Düsseldorf Grand Prix

The Düsseldorf Grand Prix or Großer Preis von Düsseldorf was a men's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1905 as a combined event men's and women's called the Düsseldorf International or Internationale Düsseldorf.[1] It remained a joint event until 1969 and was held at the Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub in Düsseldorf, Germany until 1977.[1]

Düsseldorf Grand Prix
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1905
Abolished1977
LocationDüsseldorf, Germany
VenueRochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub
CategoryGerman Circuit (1906-1913)
ILTF Circuit (1914-1972)
Grand Prix circuit (1970-1977)
SurfaceClay / outdoor

History

In 1898 the Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub was founded.[2] In 1905 the club staged the first Internationale Düsseldorf tournament.[1] In 1929 the club moved to a new location where it remains today.[3] It was held annually in Düsseldorf, Germany until 1977.[1] The combined event was part of the Deutscher Lawn Tennis Bund (f.1902) circuit from inception until 1913.[1] In 1914 it became part of the new ILTF Circuit until 1969.[1] In 1970 the men's event was re branded as the Dusseldorf Grand Prix and became part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit.[1] The women's event remained a part of the ILTF Circuit under the original name Dusseldorf International. In 1973 the women's event was branded as the WTA Düsseldorf Open and was part of the 1973 WTA Tour for one edition only, before it returned as an event on the ILTF Independent Tour. The women's event ended in 1974 and the men's tournament was discontinued in 1977.[1]

Finals

Singles

(incomplete roll)

Düsseldorf International
Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  German Circuit  ↓
1905Germany Julius Arnold FreseGermany Karl Simon6–1, 6–3, 6–3.[1]
1911Netherlands Otto BlomGermany Adolf Hammacher1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1925Germany Otto FroitzheimGermany Willi Hannemann6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 6–1.[1]
1927France Jean BorotraGermany Otto Froitzheim4–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–1.[1]
1929France Jean BorotraGermany Adolf Hammacher1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1930Japan Hyotaro SatoAustralia Harry Hopman6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4.[1]
1937Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo KukuljevićCzechoslovakia Josef Siba1–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1.[1]
1939Germany Konrad EpplerGermany Herbert Werner6–4, 6–2.[1]
1949United States Earl CochellArgentina Heraldo Weiss6–2, 6–2, 6–1.[1]
1950Argentina Heraldo WeissIndia Dilip Bose3–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–3.[1]
1951Sweden Torsten JohanssonPoland Wladyslaw Skonecki9–7, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3.[1]
1953United States Herb FlamEgypt Jaroslav Drobný3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2.[1]
1955Egypt Jaroslav DrobnýAustralia Mervyn Rose6–2, 6–0, 6–3.[1]
1957Chile Luis AyalaAustralia Mal Anderson6–4, 6–2, 6–4.[1]
1961India Ramanathan KrishnanAustralia Barry Phillips-Moore6–1, 6–2, 6–1.[1]
1962West Germany Wilhelm BungertWest Germany Christian Kuhnke5–7, 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4.[1]
1963Australia Fred StolleBrazil José Edison Mandarino6–4, 6–4, 6–1.[1]
1968Hungary István GulyásWest Germany Wilhelm Bungert6–1, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5.[1]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969West Germany Christian KuhnkeWest Germany Wilhelm Bungert6–1, 6–8, 6–2, 6–2.[1]
Düsseldorf Grand Prix
↓  Grand Prix circuit  ↓
1970West Germany Wilhelm BungertWest Germany Christian Kuhnke6–3, 6–0, 6–4.[1]
1971West Germany Christian KuhnkeJapan Toshiro Sakai6–3, 6–2, 6–2.[1]
1972Romania Ilie NăstaseWest Germany Jürgen Fassbender6–0, 6–2, 6–1
1973West Germany Hans-Jürgen PohmannWest Germany Jürgen Fassbender6–2, 6–3, 6–3
1974Belgium Bernard MignotCzechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec6–1, 6–0, 0–6, 6–4
1975Chile Jaime FillolCzechoslovakia Jan Kodeš6–4, 1–6, 6–0, 7–5
1976Sweden Björn BorgSpain Manuel Orantes6–2, 6–2, 6–0
1977Poland Wojciech FibakSouth Africa Raymond Moore6–1, 5–7, 6–2

Doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1974Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš		Japan Kenichi Hirai
Japan Toshiro Sakai		6–1, 6–4
1975France François Jauffret
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš		West Germany Harald Elschenbroich
Austria Hans Kary		6–2, 6–3
1976Poland Wojciech Fibak
West Germany Karl Meiler		Australia Bob Carmichael
South Africa Raymond Moore		6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1977West Germany Jürgen Fassbender
West Germany Karl Meiler		Australia Paul Kronk
Australia Cliff Letcher		6–3, 6–3

See also

References
  1. "Tournaments: Dusseldorf International – Dusseldorf Grand Prix". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. "THE ROCHUS CLUB – SINCE 1898". www.rochusclub.de. Düsseldorf, Germany: Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub e. V. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub
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