Berlin Open
Tennis tournament
The Berlin Open officially known as the West Berlin Open [ 1] [ a] was a men's tennis tournament founded in 1896 as a combined event (women included) called the Championships of Berlin until 1914,[ 2] following World War I the event was known as the Berlin Championships .[ 3] [ 4] The event was first played at the Lawn-Tennis-Turnier-Club until 1906.[ 5] [ 3] In 1907 it moved to Grunewald , and a new venue the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club .[ 3] Following World War II the tournament was branded as the West Berlin International Championships .[ 3] It then ran annually until 1973 as a combined event when the women's tournament was discontinued.[ 3] The men's event carried on until 1983 when it was last held in West Berlin , West Germany .[ 3] The event was part of the Grand Prix circuit and was played on outdoor clay courts .[ 3]
Finals
Men's singles
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
Championships of Berlin
1896
Herbert Dering
Leopold Bach
6–4, 6–0, 6–4.[ 3]
1897
Herbert Dering (2)
Fritz Grobien
w.o.[ 3]
1898
Paul Arnold
Adolf Von Gordon
5–7, 6–1, 6–2, 6–3.[ 3]
1899
Adolf Von Gordon
Paul Arnold
w.o.[ 3]
1900
A. Wladimir Schmitz
Adolf Von Gordon
w.o.[ 3]
1901
Major Ritchie
A. Wladimir Schmitz
w.o.[ 3]
1902
Major Ritchie (2)
Gunnar Setterwall
w.o.[ 3]
1903
Major Ritchie (3)
Curt von Wessely
6–1, 6–1, 6–1.[ 3]
1904
Otto von Müller
Major Ritchie
w.o.[ 3]
1905
Otto von Müller (2)
Ferdinand Bölling
6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 6–4.[ 3]
1906
Not held
1907
Oscar Kreuzer
Otto von Müller
w.o.[ 3]
1908
Oscar Kreuzer (2)
Felix Pipes
6–3, 6–0, 7–5.[ 3]
1909
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
Oscar Kreuzer
w.o.[ 3]
1910
Otto Froitzheim
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
6–2, 12–10, 6–4.[ 3]
1911
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe (2)
Otto von Müller
w.o.[ 3]
1912
Oscar Kreuzer (3)
Otto Froitzheim
3–4, ret.[ 3]
1913
Robert Kleinschroth[ 6]
Oscar Kreuzer
w.o.[ 3]
1914
Otto Froitzheim (2)
Robert Kleinschroth
w.o.[ 3]
1915/1918
Not held (due to World War I)
Berlin Championships
1919
Otto Froitzheim (3)
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
6–3, 7–5.[ 3]
1920
Oscar Kreuzer (4)
Curt Bruno Bergmann
7–5, 6–3, ret.[ 3]
1921
Otto Froitzheim (4)
Robert Kleinschroth
6–3, 6–3, 6–2.[ 3]
1922
Otto Froitzheim (5)
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
6–2, 7–5, 10–8.[ 3]
1923
Bela Von Kehrling
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
7–5, 6–3, 9–7.[ 3]
1924
Bela Von Kehrling (2)
Heinz Landmann[ 7]
6–1, 6–3, 6–1.[ 3]
1925
Umberto De Morpurgo
Otto Froitzheim
3–6, 4–6, 9–7, 6–3 retd.[ 3]
1926
Bela Von Kehrling (3)
Willi Hahnemann
6–2, 1–6, 6–1, 6–2.[ 3]
1927
Willi Hahnemann
Axel Petersen [ 8]
w.o.[ 3]
1928
Bela Von Kehrling (4)
Daniel Prenn
6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2.[ 3]
1929
Henri Cochet
Roderich Menzel
9–11, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1.[ 3]
1930
Bill Tilden II
Daniel Prenn
7–5, 8–6, 1–6, 7–5.[ 3]
1931
Roderich Menzel
Daniel Prenn
6–4, 6–2, 6–1.[ 3]
1932
Roderich Menzel (2)
Jacques Brugnon
6–4, 6–3, 6–3.[ 3]
1933
Gottfried von Cramm
Roderich Menzel
2–6, 6–1, 15–13, ret.[ 3]
