Bermuda Open
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{{Infobox tennis tournament
|name =Bermuda Open
|type = defunct
|event name =Bermuda Open Tennis Championships (1879-?)
Bermuda Championships (1914-1974)
Bermuda Open (1975).
Bermuda Classic (1976)
|tour = Grand Prix circuit (1975–76)
|sponsor =
|founded =1879
|editions =
|ended =1976
|location=Hamilton, Bermuda
Paget, Bermuda
|venue=
|surface =Hardcourt (1914-1944, 79)
Clay (1947–76)
|website =
}}
The Bermuda Open{{cite web|title=Tournaments:Bermuda Championships – Bermuda Open |url=https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ |website=The Tennis Base |publisher=Tennismem SL |location= Madrid, Spain |access-date=16 November 2023|url-access=subscription}} was originally founded as the Bermuda Open Tennis Championships{{cite book |last1=Bancroft |first1=James W. |title=The Early Years of the FA Cup: How the British Army Helped Establish the World's First Football Tournament |date=8 December 2021 |publisher=Frontline Books |location=Barnsley, England |isbn=978-1-3990-9994-3 |page=69 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOJIEAAAQBAJ&dq=West+of+England+Championships+tennis+1881&pg=PA69 |language=en}} in 1879 the later called the Bermuda Championships in 1914 and was staged in Hamilton, During the 1950s and 1960s it was called the Bermuda International Championships. and was staged under that name until 1974. In 1976 the tournament was known as the Bermuda Classic. From 1914 until at least 1944 it was played on outdoor hard courts. In later years it was held in Paget in Bermuda and played on outdoor clay courts.
History
The first known tennis event to be staged in Bermuda occurred in September 1876 when a Bermuda Tournament for women was held only one time, that was won by Mary G. Gray.{{cite book |last1=Fein |first1=Paul |title=Tennis Confidential II: More of Today's Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies |date=30 April 2009 |publisher=Potomac Books |location=Sterling, VA |isbn=978-1-61234-395-2 |page=95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gX1-BdCFht8C&dq=Bermuda+Tennis+Tournament+in+1876%2C+Mary+Gray&pg=PA95 |language=en}} The first edition of the Bermuda Open Tennis Championships was staged in 1879 at Hamilton, the men's doubles event was won by Pelham Von Donop and Charles Wood.Bankcroft By 1914 the tournament was known as the Bermuda Championships. In 1950s-1960s the denomination used was the Bermuda International or sometimes the Bermuda Invitation (for the women's events). The tournament was also staged at Paget the last time occurring in 1968. The original surface was hard courts until 1944 when it switched to clay courts. In 1975 the Bermuda Championships was rebranded as the Bermuda Open. In 1976 at the final edition its name was changed again to the Bermuda Classic.
Finals
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=Men's singles=
(incomplete roll)
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style="width:60px"|Year
!style="width:200px"|Champions !style="width:200px"|Runners-up !style="width:175px" class="unsortable"|Score | |||
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colspan=10 align=center |Bermuda Championships | |||
1914 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Arthur Berger | {{flagicon|USA}} Albert J. Ostendorf | 6–2, 6–1 ret. |
1914/1919 | colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |No competition (due to WWI) | ||
1922 | {{flagicon|USA}} Lawrence Bridges Rice{{cite news |title=Lawrence B. Rice, 94 Was architect, tennis champion - The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) {{!}} HighBeam Research |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8724970.html |access-date=16 November 2023 |work=Boston Globe |via=Wayback Machine |date=10 January 1992|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324234523/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8724970.html |archive-date=24 March 2016 }} | {{flagicon|USA}} Vinnie Richards | 6–3, 1–6, 6–1, 6–2. |
