Bad Neuenahr International

The Bad Neuenahr International or Internationale Bad Neuenahr was a combined tennis tournament founded in 1909 as the Neuenahr-Ahrweiler International.[1] It was held at HTC Bad Neuenahr, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany and played on outdoor clay courts. The tournament was discontinued in 1978.[1]

Bad Neuenahr International
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1909 (1909)
Abolished1978 (1978)
LocationBad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany
VenueHTC Bad Neuenahr
SurfaceClay (outdoors)

History

Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler is a spa town[2] in the German Bundesland of the Rhineland-Palatinate that serves as the capital of the Ahrweiler district.[3]

In 1882 a spa was first established in the town at Wiesenallee.[4] Then two new lawn tennis courts were built, later further two tennis courts were built at the Kurhaus.[4] By the early 1890s visiting wealthy spa guests and locals began to play against each other on these courts.[5] In 1900 in order to promote tennis responsibility for staging events was down to the spa administrators.[4]

In 1909 the first international open tennis tournaments were held and continued until 1911.[4] The foreign participants were usually bathers taking a cure in the spa's.[4] In 1912 the spa administration donated a "gold cup" that attracted good players from all over Europe to Neuenahr,[5] known as the Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Gold Cup awarded to winners of the men's singles event in the international tournament.[1] The first winner was the Belgian champion Louis Jacques Émile Trasenster.[1][4] In 1920 the Hockey Tennis Club Bad Neuenahr was opened,[6] with 14 new clay courts and the event transferred there. In 1921 the spa administration transferred the event to HTC Bad Neuenahr.[1][7] The tournament was staged annually until 1978.[1]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
Internationale Bad Neuenahr
1912[1]Belgium Louis TrasensterGermany Claus Herberg6–3, 6–3, 6–1.[1]
1913[1]Germany Claus HerbergGermany Wilhelm Gisbert Groos6–4, 6–0, 6–2
1915/1919Not held (due to World War I)
1920[1]Germany Dr. A. Marcotty ? ?
1921[1]Germany Ernst Büchting ? ?
1922[1]Germany Frans Ludwig HoppeGermany Ernst Büchting ?
1924[1]Germany Heinz C. LandmannGermany Fritz Kuhlmann ?
1925[1]Germany Conrad KupschGermany Fritz Kuhlmann6–2, 11–9, 5–7, 6–2
1926[1]Germany Erwin StatzGermany Herr Claus6–0, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1927[1]Netherlands Cornelis Albert Bryan[8]Germany Otto Froitzheim8–6 4–6 3–6 ret.
1928[1]Germany Fritz KuhlmannFrance Jacques Bonte[9]6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
1929[1]France Jacques BoussusJapan Yoshiro Ota6–4, 6–4, 7–5
1930[1]Germany Eberhard NourneyGermany Ludmar Heitmann6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1931[1]Germany Eberhard NourneyGermany Heinz Remmert5–7, 6–1, 6–1, 6–0
1932[1]Germany C.Rudolf StraussGermany Karl Heinz Kretzer8–6, 1–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–1
1933[1]Germany Helmut SindernGermany Josef Hirtz7–5, 0–6, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1934Germany Eberhard NourneyGermany Erwin Statz2–0, ret.
1935[1]Germany Eberhard NourneyGermany Edgar Dettmer[10]7-5, 7-5, 6-0
1936[1]Germany Fritz KuhlmannGermany Edgar Dettmer2–6, 6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 6–0
1937[1]Germany Edmund BartkowiakGermany Harald Richter6–1, 6–2, 6–0
1938[1]Germany Edmund BartkowiakGermany Ludmar Heitmann6–2, 6–1, 6–1
1939[1]Germany Helmut GulczGermany Ernst Buchholz6–1, 4–6, 6–1, 9–7
1940-48Not held (due to World War II)
1949[1]Germany Engelbert KochGermany Ernst Buchholz6–4, 6–0, 6–2
1950[1]Germany Ernst BuchholzIndia Dilip Bose13–11, 6–3, 6–3
1951[1]Poland Wladyslaw SkoneckiGermany Ernst Buchholz4–6, 6–1, ret.
1952[1]United Kingdom Tony MottramAustralia Ian Ayre6–0, 6–3, 6–1
1953[1]Germany Gottfried von CrammGermany Ernst Buchholz4–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–3
1954[1]United Kingdom Tony MottramGermany Ernst Buchholz7–5, 6–0
1955[1]United States Hugh StewartUnited States Malcolm Fox6–2, 6–2
1956[1]South Africa Gordon ForbesAustria Ladislav Legenstein3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 8–6
1957[1]Egypt Jaroslav DrobnýFrance Pierre Darmon6–1, 6–8, 6–4
1958[1]India Ramanathan KrishnanBrazil Carlos Fernandes3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1959[1]Chile Patricio RodriguezGermany Ernst Buchholz6–2, 7–5, 6–3
1960[1]Germany Peter SchollBrazil Carlos Fernandes4–6, 6–2, 6–1
1961[1]Australia Rod LaverChile Luis Ayala6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1962[1]Australia Neale FraserGermany Ingo Buding6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1963[1]Hungary István GulyásAustralia Martin Mulligan6–3, 4–6, 9–7, 6–0
1964[1]Brazil José Edison MandarinoSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović6–1, 8–6, 6–4
1965[1]Germany Attila KorpásGermany Lothar Pawlik4–6, 8–6, 6–4
1966[1]Germany Attila KorpásGermany Horst Guenther Klameth6–2, 8–6, 6–0
1967[1]Germany Wilhelm BungertGermany Harald Elschenbroich2–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1968[1]Japan Koji WatanabeHungary István Gulyás6–4, 6–8, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[1]Australia Martin MulliganGermany Wilhelm Bungert6–3, 3–6, 13–11, 6–2
1970[1]Germany Attila KorpásHungary István Gulyás ?
1971[1]Germany Christian KuhnkeGermany Attila Korpás7–5, 6–1, 8–10, 6–2
1972[1]Germany Karl MeilerGermany Attila Korpás6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1973[1]Germany Alex KuruczGermany Hans-Joachim Plötzshared title
1974[1]Germany Harald ElschenbroichCzechoslovakia Jan Kukal5–7, 6–2, 6–0, 7–6
1975[1]Hungary Szabolcs BaranyiCzechoslovakia Jan Kukal6–4, 2–0, ret.
1976[1]Germany Peter ElterGermany Werner Zirngibl6–1, 1–0, ret.
1977[1]France Patrick ProisyGermany Jürgen Fassbender6–3, 6–1
1978[1]Germany Jürgen FassbenderUnited Kingdom Buster Mottram6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–7, 2–1, retd.

