Courts; Chingford". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. Wilson, Bobby (1964). St. Paul's Bibliographies: My Side of the Net. Oxford: Oxford Polytechnic Press. p. 76.
  4. "History". www.connaughtclub.co.uk. Chingford, England: Connaught Club. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
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  11. "Tournament – Connaught Hard Courts; Chingford". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
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