Berlin Open

The Berlin Open officially known as the West Berlin Open^{[1][lower-alpha 1]} was a men's tennis tournament founded in 1896 as a combined event (women included) called the Championships of Berlin until 1914,^[2] following World War I the event was known as the Berlin Championships.^[3][4] The event was first played at the Lawn-Tennis-Turnier-Club until 1906.^[5][3] In 1907 it moved to Grunewald, and a new venue the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club.^[3] Following World War II the tournament was branded as the West Berlin International Championships.^[3] It then ran annually until 1973 as a combined event when the women's tournament was discontinued.^[3] The men's event carried on until 1983 when it was last held in West Berlin, West Germany.^[3] The event was part of the Grand Prix circuit and was played on outdoor clay courts.^[3]

Berlin Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	West Berlin Open
Tour	ILTF World Circuit (1913–1972) men (1913–1973 (women) ILTF Grand Prix Circuit (1973, 1976–79) ILTF Independent Circuit (1974-75)
Founded	1896
Abolished	1973 (women) 1983 (men)
Location	West Berlin, West Germany
Venue	Lawn-Tennis-Turnier-Club (1896–1906) Rot-Weiss Tennis Club (1907–1983)
Surface	Clay / outdoor

Finals

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Championships of Berlin
1896	Herbert Dering	Leopold Bach	6–4, 6–0, 6–4.[3]
1897	Herbert Dering (2)	Fritz Grobien	w.o.[3]
1898	Paul Arnold	Adolf Von Gordon	5–7, 6–1, 6–2, 6–3.[3]
1899	Adolf Von Gordon	Paul Arnold	w.o.[3]
1900	A. Wladimir Schmitz	Adolf Von Gordon	w.o.[3]
1901	Major Ritchie	A. Wladimir Schmitz	w.o.[3]
1902	Major Ritchie (2)	Gunnar Setterwall	w.o.[3]
1903	Major Ritchie (3)	Curt von Wessely	6–1, 6–1, 6–1.[3]
1904	Otto von Müller	Major Ritchie	w.o.[3]
1905	Otto von Müller (2)	Ferdinand Bölling	6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 6–4.[3]
1906	Not held
1907	Oscar Kreuzer	Otto von Müller	w.o.[3]
1908	Oscar Kreuzer (2)	Felix Pipes	6–3, 6–0, 7–5.[3]
1909	Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	Oscar Kreuzer	w.o.[3]
1910	Otto Froitzheim	Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	6–2, 12–10, 6–4.[3]
1911	Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe (2)	Otto von Müller	w.o.[3]
1912	Oscar Kreuzer (3)	Otto Froitzheim	3–4, ret.[3]
1913	Robert Kleinschroth[6]	Oscar Kreuzer	w.o.[3]
1914	Otto Froitzheim (2)	Robert Kleinschroth	w.o.[3]
1915/1918	Not held (due to World War I)
Berlin Championships
1919	Otto Froitzheim (3)	Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	6–3, 7–5.[3]
1920	Oscar Kreuzer (4)	Curt Bruno Bergmann	7–5, 6–3, ret.[3]
1921	Otto Froitzheim (4)	Robert Kleinschroth	6–3, 6–3, 6–2.[3]
1922	Otto Froitzheim (5)	Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	6–2, 7–5, 10–8.[3]
1923	Bela Von Kehrling	Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	7–5, 6–3, 9–7.[3]
1924	Bela Von Kehrling (2)	Heinz Landmann[7]	6–1, 6–3, 6–1.[3]
1925	Umberto De Morpurgo	Otto Froitzheim	3–6, 4–6, 9–7, 6–3 retd.[3]
1926	Bela Von Kehrling (3)	Willi Hahnemann	6–2, 1–6, 6–1, 6–2.[3]
1927	Willi Hahnemann	Axel Petersen[8]	w.o.[3]
1928	Bela Von Kehrling (4)	Daniel Prenn	6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2.[3]
