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Surrey Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameSurrey Championships (1890–67)
Surrey Grass Court Championships (1968–80)
TourGrand Prix circuit (1968–1975, 1979–1980)
Founded1890
Abolished1981
Editions72
LocationSurbiton, Surrey, England
VenueBerrylands LTC (1890-1974)
Surbiton Lawn Tennis and Squash Rackets Club (1975-81)
SurfaceGrass

The Surrey Championships [1] also known as the Surrey Grass Court Championships [2] and the Surrey County Championships[1] was a men's and women's international tennis event originally founded in 1882 as the Berrylands Club Tournament. In 1890 the former tournament's name was changed to the Surbiton Open that featured the first Surrey County Championships. The tournament was first played in Richmond then later in Surbiton, Surrey, England on outdoor grass courts. It ran for 73 editions from 1890 to 1981 and after a period of 18 years re-emerged as the Surbiton Trophy.

History

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In 1881 the Berryland Lawn Tennis Club was founded.[3] In 1882 the club staged the first precursor event to these championships known as the Berrylands Club Tournament.[4] In 1889 the Berrylands Lawn Tennis Tournament name was changed to the Surbiton Open.[5] In 1890 the Surbiton Open was held that also featured the first Surrey County Championships.[6] It was an amateur tournament until the open era of tennis considered an important warm-up event to the Wimbledon championships and the first big opener of the grass court season [7] it attracted many former British and foreign Grand Slam champions post open era the tournament was part of the men's Grand Prix Tour in 1974 and from 1979 to 1980. In 1975 the Berryland Lawn Tennis Club's name was changed to the Surbiton Lawn Tennis and Squash Rackets Club.[8] During the 1975 Championships the tournament witnessed the longest single game in tennis history, during a match between Keith Glass and Anthony Fawcett – the game was not timed but it contained 37 deuces.[a][9] The men's championships moved to a northern venue in 1981. In 1997 the tournament was first revived as an exhibition tournament won by Jason Stoltenberg.[10] Then in 1998 the former Surrey Championships was restored with a new name known as the Surbiton Trophy.

Finals

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Notes: Challenge round: The final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) in some tournaments, but not all. (c) Indicates challenger

