Düsseldorf Grand Prix

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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

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]

History[edit]

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[edit]

Singles[edit]

(incomplete roll)

Düsseldorf International
Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  German Circuit  ↓
1905 Germany Julius Arnold Frese Germany Karl Simon 6–1, 6–3, 6–3.[1]
1911 Netherlands Otto Blom Germany Adolf Hammacher 1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1925 Germany Otto Froitzheim Germany Willi Hannemann 6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 6–1.[1]
1927 France Jean Borotra Germany Otto Froitzheim 4–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–1.[1]
1929 France Jean Borotra Germany Adolf Hammacher 1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1930 Japan Hyotaro Sato Australia Harry Hopman 6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4.[1]
1937 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Kukuljević Czechoslovakia Josef Siba 1–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1.[1]
1939 Germany Konrad Eppler Germany Herbert Werner 6–4, 6–2.[1]
1949 United States Earl Cochell Argentina Heraldo Weiss 6–2, 6–2, 6–1.[1]
1950 Argentina Heraldo Weiss India Dilip Bose 3–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–3.[1]
1951 Sweden Torsten Johansson Poland Wladyslaw Skonecki 9–7, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3.[1]
1953 United States Herb Flam Egypt Jaroslav Drobný 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2.[1]
1955 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný Australia Mervyn Rose 6–2, 6–0, 6–3.[1]
1957[4] Chile Luis Ayala Australia Mal Anderson 6–4, 6–2, 6–4.[1]
1961 India Ramanathan Krishnan Australia Barry Phillips-Moore 6–1, 6–2, 6–1.[1]
1962 West Germany Wilhelm Bungert West Germany Christian Kuhnke 5–7, 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4.[1]
1963 Australia Fred Stolle Brazil José Edison Mandarino 6–4, 6–4, 6–1.[1]
1967 West Germany Wilhelm Bungert West Germany Ingo Buding 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.[1]
1968 Hungary István Gulyás West Germany Wilhelm Bungert 6–1, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5.[1]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 West Germany Christian Kuhnke West Germany Wilhelm Bungert 6–1, 6–8, 6–2, 6–2.[1]
Düsseldorf Grand Prix
↓  Grand Prix circuit  ↓
1970 West Germany Wilhelm Bungert West Germany Christian Kuhnke 6–3, 6–0, 6–4.[1]
1971 West Germany Christian Kuhnke Japan Toshiro Sakai 6–3, 6–2, 6–2.[1]
1972 Romania Ilie Năstase West Germany Jürgen Fassbender 6–0, 6–2, 6–1
1973 West Germany Hans-Jürgen Pohmann West Germany Jürgen Fassbender 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
1974 Belgium Bernard Mignot Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec 6–1, 6–0, 0–6, 6–4
1975 Chile Jaime Fillol Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 6–4, 1–6, 6–0, 7–5
1976 Sweden Björn Borg Spain Manuel Orantes 6–2, 6–2, 6–0
1977 Poland Wojciech Fibak South Africa Raymond Moore 6–1, 5–7, 6–2

Doubles[edit]

(incomplete roll)

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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "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
  4. ^ "TENNIS". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, Australia: newspapers.com. 23 Jul 1957. p. 12. Retrieved 21 November 2023.

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