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The Surrey Championships also known as the Surrey Grass Court Championships and the Surrey County Championships was a men's and women's international tennis event originally founded in 1882 as the Berrylands Club Tournament. In 1890 the former tournament's name was changed to the Surbiton Open that featured the first Surrey County Championships. The tournament was first played in Richmond then later in Surbiton, Surrey, England on outdoor grass courts. It ran for 73 editions from 1890 to 1981 and after a period of 18 years re-emerged as the Surbiton Trophy.

History

In 1881 the Berryland Lawn Tennis Club was founded. In 1882 the club staged the first precursor event to these championships known as the Berrylands Club Tournament. In 1889 the Berrylands Lawn Tennis Tournament name was changed to the Surbiton Open. In 1890 the Surbiton Open was held that also featured the first Surrey County Championships. It was an amateur tournament until the open era of tennis considered an important warm-up event to the Wimbledon championships and the first big opener of the grass court season it attracted many former British and foreign Grand Slam champions post open era the tournament was part of the men's Grand Prix Tour in 1974 and from 1979 to 1980. In 1975 the Berryland Lawn Tennis Club's name was changed to the Surbiton Lawn Tennis and Squash Rackets Club. During the 1975 Championships the tournament witnessed the longest single game in tennis history, during a match between Keith Glass and Anthony Fawcett – the game was not timed but it contained 37 deuces. The men's championships moved to a northern venue in 1981. In 1997 the tournament was first revived as an exhibition tournament won by Jason Stoltenberg. Then in 1998 the former Surrey Championships was restored with a new name known as the Surbiton Trophy.

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, but not all. (c) Indicates challenger

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Surrey County Championships
1890	Harry S. Barlow	Wilfred Baddeley	5–7, 6–3, 7–5, 6-2
1891	Not held
1892	Harry S. Barlow (2)	Horace Chapman	6–2, 6-2 6-1
1893/1899	Not held
1900	Charles Dixon	Major Ritchie	6–3, 1–6, 6–3, 6-2
1901	Philip Graeme Pearson	David M. A. G. Hawes	6-2 2-6 6-2
1902	Major Ritchie (2)	Charles Martin	6–1, 6-1
1903	Major Ritchie (3)	Brame Hillyard	6–1, 6–1, 1–6, 6-4
Surrey Grass Court Championships
1904	Sydney H. Smith	Major Ritchie	6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1905	Sydney H. Smith (2)	Roy Allen	6–2, 6–3, 6-1
1906	Sydney H. Smith (3)	Anthony Wilding	walkover
1907	Arthur Gore	Major Ritchie	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1908	Major Ritchie (4)	Arthur Gore	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1909	Major Ritchie (5)	Charles Dixon	4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 0–6, 6–4
1910	Major Ritchie (6)	Robert Powell	6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3
1911	Charles Dixon (2)	Anthony Wilding	7–5, 3–6, 6–0, 6–1
1912	Charles Dixon (3)	Major Ritchie	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
1913	Charles Dixon (4)	Theodore Mavrogordato	6–2, 8–6, 6–3