Men's singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
Surrey County Championships
1890 United Kingdom Harry S. Barlow United Kingdom Wilfred Baddeley 5–7, 6–3, 7–5, 6-2
1891 Not held
1892 [11] United Kingdom Harry S. Barlow (2) United Kingdom Horace Chapman 6–2, 6-2 6-1
1893/1899 Not held
1900 [12] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Dixon United Kingdom Major Ritchie 6–3, 1–6, 6–3, 6-2
1901 [13] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Philip Graeme Pearson United Kingdom David M. A. G. Hawes 6-2 2-6 6-2
1902 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie (2) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Martin 6–1, 6-1
1903 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie (3) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Brame Hillyard 6–1, 6–1, 1–6, 6-4
Surrey Grass Court Championships
1904 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney H. Smith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1905 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney H. Smith (2) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Roy Allen 6–2, 6–3, 6-1
1906 [14] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney H. Smith (3) New Zealand Anthony Wilding walkover
1907 [14] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Gore United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1908 [14] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie (4) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Gore 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1909 [14] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie (5) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Dixon 4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 0–6, 6–4
1910 [14] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie (6) Canada Robert Powell 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3
1911 [15] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Dixon (2) New Zealand Anthony Wilding 7–5, 3–6, 6–0, 6–1
1912 [14] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Dixon (3) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Major Ritchie 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1913 [14] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Dixon (4) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Theodore Mavrogordato 6–2, 8–6, 6–3
1914 [1] Australia Norman Brookes United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Francis Gordon Lowe 6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–8, 6–3
1915/1918 Not held (due to World War I)
1919 [16] Australia Gerald Patterson United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Herbert Roper Barrett 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1920 [14] New Zealand Francis Fisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Theodore Mavrogordato 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1921 South Africa Brian Norton United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Sydney M. Jacob 6–2 6–2 6–3
1922 [17] South Africa Brian Norton (2) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Randolph Lycett 9–7, 7–5, 1–6, 6–1
1923 [7] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Randolph Lycett South Africa Brian Norton 3–6 6–4 6–1 2–6 7–5
1924 United Kingdom Jack Hillyard United Kingdom Henry Mayes 6–4, 1–6, 10–12, 6–3, 6–2
1925 United Kingdom Gordon Crole Rees British Raj Athar-Ali Fyzee 3–6, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1926 United Kingdom Charles Kingsley United Kingdom Gordon Crole Rees 6–4, 6–2 ret.
1927 United Kingdom Gordon Crole Rees (2) United Kingdom Nigel Sharpe 6–1, 6–0
1928 Canada Henry Mayes South Africa Patrick Spence 6–2, 6–4
1929 United Kingdom Eric Peters United Kingdom Oswald Turnbull 3–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–3
1930 Japan Yoshiro Ohta United Kingdom Fred Perry 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
1931 [14] Japan Iwao Aoki United Kingdom Harry Lee title shared
1932 United Kingdom Nigel Sharpe Japan Iwao Aoki 7–5, 6–3
1933 United Kingdom David Herman United Kingdom David H. Williams title shared
1934 [18] Japan Jiro Yamagishi Japan Hideo Nishimura 6–3, 6–3
1935 New Zealand Buster Andrews South Africa Patrick Spence 6–2, 6–3
1936 New Zealand Cam Malfroy United Kingdom Harry Lee 6–2, 9–11, 6–0
1937 United Kingdom Robert Tinkler United Kingdom Pat Sherwood 9–7, 6–3
1938 [14] United Kingdom John Olliff United Kingdom Eric Filby 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1939 [14] Taiwan Kho Sin-Kie United Kingdom Jack Deloford 6–2, 6–4
1940/1945 Not held (due to World War II
1946 [14] Netherlands Hans van Swol United Kingdom David Butler 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
1947 United Kingdom Claude Lister Egypt Marcel Coen 7–5, 6–2
1948 Australia John Bromwich United Kingdom Geoffrey Paish title shared
1949 Poland Czesław Spychała United Kingdom Geoffrey Paish 6–3, 6–0
1950 India Narendra Nath Poland Czesław Spychała 6–2, 6–4
1951 Poland Czesław Spychała (2) South Africa David Samaai 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
1952 Australia Ian Ayre South Africa Bryan Woodroffe 6–4, 6–2
1953 [14] Australia George Worthington United Kingdom Roger Becker 6–3, 6–1
1954 New Zealand John Barry South Africa Abe Segal title shared
1955 Australia Malcolm Anderson India Ramanathan Krishnan 6–3, 6–4
1956 South Africa Ian Vermaak South Africa Gordon Forbes 6–4, 6–3
1957 United Kingdom Roger Becker United Kingdom Alan Mills 7–9, 6–2, 6–3
1958 United Kingdom Roger Becker (2) United Kingdom Mike Davies 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1959 United Kingdom Mike Davies Australia Warren Jacques 7–9, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1960 United Kingdom Roger Becker (3) South Africa Keith Diepraam 6–4, 6–1
1961 Australia Martin Mulligan Australia Warren Jacques 9–7, 6–2
1962 Australia Martin Mulligan (2) New Zealand Mark Otway 6–3, 6–4
1963 United Kingdom Roger Taylor India Jaidip Mukerjea 10–8, 9–11, 10–8
1964 South Africa David Phillips Australia Bob Carmichael 2–6, 6–4, 8–6
1965 Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist United Kingdom Roger Taylor 9–7, 6–3
1966 United Kingdom Keith Wooldridge United Kingdom Peter Curtis 7–5, 6–4
1967 United Kingdom Roger Taylor (2) United Kingdom Bobby Wilson 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Open era
1968 United Kingdom Keith Wooldridge Australia Ken Fletcher 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1969 United Kingdom Gerald Battrick Australia John Cooper 6–2, 6–1
1970 South Africa Robert Maud South Africa Frew McMillan 6–4, 6–3
1971 India Anand Amritraj United Kingdom Paul Hutchins 6–2, 6–2
1972 India Premjit Lall Australia Ross Case 6–4, 8–6
1973 Australia Owen Davidson Australia Tony Roche 4–6, 6–4, 10–8
1974 Australia Bob Giltinan Australia Syd Ball 6–3, 6–2
1975 Australia Peter McNamara United States Steve Docherty 4–6, 9–8, 6–4
1976 Not held
1977 United Kingdom P. Lawlor United Kingdom Chris Wells 4–6, 6–3, 8-6
1978 United Kingdom David Lloyd United Kingdom Willie Davies 6–4, 6–7, 6-5
1979 United States Victor Amaya Australia Mark Edmondson 6–4, 7–5
1980 United States Brian Gottfried United States Sandy Mayer 6–3, 6–3