1923 | {{flagicon|USA}} Vinnie Richards | {{flagicon|USA}} Lawrence Bridges Rice | 6–3, 6–3, 6–0. |
1924 | {{flagicon|USA}} Herbert Bowman | {{flagicon|USA}} Gerald Emerson | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–2. |
1925{{cite news |title=Fred Anderson Takes Final, Wins Bermuda Tennis Title |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1925/02/28/archives/fred-anderson-takes-final-wins-bermuda-tennis-title.html |access-date=16 November 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=28 February 1925 |location=New York City |page=10}} | {{flagicon|USA}} Fred Anderson | {{flagicon|GBR}} F. R. Leighton Crawford | 5–7, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3. |
1926 | {{flagicon|USA}} Herbert Bowman (2) | {{flagicon|CAN}} Willard Crocker | 6–8, 6–4, 6–2, 0–6, 6–3. |
1927 | {{flagicon|USA}} George Lott | {{flagicon|USA}} Fritz Mercur | 4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 12–10. |
1928 | {{flagicon|USA}} Herbert Bowman (3) | {{flagicon|USA}} Hare W. Powell Jr. | 6–4, 6–1, 6–3. |
1929 | {{flagicon|USA}} Herbert Bowman (4) | {{flagicon|USA}} J. Gilbert Hall | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 8–6. |
1930 | {{flagicon|USA}} Herbert Bowman (5) | {{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Barnes | 6–4, 6–3, 6–2. |
1931 | {{flagicon|USA}} John Doeg | {{flagicon|USA}} Berkeley Bell | 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 0–6, 6–3. |
1932 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Fred Perry | {{flagicon|GBR}} Harry Lee | 4–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–4. |
1933 | {{flagicon|USA}} Cliff Sutter | {{flagicon|USA}} Gregory Mangin | 6–2, 1–6, 6–2, 6–2. |
1934 | {{flagicon|USA}} Lester Stoefen | {{flagicon|USA}} Wilmer Allison | 6–1, 6–2, 1–6, 6–3. |
1935 | {{flagicon|USA}} Bryan Grant | {{flagicon|USA}} J. Gilbert Hall | 6–0, 6–0, 6–4. |
1936 | {{flagicon|USA}} Bryan Grant (2) | {{flagicon|CAN}} Bob Murray | 6–4, 3–6, 1–6, 6–2, 7–5. |
1937 | {{flagicon|USA}} Frank Parker | {{flagicon|CAN}} Bob Murray | 6–1, 6–0, 6–2. |
1938 | {{flagicon|USA}} Wayne Sabin | {{flagicon|USA}} Don McNeill | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4. |
1939 | {{flagicon|USA}} Bobby Riggs | {{flagicon|USA}} Elwood Cooke | 6–3, 1–6, 1–6, 6–2, 6–4. |
1940 | {{flagicon|USA}} Elwood Cooke | {{flagicon|USA}} Gardnar Mulloy | 6–1, 6–4, 6–3. |
1941 | {{flagicon|BER}} Brownlow Eve | {{flagicon|BER}} William Freisenbruch | 6–4, 3–6, 6–0. |
1942/1943 | colspan="4" align="center" bgcolor="#F5F5F5" |No competition (due to WWII) | ||
colspan=4 align=center |Bermuda International Championships | |||
1944 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Jack Skelton | {{flagicon|BER}} Brownlow Eve | 6–1, 6–2. |
1947 | {{flagicon|USA}} Earl Cochell | {{flagicon|USA}} Sidney Wood | 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3. |
1948 | {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Talbert | {{flagicon|FRA}} Marcel Bernard | 6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 7–5. |
1949 | {{flagicon|USA}} Earl Cochell (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Sidney Wood | 6–2, 11–9, 6–4. |
1950 | {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Talbert (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Tony Trabert | 6–3, 1–6, 6–1, 6–2. |
1951 | {{flagicon|USA}} Vic Seixas | {{flagicon|USA}} Ham Richardson | 6–4, 9–7, 6–4. |
1952 | {{flagicon|USA}} Vic Seixas (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Talbert | 5–7, 1–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–0. |
1953 | {{flagicon|USA}} Gardnar Mulloy | {{flagicon|USA}} Fred Kovaleski | 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 9–7. |