1914	Norman Brookes	Francis Gordon Lowe	6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–8, 6–3
1915/1918	Not held (due to World War I)
1919	Gerald Patterson	Herbert Roper Barrett	6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1920	Francis Fisher	Theodore Mavrogordato	6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1921	Brian Norton	Sydney M. Jacob	6–2 6–2 6–3
1922	Brian Norton (2)	Randolph Lycett	9–7, 7–5, 1–6, 6–1
1923	Randolph Lycett	Brian Norton	3–6 6–4 6–1 2–6 7–5
1924	Jack Hillyard	Henry Mayes	6–4, 1–6, 10–12, 6–3, 6–2
1925	Gordon Crole Rees	Athar-Ali Fyzee	3–6, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1926	Charles Kingsley	Gordon Crole Rees	6–4, 6–2 ret.
1927	Gordon Crole Rees (2)	Nigel Sharpe	6–1, 6–0
1928	Henry Mayes	Patrick Spence	6–2, 6–4
1929	Eric Peters	Oswald Turnbull	3–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–3
1930	Yoshiro Ohta	Fred Perry	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
1931	Iwao Aoki	Harry Lee	title shared
1932	Nigel Sharpe	Iwao Aoki	7–5, 6–3
1933	David Herman	David H. Williams	title shared
1934	Jiro Yamagishi	Hideo Nishimura	6–3, 6–3
1935	Buster Andrews	Patrick Spence	6–2, 6–3
1936	Cam Malfroy	Harry Lee	6–2, 9–11, 6–0
1937	Robert Tinkler	Pat Sherwood	9–7, 6–3
1938	John Olliff	Eric Filby	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1939	Kho Sin-Kie	Jack Deloford	6–2, 6–4
1940/1945	Not held (due to World War II
1946	Hans van Swol	David Butler	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
1947	Claude Lister	Marcel Coen	7–5, 6–2
1948	John Bromwich	Geoffrey Paish	title shared
1949	Czesław Spychała	Geoffrey Paish	6–3, 6–0
1950	Narendra Nath	Czesław Spychała	6–2, 6–4
1951	Czesław Spychała (2)	David Samaai	1–6, 7–5, 6–3
1952	Ian Ayre	Bryan Woodroffe	6–4, 6–2
1953	George Worthington	Roger Becker	6–3, 6–1
1954	John Barry	Abe Segal	title shared
1955	Malcolm Anderson	Ramanathan Krishnan	6–3, 6–4
1956	Ian Vermaak	Gordon Forbes	6–4, 6–3
1957	Roger Becker	Alan Mills	7–9, 6–2, 6–3
1958	Roger Becker (2)	Mike Davies	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1959	Mike Davies	Warren Jacques	7–9, 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1960	Roger Becker (3)	Keith Diepraam	6–4, 6–1
1961	Martin Mulligan	Warren Jacques	9–7, 6–2
1962	Martin Mulligan (2)	Mark Otway	6–3, 6–4
1963	Roger Taylor	Jaidip Mukerjea	10–8, 9–11, 10–8
1964	David Phillips	Bob Carmichael	2–6, 6–4, 8–6
1965	Jan-Erik Lundqvist	Roger Taylor	9–7, 6–3
1966	Keith Wooldridge	Peter Curtis	7–5, 6–4
1967	Roger Taylor (2)	Bobby Wilson	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Open era
1968	Keith Wooldridge	Ken Fletcher	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1969	Gerald Battrick	John Cooper	6–2, 6–1
1970	Robert Maud	Frew McMillan	6–4, 6–3
1971	Anand Amritraj	Paul Hutchins	6–2, 6–2
1972	Premjit Lall	Ross Case	6–4, 8–6
1973	Owen Davidson	Tony Roche	4–6, 6–4, 10–8
1974	Bob Giltinan	Syd Ball	6–3, 6–2
1975	Peter McNamara	Steve Docherty	4–6, 9–8, 6–4
1976	Not held
1977	P. Lawlor	Chris Wells	4–6, 6–3, 8-6
1978	David Lloyd	Willie Davies	6–4, 6–7, 6-5
1979	Victor Amaya	Mark Edmondson	6–4, 7–5
1980	Brian Gottfried	Sandy Mayer	6–3, 6–3