Women' singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
Internationale Bad Neuenahr
1911Germany Baroness Hedwig LoëGermany Baroness Grete Loë8–6, 4–6, 7–5
1915/1919Not held (due to World War I)
1912Germany G. SchellGermany M. Kaubes6–1, 3–6, 6–2
1924Germany Fräulein LutzmannGermany Frau Suschen Rütten6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1925Germany Fräulein LutzmannGermany Lidda Neumerkel3–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–2
1926Germany Fräulein LutzmannGermany Frau Suschen Rütten6-1, 6-1, 6-3
1928Netherlands Madzy Rollin CouquerqueNetherlands Margaretha Canters5–7. 6–1 abandoned
1929Germany Ilse FriedlebenGermany Hilde Krahwinkel6–0, 6–0
1931Germany Ilse FriedlebenGermany Klara Hammer4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1935Germany Lisa FabianGermany Erna Reimann6–1, 4–6, 6–4
1936Germany Lisa FabianGermany Ingeborg Schumann3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1937Germany Margarathe KäppelGermany Irmgard Rost6–3, 6–0
1938Germany Fräulein ten ElsenGermany Fräulein Rduch8–6, 6–6, retd
1940-48Not held (due to World War II)
1952United Kingdom Joy Gannon MottramAustralia Beryl Penrose6–1, 6–2
1953United Kingdom Joy Gannon MottramCzechoslovakia Helena Matouš6–1, 6–3
1954United Kingdom Joy Gannon MottramGermany Edda Buding6–2, 6–1
1957United Kingdom Angela MortimerUnited Kingdom Patricia Ward6-1 8-6
1958Germany Ilse BudingUnited Kingdom Rita Bentley6–4, 6–4
1959United Kingdom Patricia WardArgentina Norma Baylon4–6, 7–5, 7–5
1961South Africa Sandra ReynoldsSouth Africa Renée Schuurman6–3, 6–1
1962South Africa Renée SchuurmanGermany Heide Schildknecht6–2, 6–1
1964United Kingdom Elizabeth StarkieAustralia Faye Toyne6–1, 6–2
1967Germany Helga SchultzeGermany Susanne Korpas6–2, 6–1

References
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