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Travemünde Challenger

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Travemünde International
ATP Travemünde Challenger
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
Founded1951; 73 years ago (1951)
Abolished1988; 36 years ago (1988)
LocationTravemünde, West Germany
VenueTravemünde Hockey & Tennis Club
SurfaceClay / outdoor

The Travemünde Challenger[1] also known as the ATP Travemünde Challenger was a men's tennis tournament founded in 1951 as a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament called the Travemünde International.[2] The tournament ran annually until 1988 when it was discontinued.[2]

History

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In 1908 the Rasentennisturnier Travemünde (Travemünde Lawn Tennis Tournament) was first established.[3] That tournament was an open clay court event for men and women that mainly attracted German tennis players, though some foreign international players did participate in the tournament.[2] In 1922 the Harvesterhuder Tennis and Hockey Club then organized the event now branded as the Internationales Rasentennisturnier Travemünde[2] in Travemünde and built the first tennis facility with a clubhouse on behalf of the city.[4] In 1947 the Travemünde Hockey & Tennis Club was founded.[5]

In 1950 the Rasentennisturnier Travemünde was succeeded a new Travemünde International tournament in 1951.[6][2] The tournament ran as a combined event until 1980 when the women's tournament was discontinued.[2] The men's event carried but it was downgraded from the world tour and became a challenger tournament in 1981 called the Travemünde Challenger it continued until 1988,[1] when the Travemünde Hockey & Tennis Club ended the event due to financial problems with cost of hosting tournament.[7]

Finals

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Men's singles

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(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1951 Sweden Nils Rohlsson West Germany Herbert Ludwig Tübben 6–1, 6–1[2]
1952 Italy Umberto Bergamo Italy Gianni Clerici 6–3, 6–4[2]
1953 Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist Czechoslovakia Milan Matouš 6–4, 2–6, 6–2[2]
1954 Switzerland Erwin Balestra[8] Italy Mario Belardinelli 5–7, 6–4, 6–2[2]
1955 United States Wayne Van Voorhees[9] United Kingdom Tony Mottram 6–2, 1–6, 6–2[2]
1956 Australia Ken Rosewall Austria Ladislav Legenstein 8–6, 3–6, 6–0[2]
1957 Hungary Istvan Sikorski South Africa Abe Segal 6–2, 6–2[2]
1958 Australia Mervyn Rose Sweden Sven Davidson 7–5, 6–1[2]
1959 Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist (2) Chile Luis Ayala 11–9, 6–3[2]
1960 Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist (3) India Ramanathan Krishnan 7–5, 6–1[2]
1961 South Africa Robin Sanders Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Branović 6–4, 1–6, 6–3[2]
1962 West Germany Wolfgang Stuck Austria Ladislav Legenstein 6–4, 6–1[2]
1963 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Niki Pilic West Germany Wolfgang Stuck 6–2, 4–6, 9–7, 6–1[2]
1964 Australia Martin Mulligan United States Gene Scott 11–9, 4–6, 5–7, 6–0, 6–1[2]
1965 West Germany Wolfgang Stuck (2) West Germany Ingo Buding 7–5, 6–3, 6–3[2]
1966 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Niki Pilic (2) Italy Sergio Tacchini 6–2, 6–3, 6–2[2]
1967 Romania Ilie Năstase Denmark Jan Leschly 6–4, 6–3, 6–2[2]
1968 Czechoslovakia Jan Kukal Romania Ion Țiriac 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 11–9[2]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Romania Ilie Năstase (2) Hungary Istvan Gulyas 6–2, 7–5, 1–6, 2–6, 6–4[2]
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1970 West Germany Attila Korpás Australia Barry Phillips-Moore 6–4, 6–4, 6–1[2]
1971 West Germany Harald Elschenbroich West Germany Karl Meiler 7–9, 3–6, 6–0, 7–5, 6–3[2]
1972 Hungary Péter Szőke Australia Dick Crealy 6–1, 6–2[2]
1973 Japan Toshiro Sakai Hungary Robert Machan 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 7–6[2]
1974 Hungary Robert Machan Japan Toshiro Sakai 6–2, 6–1, 6–2[2]
1975 Czechoslovakia Jan Kukal (2) Hungary Péter Szőke 7–6, 3–6, 5–7, 7–6, 7–6[2]
1976 Austria Hans Kary Hungary Robert Machan 6–3, 4–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–2[2]
1977 Hungary Balazs Taroczy Hungary Robert Machan 6–0, 6–2, 6–2[2]
1978 Sweden Birger Andersson Czechoslovakia Pavel Sevcik 6–2, 6–4, 6–2[2]
1979 United Kingdom Buster Mottram Australia Peter McNamara 6–1, 6–3[2]
1980 Israel Steve Krulevitz Hungary Robert Machan 6–1, 7–5[2]
↓  ATP Challenger Tour  ↓
1981[1] West Germany Ulrich Pinner West Germany Peter Elter 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1982[1] France Dominique Bedel West Germany Wolfgang Popp 6–4, 6–4
1983[1] West Germany Michael Westphal West Germany Rolf Gehring 7–5, 6–2
1984[1] Soviet UnionVadim Borisov Argentina Alejandro Ganzábal 7–5, 7–5
1986[1] West Germany Alex Stepanek Italy Massimo Cierro 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1987[1] Sweden Ronnie Bathman Poland Wojtek Kowalski 7–6, 6–3
1988[1] Sweden Conny Falk United States Hugo Armando 6–4, 6–4

Women's singles

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(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1951 Argentina Mary Terán de Weiss West Germany Erika Vollmer 6–3, 7–5
1952 United States Dottie Head Knode Brazil Ingrid Metzner 6–4, 6–4
1953 United States Dottie Head Knode (2) Czechoslovakia Helena Matouš 6–2, 6–2
1954 West Germany Edda Buding West Germany Inge Hoffert Buderus 6–2, 5–1, ret.
1956 Brazil Ingrid Metzner West Germany Elizabeth von Aspern 6–3, 6–2
1958 West Germany Erika Vollmer West Germany Karin Warnke 6–2, 7–5
1966 West Germany Helga Niessen Austria Sonja Pachta 8–6, 6–0
1967 West Germany Helga Schultze West Germany Helga Niessen 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
1968 Australia Gail Sherriff Czechoslovakia Alena Palmeova 6–4, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 West Germany Helga Niessen (2) West Germany Kora Schediwy 7–5, 6–2
1970 Hungary Erzsebet Polgar Hungary Katalin Borka 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1971 West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff (3) Finland Birgitta Lindström 6–8, 6–2, 6–2
1972 West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff (4) Hungary Judith Szorenyi 6–2, 6–2
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1973 West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff (5) Japan Kazuko Sawamatsu 6–4, 6–3
1974 West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff (6) West Germany Heide Orth 6–4, 6–2
1975 West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff (7) Czechoslovakia Alena Palmeová-West 6–4, 6–4
1976 West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff (8) West Germany Katja Ebbinghaus 6–2, 6–2
1977 West Germany Katja Ebbinghaus Sweden Helena Anliot 7–5, 6–3
1980 West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff (9) West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Travemunde: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj "Tournaments: Travemünde International – Challenger". The Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Historie". www.travemuenderthc.de. Travemünder Tennis- und Hockeyclub e.V. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  4. ^ Travemünde HTC
  5. ^ Travemünde HTC
  6. ^ Travemünde HTC
  7. ^ Travemünde HTC
  8. ^ "Player Profile: Erwin Balestra (SUI)". www.itftennis.com. ITF. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Wayne Van Voorhees: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 1 November 2023.