Men's doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1927

1978
Unavailable
1979 United States Tim Gullikson
United States Tom Gullikson
United States Pat DuPré
United States Marty Riessen
6–3, 6–7, 8–6
1980 Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia Kim Warwick
Zimbabwe Andrew Pattison
United States Butch Walts
7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15–13

Women's singles

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  • Note: The 1898 to 1900 events (*) were "closed" tournaments that were restricted to county team members only.
Year Champions Runners-up Score
Surrey County Championships
1890 United Kingdom May Arbuthnot United Kingdom Elizabeth Mocatta 6–2, 6–2
1891 Not held
1892 United Kingdom May Arbuthnot (2) United Kingdom Ivy Arbuthnot 6–3, 6–3
1893/1897 Not held
1898 United Kingdom Ellen Thynne United Kingdom Amy Wilson Kirby 6–2, 7–5 *
1899 United Kingdom Ellen Thynne (2) United Kingdom Edith J. Bromfield 6–2, 2–6, 6–2 *
1900 United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper United Kingdom Ellen Thynne Evered 6–2, 6–2 *
1900 United Kingdom Edith Bromfield United Kingdom Ellen Thynne Evered 5–7, 6–3, 7–5
1901 United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper Sterry (2) United Kingdom Edith Bromfield 6–1, 6–3
1902 United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper Sterry (3) United Kingdom Agnes Morton 6–3, 6–3
1903 United Kingdom Toupie Lowther United Kingdom Edith Bromfield 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Surrey Grass Court Championships
1904 United Kingdom Connie Wilson United Kingdom Ellen Stawell-Brown 6–4, 7–5
1905 United Kingdom Connie Wilson (2) United Kingdom Agnes Morton 6–2, 6–0
1906 United Kingdom Toupie Lowther (2) United Kingdom Dora Boothby 5–7, 6–4, 8–6
1907 United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper Sterry (4) United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass Chambers 6–4, 6–3
1908 United Kingdom Alice Greene United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper Sterry 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1909 United Kingdom Dora Boothby United Kingdom Edith Johnson 6–0, 6–4
1910 United Kingdom Dora Boothby (2) United Kingdom Agnes Morton 6–3, 6–3
1911 United Kingdom Helen Aitchison United Kingdom Agnes Morton 6–3, 6–4
1912 United Kingdom Ethel Thomson Larcombe United Kingdom Dora Boothby 7–5, 6–3
1913 United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper Sterry (5) United Kingdom Madeline Fisher O'Neill 8–6, 6–1
1914 United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass Chambers United Kingdom Ethel Thomson Larcombe 6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1915/1918 Not held (due to World War I)
1919 United States Elizabeth Ryan United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass Chambers walkover
1920 United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass Chambers (2) United States Elizabeth Ryan 6–4, 6–2
1921 United States Elizabeth Ryan (2) United Kingdom Dorothy Holman 6–0, 6–0
1922 United States Elizabeth Ryan (3) South Africa Irene Bowder Peacock 10–8, 6–2
1923 United States Elizabeth Ryan (4) United Kingdom Eleanor Rose 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1924 United States Elizabeth Ryan (5) United Kingdom Aurea Farrington Edgington 6–3, 6–4
1925 [19] United States Elizabeth Ryan (6) United Kingdom Kathleen McKane 7–9, 6–1, 6–3
1926 United Kingdom Joan Fry United Kingdom Phoebe Holcroft Watson 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1927 South Africa Bobbie Heine South Africa Irene Bowder Peacock 1–6, 6–3, 7–5
1928 United Kingdom Elsie Goldsack United Kingdom Joan Ridley 6–4, 6–2
1929 United Kingdom Betty Nuthall United States Elizabeth Ryan 7–5, 6–1
1930 India Jenny Sandison United Kingdom Betty Nuthall 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
