Brockenhurst Open

The Brockenhurst Open[1] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1914.[2] The event also known as the New Forest Open[3] was organised by the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and played at the Brockenhurst Park Estate and House until 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II.[1]

Brockenhurst Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit (1913-1939)
Founded1914 (1914)
Abolished1939 (1939)
LocationBrockenhurst, Hampshire, England
VenueNew Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
SurfaceGrass - outdoors

History

Brockenhurst Park Estate and House was purchased in 1769 by Edward Morant.[4] The house was renamed Morant Hall (also known as Brockenhurt Manor) which remained with the Morant family until the estate was sold in the late 1950s.[5] In 1914 the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club staged its first tennis week of events known as the Brockenhurst Lawn Tennis Week.[1][6] In 1915 World War I started and the tournament was suspended until 1921 when it was revived. The tournament ran annually until 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II.[1]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1922United Kingdom Walter CrawleyIndia Ullah Kramet6–2, 9–7, 6–3.[1]
1923United Kingdom Walter Crawley (2)United Kingdom Brame Hillyard6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 8–6.[1]
1928[7]Canada Henry MayesRepublic of Ireland Cornelius H. D. O'Callaghan6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3.[1]
1931United Kingdom R.V. JenkinsUnited Kingdom Theodore Mavrogordato6–1, 6–1.[1]
1932United Kingdom Edward Alfred DearmanRepublic of Ireland Noel Galway Holmes[8]6–1, 6–3.[1]
1933[9]Australia Jack CrawfordAustralia Vivian McGrath0–6, 6–0, 7–5.[1]
1934United Kingdom Guy Cooper[10]United Kingdom Edward Alfred Dearman6–4, 7–5.[1]
1935United Kingdom Eric PetersAustria Richard Arnold Von Planner6–4, 6–4.[1]
1936United Kingdom Guy CooperUnited Kingdom Edward Alfred Dearman7–5, 6–1.[1]
1937[11]South Africa Vernon KirbyUnited Kingdom Eric Petersw.o.[1]
1938United Kingdom Eric PetersUnited Kingdom Alan Brown[12]6–3, 7–5.[1]
1939United Kingdom George Edward GodsellUnited Kingdom Harold Hare[13]6–3, 6–1.[1]
1940/1945Not held (due to World War II then discontinued)

Women's singles

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1914United Kingdom Violet PinckneyUnited Kingdom Marguerite Sudgen Pearce6–2, 6–3
1915/1920Not held (due to World War I)
1921United Kingdom Violet Pinckney (2)Blanche Duddell Colston4–6, 6–4, retd.
1922United Kingdom Kitty MckaneUnited Kingdom Dorothy Holman6–2, 6–2
1923United Kingdom Dorothy HolmanUnited Kingdom Camilla Rimington6–1, 6–4
1924United Kingdom Dorothy Holman (2)United Kingdom Christabel Hardie3–6, 6–2, 8–6
1925United Kingdom Dorothy Holman (3)United Kingdom Edith Clarke8–6, 7–5
1926United Kingdom Christabel HardieUnited Kingdom Mabel Mavrogordato6–4, 6–2
1927United Kingdom Joan RidleyUnited Kingdom Claire Beckingham9–7, 7–5
1928[14]United Kingdom Margaret McKane Stocks (2)United Kingdom Claire Beckingham4–6, 10–8, 6–4
1929United Kingdom Violet ChamberlainUnited Kingdom Mabel Mavrogordato6–1, 5–0, retd.
1930United Kingdom Elsie Goldsack PittmanUnited Kingdom Ermyntrude Harvey8–6, 7–5
1931United Kingdom Evelyn DearmanUnited Kingdom Nancy Lyle1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1932United Kingdom Edie RuddUnited Kingdom A. Yeates7–5, 6–4
1933[15]United Kingdom Evelyn Dearman (2)United Kingdom Margaret McKane Stocks6–4, 6–2
1934United Kingdom Nancy LyleUnited Kingdom Evelyn Dearman6–0, 7–5
1935United Kingdom Effie Hemmant PetersUnited Kingdom P. Scott6–4, 6–2
1936United Kingdom Evelyn Dearman (3)United Kingdom Peggy Scriven6–3, 6–4
1937[16]United Kingdom Nina BrownUnited Kingdom Effie Petersdivided prizes
1938United Kingdom Evelyn Dearman (4)United Kingdom Margot Stewart4–6, 6–1, 6–0
1939United Kingdom Nancy Lyle Glover (2)United Kingdom Gay Moorhouse Chandler6–1, 7–5
1940/1945Not held (due to World War II then discontinued)

References

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  3. "Brockenhurst Tennis Wee. The New Forest Open tennis tournament organised by the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club was concluded at Brockenhurst on Saturday". New Milton Advertiser. Hampshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 23 July 1938. p. 7. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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  11. "Spoilt By Rain BROCKENHURST TENNIS FINALS UNFINISHED Prizes Divided". New Milton Advertiser. Hampshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 24 July 1937. p. 2. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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  15. New Milton Advertiser (1933)
  16. New Milton Advertiser (1937)
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