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Rothmans Connaught Hard Court Championships

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Connaught Hard Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF
Founded1951; 73 years ago (1951)
Abolished1974; 50 years ago (1974)
LocationChingford, Essex, England.
VenueConnaught Lawn Tennis Club (f.1885)
SurfaceClay- outdoors

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.

History

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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

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Men's singles

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(Incomplete roll)[11]

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1951 United Kingdom Tony Mottram United KingdomJohn Horn 6-0, 6-3
1952 United Kingdom Tony Mottram (2) Poland Ignacy Tloczynski 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
1953 Australia Jack Arkinstall Rhodesia Don Black 6-3, 6-0
1954 Denmark Torben Ulrich United Kingdom Bobby Wilson 6-2, 1-6, 6-0
1955 Sweden Sven Davidson United Kingdom Mike Davies 6-4, 6-1
1956 Australia Lew Hoad United Kingdom Bobby Wilson 6-2, 6-1
1957 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný United Kingdom Mike Davies 6-4, 6-3
1958 United Kingdom Roger Becker United Kingdom Mike Davies 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
1959 United Kingdom Roger Becker (2) United Kingdom Bobby Wilson 7-5, 2-6, 6-4
1960 United Kingdom Bobby Wilson United Kingdom Roger Becker 6-4, 6-4
1961 United Kingdom Bobby Wilson (2) United Kingdom Alan Mills 8-6, 6-1
1962 Australia Rod Laver Australia Martin Mulligan 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
1963 United Kingdom Bobby Wilson (3) United Kingdom Mike Sangster 8-6, 6-4, 6-2
1964 United Kingdom Bobby Wilson (4) United Kingdom Mike Sangster 6-2, 6-3
1965 United Kingdom Bobby Wilson (5) United Kingdom Mark Cox 6-2, 8-6
1966 United Kingdom Bobby Wilson (6) United Kingdom Alan Mills 6-2, 6-2
1967 Sweden Birger Folke Sweden Lars Ölander 6-3, 2-6, 14-12
1968 United Kingdom Paul Hutchins United Kingdom Bobby Wilson 6-2, 1-6, 6-1
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Australia Allan Stone Australia John Cooper 6-4, 6-2
1972 Rhodesia Hank Irvine United Kingdom John Clifton 6-2, 6-2
1973 Australia Owen Davidson United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell 3-6, 9-8, 6-1

Women's singles

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(Incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1951 United Kingdom Kay Tuckey United Kingdom Joy Gannon Mottram 6-4, 6-4
1952 United Kingdom Jean Walker-Smith United Kingdom Joy Gannon Mottram 1-6, 9-7, 6-4
1953 United States Doris Hart United States Shirley Fry 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
1954 United Kingdom Leonie Thorn Brighton United Kingdom Jenny Middleton 7-5, 6-3
1955 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer United Kingdom Elaine Watson 6-1, 6-0
1956 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (2) United Kingdom Jenny Middleton 6-3, 6-1
1957 United Kingdom Christine Truman United Kingdom Elaine Shenton 6-3, 6-3
1958 United Kingdom Christine Truman (2) United Kingdom Ann Haydon 6-3, 8-6
1959 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (3) United Kingdom Christine Truman 6-3, 7-5
1960 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (4) United Kingdom Christine Truman 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
1961 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (5) West Germany Edda Buding 6-3, 6-3
1962 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer (6) United Kingdom Christine Truman 6-2, 6-4
1963 Argentina Norma Baylon United Kingdom Christine Truman (3) divide title
1964 Argentina Norma Baylon (2) United Kingdom Christine Truman 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
1965 United Kingdom Elizabeth Starkie United Kingdom Christine Truman 8-6, 6-3
1966 United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6-4, 6-3
1967 United Kingdom Virginia Wade Rhodesia Pat Walkden 6-0, 9-7
1968 Australia Faye Toyne Moore United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6-4, 8-6
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 United Kingdom Corinne Molesworth United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer Brasher 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
1972 Australia Cynthia Sieler United States Wendy Appleby 7-5, 7-5
1973 Australia Dianne Fromholtz South Africa Ilana Kloss 6-1, 3-6, 6-4

Tournament records

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References

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  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.
  5. ^ Connaught Club
  6. ^ Connaught Club
  7. ^ Connaught Club
  8. ^ Tennis Archives
  9. ^ Connaught Club
  10. ^ Connaught Club
  11. ^ "Tournament – Connaught Hard Courts; Chingford". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 30 March 2023.