Travemünde Challenger
Travemünde International ATP Travemünde Challenger | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Tour | ILTF World Circuit |
Founded | 1951; 73 years ago (1951) |
Abolished | 1988; 36 years ago (1988) |
Location | Travemünde, West Germany |
Venue | Travemünde Hockey & Tennis Club |
Surface | Clay / outdoor |
The Travemünde Challenger[1] also known as the ATP Travemünde Challenger was a men's tennis tournament founded in 1951 as a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament called the Travemünde International.[2] The tournament ran annually until 1988 when it was discontinued.[2]
History
In 1908 the Rasentennisturnier Travemünde (Travemünde Lawn Tennis Tournament) was first established.[3] That tournament was an open clay court event for men and women that mainly attracted German tennis players, though some foreign international players did participate in the tournament.[2] In 1922 the Harvesterhuder Tennis and Hockey Club then organized the event now branded as the Internationales Rasentennisturnier Travemünde[2] in Travemünde and built the first tennis facility with a clubhouse on behalf of the city.[4] In 1947 the Travemünde Hockey & Tennis Club was founded.[5]
In 1950 the Rasentennisturnier Travemünde was succeeded a new Travemünde International tournament in 1951.[6][2] The tournament ran as a combined event until 1980 when the women's tournament was discontinued.[2] The men's event carried but it was downgraded from the world tour and became a challenger tournament in 1981 called the Travemünde Challenger it continued until 1988,[1] when the Travemünde Hockey & Tennis Club ended the event due to financial problems with cost of hosting tournament.[7]
Finals
Men's singles
(Incomplete roll)
Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
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↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓ | |||
1951 | Nils Rohlsson | Herbert Ludwig Tübben | 6–1, 6–1[2] |
1952 | Umberto Bergamo | Gianni Clerici | 6–3, 6–4[2] |
1953 | Jan-Erik Lundqvist | Milan Matouš | 6–4, 2–6, 6–2[2] |
1954 | Erwin Balestra[8] | Mario Belardinelli | 5–7, 6–4, 6–2[2] |
1955 | Wayne Van Voorhees[9] | Tony Mottram | 6–2, 1–6, 6–2[2] |
1956 | Ken Rosewall | Ladislav Legenstein | 8–6, 3–6, 6–0[2] |
1957 | Istvan Sikorski | Abe Segal | 6–2, 6–2[2] |
1958 | Mervyn Rose | Sven Davidson | 7–5, 6–1[2] |
1959 | Jan-Erik Lundqvist (2) | Luis Ayala | 11–9, 6–3[2] |
1960 | Jan-Erik Lundqvist (3) | Ramanathan Krishnan | 7–5, 6–1[2] |
1961 | Robin Sanders | Milan Branović | 6–4, 1–6, 6–3[2] |
1962 | Wolfgang Stuck | Ladislav Legenstein | 6–4, 6–1[2] |
1963 | Niki Pilic | Wolfgang Stuck | 6–2, 4–6, 9–7, 6–1[2] |
1964 | Martin Mulligan | Gene Scott | 11–9, 4–6, 5–7, 6–0, 6–1[2] |
1965 | Wolfgang Stuck (2) | Ingo Buding | 7–5, 6–3, 6–3[2] |
1966 | Niki Pilic (2) | Sergio Tacchini | 6–2, 6–3, 6–2[2] |
1967 | Ilie Năstase | Jan Leschly | 6–4, 6–3, 6–2[2] |
1968 | Jan Kukal | Ion Țiriac | 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 11–9[2] |
↓ Open era ↓ | |||
1969 | Ilie Năstase (2) | Istvan Gulyas | 6–2, 7–5, 1–6, 2–6, 6–4[2] |
↓ ILTF Independent Circuit ↓ | |||
1970 | Attila Korpás | Barry Phillips-Moore | 6–4, 6–4, 6–1[2] |
1971 | Harald Elschenbroich | Karl Meiler | 7–9, 3–6, 6–0, 7–5, 6–3[2] |
1972 | Péter Szőke | Dick Crealy | 6–1, 6–2[2] |
1973 | Toshiro Sakai | Robert Machan | 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 7–6[2] |
1974 | Robert Machan | Toshiro Sakai | 6–2, 6–1, 6–2[2] |
1975 | Jan Kukal (2) | Péter Szőke | 7–6, 3–6, 5–7, 7–6, 7–6[2] |
1976 | Hans Kary | Robert Machan | 6–3, 4–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–2[2] |
1977 | Balazs Taroczy | Robert Machan | 6–0, 6–2, 6–2[2] |
1978 | Birger Andersson | Pavel Sevcik | 6–2, 6–4, 6–2[2] |
1979 | Buster Mottram | Peter McNamara | 6–1, 6–3[2] |
1980 | Steve Krulevitz | Robert Machan | 6–1, 7–5[2] |
↓ ATP Challenger Tour ↓ | |||
1981[1] | Ulrich Pinner | Peter Elter | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
1982[1] | Dominique Bedel | Wolfgang Popp | 6–4, 6–4 |
1983[1] | Michael Westphal | Rolf Gehring | 7–5, 6–2 |
1984[1] | Vadim Borisov | Alejandro Ganzábal | 7–5, 7–5 |
1986[1] | Alex Stepanek | Massimo Cierro | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
1987[1] | Ronnie Bathman | Wojtek Kowalski | 7–6, 6–3 |
1988[1] | Conny Falk | Hugo Armando | 6–4, 6–4 |
Women's singles
(Incomplete roll)
Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
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↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓ | |||
1951 | Mary Terán de Weiss | Erika Vollmer | 6–3, 7–5 |
1952 | Dottie Head Knode | Ingrid Metzner | 6–4, 6–4 |
1953 | Dottie Head Knode (2) | Helena Matouš | 6–2, 6–2 |
1954 | Edda Buding | Inge Hoffert Buderus | 6–2, 5–1, ret. |
1956 | Ingrid Metzner | Elizabeth von Aspern | 6–3, 6–2 |
1958 | Erika Vollmer | Karin Warnke | 6–2, 7–5 |
1966 | Helga Niessen | Sonja Pachta | 8–6, 6–0 |
1967 | Helga Schultze | Helga Niessen | 4–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
1968 | Gail Sherriff | Alena Palmeova | 6–4, 6–4 |
↓ Open era ↓ | |||
1969 | Helga Niessen (2) | Kora Schediwy | 7–5, 6–2 |
1970 | Erzsebet Polgar | Katalin Borka | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
1971 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (3) | Birgitta Lindström | 6–8, 6–2, 6–2 |
1972 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (4) | Judith Szorenyi | 6–2, 6–2 |
↓ ILTF Independent Circuit ↓ | |||
1973 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (5) | Kazuko Sawamatsu | 6–4, 6–3 |
1974 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (6) | Heide Orth | 6–4, 6–2 |
1975 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (7) | Alena Palmeová-West | 6–4, 6–4 |
1976 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (8) | Katja Ebbinghaus | 6–2, 6–2 |
1977 | Katja Ebbinghaus | Helena Anliot | 7–5, 6–3 |
1980 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (9) | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
References
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