Baden Baden International

The Baden Baden International [1] also known as the Baden-Baden [2] tennis tournament and the Baden Baden Invitational was a tennis event held from 1896 through 1966 in Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on outdoor Clay courts.

Baden Baden International
Defunct tennis tournament
TourPre-open era (1877–1967)
Founded1896
Abolished1966
Editions55
LocationBaden-Baden, Germany
VenueBaden-Baden Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceClay / outdoor

History

The Baden Baden tournament was first held in 1896 played at the Baden Baden Lawn Tennis Club, Baden-Baden, Germany the tournament fluctuated between July, August, and September over the course of its run the tournament survived for 55 years with various breaks due to the first and second world wars.

Champions

Notes: Challenge Round: The Final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) [3] in some tournaments not all.

* Indicates challenger

Men's Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1896 Reginald Doherty Victor Voss6–1, 7–5, 6–2
1897 Reginald Doherty Laurence Dohertywalkover
1898???
1899???
1900???
1901???
1902???
1903???
1904 Otto Froitzheim George C. B. Greene6–1, 3–6, 9–7
1905 Anthony Wilding George C. B. Greenewalkover
1906 [4] Anthony Wilding George C. B. Greene6–1, 6–2, 6–1
1907 [5] Anthony Wilding Otto Froitzheim6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1908 [6] Anthony Wilding Otto Froitzheim6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1909 Otto Froitzheim Friedrich Wilhelm Rahewalkover
1910 Oscar Kreuzer Otto Froitzheim4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1, 4-2 ret
1911???
1912???
1913???
1914–1919Not held (due to world war one)
1920???
1921???
1922???
1923???
1924???
1925???
1926???
1927???
1928???
1929???
1930???
1931???
1932 Jacques Brugnon Pat Hughes6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1933???
1934???
1935???
1936 Henner Henkel Adam Borowski5–7, 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 7–5
1937 Bernard Destremau??
1938–1949Not held (partly due to world war two)
1950 Jaroslav Drobný Heraldo Weiss6–1, 6–1
1951 Jaroslav Drobný Sven Davidson2–6 6–2 6–4 6–2
1952 Jaroslav Drobný Eric Sturgess1–6 6–0 6–2
1953 Jaroslav Drobný Lennart Bergelin7–5, 4–6, 6–4
1954 Jaroslav Drobný [7] Giuseppe Merlo9–11, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1955 [8] Budge Patty Fausto Gardini6–1, 8–6, 6–1
1956 [9] Jacques Brichant Budge Patty6–2, 6–2
1957 Giuseppe Merlo Rupert Huber6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1958 Sven Davidson Jacques Brichant6–2. 6–2
1959 Wolfgang Stuck Billy Knight6–3, 6–3, 9–9, ret
1960 Luis Ayala Ulrich Torben6–2, 6–4
1961 Manuel Santana Luis Ayala10–8, 4–6, 6–3
1962 Neale Fraser Fred Stolle6–1, 6–4
1963 Roy Emerson José Edison Mandarino6–3, 9–7. 7–5
1964 [10] Manuel Santana Ronald Barnes6–3, 6–3
1965 [11] Christian Kuhnke Tony Roche3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1966 Ken Fletcher John Newcombe3–6, 6–3, 6–1

