- Source: The Homburg Cup
The Homburg Cup or Der Homburg-Pokal its original name was a tennis event held from 1894 through 1936 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany on outdoor Clay court's.
History
The Homburg Cup tournament was first held in 1894 played at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany and usually August. The Homburg Cup was organised by the 1st President of the German Tennis Federation, Carl August von der Meden, the early staging of this event attracted some of the most well known aristocracy in Europe such as the, Emperor of Germany, Crown Prince of Greece, and the Duke of Cambridge numerous other aristocrats appeared every year which generated significant press coverage for the event, prize money that was on offer was said to be substantial at the time which was probably why it was considered one of the most important and prestigious early pre-open era tournaments in continental Europe and Germany along with German Championships known then for its ability to attract the best players in the world throughout its early period certainly up to the beginning of World War I. It was an open event and featured the likes of the Arthur Gore, Anthony Wilding, Joshua Pim Laurence and Reginald Doherty, A Harold Mahony and Max Décugis its lasted 41 years until 1935 the event featured men's doubles, women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles competition.
Finals
Notes: Challenge round: The final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) in some tournaments not all. * Indicates challenger
= Men's singles
=(Incomplete list)
= Women's singles
=(Incomplete list)
Records
Most Men's Singles Titles: Otto Froitzheim (7)
Most Men's Finals: Otto Froitzheim (11)
Most Women's Singles Titles: Ilse Friedleben (6)
Most Women's Singles Finals: Ilse Friedleben & Toupie Lowther (7)
Notes
References
Lawn Tennis and Badminton Magazines, 1896–1901, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd, London, UK.
Lawn Tennis and Croquet Magazines, 1901–1920, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd, London, UK.
Tennis:Cultural History, Gillmeister, Heiner, A&C Black, 1998, ISBN 9780718501952.
See also
History of tennis
External links
https://app.thetennisbase.com/Homburg Cup Roll of Honour
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Miroslav Klose
- Protektorat Saar
- Erin Routliffe
- Prostitusi di Jerman
- Daftar kota kembar di Ceko
- The Homburg Cup
- Nuremberg Cup
- FC 08 Homburg
- George Ball-Greene
- Toupie Lowther
- List of tennis tournaments
- List of tennis venues
- Dorothea Lambert Chambers
- All-time tennis records – Men's singles
- Billie Jean King Cup