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1927 – 1978	Unavailable
1979	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	Pat DuPré Marty Riessen	6–3, 6–7, 8–6
1980	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	Andrew Pattison Butch Walts	7–6, 6–7, 6–7, 7–6, 15–13

Women's singles

• Note: The 1898 to 1900 events (*) were "closed" tournaments that were restricted to county team members only.

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Surrey County Championships
1890	May Arbuthnot	Elizabeth Mocatta	6–2, 6–2
1891	Not held
1892	May Arbuthnot (2)	Ivy Arbuthnot	6–3, 6–3
1893/1897	Not held
1898	Ellen Thynne	Amy Wilson Kirby	6–2, 7–5 *
1899	Ellen Thynne (2)	Edith J. Bromfield	6–2, 2–6, 6–2 *
1900	Charlotte Cooper	Ellen Thynne Evered	6–2, 6–2 *
1900	Edith Bromfield	Ellen Thynne Evered	5–7, 6–3, 7–5
1901	Charlotte Cooper Sterry (2)	Edith Bromfield	6–1, 6–3
1902	Charlotte Cooper Sterry (3)	Agnes Morton	6–3, 6–3
1903	Toupie Lowther	Edith Bromfield	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Surrey Grass Court Championships
1904	Connie Wilson	Ellen Stawell-Brown	6–4, 7–5
1905	Connie Wilson (2)	Agnes Morton	6–2, 6–0
1906	Toupie Lowther (2)	Dora Boothby	5–7, 6–4, 8–6
1907	Charlotte Cooper Sterry (4)	Dorothea Douglass Chambers	6–4, 6–3
1908	Alice Greene	Charlotte Cooper Sterry	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1909	Dora Boothby	Edith Johnson	6–0, 6–4
1910	Dora Boothby (2)	Agnes Morton	6–3, 6–3
1911	Helen Aitchison	Agnes Morton	6–3, 6–4
1912	Ethel Thomson Larcombe	Dora Boothby	7–5, 6–3
1913	Charlotte Cooper Sterry (5)	Madeline Fisher O'Neill	8–6, 6–1
1914	Dorothea Douglass Chambers	Ethel Thomson Larcombe	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1915/1918	Not held (due to World War I)
1919	Elizabeth Ryan	Dorothea Douglass Chambers	walkover
1920	Dorothea Douglass Chambers (2)	Elizabeth Ryan	6–4, 6–2
1921	Elizabeth Ryan (2)	Dorothy Holman	6–0, 6–0
1922	Elizabeth Ryan (3)	Irene Bowder Peacock	10–8, 6–2
1923	Elizabeth Ryan (4)	Eleanor Rose	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1924	Elizabeth Ryan (5)	Aurea Farrington Edgington	6–3, 6–4
1925	Elizabeth Ryan (6)	Kathleen McKane	7–9, 6–1, 6–3
1926	Joan Fry	Phoebe Holcroft Watson	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1927	Bobbie Heine	Irene Bowder Peacock	1–6, 6–3, 7–5
1928	Elsie Goldsack	Joan Ridley	6–4, 6–2
1929	Betty Nuthall	Elizabeth Ryan	7–5, 6–1
1930	Jenny Sandison	Betty Nuthall	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
1931	Dorothy Shaw Jameson	Joan Austin	title shared
1932	Gwen Sterry	Peggy Michell	7–5, 6–4
1933	Peggy Michell	Elsie Goldsack Pittman	title shared
1934	Elsie Goldsack Pittman (2)	Patricia Brazier	6–3 6–3
1935	Joan Hartigan	Phyllis Mudford King	6–4, 6–3
1936	Dorothy Round	Anita Lizana	6–2, 6–3
1937	Freda James	Alice Marble	6–4, 6–3
1938	Helen Wills	Margot Lumb	6–3 6–4
1939	Mary Hardwick	Margot Lumb	6–4, 6–4
1940/1945	Not held (due to World War II)
1946	Kay Stammers Menzies	Gay Moorhouse Chandler	6–4, 6–3
1947	Kay Stammers Menzies (2)	Joan Curry	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1948	Joan Curry	Jean Walker-Smith	title shared
1949	Patricia Canning Todd	Jean Walker-Smith	6–3, 9–7
1950	Jean Walker-Smith	Jean Quertier	6–2, 7–5
1951	Helen Fletcher	Joan Curry	6–3, 6–1
1952	Maureen Connolly	Patricia Canning Todd	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1953	Patricia Ward	Shirley Bloomer	6–2, 6–3
1954	Shirley Fry	Doris Hart	title shared
1955	Rosemary Walsh	Daphne Seeney	6–4, 7–5
1956	Althea Gibson	Anne Shilcock	6–3, 13-11
1957	Althea Gibson (2)	Thelma Coyne Long	8–6, 7–5
1958	Althea Gibson (3)	Mimi Arnold	6–1, 6–0
1959	Sally Moore	Ann Haydon	6–4, 6–2
1960	Angela Mortimer	Christine Truman	3–6, 6–4, 9–7
1961	Deidre Catt	Edda Buding	5–7, 6–3, 7–5
1962	Angela Mortimer (2)	Carole Caldwell Graebner	6–4, 6–4
1963	Deidre Catt (2)	Darlene Hard	1–6, 9–7, 8–6
1964	Ann Haydon Jones	Carole Caldwell Graebner	6–3, 6–1
1965	Christine Truman	Rita Bentley	7–5, 6–1
1966	Winnie Shaw	Mary-Ann Eisel	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1967	Lynn Abbes	Robin Blakelock-Lloyd	6–4, 6–3
Open era
1968	Judy Tegart-Dalton	Christine Truman	10–8, 6–4
1969	Mary-Ann Eisel	Judy Tegart-Dalton	4–6, 6–4, 8–6
1970	Ann Haydon Jones (2)	Patti Hogan	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1971	Judy Tegart-Dalton	Joyce Barclay	9–8, 6–2
1972	Joyce Barclay	Patti Hogan	6–4, 6–3
1973	Wendy Turnbull	Ann Kiyomura	6–2, 6–0
1974	Sue Barker	Sue Mappin	6–2, 7–5
1975	Greer Stevens	Patti Hogan	6–1, 6–4
1976	Not held
1977	Winnie Wooldridge (2)	Gwynn Sammel	6–3, 7–6
1978	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Winnie Shaw	6–1, 6–1
1979	Cynthia Doerner-Sieler	Kym Ruddell	6–1, 6–2
1980	Not held
1981	Betsy Nagelsen	Barbara Hallquist	6–0, 6–4

Notes

1. According to Bud Collins the game lasted 31 minutes.

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External links

• https://app.thetennisbase.com/Surrey Championships Roll of Honour
• http://www.tennisarchives.com/Surrey Championships Roll of Honour

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