1954 | {{flagicon|USA}} Irvin Dorfman | {{flagicon|USA}} Jordan Bentley{{cite web |title=Jordan Bentley: Player Activity |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jordan-bentley/bo62/player-activity |website=ATP Tour |publisher=ATP |access-date=16 November 2023}} | 6–1, 6–1. |
1955 | {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Tully{{cite web |title=Player Profile: William Tully (USA) |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/william-tully/800172676/usa/vt/d/ |website=www.itftennis.com |publisher=ITF |access-date=16 November 2023}} | {{flagicon|BER}} John Riihiluoma{{cite news |first1= |title=Former No.1 Riihiluoma remembered |url=https://www.royalgazette.com/sport/article/20120504/former-no-1-riihiluoma-remembered/ |access-date=16 November 2023 |work=Royal Gazette |date=4 May 2012}} | 6–8, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4. |
1956 | {{flagicon|USA}} Tony Vincent | {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Freedman{{cite web |title=Robert Freedman: Overview |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/robert-freedman/f989/overview |website=ATP Tour |publisher=ATP |access-date=16 November 2023}} | 6–4, 6–4. |
1957 | {{flagicon|USA}} Tony Vincent (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Don Thompson{{cite web |title=Donald Thompson: Overview |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/donald-thompson/td62/overview |website=ATP Tour |publisher=ATP |access-date=16 November 2023}} | 6–2, 9–7 |
1959 | {{flagicon|USA}} Kingman Lambert | |{{flagicon|USA}} Don Thompson | 6–3, 6–0. |
1961 | {{flagicon|USA}} Gilmore (Gil) Rothrock | {{flagicon|USA}} Leif Beck | 6–1, 6–1. |
1963 | {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Tully (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Alan Fleming | 6–3, 6–0. |
1964 | {{flagicon|USA}} Don Thompson | {{flagicon|USA}} Alan Fleming | 2–6, 8–6, 9–7. |
1965 | {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Tym | {{flagicon|USA}} John Fleitz{{cite web |title=John Fleitz: Overview |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/john-fleitz/f978/overview |website=ATP Tour |publisher=ATP |access-date=16 November 2023}} | 2–6, 8–6, 9–7. |
1966 | {{flagicon|USA}} Bill Tym (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Ellis Slack | 6–2, 7–5. |
1967 | {{flagicon|USA}} Ellis Slack{{cite web |title=Ellis Slack: Overview |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/ellis-slack/st50/overview |website=ATP Tour |publisher=ATP |access-date=16 November 2023}} | {{flagicon|USA}} John Galinato | 6–2, 6–3. |
1968 | {{flagicon|USA}} Ellis Slack (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} John Galinato | 2–6, 7–5, 6–3. |
colspan=4 align=center |↓ Open era ↓ | |||
1970 | {{flagicon|CAN}} Harry Fauquier | {{flagicon|CAN}} Keith Carpenter | 6–2, 6–1. |
1972 | {{flagicon|USA}} Jim Hanlon | {{flagicon|AUT}} Ladislav Legenstein | 6–3, 6–4. |
1974 | {{flagicon|USA}} Claude Schoenlank{{cite web |title=Player Profile: Claude Schoenlank (USA) |url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/claude-schoenlank/800123158/usa/vt/s/itf-points-breakdown/ |publisher=ITF |access-date=16 November 2023}} | {{flagicon|AUT}} Ladislav Legenstein | 6–3, 6–4. |
colspan=4 align=center |Bermuda Open | |||
bgcolor="d0f0c0"|1975{{cite web |title=Results Archive: 1975 Bermuda |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/results-archive?year=1975&tournamentId=2014 |website=ATP Tour |publisher=ATP |access-date=16 November 2023}} | bgcolor="d0f0c0"|{{flagicon|USA}} Jimmy Connors | bgcolor="d0f0c0"|{{flagicon|USA}} Vitas Gerulaitis | bgcolor="d0f0c0"|6–1, 6–4 |
colspan=4 align=center |Bermuda Classic | |||
bgcolor="d0f0c0"| 1976{{cite web |title=Results Archive: 1976 Bermuda |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/results-archive?year=1976&tournamentId=2014 |website=ATP Tour |publisher=ATP |access-date=16 November 2023}} | bgcolor="d0f0c0"|{{flagicon|USA}} Cliff Richey | bgcolor="d0f0c0"|{{flagicon|USA}} Gene Mayer | bgcolor="d0f0c0"|7–6, 6–2 |
