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Angmering-on-Sea Open

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Angmering-on-Sea Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1920
Abolished1938
LocationAngmering, West Sussex, England.
VenueAngmering-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass/Clay

The Angmering-on-Sea Open [1] was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1920 at Angmering, West Sussex, England that ran until 1938.[2]

History

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The Angmering-on-Sea Open was an international tennis tournament founded in 1920 at Angmering, West Sussex, England.[3] The event was held at the first Angmering-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club. The tournament was mainly played on grass courts except for the 1921 to 1923 editions which were played on clay courts. The tournament ended in 1938 due the outbreak of World War II the following year.

Finals

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Men's Singles

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(incomplete roll) included:[4]

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1920 United Kingdom George Stoddart United Kingdom Henry Portlock 8-6, 7-5
1921 United Kingdom Major Ritchie United Kingdom Henry Reginald Fussell 6-2, 6-2
1922 United Kingdom Gordon Lowe United Kingdom Major Ritchie 6-4, 6–3, 6-2
1923 United Kingdom Jack Hillyard United Kingdom Major Ritchie 6-2, 6-3
1924 United Kingdom Gordon Crole-Rees Switzerland Hector Cosmo Fisher 3-6, 6–2, 6-2
1925 United Kingdom Roy Poland United Kingdom Major Ritchie 6-3, 0–6, 6-3
1926 United Kingdom Charles Kingsley United Kingdom Major Ritchie 6-4, 6-4
1927 United Kingdom Roy Poland (2) United Kingdom Leslie Allison Godfree w.o.
1928 United Kingdom Ted Avory United Kingdom Roy Poland 6-4, 6-3
1929 United Kingdom Roy Poland (3) United Kingdom Kenneth Gandar-Dower 6-2, 9-7
1930 Japan Ryuki Miki British Raj Hira-Lal Soni 5-7, 6–1, 6-4
1931 Japan Ryuki Miki (2) British Raj Hira-Lal Soni 5-7, 6–1, 6-4
1932 United Kingdom Dickie Ritchie Japan Ryuki Miki 6-1, 3–6, 6-2
1932/1935 Event not held
1936 United Kingdom Ronald Shayes United Kingdom Henry Billington 9-7, 0–6, 8-6
1937 United Kingdom Henry Billington United Kingdom David H. Williams 6-3, 6-4
1938 United Kingdom Henry Billington (2) Argentina Hector Etchart[5] 6-3, 6-4

Women's Singles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1920 United Kingdom Aurea Edgington United Kingdom Louise Bull 9-7, 6-4
1921 United States Elizabeth Ryan United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 6-2, 6-1
1922 United States Elizabeth Ryan (2) United Kingdom Peggy Ingram 6-3, 6-2
1923 United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite United Kingdom Ariadne Rodocanachi 6-1, 8-6
1924 United Kingdom R. Armstrong United Kingdom Louise Bull 1-6, 6–0, 6-4
1925 United Kingdom Phoebe Holcroft Watson United Kingdom Eleanor Rose 6-3, 6-4
1926 United Kingdom Phoebe Holcroft Watson (2) United Kingdom Kitty McKane Godfree 6-3, 6-4
1927 United Kingdom Phoebe Holcroft Watson (3) United Kingdom Aurea Edgington 6-4, 6-4
1928 United Kingdom Margaret McKane Stocks United Kingdom Joyce Brown 6-4, 6-0
1929 British Raj Jenny Sandison United Kingdom Dorothy Shaw Jameson 6-1, 6-4
1930 United Kingdom Margaret Walsh Mellows United Kingdom Geraldine Beamish 6-3, 6-2
1931 United Kingdom Peggy Brazier United Kingdom Helen Ramsey Burr 7-5, 6-2
1932 United Kingdom Phyllis Mudford King United Kingdom Louise Bull 6-0, 6-1
1932/1935 Event not held
1936 United Kingdom Valerie Scott United Kingdom Betty Hobson 3-6, 6–4, 10-8
1937 United Kingdom Valerie Scott (2) United Kingdom Betty Smith 5-7, 6–3, 6-2
1938 United Kingdom Valerie Scott (3) United Kingdom Thelma Jarvis 6-1, 4–6, 6-4

References

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  1. ^ DEVELOPMENTS AT ANGMERING: Started ten years ago, the Angmeringon-Sea Open Lawn Tennis Tournament has increased in popularity to such an extent that in recent years entries have surpassed all expectations. Worthing Gazette, Wednesday 16 October 1929, Sussex, England, The Britishnewspaper Archive. Source: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002167/19291016/042/0002. page. 2.
  2. ^ "ANGMERING-ON-SEA TENNIS. OPEN TOURNAMENT FINALS. The semi-finals and finals in the Open Events of the annual Lawn Tennis Tournament at the South West Sussex Club at Angmering is scheduled for today" (Subsciption). Worthing Gazette. Sussex, England: British Newspaper Archive. 31 August 1938. p. 10. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  3. ^ "DEVELOPMENTS AT ANGMERING. ON. SEA. Started ten years ago, the Angmeringon-Sea Open Lawn Tennis Tournament has increased in popularity to such an extent that in recent years entries have surpassed all expectations" (Subsciption). Worthing Gazette. Sussex, England: British Newspaper Archive. 16 October 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Tournament – Angmering-on-Sea". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Hector Etchart: Overview". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 9 May 2023.