Rothmans Connaught Hard Court Championships

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.

Connaught Hard Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF
Founded1951 (1951)
Abolished1974 (1974)
LocationChingford, Essex, England.
VenueConnaught Lawn Tennis Club (f.1885)
SurfaceClay- outdoors

History

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

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)[11]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1951United Kingdom Tony MottramUnited KingdomJohn Horn6-0, 6-3
1952United Kingdom Tony Mottram (2)Poland Ignacy Tloczynski2-6, 6-1, 6-3
1953Australia Jack ArkinstallRhodesia Don Black6-3, 6-0
1954Denmark Torben UlrichUnited Kingdom Bobby Wilson6-2, 1-6, 6-0
1955Sweden Sven DavidsonUnited Kingdom Mike Davies6-4, 6-1
1956Australia Lew HoadUnited Kingdom Bobby Wilson6-2, 6-1
1957Egypt Jaroslav DrobnýUnited Kingdom Mike Davies6-4, 6-3
1958United Kingdom Roger BeckerUnited Kingdom Mike Davies4-6, 6-4, 6-3
1959United Kingdom Roger Becker (2)United Kingdom Bobby Wilson7-5, 2-6, 6-4
1960United Kingdom Bobby WilsonUnited Kingdom Roger Becker6-4, 6-4
1961United Kingdom Bobby Wilson (2)United Kingdom Alan Mills8-6, 6-1
1962Australia Rod LaverAustralia Martin Mulligan4-6, 6-4, 6-4
1963United Kingdom Bobby Wilson (3)United Kingdom Mike Sangster8-6, 6-4, 6-2
1964United Kingdom Bobby Wilson (4)United Kingdom Mike Sangster6-2, 6-3
1965United Kingdom Bobby Wilson (5)United Kingdom Mark Cox6-2, 8-6
1966United Kingdom Bobby Wilson (6)United Kingdom Alan Mills6-2, 6-2
1967Sweden Birger FolkeSweden Lars Ölander6-3, 2-6, 14-12
1968United Kingdom Paul HutchinsUnited Kingdom Bobby Wilson6-2, 1-6, 6-1
↓  Open era  ↓
1969Australia Allan StoneAustralia John Cooper6-4, 6-2
1972Rhodesia Hank IrvineUnited Kingdom John Clifton6-2, 6-2
1973Australia Owen DavidsonUnited Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell3-6, 9-8, 6-1

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1951United Kingdom Kay TuckeyUnited Kingdom Joy Gannon Mottram6-4, 6-4
1952United Kingdom Jean Walker-SmithUnited Kingdom Joy Gannon Mottram1-6, 9-7, 6-4
1953United States Doris HartUnited States Shirley Fry6-3, 4-6, 6-4
1954United Kingdom Leonie Thorn BrightonUnited Kingdom Jenny Middleton7-5, 6-3
1955United Kingdom Angela MortimerUnited Kingdom Elaine Watson6-1, 6-0
1956United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (2)United Kingdom Jenny Middleton6-3, 6-1
1957United Kingdom Christine TrumanUnited Kingdom Elaine Shenton6-3, 6-3
1958United Kingdom Christine Truman (2)United Kingdom Ann Haydon6-3, 8-6
1959United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (3)United Kingdom Christine Truman6-3, 7-5
1960United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (4)United Kingdom Christine Truman6-1, 4-6, 6-4
1961United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (5)West Germany Edda Buding6-3, 6-3
1962United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (6)United Kingdom Christine Truman6-2, 6-4
1963Argentina Norma BaylonUnited Kingdom Christine Truman (3)divide title
1964Argentina Norma Baylon (2)United Kingdom Christine Truman3-6, 6-2, 6-4
1965United Kingdom Elizabeth StarkieUnited Kingdom Christine Truman8-6, 6-3
1966United Kingdom Ann Haydon JonesUnited Kingdom Virginia Wade6-4, 6-3
1967United Kingdom Virginia WadeRhodesia Pat Walkden6-0, 9-7
1968Australia Faye Toyne MooreUnited Kingdom Virginia Wade6-4, 8-6
↓  Open era  ↓
1969United Kingdom Corinne MolesworthUnited Kingdom Shirley Bloomer Brasher3-6, 6-2, 6-4
1972Australia Cynthia SielerUnited States Wendy Appleby7-5, 7-5
1973Australia Dianne FromholtzSouth Africa Ilana Kloss6-1, 3-6, 6-4

Tournament records

References
  1. "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.
  2. Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament–Connaught Hard Courts; Chingford". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  3. Wilson, Bobby (1964). St. Paul's Bibliographies: My Side of the Net. Oxford: Oxford Polytechnic Press. p. 76.
  4. "History". www.connaughtclub.co.uk. Chingford, England: Connaught Club. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
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  11. "Tournament – Connaught Hard Courts; Chingford". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
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