1934
Gottfried von Cramm (2)
Giovanni Palmieri
6–0, 6–1, 7–5.[ 3]
1935
Not held
1936
Gottfried von Cramm (3)
Henner Henkel
6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2.[ 3]
1937
František Cejnar
Gottfried von Cramm
8–6, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4.[ 3]
1938
Jaroslav Drobný
Hans Redl
6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.[ 3]
1940
Henner Henkel
Rolf Göpfert
6–2, 4–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2.[ 3]
1931/1948
Not held (due to World War II) and after
West Berlin International Championships
1949
Rolf Göpfert
Helmut Göttsche
5–7, 6–4, 6–4.[ 3]
1950
Bill Sidwell
Alfred Huber
10–8, 6–4, 6–3.[ 3]
1951
Budge Patty
Dick Savitt
6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3.[ 3]
1952
Ham Richardson
Derek Capell [ 9]
6–3, 6–0, 6–0.[ 3]
1953
Lennart Bergelin
George Worthington
6–3, 6–3, 6–3.[ 3]
1954
Gardnar Mulloy
Budge Patty
7–9, 8–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3.[ 3]
1955
Jaroslav Drobný (2)
Hugh Stewart
6–1, 6–1, 6–1.[ 3]
1956
Hugh Stewart
Vladimir Petrović
6–4, 6–0, 6–4.[ 3]
1957
Warren Woodcock
Budge Patty
5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3.[ 3]
1958
Wladyslaw Skonecki
Sven Davidson
6–4, 6–2, 6–4.[ 3]
1959
Neale Fraser
Warren Woodcock
6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–0.[ 3]
1960
Wolfgang Stuck
Christian Kuhnke
9–7, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4.[ 3]
1961
Warren Woodcock (2)
Giuseppe Merlo
6–2, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4.[ 3]
1962
Frank Froehling III
Ingo Buding
2–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4.[ 3]
1963
Christian Kuhnke
Fred Stolle
6–3, 2–6, 13–11, 6–1.[ 3]
1964
Roy Emerson
Ken Fletcher
6–3, 7–5, 6–3.[ 3]
1965
Bob Hewitt
Ken Fletcher
1–6, 0–6, 8–6, 6–2, 6–3.[ 3]
1966
Niki Pilic
Bob Hewitt
6–2, 12–10, 6–3.[ 3]
1967
Roy Emerson (2)
Manuel Santana
6–4, 7–9, 6–4, 3–2 ret.[ 3]
1968
Manuel Santana
Tom Okker
6–8, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2.[ 3]
↓ Open Era ↓
West Berlin Open
1969
Raymond Moore
Cliff Drysdale
1–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–8, 7–5.[ 3]
1970
Georges Goven
Christian Kuhnke
6–2, 2–6, 6–1, 6–3.[ 3]
1971
Christian Kuhnke (2)
Manuel Santana
6–2, 7–9, 0–6, 7–5, 4–4, ret.[ 3]
1973
Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
Harald Elschenbroich
6–2, 7–6, 6–3.[ 3]
1974
Christian Kuhnke (3)
Karl Meiler
6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.[ 3]
1976
Víctor Pecci
Hans-Jürgen Pohmann
6–1, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3.[ 3]
1977
Paolo Bertolucci
Jiří Hřebec
6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4.[ 3]
1978
Vladimír Zedník
Harald Elschenbroich
6–4, 7–5, 6–2.[ 3]
1979
Peter McNamara
Patrice Dominguez
6–4, 6–0, 6–7, 6–2.[ 3]
1981
Werner Zirngibl
Erick Iskersky
6–3, 7–6 .[ 3]
1982
Klaus Eberhard
Peter Elter
6–2, 6–2.[ 3]
1983
Karsten Schulz [ 10]
Klaus Eberhard
6–4, 6–7, 6–1.[ 3]
Men's doubles
Women's singles
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
Championships of Berlin
1896
Clara von der Schulenburg
Tila Steinmann
6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1897
Clara von der Schulenburg (2)
Antonie Kusenberg Popp
6–3, ret.