Women's Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1896 [12] Elsie Lane? Miss Zographo6–1, 6–0
1897 Blanche Bingley Hillyard Charlotte Cooper6–2, 6–4
1898???
1899???
1900???
1901???
1902???
1903???
1904???
1905 Elsie Lane? Lucie Bergmann6–4, 6–4
1906 Dorothea Douglass Toupie Lowther6–4, 6–4
1907 Daisy Clark Kercheval-Hole Hedwig Neresheimer6–4, 6–3
1908 Dagmar von Krohn Marie Bertrand Amende6–2, 6–0
1909 Agnes Morton Dagmar von Krohn6–3, 6–2
1910 Agnes Morton Hedwig Neresheimer6–4 6–3
1911???
1912???
1913 Lilly Salin Anita Heimann Lent6–0, 7–5
1914–1919Not held (due to world war one)
1920???
1921 Ilse Friedleben Frau von Udermann?
1922???
1923???
1924 Ilse Friedleben??
1925 Irma Kallmeyer Erika de Lacroix?
1926 Ilse Friedleben Irma Kallmeyer6–1, 6–3
1927 Irma Kallmeyer Anna Weihermann Hemp6–8, 6–4, 7–5
1928 Ilse Friedleben Irma Kallmeyer6–1, 6–2
1929 Simonne Mathieu Ilse Friedleben7–5, 6–2
1930 Simonne Mathieu Ilse Friedleben6–2, 7–5
1931 Ilse Friedleben Paula Heimann von Reznicek6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1932 Lolette Payot Paula Heimann von Reznicek4–6, 8–6, 6–3
1933 Toni M. Schomburgk Klara Hammer2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1934???
1935 Marie-Louise Horn Anne Peitz Schneide6–4, 6–1
1936
1937 Irmgard Rost Gisela Enger6–4, 6–3
1938 Totta Zehden Gisela Enger6–1, 6–3
1939???
1940 Hilde Weihe Fraulein Rduchwalkover
1941–1949Not held (partly due to world war two)
1950 Dorothy Head Mary Terán de Weiss7–5, 7–5
1951 Mary Terán de Weiss Mrs Karel Kozeluh2–6 6–2 6–4 6–2
1952 Joy Gannon Mottram Joan Curry?
1953 Joy Gannon Mottram Dorothy Head Knode9–7, 1–6, 10–8
1954 Joy Gannon Mottram Edda Buding6–1, 6–1
1955???
1956???
1957 Yola Ramírez Edda Buding6–2, 6–1
1958 Angela Mortimer Edda Buding5–7, 6–3, 8–6
1959 Edda Buding Erika Obst Launert6–4, 7–5
1960 Angela Mortimer Yola Ramírez4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1961 Elizabeth Starkie Margot Dittmeyer6–3, 1–6, 6–0
1962 Maria Bueno Renée Schuurman2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1963 Norma Baylon Annette Van Zyl6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1964 [13] Maria Bueno Norma Baylon6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1965 [14] Margaret Smith Lesley Turner6–2, 6–1
1966 Helga Schultze Helga Niessen6–3, 3–6, 7–5
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gollark: Time machines? Space machines? Spacetime machines?
gollark: Anomalies? Abstract concepts? Aardvarks?
gollark: Exciting! What do you have to sell? Smaller obelisks? Monoliths? Pocket universes? Hypercomputers?

See also

Notes
  1. "Drobny in Finals". news.google.com. St. Petersburg Times, Sep 5, 1954. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  2. "Who Won?". news.google.com. St. Petersburg Times, Sep 10, 1956. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  3. "Abolition of Challenge Rounds". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. EVENING POST, VOLUME CIII, ISSUE 65, 20 MARCH 1922. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  4. "Internationales Lawntennis-Turnier in Baden-Baden" (PDF). Bohemia. 12 September 1906. p. 6.
  5. "Tennis in Germany". The North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times. Tas.: National Library of Australia. 10 September 1907. p. 3.
  6. "LAWN TENNIS AT BADEN". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 10 September 1908. p. 5.
  7. "Drobny in Finals". news.google.com. St. Petersburg Times, Sep 5, 1954. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  8. "Patty Captures German Tennis Title". news.google.com. The Times News, Sep 5, 1955. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  9. "Who Won?". news.google.com. St. Petersburg Times, Sep 10, 1956. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  10. "Tenis Mundial". news.google.com. El Tiempo, Aug 3, 1964. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  11. "Minute Sports Page". news.google.com. Spokane Daily Chronicle, Aug 2, 1965. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  12. Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis : a cultural history (Repr. ed.). London: Leicester University Press. p. 242. ISBN 9780718501952.
  13. "Tenis Mundial". news.google.com. El Tiempo, Aug 3, 1964. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  14. "Minute Sports Page". news.google.com. Spokane Daily Chronicle, Aug 2, 1965. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

References
  • Lawn Tennis and Badminton Magazines, 1896–1901, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd., London, UK.
  • Lawn Tennis and Croquet Magazines, 1901–1920, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd., London, UK.
  • Tennis:Cultural History, Gillmeister, Heiner, A&C Black, 1998, ISBN 9780718501952.
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