The Homburg Cup
Der Homburg-Pokal
Defunct tennis tournament
TourPre-open era (1877-1967)
Founded1894
Abolished1936
Editions26
LocationBad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
VenueBad Homburg Tennis Club
(1894-1936)
SurfaceClay/Outdoor

The Homburg Cup [1] or Der Homburg-Pokal its original name was a tennis event held from 1894 through 1936 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany on outdoor Clay court's.

History

The Homburg Cup tournament was first held in 1894 played at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany and usually August. The Homburg Cup was organised by the 1st President of the German Tennis Federation, Carl August von der Meden, the early staging of this event attracted some of the most well known aristocracy in Europe such as the, Emperor of Germany, Crown Prince of Greece, and the Duke of Cambridge numerous other aristocrats appeared every year which generated significant press coverage for the event, prize money that was on offer was said to be substantial at the time which was probably why it was considered one of the most important [2] and prestigious [3] early pre-open era tournaments in continental Europe and Germany along with German Championships known then for its ability to attract the best players in the world throughout its early period certainly up to the beginning of World War I. It was an open event and featured the likes of the Arthur Gore, Anthony Wilding, Joshua Pim Laurence and Reginald Doherty, A Harold Mahony and Max Décugis its lasted 41 years until 1935 the event featured men's doubles,[4] women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles [5] competition.

Finals

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) in some tournaments not all. * Indicates challenger

Men's singles

(Incomplete list)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1894Australia Samuel Henry Hughes ? ?
1895 [6]United Kingdom William M. CranstonUnited Kingdom Reginald Forbes6-0, 6-3, 6-1
1896 [7]England Reginald DohertyUnited Kingdom William M. Cranstonwalkover
1897 [8]England Reginald Doherty (2)England George Hillyardwalkover
1898 [9]England Reginald Doherty (3)England Laurence Dohertywalkover
1899England Reginald Doherty (4)United States Clarence Hobart3-6, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-4
1900 [10]England Laurence DohertyEngland George Hillyard[11]7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2
1901 [12]France Max DecugisFrance Jacques Worthwalkover
1902 [13]United Kingdom Josiah RitchieUnited Kingdom Frederick William Payn6-3, 6-1, 6-4
1903Ireland George Ball-GreeneUnited Kingdom Josiah Ritchie7-5, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3
1904Ireland George Ball-Greene[14] (2)United States Wylie Cameron Grant9-7, 6-2, 6-3
1905Ireland George Ball-Greene (3)New Zealand Anthony Wildingshared title
1906New Zealand Anthony Wilding[15] (2)Germany Otto Froitzheim6-1, 6-1, 6-4
1907 [16]Germany Otto FroitzheimNew Zealand Anthony Wilding6-4, 6-2, 6-3
1908 [17]Germany Otto Froitzheim (2)New Zealand Anthony Wilding6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 8-6
1909Germany Otto Froitzheim (3)United Kingdom Josiah Ritchie6-4, 5-7, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
1910Germany Heinrich KleinschrothGermany Heinrich Schomburgk5-7, 6-4, 6-0, 6-3
1911Germany Otto Froitzheim (4)Germany Heinrich Schomburgk1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1912Germany Oscar KreuzerUnited Kingdom Gordon Lowe6-4, 1-6, 3-6, 6-0, 8-6
1913Germany Otto Froitzheim (5)Germany Paul Otto Lindpaintner6-1, 6-2
1914/1918Not held (due to World War I)
1919Germany Otto Froitzheim (6)Germany Oscar Kreuzer6-3, 6-1, 6-1
1920Germany Otto Froitzheim (7)Germany Oscar Kreuzer6-1, 6-3, 6-3
1921Germany Oscar Kreuzer (2)Germany Heinrich Kleinschroth6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
1925Germany Willi HannemannGermany Otto Froitzheim4-6, 7-5, ret.
1926Denmark Axel PetersenGermany Otto Froitzheimw.o.
1927Germany Georg T. W. DemasiusGermany Otto Froitzheimw.o.
1928Denmark Axel Petersen (2)Germany Johann Philip Buss2-6, 6-1, 6-3, ret.
1929France Christian BoussusGermany Otto Froitzheimw.o.
1930Australia Harry HopmanFrance Christian Boussus2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4
1931Czechoslovakia Roderich MenzelGermany Fritz Kuhlmann Sr6-1, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
1932Australia Harry Hopman (2)Australia Clifford Sproule2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 8-6, 6-3
1933/1934Not held
1935Germany Werner MenzelGermany Fritz Kuhlmann Sr6-1, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0
1936United Kingdom John OlliffRomania Arnulf Schmidt1-6, 8-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2

