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The Brockenhurst Open was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1914. The event also known as the New Forest Open was organised by the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and played at the Brockenhurst Park Estate and House until 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II.

History

Brockenhurst Park Estate and House was purchased in 1769 by Edward Morant. The house was renamed Morant Hall (also known as Brockenhurt Manor) which remained with the Morant family until the estate was sold in the late 1950s. In 1914 the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club staged its first tennis week of events known as the Brockenhurst Lawn Tennis Week. In 1915 World War I started and the tournament was suspended until 1921 when it was revived. The tournament ran annually until 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1922	Walter Crawley	Ullah Kramet	6–2, 9–7, 6–3.
1923	Walter Crawley (2)	Brame Hillyard	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 8–6.
1928	Henry Mayes	Cornelius H. D. O'Callaghan	6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3.
1931	R.V. Jenkins	Theodore Mavrogordato	6–1, 6–1.
1932	Edward Alfred Dearman	Noel Galway Holmes	6–1, 6–3.
1933	Jack Crawford	Vivian McGrath	0–6, 6–0, 7–5.
1934	Guy Cooper	Edward Alfred Dearman	6–4, 7–5.
1935	Eric Peters	Richard Arnold Von Planner	6–4, 6–4.
1936	Guy Cooper	Edward Alfred Dearman	7–5, 6–1.
1937	Vernon Kirby	Eric Peters	w.o.
1938	Eric Peters	Alan Brown	6–3, 7–5.
1939	George Edward Godsell	Harold Hare	6–3, 6–1.
1940/1945	Not held (due to World War II then discontinued)

Women's singles

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1914	Violet Pinckney	Marguerite Sudgen Pearce	6–2, 6–3
1915/1920	Not held (due to World War I)
1921	Violet Pinckney (2)	Blanche Duddell Colston	4–6, 6–4, retd.
1922	Kitty Mckane	Dorothy Holman	6–2, 6–2
1923	Dorothy Holman	Camilla Rimington	6–1, 6–4
1924	Dorothy Holman (2)	Christabel Hardie	3–6, 6–2, 8–6
1925	Dorothy Holman (3)	Edith Clarke	8–6, 7–5
1926	Christabel Hardie	Mabel Mavrogordato	6–4, 6–2
1927	Joan Ridley	Claire Beckingham	9–7, 7–5
1928	Margaret McKane Stocks (2)	Claire Beckingham	4–6, 10–8, 6–4
1929	Violet Chamberlain	Mabel Mavrogordato	6–1, 5–0, retd.
1930	Elsie Goldsack Pittman	Ermyntrude Harvey	8–6, 7–5
1931	Evelyn Dearman	Nancy Lyle	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1932	Edie Rudd	A. Yeates	7–5, 6–4
1933	Evelyn Dearman (2)	Margaret McKane Stocks	6–4, 6–2
1934	Nancy Lyle	Evelyn Dearman	6–0, 7–5
1935	Effie Hemmant Peters	P. Scott	6–4, 6–2
1936	Evelyn Dearman (3)	Peggy Scriven	6–3, 6–4
1937	Nina Brown	Effie Peters	divided prizes
1938	Evelyn Dearman (4)	Margot Stewart	4–6, 6–1, 6–0
1939	Nancy Lyle Glover (2)	Gay Moorhouse Chandler	6–1, 7–5
1940/1945	Not held (due to World War II then discontinued)

References

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2. "BROCKENHURST TENNIS WEEK Brockenburst Lawn Tennis Week. The 19th annual open tournament of the New Forest Club, is being held this year from July 13th to July 18th. The annual ball and cabaret, at the Morant Hall. will be on July 17th". New Milton Advertiser. Hampshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 23 May 1936. p. 7. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
3. "Brockenhurst Tennis Wee. The New Forest Open tennis tournament organised by the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club was concluded at Brockenhurst on Saturday". New Milton Advertiser. Hampshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 23 July 1938. p. 7. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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5. New Forest Heritage
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7. "IRISHMAN IN TENNIS FINAL - Captain C. H. D. O'Callaghan (retd.), the Army champion, and Colonel H. G. Mayes (retd.) reached the final of the Men 'S • Singles in the New Forest tennis tournament at Brockenhurst last Friday". Nottingham and Midland Catholic News. Nottinghamshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 28 July 1928. p. 12. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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11. "Spoilt By Rain BROCKENHURST TENNIS FINALS UNFINISHED Prizes Divided". New Milton Advertiser. Hampshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 24 July 1937. p. 2. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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16. New Milton Advertiser (1937)

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