1931 United Kingdom Dorothy Shaw Jameson United Kingdom Joan Austin title shared
1932 United Kingdom Gwen Sterry United Kingdom Peggy Michell 7–5, 6–4
1933 United Kingdom Peggy Michell United Kingdom Elsie Goldsack Pittman title shared
1934 United Kingdom Elsie Goldsack Pittman (2) United Kingdom Patricia Brazier 6–3 6–3
1935 Australia Joan Hartigan United Kingdom Phyllis Mudford King 6–4, 6–3
1936 United Kingdom Dorothy Round Chile Anita Lizana 6–2, 6–3
1937 [20] United Kingdom Freda James United States Alice Marble 6–4, 6–3
1938 [21] United States Helen Wills United Kingdom Margot Lumb 6–3 6–4
1939 United Kingdom Mary Hardwick United Kingdom Margot Lumb 6–4, 6–4
1940/1945 Not held (due to World War II)
1946 United Kingdom Kay Stammers Menzies United Kingdom Gay Moorhouse Chandler 6–4, 6–3
1947 United Kingdom Kay Stammers Menzies (2) United Kingdom Joan Curry 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1948 United Kingdom Joan Curry United Kingdom Jean Walker-Smith title shared
1949 United States Patricia Canning Todd United Kingdom Jean Walker-Smith 6–3, 9–7
1950 United Kingdom Jean Walker-Smith United Kingdom Jean Quertier 6–2, 7–5
1951 United Kingdom Helen Fletcher United Kingdom Joan Curry 6–3, 6–1
1952 United States Maureen Connolly United States Patricia Canning Todd 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1953 United Kingdom Patricia Ward United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer 6–2, 6–3
1954 United States Shirley Fry United States Doris Hart title shared
1955 United Kingdom Rosemary Walsh Australia Daphne Seeney 6–4, 7–5
1956 [22] United States Althea Gibson United Kingdom Anne Shilcock 6–3, 13-11
1957 [23] United States Althea Gibson (2) Australia Thelma Coyne Long 8–6, 7–5
1958 [24] United States Althea Gibson (3) United States Mimi Arnold 6–1, 6–0
1959 United States Sally Moore United Kingdom Ann Haydon 6–4, 6–2
1960 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer United Kingdom Christine Truman 3–6, 6–4, 9–7
1961 United Kingdom Deidre Catt West Germany Edda Buding 5–7, 6–3, 7–5
1962 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (2) United States Carole Caldwell Graebner 6–4, 6–4
1963 [25] United Kingdom Deidre Catt (2) United States Darlene Hard 1–6, 9–7, 8–6
1964 United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones United States Carole Caldwell Graebner 6–3, 6–1
1965 United Kingdom Christine Truman United Kingdom Rita Bentley 7–5, 6–1
1966 United Kingdom Winnie Shaw United States Mary-Ann Eisel 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1967 United States Lynn Abbes United Kingdom Robin Blakelock-Lloyd 6–4, 6–3
Open era
1968 Australia Judy Tegart-Dalton United Kingdom Christine Truman 10–8, 6–4
1969 United States Mary-Ann Eisel Australia Judy Tegart-Dalton 4–6, 6–4, 8–6
1970 United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones (2) United States Patti Hogan 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1971 [2] Australia Judy Tegart-Dalton United Kingdom Joyce Barclay 9–8, 6–2
1972 United Kingdom Joyce Barclay United States Patti Hogan 6–4, 6–3
1973 Australia Wendy Turnbull United States Ann Kiyomura 6–2, 6–0
1974 United Kingdom Sue Barker United Kingdom Sue Mappin 6–2, 7–5
1975 South Africa Greer Stevens United States Patti Hogan 6–1, 6–4
1976 Not held
1977 United Kingdom Winnie Wooldridge (2) South Africa Gwynn Sammel 6–3, 7–6
1978 Australia Evonne Goolagong Cawley United Kingdom Winnie Shaw 6–1, 6–1
1979 Australia Cynthia Doerner-Sieler Australia Kym Ruddell 6–1, 6–2
1980 Not held
1981 [26] United States Betsy Nagelsen United States Barbara Hallquist 6–0, 6–4

Notes

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  1. ^ According to Bud Collins the game lasted 31 minutes.

References

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