Women's singles

(Incomplete list)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1895United Kingdom Toupie LowtherGermany S. Pollen6-2. 6-1
1896United Kingdom Elsie LaneUnited Kingdom Toupie Lowther6-0, 6-2
1897United Kingdom Blanche Bingley HillyardUnited Kingdom Charlotte Cooperdivided prizes.
1898United Kingdom Elsie Lane (2)United Kingdom Toupie Lowther7-5, 7-5
1899United Kingdom Charlotte CooperGermany Clara von der Schulenburg7-5. 6-4
1900United Kingdom Blanche Bingley Hillyard (2)United Kingdom Muriel Robb2-6, 8-6, 7-5
1901United Kingdom Toupie Lowther (2)United Kingdom Blanche Duddell6-0, 6-0
1902United Kingdom Charlotte Cooper Sterry (2)United Kingdom Toupie Lowther6-2, 2-6, 6-3
1903United Kingdom Toupie Lowther (3)Germany Clara von der Schulenburg1-6, 6-4, 6-0
1904United Kingdom Toupie Lowther (4)United Kingdom Elsie Lane6-2, 7-5
1905United Kingdom Dorothea DouglassUnited Kingdom Toupie Lowther6-3, 7-5
1906United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass (2)United Kingdom Blanche Bingley Hillyard6-4, 8-6
1907Germany Hedwig NeresheimerUnited Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury10-8, 6-3
1908Germany Lucie BergmannGermany Miss. Stettheimer6-2, 6-2
1909United Kingdom Agnes MortonGermany Dagmar von Krohn6-2, 6-2
1910United Kingdom Agnes Morton (2)Germany Mieken Rieck6-1, 6-4
1911United Kingdom Agnes Morton (3)Germany Nelly Bamberger6-2, 6-4
1912Germany Lilly SalinGermany Ilse Weihermann6-3, 6-4
1913Germany Nelly BambergerGermany Lilly Salin6-3, 2-0 retd.
1914/1918Not held (due to World War I)
1919Germany Ilse FriedlebenSpain Lili de Alvarez?
1921Germany Ilse Friedleben (2)Spain Lili de Alvarez5-7, 8-6 retd.
1922Germany Ilse Friedleben (3)Germany Hete Käber6-3, 6-2
1924Germany Ilse Friedleben (4)Germany Toni Weihermann?
1925Germany Ilse Friedleben (5)Germany Cilly Aussem6-2, 6-3
1926Germany Anna Weihermann HempGermany Nelly Neppach6-4, 3-6, 3-0 retd.
1927Germany Ilse FriedlebenFrance Simonne Mathieu6-4, 3-0, retd.
1928Germany Toni Mettenheimer SchomburgkGermany Ilse Friedleben6-4, 2-6, 6-4
1929Germany Toni Weihermann RichterGermany Ellen Hoffmann6-1, 6-2
1930Germany Ilse Friedleben (6)Germany Hilde Krahwinkeldefault
1931Germany Anne PeitzGermany Marie-Louise Horn6-3, 7-5
1932Germany Hilde KrahwinkelGermany Marie-Louise Horn6-1, 6-0
1933/1934Not held
1935Germany Margarethe KäppelGermany Anne Peitz Schneider6-4, 3-6, 7-5
1936Germany Anneliese UllsteinGermany Klara Hammer Beutter6-4, 7-5

Records

Notes

  1. ↑ "Lawn Tennis". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13536, 12 October 1907. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Hobart, Clarence. "Lawn Tennis in Continental Europe" (PDF). la84.org. LA84 Foundation: Out Volume 38,XXXVIII,06, 8 Jan 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis : a cultural history (Repr. ed.). London: Leicester University Press. p. 257. ISBN 9780718501952.
  4. ↑ "Lawn Tennis". nla.gov.au. The Capricornian Newspaper, p.12, 18 Oct 1902. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Lawn Tennis". nla.gov.au. The Capricornian Newspaper, p.12, 18 Oct 1902. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Homburg 1895, Homburg Cup, Germany". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Homburg 1896 Homburg Cup Germany". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Homburg 1897 Homburg Cup Germany". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Homburg 1898 Homburg Cup Germany". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Homburg 1900, Homburg Cup Germany". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  11. ↑ Cox, Bruce Tarran ; foreword by Mark (2013). George Hillyard : the man who moved Wimbledon. Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 68. ISBN 1780885490.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ↑ Coorei. "Lawn Tennis". news.google.com. The Sydney Mail, Apr 26, 1911. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". stevegtennis.com. Steve G Tennis. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  14. ↑ Coorei. "Lawn Tennis". news.google.com. The Sydney Mail, Apr 26, 1911. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  15. ↑ Coorei. "Lawn Tennis". news.google.com. The Sydney Mail, Apr 26, 1911. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  16. ↑ "Lawn Tennis at Homburg". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Omaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10276, 13 October 1909. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  17. ↑ "Lawn Tennis at Homburg". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Omaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10276, 13 October 1909. Retrieved 4 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.

See also

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