1929	Henri Cochet	Roderich Menzel	9–11, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1.[3]
1930	Bill Tilden II	Daniel Prenn	7–5, 8–6, 1–6, 7–5.[3]
1931	Roderich Menzel	Daniel Prenn	6–4, 6–2, 6–1.[3]
1932	Roderich Menzel (2)	Jacques Brugnon	6–4, 6–3, 6–3.[3]
1933	Gottfried von Cramm	Roderich Menzel	2–6, 6–1, 15–13, ret.[3]
1934	Gottfried von Cramm (2)	Giovanni Palmieri	6–0, 6–1, 7–5.[3]
1935	Not held
1936	Gottfried von Cramm (3)	Henner Henkel	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2.[3]
1937	František Cejnar	Gottfried von Cramm	8–6, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4.[3]
1938	Jaroslav Drobný	Hans Redl	6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.[3]
1940	Henner Henkel	Rolf Göpfert	6–2, 4–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2.[3]
1931/1948	Not held (due to World War II) and after
West Berlin International Championships
1949	Rolf Göpfert	Helmut Göttsche	5–7, 6–4, 6–4.[3]
1950	Bill Sidwell	Alfred Huber	10–8, 6–4, 6–3.[3]
1951	Budge Patty	Dick Savitt	6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3.[3]
1952	Ham Richardson	Derek Capell[9]	6–3, 6–0, 6–0.[3]
1953	Lennart Bergelin	George Worthington	6–3, 6–3, 6–3.[3]
1954	Gardnar Mulloy	Budge Patty	7–9, 8–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3.[3]
1955	Jaroslav Drobný (2)	Hugh Stewart	6–1, 6–1, 6–1.[3]
1956	Hugh Stewart	Vladimir Petrović	6–4, 6–0, 6–4.[3]
1957	Warren Woodcock	Budge Patty	5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3.[3]
1958	Wladyslaw Skonecki	Sven Davidson	6–4, 6–2, 6–4.[3]
1959	Neale Fraser	Warren Woodcock	6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–0.[3]
1960	Wolfgang Stuck	Christian Kuhnke	9–7, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4.[3]
1961	Warren Woodcock (2)	Giuseppe Merlo	6–2, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4.[3]
1962	Frank Froehling III	Ingo Buding	2–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4.[3]
1963	Christian Kuhnke	Fred Stolle	6–3, 2–6, 13–11, 6–1.[3]
1964	Roy Emerson	Ken Fletcher	6–3, 7–5, 6–3.[3]
1965	Bob Hewitt	Ken Fletcher	1–6, 0–6, 8–6, 6–2, 6–3.[3]
1966	Niki Pilic	Bob Hewitt	6–2, 12–10, 6–3.[3]
1967	Roy Emerson (2)	Manuel Santana	6–4, 7–9, 6–4, 3–2 ret.[3]
1968	Manuel Santana	Tom Okker	6–8, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2.[3]
↓  Open Era  ↓
West Berlin Open
1969	Raymond Moore	Cliff Drysdale	1–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–8, 7–5.[3]
1970	Georges Goven	Christian Kuhnke	6–2, 2–6, 6–1, 6–3.[3]
1971	Christian Kuhnke (2)	Manuel Santana	6–2, 7–9, 0–6, 7–5, 4–4, ret.[3]
1973	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Harald Elschenbroich	6–2, 7–6, 6–3.[3]
1974	Christian Kuhnke (3)	Karl Meiler	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.[3]
1976	Víctor Pecci	Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–1, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3.[3]
1977	Paolo Bertolucci	Jiří Hřebec	6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4.[3]
1978	Vladimír Zedník	Harald Elschenbroich	6–4, 7–5, 6–2.[3]
1979	Peter McNamara	Patrice Dominguez	6–4, 6–0, 6–7, 6–2.[3]
1981	Werner Zirngibl	Erick Iskersky	6–3, 7–6 .[3]
1982	Klaus Eberhard	Peter Elter	6–2, 6–2.[3]
1983	Karsten Schulz[10]	Klaus Eberhard	6–4, 6–7, 6–1.[3]