colspan=4 align=center |Bermuda Open | |||
1979 | {{flagicon|BER}} Stephen Alger | {{flagicon|CAN}} Harry Fauquier | 6–3, 6–2. |
=Women' singles=
(incomplete roll)
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colspan=4 align=center |Championship of Bermuda | |||
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1889 | {{flagicon|Colony of Natal}} Mabel Grant | {{flagicon|USA}} Grace Roosevelt | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
colspan=4 align=center |Bermuda Championships | |||
1913 | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Bessie Gosling Harvey{{cite web |title=Bessie Gosling Harvey in 1903 |url=https://nmb.bm/family-scrapbook/bessie-gosling-harvey-in-1903/ |website=National Museum of Bermuda |access-date=15 November 2023}} | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Mary Gray | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
1914 | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Bessie Gosling Harvey (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Marion Cresswell | walkover |
1915-19 | colspan=4 align=center |Not held (due to World War I) | ||
1922 | {{flagicon|USA}} Marie Wagner | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Miss Yuillo | 6–0, 3–6, 6–1 |
1923 | {{flagicon|USA}} Mayme McDonald | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Gladys Hutchings | 6–4, 6–4 |
1924 | {{flagicon|USA}} Mollie Thayer | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Gladys Hutchings | 8–6, 6–4 |
1925 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mary Hart McIlquham | {{flagicon|GBR}} Joan Reid-Thomas | 6–2, 6–0 |
1926 | {{flagicon|USA}} Martha Bayard | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Gladys Hutchings | 6–2, 6–2 |
1927 | {{flagicon|USA}} Martha Bayard (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Penelope Anderson | 6–2, 2–6, 6–1 |
1928 | {{flagicon|USA}} Alice Francis | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Gladys Hutchings | 6–3, 6–1 |
1929 | {{flagicon|USA}} Penelope Anderson | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mary Harland | 7–9, 6–4, 6–2 |
1930 | {{flagicon|USA}} Edith Sigourney | {{flagicon|USA}} Penelope Anderson | 2–6, 6–3, 8–6 |
1931 | {{flagicon|USA}} Sarah Palfrey | {{flagicon|USA}} Marjorie Morrill | 6–3, 6–2 |
1932 | {{flagicon|USA}} Sarah Palfrey (2) | {{flagicon|GBR}} Betty Nuthall | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
1933 | {{flagicon|USA}} Virginia Rice | {{flagicon|USA}} Virginia Hilleary | 10–8, 6–3 |
1934 | {{flagicon|USA}} Marjorie Sachs | {{flagicon|USA}} Penelope Anderson McBride | 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
1935 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Sylvie Jung Henrotin | {{flagicon|USA}} Dorothy Andrus | walkover |
1936 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Sylvie Jung Henrotin (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Norma Taubele | 6–2, 8–6 |
1937 | {{flagicon|USA}} Helen Pedersen | {{flagicon|USA}} Penelope Anderson McBride | 6–1, 6–2 |
1938 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Sylvie Jung Henrotin (3) | {{flagicon|USA}} Marjorie Gladman van Ryn | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
1939 | {{flagicon|USA}} Helen Bernhard | {{flagicon|USA}} Pauline Betz | 6–3, 7–5 |
1940 | {{flagicon|USA}} Sarah Palfrey Fabyan (3) | {{flagicon|USA}} Pauline Betz | 6–2, 6–4 |
1941 | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Gladys Hutchings | {{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Robinson Freisenbruch | 5–7, 6–3, 7–5 |
1942-43 | colspan=4 align=center |Not held (due to World War II) | ||
colspan=4 align=center |Bermuda International Championships | |||
1944 | {{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Robinson Freisenbruch | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Gladys Hutchings | 6–1, 6–3 |
