Rothmans Connaught Hard Court Championships
Connaught Hard Court Championships | |
---|---|
Defunct tennis tournament | |
Tour | ILTF |
Founded | 1951 |
Abolished | 1974 |
Location | Chingford, Essex, England. |
Venue | Connaught Lawn Tennis Club (f.1885) |
Surface | Clay- outdoors |
The Rothmans Connaught Hard Court Championships[1] also known simply as the Connaught Hard Courts was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1951.[2] The championships were organised by the Connaught Lawn Tennis Club, Chingford, Essex, England. The tournament ran until 1974.
History
[edit]The Connaught Hard Court Championships,[3] were established in 1951 as an open tournament held at the Connaught Lawn Tennis Club (f.1885),[4] Chingford, Essex, England. The tournament was continually staged until 1974. The tournament was sponsored by the tobacco company Rothmans International from 1971 to 1974.
Notable winners of the men's singles title included; Tony Mottram, Jack Arkinstall, Torben Ulrich, Sven Davidson, Lew Hoad,[5] Rod Laver,[6] Jaroslav Drobný,[7] and Owen Davidson.[8] Previous winners of women's singles title included; Doris Hart,[9] Angela Mortimer, Christine Truman, Norma Baylon, Ann Haydon Jones, Virginia Wade,[10] and Dianne Fromholtz.
Finals
[edit]Men's singles
[edit](Incomplete roll)[11]
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
---|---|---|---|
↓ ILTF Circuit ↓ | |||
1951 | ![]() |
![]() |
6-0, 6-3 |
1952 | ![]() |
![]() |
2-6, 6-1, 6-3 |
1953 | ![]() |
![]() |
6-3, 6-0 |
1954 | ![]() |
![]() |
6-2, 1-6, 6-0 |
1955 | ![]() |
![]() |
6-4, 6-1 |
1956 | ![]() |
![]() |
6-2, 6-1 |
1957 | ![]() |
![]() |
6-4, 6-3 |
1958 | ![]() |
![]() |
4-6, 6-4, 6-3 |
1959 | ![]() |
![]() |
7-5, 2-6, 6-4 |
1960 | ![]() |
![]() |
6-4, 6-4 |
1961 | ![]() |
![]() |
8-6, 6-1 |
1962 | ![]() |
![]() |
4-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
1963 | ![]() |
![]() |
8-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
1964 | ![]() |
![]() |
6-2, 6-3 |
1965 | ![]() |
![]() |
6-2, 8-6 |
1966 | ![]() |
![]() |
6-2, 6-2 |
1967 | ![]() |
![]() |
6-3, 2-6, 14-12 |
1968 | ![]() |
![]() |
6-2, 1-6, 6-1 |
↓ Open era ↓ | |||
1969 | ![]() |
![]() |
6-4, 6-2 |
1972 | ![]() |
![]() |
6-2, 6-2 |
1973 | ![]() |
![]() |
3-6, 9-8, 6-1 |
Women's singles
[edit](Incomplete roll)
Tournament records
[edit]- Most men's singles titles:
Bobby Wilson (6)
- Most men's singles finals:
Bobby Wilson (8)
- Most women's singles titles:
Angela Mortimer (6)
- Most women's singles finals:
Christine Truman (8)
References
[edit]- ^ "SWIRLING near-gale-force wind and rain hit the Rothman's Connaught Hard Court Championships at Chingford Essex yesterday, and flurries snow made play almost impossible". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. Birmingham, England: British Newspaper Archives. 28 May 1972. p. 40.
- ^ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament–Connaught Hard Courts; Chingford". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Wilson, Bobby (1964). St. Paul's Bibliographies: My Side of the Net. Oxford: Oxford Polytechnic Press. p. 76.
- ^ "History". www.connaughtclub.co.uk. Chingford, England: Connaught Club. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- ^ Connaught Club
- ^ Connaught Club
- ^ Connaught Club
- ^ Tennis Archives
- ^ Connaught Club
- ^ Connaught Club
- ^ "Tournament – Connaught Hard Courts; Chingford". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 30 March 2023.