Stalybridge Open

The Stalybridge Open was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1968 as the Stalybridge International Tennis Tournament.[1] In 1970 the tournament was branded as the En-Tout-Cas Trophy Stalybridge,[2] (for sponsorship reasons) that year and was second leg of the En-Tout-Cas Circuit that year.[3] The tournament was played at the Priory Tennis Club (f.1921),[4] Stalybridge, Great Britain until 1971.[1]

Stalybridge Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
(1968–1969) men
(1968–1971) women
ILTF Independent Circuit
(1970–1971) men
Founded1968 (1968)
Abolished1971 (1971)
LocationStalybridge, Great Britain
VenuePriory Tennis Club
SurfaceClay / outdoor

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1968 Bobby Wilson Luis Ayala4–6, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
↓  Open Era  ↓
1969 Stanley Matthews Patrick Proisy6–2, 9–7.[1]
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1970[5] John de Mendoza Jan Kukal7–5, 6–1.[1]
1971 Ezio Di Matteo Pat Cramer6–4, 8–6.[1]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1968 Annette Van Zyl Valerie Ziegenfuss6–4, 6–8, 6–2
↓  Open Era  ↓
1969 Joyce Williams Kerry Harris2–6, 6–4, 7–5
1970 [6] Joyce Williams (2) Evonne Goolagong6–2, 6–3
1971 Isabel Fernández de Soto Daphne Pattison6–3, 6–2

See also

References
  1. "Tournaments:Stalybridge International - Stalybridge Open". The Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  2. "Lawn Tennis: Stalybridge: Joyce Williams won the women's singles final of the En-tout-Cas tournament at Stalybridge today. This victory in the second in the circuit for the En-tout-Cas trophy was revenge for last Tuesday's defeat at the hands of Miss Goolagong". Ireland's Saturday Night. Antrim, Northern Ireland: British Newspaper Archive. 4 April 1970. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  3. Tingay, Lance (1971). "The 1970 British Tournament Season". In Barrett, John (ed.). World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 259. ISBN 978-0-362-00091-7.
  4. Bugby, Tony (24 June 2021). "Priory among Cheshire's best". Tameside Correspondent. GGC Media LTD. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  5. World of Tennis 1971
  6. Ireland's Saturday Night
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