1947 | {{flagicon|USA}} Doris Hart | {{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Scofield | 6–2, 9–7 |
1948 | {{flagicon|USA}} Doris Hart (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Pat Canning Todd | 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
1949 | {{flagicon|USA}} Dorothy Head | {{flagicon|USA}} Nancy Chaffee | 6–2, 6–1 |
1950 | {{flagicon|USA}} Betty Rosenquest | {{flagicon|USA}} Helen Pedersen Rihbany | 5–7, 6–3, 6–4 |
colspan=4 align=center |Bermuda Invitation | |||
1951 | {{flagicon|USA}} Beverly Baker | {{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Scofield | 9–7, 7–5 |
colspan=4 align=center |Bermuda International Championships | |||
1952 | {{flagicon|USA}} Pat Canning Todd | {{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Scofield Davidson | 6–4, 6–0 |
colspan=4 align=center |Bermuda Invitation | |||
1953{{cite book |last1=Stern |first1=Andrew |title=Tennis Illustrated: World Tennis |date=Jun 1953 |publisher=Family Media|location=New York City |page=26 |url=https://ia904500.us.archive.org/8/items/sim_tennis-illustrated_1953-06_1_1/sim_tennis-illustrated_1953-06_1_1.pdf |chapter=The Bermuda Championships}} | {{flagicon|USA}} Louise Brough | {{flagicon|USA}} Margaret Osborne duPont | 9–7, 4–6, 6–1 |
1954 | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Heather Nicholls Brewer | {{flagicon|USA}} Kay Hubbell | 6–2, 6–3 |
1955 | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Sheila West Gosling{{cite news |last1=Lou Lyons |first1=Nancy |title=Sheila West Gosling |url=https://www.thebermudian.com/people/sheila-west-gosling/ |access-date=15 November 2023 |work=The Bermudian Magazine|date=7 October 2018 |location=Hamilton, Bermuda}} | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} J. Pollitt | 2–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
colspan=4 align=center |Bermuda International Championships | |||
1956 | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Sheila West Gosling (2) | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Mrs J. Jones | 6–2, 6–3 |
1957 | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Sheila West Gosling (3) | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Mrs J. Jones | 6–2, 6–1 |
1957 | {{flagicon|USA}} Florence Blanchard | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Ann Alger | 6–4, 6–3 |
colspan=4 align=center |Bermuda Invitation | |||
1959 | {{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Scofield Davidson | {{flagicon|USA}} Elizabeth Coleman | 6–2, 6–4 |
1961 | {{flagicon|USA}} Dottie Head Knode (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Scofield Davidson | 6–0, 6–3 |
1964 | {{flagicon|USA}} Barbara Scofield Davidson | {{flagicon|GBR}} Jean French | 6–1, 6–1 |
1965 | {{flagicon|USA}} Alice Tym | {{flagicon|USA}} Kay Hubbell | 6–4, 7–5 |
1966 | {{flagicon|USA}} Alice Tym (2) | {{flagicon|USA}} Kay Hubbell | 6–1, 6–2 |
colspan=4 align=center |↓ Open era ↓ | |||
1970 | {{flagicon|Bermuda}} Ann Alger | {{flagicon|USA}} Grace Rathbun Findlay | 7–5, 7–5 |
=Men's Doubles=
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colspan=10 align=center |Bermuda Open Tennis Championships | |||
1879 | {{flagicon|ENG}} Pelham Von Donop {{flagicon|ENG}} Charles Wood | ? ? | ? |
colspan=10 align=center |Bermuda Open | |||
1975 | colspan=3 align=center | Not held | ||
colspan=10 align=center |Bermuda Classic | |||
bgcolor="d0f0c0"|1976 | bgcolor="d0f0c0"|{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Cahill {{flagicon|USA}} John Whitlinger | bgcolor="d0f0c0"|{{flagicon|AUS}} Dick Crealy {{flagicon|AUS}} Ray Ruffels | bgcolor="d0f0c0"| 6–4, 4–6, 7–6 |
See also
- XL Bermuda Open, a tennis tournament held between 1993 and 2008
References
{{Reflist}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20111017083853/http://www.atpworldtour.com/Scores/Archive-Event-Calendar.aspx?t=2&y=1976 ATP Results Archive]
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