Angmering-on-Sea Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1920
Abolished1938
LocationAngmering, West Sussex, England.
VenueAngmering-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass/Clay

The Angmering-on-Sea Open [1] was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1920 at Angmering, West Sussex, England that ran until 1938.[2]

History

The Angmering-on-Sea Open was an international tennis tournament founded in 1920 at Angmering, West Sussex, England.[3] The event was held at the first Angmering-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club. The tournament was mainly played on grass courts except for the 1921 to 1923 editions which were played on clay courts. The tournament ended in 1938 due the outbreak of World War II the following year.

Finals

Men's Singles

(incomplete roll) included:[4]

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1920United Kingdom George StoddartUnited Kingdom Henry Portlock8-6, 7-5
1921United Kingdom Major RitchieUnited Kingdom Henry Reginald Fussell6-2, 6-2
1922United Kingdom Gordon LoweUnited Kingdom Major Ritchie6-4, 6–3, 6-2
1923United Kingdom Jack HillyardUnited Kingdom Major Ritchie6-2, 6-3
1924United Kingdom Gordon Crole-ReesSwitzerland Hector Cosmo Fisher3-6, 6–2, 6-2
1925United Kingdom Roy PolandUnited Kingdom Major Ritchie6-3, 0–6, 6-3
1926United Kingdom Charles KingsleyUnited Kingdom Major Ritchie6-4, 6-4
1927United Kingdom Roy Poland (2)United Kingdom Leslie Allison Godfreew.o.
1928United Kingdom Ted AvoryUnited Kingdom Roy Poland6-4, 6-3
1929United Kingdom Roy Poland (3)United Kingdom Kenneth Gandar-Dower6-2, 9-7
1930Japan Ryuki MikiBritish Raj Hira-Lal Soni5-7, 6–1, 6-4
1931Japan Ryuki Miki (2)British Raj Hira-Lal Soni5-7, 6–1, 6-4
1932United Kingdom Dickie RitchieJapan Ryuki Miki6-1, 3–6, 6-2
1932/1935Event not held
1936United Kingdom Ronald ShayesUnited Kingdom Henry Billington9-7, 0–6, 8-6
1937United Kingdom Henry BillingtonUnited Kingdom David H. Williams6-3, 6-4
1938United Kingdom Henry Billington (2)Argentina Hector Etchart[5]6-3, 6-4

Women's Singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1920United Kingdom Aurea EdgingtonUnited Kingdom Louise Bull9-7, 6-4
1921United States Elizabeth RyanUnited Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite6-2, 6-1
1922United States Elizabeth Ryan (2)United Kingdom Peggy Ingram6-3, 6-2
1923United Kingdom Phyllis SatterthwaiteUnited Kingdom Ariadne Rodocanachi6-1, 8-6
1924United Kingdom R. ArmstrongUnited Kingdom Louise Bull1-6, 6–0, 6-4
1925United Kingdom Phoebe Holcroft WatsonUnited Kingdom Eleanor Rose6-3, 6-4
1926United Kingdom Phoebe Holcroft Watson (2)United Kingdom Kitty McKane Godfree6-3, 6-4
1927United Kingdom Phoebe Holcroft Watson (3)United Kingdom Aurea Edgington6-4, 6-4
1928United Kingdom Margaret McKane StocksUnited Kingdom Joyce Brown6-4, 6-0
1929British Raj Jenny SandisonUnited Kingdom Dorothy Shaw Jameson6-1, 6-4
1930United Kingdom Margaret Walsh MellowsUnited Kingdom Geraldine Beamish6-3, 6-2
1931United Kingdom Peggy BrazierUnited Kingdom Helen Ramsey Burr7-5, 6-2
1932United Kingdom Phyllis Mudford KingUnited Kingdom Louise Bull6-0, 6-1
1932/1935Event not held
1936United Kingdom Valerie ScottUnited Kingdom Betty Hobson3-6, 6–4, 10-8
1937United Kingdom Valerie Scott (2)United Kingdom Betty Smith5-7, 6–3, 6-2
1938United Kingdom Valerie Scott (3)United Kingdom Thelma Jarvis6-1, 4–6, 6-4

References

  1. DEVELOPMENTS AT ANGMERING: Started ten years ago, the Angmeringon-Sea Open Lawn Tennis Tournament has increased in popularity to such an extent that in recent years entries have surpassed all expectations. Worthing Gazette, Wednesday 16 October 1929, Sussex, England, The Britishnewspaper Archive. Source: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002167/19291016/042/0002. page. 2.
  2. "ANGMERING-ON-SEA TENNIS. OPEN TOURNAMENT FINALS. The semi-finals and finals in the Open Events of the annual Lawn Tennis Tournament at the South West Sussex Club at Angmering is scheduled for today" (Subsciption). Worthing Gazette. Sussex, England: British Newspaper Archive. 31 August 1938. p. 10. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  3. "DEVELOPMENTS AT ANGMERING. ON. SEA. Started ten years ago, the Angmeringon-Sea Open Lawn Tennis Tournament has increased in popularity to such an extent that in recent years entries have surpassed all expectations" (Subsciption). Worthing Gazette. Sussex, England: British Newspaper Archive. 16 October 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  4. "Tournament – Angmering-on-Sea". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  5. "Hector Etchart: Overview". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
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