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 | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Tour | ILTF |
Founded | 1951 |
Abolished | 1974 |
Location | Chingford, Essex, England. |
Venue | Connaught Lawn Tennis Club (f.1885) |
Surface | Clay- 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 |
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1951 | Tony Mottram | John Horn | 6-0, 6-3 |
1952 | Tony Mottram (2) | Ignacy Tloczynski | 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 |
1953 | Jack Arkinstall | Don Black | 6-3, 6-0 |
1954 | Torben Ulrich | Bobby Wilson | 6-2, 1-6, 6-0 |
1955 | Sven Davidson | Mike Davies | 6-4, 6-1 |
1956 | Lew Hoad | Bobby Wilson | 6-2, 6-1 |
1957 | Jaroslav Drobný | Mike Davies | 6-4, 6-3 |
1958 | Roger Becker | Mike Davies | 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 |
1959 | Roger Becker (2) | Bobby Wilson | 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 |
1960 | Bobby Wilson | Roger Becker | 6-4, 6-4 |
1961 | Bobby Wilson (2) | Alan Mills | 8-6, 6-1 |
1962 | Rod Laver | Martin Mulligan | 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
1963 | Bobby Wilson (3) | Mike Sangster | 8-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
1964 | Bobby Wilson (4) | Mike Sangster | 6-2, 6-3 |
1965 | Bobby Wilson (5) | Mark Cox | 6-2, 8-6 |
1966 | Bobby Wilson (6) | Alan Mills | 6-2, 6-2 |
1967 | Birger Folke | Lars Ölander | 6-3, 2-6, 14-12 |
1968 | Paul Hutchins | Bobby Wilson | 6-2, 1-6, 6-1 |
↓ Open era ↓ | |||
1969 | Allan Stone | John Cooper | 6-4, 6-2 |
1972 | Hank Irvine | John Clifton | 6-2, 6-2 |
1973 | Owen Davidson | Colin Dowdeswell | 3-6, 9-8, 6-1 |
Women's singles
(Incomplete roll)
Tournament records
- Most men's singles titles: Bobby Wilson (6)
- Most men's singles finals: Bobby Wilson (8)
- Most women's singles titles: Angela Mortimer (6)
- Most women's singles finals: Christine Truman (8)
References
- "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.
- Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament–Connaught Hard Courts; Chingford". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
- Wilson, Bobby (1964). St. Paul's Bibliographies: My Side of the Net. Oxford: Oxford Polytechnic Press. p. 76.
- "History". www.connaughtclub.co.uk. Chingford, England: Connaught Club. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
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- "Tournament – Connaught Hard Courts; Chingford". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 30 March 2023.