Cumberland Hard Court Championships

The Cumberland Hard Court Championships or Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships^[1] and also known as the Cumberland Hard Court Tournament was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded as in 1927. It was played at the Cumberland Club, Hampstead, London, England until tournament ended in 1986.^[2]

Cumberland Hard Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Cumberland Hard Court Championships (1927-70) Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships (1971) Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships (1972–80) British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament (1981-86)
Tour	ILTF Circuit (1913-70) Bio-Strath Circuit, (1970-71) ILTF Independent Tour (1972-86)
Founded	1927
Abolished	1985
Location	Hampstead, London, England
Venue	Cumberland Club
Surface	Clay

History

The Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships were founded in 1927 and played at the Cumberland Club, Hampstead, England. In 1971 the tournament was incorporated into the Bio-Strath Circuit under the sponsorship name of the Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships or simply the Bio-Strath Cumberland,^[3] where it was the second leg of circuit that year. In 1981 the British department store retail company British Home Stores took over sponsorship of the event, and it was branded as the British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament.^[4] The tournament ran through till 1986 as part of the ILTF Independent Tour then was discontinued.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
Cumberland Hard Court Championships
1931	Jiro Satoh	Ted Avory	6-4, 6-3.[2]
1934	Bunny Austin	Man-Mohan Bhandari[5]	6-2 6-1
1935	John Olliff	Frank Wilde	14-12, 6-2.[2]
1936	Charles Hare	John Olliff	6-4, 6-3.[2]
1937	Ronald Shayes	Edmund John David[6]	6-4, 6-2.[2]
1938	Wai-Chuen Choy	John Olliff	4-6, 6-2, 6-3.[2]
1939/1946	Not held (due to World War II)
1947	Howard Walton	Francis Wallis[7]	4-6, 6-2, 6-2.[2]
1948	Headley Baxter	Dennis Slack[8]	6-2, 6-1
1949	Tony Mottram	Geoff Paish	6-2, 6-4.[2]
1950	Geoffrey Brown	Headley Baxter	6-2, 6-2.[2]
1951	Tony Mottram (2)	Peter Cawthorn	6-2, 6-1.[2]
1952	Peter Cawthorn	Gerry Oakley	6-3, 6-1.[2]
1953	Roger Becker	Gerry Oakley	6-3, 6-4.[2]
1954	Jeff Robson	Billy Knight	6-3, 6-4.[2]
1955	Billy Knight	Tony Mottram	1-6, 6-4, 6-2.[2]
1956	Bobby Wilson	Mike Davies	1-6, 6-3, 7-5.[2]
1957	Gerry Oakley	Tony Pickard	w.o.[2]
1958	Bobby Wilson (2)	Gerry Oakley	7-5, 6-4.[2]
1959	Lew Gerrard	Roger Becker	6-3, 6-2.[2]
1960	Bobby Wilson (3)	Norman Kitovitz	6-1, 6-2.[2]
1961	Roger Becker (2)	Günther Sanders	6-3, 6-4.[2]
1962	Martin Mulligan	Warren Jacques	6-4, 6-4.[2]
1963	Mark Cox	Harry Matheson[9]	6-3, 7-5.[2]
1964	Mark Cox	Clay Iles	7-5, 6-2.[2]
1965	Bobby Wilson (4)	Gerald Battrick	6-3, 7-5.[2]
1966	Graham Stilwell	Stanley Matthews	2-6, 6-3, 6-3.[2]
1967	Gerald Battrick	Mike Carpenter[10]	7-5, 6-4.[2]
1968	Bobby Wilson (5)	Peter Curtis	6-3, 6-0.[2]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Bobby Wilson (6)	Keith Wooldridge	6-3, 6-1.[2]
1970	Allan McDonald	Keith Wooldridge	6-3, 9-7.[2]
Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships
1971	Ian Fletcher	Alan Mills	7-5, 6-0.[2]
↓  ILTF Independent Tour  ↓
Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships
1972	David Lloyd	John de Mendoza	6-0, 9-7.[2]
1973	Buster Mottram	Syd Ball	6-2, 6-1.[2]