1898
Clara von der Schulenburg (3)
Helen Jackson
6–0, 6–0, 6–2
1899
Hedwig Rosenbaum
Else Steinmann
2–6, 6–2, 10–8, 6–4
1900
Bertha Kalser
Frl Garnet
6–4, 6–2
1901
L. von Simson
G. Wiebe
6–2, 3–6, 6–1
1902
Elsie Lane
Nelly Herz
walkover
1903
Clara von der Schulenburg (4)
Nora Cavallar
6–3, 6–1
1904
Clara von der Schulenburg (5)
Paula Gusserow
6–2, 6–1
1905
Clara von der Schulenburg (6)
Nelly Schmoller
6–0, 6–3
1906
Not held
1907
Emma Koettgen
F. Foth
6–1, 6–1
1908
Dagmar von Krohn
Mary Gray Curtis-Whyte
9–7, 6–4
1909
Clara von der Schulenburg (7)
Gertrud Mittler
6–1, 6–1
1910
Clara von der Schulenburg (8)
Hedwig Neresheimer
7–5, 6–4
1911
Mieken Rieck
Emma Köttgen
8–6, 4–6, 6–2
1912
Mieken Rieck (2)
Gertrud Mittler
6–1, 6–3
1913
Gertrud Mittler
T. Popp
6–1, 6–3
1914
Hedwig Neresheimer von Satzger
Marie Bertrand Amende
6–8, 6–4, 6–3
1915/1918
Not held (due to World War I)
Berlin Championships
1919
Hete Kaeber
Daisy Schultz Uhl
6–4, 7–5
1920
Clara von der Schulenburg (9)
Hete Kaeber
3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1921
Ilse Weihermann Friedleben
Lili de Alvarez
6–2, 6–0
1922
Ilse Weihermann Friedleben (2)
Nelly Neppach
6–2, 5–7, 6–2
1923
Nelly Neppach
Ilona Varady
6–2, 6–1
1924
Ilse Friedleben (3)
Nelly Neppach
6–1, 7–5
1925
Ilse Friedleben (4)
Nelly Neppach
6–2, 6–0
1926
Kea Bouman
Nelly Neppach
6–0, 7–5
1927
Ilse Friedleben (5)
Irma Kallmeyer
6–1, 6–2
1928[ 11]
Elizabeth Ryan
Toni Mettenheimer Schomburgk
6–3 ,6–3
1929
Paula von Reznicek
Cilly Aussem
7–5, 6–3
1930[ 12]
Cilly Aussem
Hilde Krahwinkel
4–6, 8–6, 6–1
1931
Ida Adamoff
Ilse Friedleben
3–6, 6–0, 6–4
1932
Hilde Krahwinkel
Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
6–4, 6–1
1933
Hilde Krahwinkel (2)
Marie Luise Horn
3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1934
Marie-Louise Horn
Elizabeth Ryan
6–2, 6–2
1935
Not held
1936
Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (3)
Nelly Adamson
6–2, 6–0
1937
Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling (4)
Anneliese Ullstein
6–0, 6–3
1938
Totta Zehden
Gracyn Wheeler
6–2, 6–8, 6–1
1939/1949
Not held (due to World War II) and after
West Berlin International Championships
1949
Ruth von Falkenhayn
Mary Terán de Weiss
4–6, 6–4, 8–6
1950
Thelma Coyne Long
Inge Pohmann
6–3, 6–3
1951
Thelma Coyne Long (2)
Margaret Osborne duPont
6–4, 6–3
1952
Totta Zehden (2)
Inge Hoffert Buderus
4–6, 6–1, 7–5
1953
Totta Zehden (3)
Inge Reh Vogler
6–2, 6–1
1954
Silvana Lazzarino
Elena Lehmann
6–1, 6–4
1955
Birgit Gullbrandsson-Sandén
Marica Crnadak
6–3, 6–4
1956
Erika Vollmer
Heather Nicholls Brewer
4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1957
Jenny Staley Hoad
Mary Bevis Hawton
6–1, 7–5
1958
Edda Buding
Lucia Bassi
6–2, 6–0
1959
Sandra Reynolds
Maria Bueno
7–5, 6–2
1960
Yola Ramirez
Inge Pohmann
6–4, 6–0
1961
Angela Mortimer
Margot Dittmeyer
6–2, 6–1
1962
Lesley Turner
Jan Lehane
8–6, 3–6, 6–2
1963
Margaret Smith
Robyn Ebbern
6–2, 7–5
1964
Margaret Smith (2)
Helga Schultze
6–2, 6–1
1965
Helga Schultze
Jill Blackman
6–4, 6–8, 6–1
1966
Sonja Pachta
Almut Sturm
6–2, 8–6
1967
Pat Walkden
Helga Schultze
6–2, 1–6, 6–2
1968
Helga Schultze (2)
Margaret Smith Court
6–1, 7–5
↓ Open Era ↓
West Berlin Open
1969[ 13]
Karen Krantzcke
Lesley Turner Bowrey
6–1, 6–2
1970
Virginia Wade
Helga Niessen
10–8, 6–1
1971
Helga Niessen Masthoff
Katja Ebbinghaus
7–5, 1–6, 6–3
1974
Helga Schultze Hoesl (3)
Raquel Giscafré
6–4, 6–0
See also
Notes
References
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