Dewar Cup Stalybridge

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Dewar Cup Stalybridge
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameDewar Cup Stalybridge (1965-70)
TourAmateur, (1965-67)
Open, (1968-69)
Grand Prix circuit, (1970)
Founded1965
Abolished1971
LocationEngland, Stalybridge, England
SurfaceIndoor Carpet

The Dewar Cup Stalybridge [1] was an indoor tennis event held from 1965 through 1970 and played in Stalybridge, England as part of the Dewar Cup circuit [2] of indoor tournaments held throughout the United Kingdom.

Results

Men'singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1965 Australia Bob Carmichael Czechoslovakia Jan Kukal 6-2, 6-1
1966 United Kingdom Roger Taylor South Africa Frew McMillan 6-4, 7-5
1967 United Kingdom Roger Taylor South Africa Frew McMillan 6-3 7-5
1968 South Africa Bob Hewitt United Kingdom Gerald Battrick 6-2 6-3
1969 United Kingdom Mark Cox South Africa Bob Hewitt 6-4 6-3
1970 Romania Ion Țiriac Australia John Alexander 6-4 6-4
1971 United Kingdom John de Mendoza Czechoslovakia Jan Kukal 6-4 6-4

Men's doubles

Women's singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1968 Australia Margaret Smith Court United Kingdom Winnie Shaw 7-5 6-4
1969 United Kingdom Virginia Wade United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones 6-3 1-6 6-3
1970 United Kingdom Virginia Wade United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones 2-6,6-2, 6-1 [3]

Women's doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1968 United States Mary-Ann Eisel
United Kingdom Winnie Shaw
Australia Margaret Smith Court
South Africa Pat Walkden
2-6, 6-4, 6-4
1969 United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
South Africa Annette Du Plooy
United Kingdom Joyce Williams
6-3, 6-3
1970 United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
France Francoise Durr
United States Patti Hogan
1-6, 7-6, 7-6 [4]

References

  1. ^ Martin, William. "New Court Surface for Dewar Cup". Google News Archives. The Glasgow Herald Newspaper. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ^ Correspondent, Special. "Criticism of LTA in Dewar Cup". Google Newspaper Archives. 12, August, 1970 The Glasgow Herald Newspaper. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Dewar Cup Circuit-Leg 2-Stalybridge" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. SEWTA tour archive. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Dewar Cup Circuit-Leg 2-Stalybridge" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. SEWTA tour archive. Retrieved 12 May 2016.

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