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1973	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	Raúl Ramírez Joaquín Loyo-Mayo	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1976	Patricio Cornejo Antonio Muñoz	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	7–5, 6–1
1977	Hans Gildemeister Belus Prajoux	Pavel Huťka Vladimír Zedník	final not played title shared
1978	Jürgen Fassbender Colin Dowdeswell	Željko Franulović Hans Gildemeister	6–3, 6–4
1979	Ivan Lendl Carlos Kirmayr	Jorge Andrew Stanislav Birner	6–2, 6–1

Women's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Championships of Berlin
1896	Clara von der Schulenburg	Tila Steinmann	6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1897	Clara von der Schulenburg (2)	Antonie Kusenberg Popp	6–3, ret.
1898	Clara von der Schulenburg (3)	Helen Jackson	6–0, 6–0, 6–2
1899	Hedwig Rosenbaum	Else Steinmann	2–6, 6–2, 10–8, 6–4
1900	Bertha Kalser	Frl Garnet	6–4, 6–2
1901	L. von Simson	G. Wiebe	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
1902	Elsie Lane	Nelly Herz	walkover
1903	Clara von der Schulenburg (4)	Nora Cavallar	6–3, 6–1
1904	Clara von der Schulenburg (5)	Paula Gusserow	6–2, 6–1
1905	Clara von der Schulenburg (6)	Nelly Schmoller	6–0, 6–3
1906	Not held
1907	Emma Koettgen	F. Foth	6–1, 6–1
1908	Dagmar von Krohn	Mary Gray Curtis-Whyte	9–7, 6–4
1909	Clara von der Schulenburg (7)	Gertrud Mittler	6–1, 6–1
1910	Clara von der Schulenburg (8)	Hedwig Neresheimer	7–5, 6–4
1911	Mieken Rieck	Emma Köttgen	8–6, 4–6, 6–2
1912	Mieken Rieck (2)	Gertrud Mittler	6–1, 6–3
1913	Gertrud Mittler	T. Popp	6–1, 6–3
1914	Hedwig Neresheimer von Satzger	Marie Bertrand Amende	6–8, 6–4, 6–3
1915/1918	Not held (due to World War I)
Berlin Championships
1919	Hete Kaeber	Daisy Schultz Uhl	6–4, 7–5
1920	Clara von der Schulenburg (9)	Hete Kaeber	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1921	Ilse Weihermann Friedleben	Lili de Alvarez	6–2, 6–0
1922	Ilse Weihermann Friedleben (2)	Nelly Neppach	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
1923	Nelly Neppach	Ilona Varady	6–2, 6–1
1924	Ilse Friedleben (3)	Nelly Neppach	6–1, 7–5
1925	Ilse Friedleben (4)	Nelly Neppach	6–2, 6–0
1926	Kea Bouman	Nelly Neppach	6–0, 7–5
1927	Ilse Friedleben (5)	Irma Kallmeyer	6–1, 6–2
1928[11]	Elizabeth Ryan	Toni Mettenheimer Schomburgk	6–3 ,6–3
1929	Paula von Reznicek	Cilly Aussem	7–5, 6–3
1930[12]	Cilly Aussem	Hilde Krahwinkel	4–6, 8–6, 6–1
1931	Ida Adamoff	Ilse Friedleben	3–6, 6–0, 6–4
1932	Hilde Krahwinkel	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	6–4, 6–1
1933	Hilde Krahwinkel (2)	Marie Luise Horn	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1934	Marie-Louise Horn	Elizabeth Ryan	6–2, 6–2
1935	Not held
1936	Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (3)	Nelly Adamson	6–2, 6–0
1937	Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling (4)	Anneliese Ullstein	6–0, 6–3
1938	Totta Zehden	Gracyn Wheeler	6–2, 6–8, 6–1
1939/1949	Not held (due to World War II) and after
West Berlin International Championships
1949	Ruth von Falkenhayn	Mary Terán de Weiss	4–6, 6–4, 8–6
1950	Thelma Coyne Long	Inge Pohmann	6–3, 6–3
1951	Thelma Coyne Long (2)	Margaret Osborne duPont	6–4, 6–3
1952	Totta Zehden (2)	Inge Hoffert Buderus	4–6, 6–1, 7–5
1953	Totta Zehden (3)	Inge Reh Vogler	6–2, 6–1
1954	Silvana Lazzarino	Elena Lehmann	6–1, 6–4
1955	Birgit Gullbrandsson-Sandén	Marica Crnadak	6–3, 6–4
1956	Erika Vollmer	Heather Nicholls Brewer	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1957	Jenny Staley Hoad	Mary Bevis Hawton	6–1, 7–5
1958	Edda Buding	Lucia Bassi	6–2, 6–0
1959	Sandra Reynolds	Maria Bueno	7–5, 6–2
1960	Yola Ramirez	Inge Pohmann	6–4, 6–0
1961	Angela Mortimer	Margot Dittmeyer	6–2, 6–1
1962	Lesley Turner	Jan Lehane	8–6, 3–6, 6–2
1963	Margaret Smith	Robyn Ebbern	6–2, 7–5
1964	Margaret Smith (2)	Helga Schultze	6–2, 6–1
1965	Helga Schultze	Jill Blackman	6–4, 6–8, 6–1
1966	Sonja Pachta	Almut Sturm	6–2, 8–6
1967	Pat Walkden	Helga Schultze	6–2, 1–6, 6–2
1968	Helga Schultze (2)	Margaret Smith Court	6–1, 7–5
↓  Open Era  ↓
West Berlin Open
1969[13]	Karen Krantzcke	Lesley Turner Bowrey	6–1, 6–2
1970	Virginia Wade	Helga Niessen	10–8, 6–1
1971	Helga Niessen Masthoff	Katja Ebbinghaus	7–5, 1–6, 6–3
1974	Helga Schultze Hoesl (3)	Raquel Giscafré	6–4, 6–0

See also

• European Indoor Championships – men's tournament held in Berlin (1990–1991)
• German Pro Championships – men's professional tournament held in Berlin (1911–1952)

Notes

1. West Berlin was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin from 1948 until 1990, during the Cold War. Although West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany it was in fact within East Germany, lacked any sovereignty, and it was under military occupation until German reunification in 1990.

References

1. "FIGHT MARS BERLIN MEET". The Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington: Wikipedia Library - newspapers.com. 27 May 1969. p. 14. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
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4. "Tilden Wins Berlin Championships". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Wikipedia Library - newspapers.com. 10 Jun 1930. p. 13. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
5. Gillmeister, Heiner (1997)
6. "0130523 - ROBERT KLEINSCHROTH. Kleinschroth, Robert - Tennis player, Germany Full length in tennis outfit - Photographer: Yva - Published by: 'Uhu' 7/1930". Granger. Granger Historical Picture Archive. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
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12. Star Tribune (1930)
13. The Spokesman-Review (1969)

External links

• ATP 1973 Berlin Open
• ATP 1976 Berlin Open