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Brockenhurst Open

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Brockenhurst Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit (1913-1939)
Founded1914; 110 years ago (1914)
Abolished1939; 85 years ago (1939)
LocationBrockenhurst, Hampshire, England
VenueNew Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
SurfaceGrass - outdoors

The Brockenhurst Open[1] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1914.[2] The event also known as the New Forest Open[3] was organised by the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and played at the Brockenhurst Park Estate and House until 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II.[1]

History

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Brockenhurst Park Estate and House was purchased in 1769 by Edward Morant.[4] The house was renamed Morant Hall (also known as Brockenhurt Manor) which remained with the Morant family until the estate was sold in the late 1950s.[5] In 1914 the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club staged its first tennis week of events known as the Brockenhurst Lawn Tennis Week.[1][6] In 1915 World War I started and the tournament was suspended until 1921 when it was revived. The tournament ran annually until 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II.[1]

Finals

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Men's singles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1922 United Kingdom Walter Crawley India Ullah Kramet 6–2, 9–7, 6–3.[1]
1923 United Kingdom Walter Crawley (2) United Kingdom Brame Hillyard 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 8–6.[1]
1928[7] Canada Henry Mayes Republic of Ireland Cornelius H. D. O'Callaghan 6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3.[1]
1931 United Kingdom R.V. Jenkins United Kingdom Theodore Mavrogordato 6–1, 6–1.[1]
1932 United Kingdom Edward Alfred Dearman Republic of Ireland Noel Galway Holmes[8] 6–1, 6–3.[1]
1933[9] Australia Jack Crawford Australia Vivian McGrath 0–6, 6–0, 7–5.[1]
1934 United Kingdom Guy Cooper[10] United Kingdom Edward Alfred Dearman 6–4, 7–5.[1]
1935 United Kingdom Eric Peters Austria Richard Arnold Von Planner 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1936 United Kingdom Guy Cooper United Kingdom Edward Alfred Dearman 7–5, 6–1.[1]
1937[11] South Africa Vernon Kirby United Kingdom Eric Peters w.o.[1]
1938 United Kingdom Eric Peters United Kingdom Alan Brown[12] 6–3, 7–5.[1]
1939 United Kingdom George Edward Godsell United Kingdom Harold Hare[13] 6–3, 6–1.[1]
1940/1945 Not held (due to World War II then discontinued)

Women's singles

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Year Winners Runners-up Score
1914 United Kingdom Violet Pinckney United Kingdom Marguerite Sudgen Pearce 6–2, 6–3
1915/1920 Not held (due to World War I)
1921 United Kingdom Violet Pinckney (2) Blanche Duddell Colston 4–6, 6–4, retd.
1922 United Kingdom Kitty Mckane United Kingdom Dorothy Holman 6–2, 6–2
1923 United Kingdom Dorothy Holman United Kingdom Camilla Rimington 6–1, 6–4
1924 United Kingdom Dorothy Holman (2) United Kingdom Christabel Hardie 3–6, 6–2, 8–6
1925 United Kingdom Dorothy Holman (3) United Kingdom Edith Clarke 8–6, 7–5
1926 United Kingdom Christabel Hardie United Kingdom Mabel Mavrogordato 6–4, 6–2
1927 United Kingdom Joan Ridley United Kingdom Claire Beckingham 9–7, 7–5
1928[14] United Kingdom Margaret McKane Stocks (2) United Kingdom Claire Beckingham 4–6, 10–8, 6–4
1929 United Kingdom Violet Chamberlain United Kingdom Mabel Mavrogordato 6–1, 5–0, retd.
1930 United Kingdom Elsie Goldsack Pittman United Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey 8–6, 7–5
1931 United Kingdom Evelyn Dearman United Kingdom Nancy Lyle 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1932 United Kingdom Edie Rudd United Kingdom A. Yeates 7–5, 6–4
1933[15] United Kingdom Evelyn Dearman (2) United Kingdom Margaret McKane Stocks 6–4, 6–2
1934 United Kingdom Nancy Lyle United Kingdom Evelyn Dearman 6–0, 7–5
1935 United Kingdom Effie Hemmant Peters United Kingdom P. Scott 6–4, 6–2
1936 United Kingdom Evelyn Dearman (3) United Kingdom Peggy Scriven 6–3, 6–4
1937[16] United Kingdom Nina Brown United Kingdom Effie Peters divided prizes
1938 United Kingdom Evelyn Dearman (4) United Kingdom Margot Stewart 4–6, 6–1, 6–0
1939 United Kingdom Nancy Lyle Glover (2) United Kingdom Gay Moorhouse Chandler 6–1, 7–5
1940/1945 Not held (due to World War II then discontinued)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Tournaments: Brockenhurst Open". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "BROCKENHURST TENNIS WEEK Brockenburst Lawn Tennis Week. The 19th annual open tournament of the New Forest Club, is being held this year from July 13th to July 18th. The annual ball and cabaret, at the Morant Hall. will be on July 17th". New Milton Advertiser. Hampshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 23 May 1936. p. 7. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Brockenhurst Tennis Wee. The New Forest Open tennis tournament organised by the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club was concluded at Brockenhurst on Saturday". New Milton Advertiser. Hampshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 23 July 1938. p. 7. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Brockenhurst Park and House". New Forest Explorers Guide. New Forest Heritage. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  5. ^ New Forest Heritage
  6. ^ "Brockenhurst Lawn Tennis Week 1929". New Forest Knowledge. Lyndhurst, Hampshire. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  7. ^ "IRISHMAN IN TENNIS FINAL - Captain C. H. D. O'Callaghan (retd.), the Army champion, and Colonel H. G. Mayes (retd.) reached the final of the Men 'S • Singles in the New Forest tennis tournament at Brockenhurst last Friday". Nottingham and Midland Catholic News. Nottinghamshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 28 July 1928. p. 12. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Noel Holmes (IRL) - Gentlemen's Singles" (PDF). Wimbledon. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  9. ^ "AUSTRALIAN STARS IN THE BROCKENHURST FINALS". New Milton Advertiser. Hampshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 29 July 1933. p. 4. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Guy Cooper: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Spoilt By Rain BROCKENHURST TENNIS FINALS UNFINISHED Prizes Divided". New Milton Advertiser. Hampshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 24 July 1937. p. 2. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  12. ^ "Alan Brown (GBR) - Gentlemen's Singles" (PDF). Wimbledon. AELTC. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Harold Hare: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  14. ^ Nottingham and Midland Catholic News
  15. ^ New Milton Advertiser (1933)
  16. ^ New Milton Advertiser (1937)