1974	Keith Hancock	Richard Lewis	6-3, 6-4.[2]
1975	Robin Drysdale	Alvin Gardiner	6-7, 6-2, 6-4.[2]
1977	David Lloyd (2)	Chris Bradnam	7-6, 6-4.[2]
1978	Chris Bradnam[11]	Michael Appleton	6-1, 6-3.[2]
1979	Chris Bradnam (2)	Rohun Beven	6-3, 6-4.[2]
1980	Rohun Beven	Willie Davies	6-1, 6-2.[2]
British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament
1981	Mark Cox (2)	Chris Bradnam	7-6, 6-4.[2]
1982	Stephen Alger	Christo van Rensburg	6-2, 7-6.[2]
1983	John Feaver	Chris Bradnam	4-6, 7-6, 7-5.[2]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Cumberland Hard Court Championships
↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓
1927	Christabel Hardie	Elsie Goldsack	6-4, 4-6, 6-2
1928	Violet Chamberlain	Christabel Hardie	6-2, 6-1
1929	Joan Ridley	Betty Dix	6-2, 6-2
1930	Elsie Goldsack Pittman	Joan Ridley	3-6, 6-3, 6-3
1931	Davina Gordon Townsend	Freda Scott	3-6, 6-1, 6-2
1932	Mrs H. Martin	N. Case	6-4, 6-2
1933	Jeanette Morfey	Jean Saunders	divided title
1934	Christabel Hardie Wheatcroft (2)	Mary Burgess-Smith	4-6, 8-6, 8-6
1935	Joan Ingram	Christabel Hardie Wheatcroft	6-1, 6-3
1936	Mary Heeley	Sheila Paterson	6-1, 6-1
1937	Mary Heeley (2)	Nina Brown	6-1, 6-0
1938	Mary Hardwick	Betty Batt	8-6, 6-2
1939/1946	Not held (due to World War II)
1946	Joan Curry	Betty Clements Hilton	7-5, 6-4
1947	Joan Curry (2)	Peggy Dawson-Scott	6-3, 6-2
1948	Joan Curry (3)	Molly Lincoln Blair	6-2, 6-4
1949	Jean Quertier	Jean Walker-Smith	6-4, 6-1
1950	Patsy Rodgers	Joey Physick David	6-4, 6-0
1951	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Susan Partridge	4-6, 6-2, 6-4
1952	Gem Hoahing	Georgie Woodgate	2-6, 6-4, 6-3
1953	Angela Mortimer	Gem Hoahing	6-3, 6-1
1954	Angela Buxton	Lorna Cawthorn	6-4, 6-0
1955	Pearl Gannon Panton	Jenny Middleton	5-7, 6-2, 6-0
1956	Angela Buxton (2)	Sue Waters	6-0, 6-4
1957	Christine Truman	Sheila Armstrong	4-6, 6-1, 8-6
1958	Christine Truman (2)	Sheila Armstrong	6-3, 5-7, 6-3
1959	Shirley Bloomer	Ruia Morrison	6-2, 6-4
1960	Christine Truman (3)	Shirley Bloomer Brasher	6-4, 6-2
1961	Pauline Titchener Roberts	Rosemary Deloford	6-4, 6-2
1962	Ann Haydon	Lorna Cawthorn	6-2, 6-1
1963	Christine Truman (4)	Robin Lesh	7-5, 6-8, 6-4
1964	Jan Lehane	Ann Haydon Jones	6-3, 2-6, 6-4
1965	Ann Haydon Jones (2)	Christine Truman	4-6, 6-3, 10-8
1966	Ann Haydon Jones (3)	Elizabeth Starkie	6-2, 6-2
1967	Christine Truman (5)	Jitka Volavková	7-5, 6-1
1968	Faye Toyne-Moore	Christine Truman Janes	6-4, 6-2
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Joyce Barclay Williams	Winnie Shaw	7-5, 6-2
1970	Evonne Goolagong	Jill Cooper	6-2, 9-7
Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships
1971	Christine Truman Janes (6)	Jill Cooper	8-6, 4-6, 6-2
↓  ILTF Independent Tour  ↓
Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships
1972	Glynis Coles	Patti Hogan	8-6, 6-4
1973	Linda Mottram	Veronica Burton	7-5, 2-6, 6-2
1974	Veronica Burton	Paulina Peisachov	4-6, 9-8, 6-2
1975	Linda Mottram (2)	Glynis Coles	7-6, 7-5
1977	Linda Mottram (3)	Jackie Fayter	6-2, 5-7, 6-4
1978	Linda Mottram (4)	Jackie Fayter	6-3, 6-7, 6-2
1979	Jo Durie	Linda Mottram	6-4, 6-1
1980	Jo Durie (2)	Anne Hobbs	6-4, 7-6
British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament
1981	Jo Durie (3)	Debbie Jevans	6-3, 6-4
1982	Kate Brasher	Masako Yanagi	6-1, 6-1
1983	Amanda Brown	Debbie Jevans Jarrett	6-2, 4-6, 6-3
1985	Elna Reinach	Nancy Cohen	7-5, 7-5
1986	Catrin Jexell	Jane Wood	6-4, 6-2