The Düsseldorf Open was a women's clay court tennis tournament founded as a combined men's and women's tournament in 1905 called the Düsseldorf International or Internationale Düsseldorf. It remained a joint event until 1969 and was held annually at the Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub in Düsseldorf, Germany until 1974.
History In 1898 the Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub was founded. In 1905 the club staged the first Internationale Düsseldorf tournament. In 1906 a women's event was added to the schedule. In 1929 the Rochusclub moved to a new location where it remains today.Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub It was held annually in Düsseldorf, Germany until 1974. The combined event was part of the Deutscher Lawn Tennis Bund (f.1902) circuit from inception until 1913. In 1914 it became part of the new ILTF Circuit until 1969. In 1970 the men's event was re branded as the Düsseldorf Grand Prix and became part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. The women's event remained a part of the ILTF Circuit under the original name Dusseldorf International. In 1973 the women's event was branded as the Düsseldorf Open and was part of the 1973 WTA Tour for one edition only, before it returned as an event on the ILTF Independent Tour. The women's event ended in 1974 and the men's tournament was discontinued in 1977.
The Düsseldorf Open was a women's professional tennis tournament held for one year, in 1973, in Düsseldorf, West Germany. Its one-year on the WTA Tour saw a home player, Helga Masthoff, winning in the women's singles, whilst she and Heide Orth reached a women's doubles final that was not played.
Finals Singles
(incomplete roll) Düsseldorf InternationalYearWinnersRunners-up Score1906 Lucie Bergmann Elspeth Holzapfel 6–1, 6–41908 Dagmar von Krohn M. Holzapfel 6–1, 6–01912 Anita Heimann Lent Maria Deus 6–3, 6–01928 Cilly Aussem Elizabeth Ryan7–5, 6–41929 Hilde Krahwinkel Irma Kallmeyer6–4, 6–11935 Marie Luise Horn Nelly Adamson1–6, 6–4, 6–11937 Anneliese Ullstein Hella Kovac6–1, 6–31938 Gracyn Wheeler Rosl Kraus6–3, 2–6, 7–51939 Hilda Walterová Alice Florian6–1, 6–31952 Thelma Coyne Long Joan Curry6–0, 6–11950 Mary Terán de Weiss Inge Pohmann 6-2, 8-61955 Doris Hart Erika Vollmer 6-2, 6-11956 Shirley Fry Heather Nicholls Brewer6-1, 13-111959 Karol Fageros Renate Ostermann 6-8, 6-1, 6-11960 Maria Bueno Edda Buding 6-1, 6-11961 Lesley Turner Renate Ostermann 6-3, 6-21962 Lesley Turner (2) Jan Lehane6-1, 6-21963 Margaret Smith Lesley Turner6-3, 6-21964 Margaret Smith (2) Lesley Turner1-6, 6-1, 6-4↓ Open era ↓1969 Helga Niessen Edda Buding 6–1, 8–61970 Helga Hosl Helga Niessen7–5, 6–41971 Helga Masthoff (2) Betty Stöve4–6, 6–3, 6–31972 Pat Walkden Pretorius Katja Ebbinghaus 6–2, 1–6, 6–3↓ WTA Tour ↓1973 Helga Masthoff (3) Evonne Goolagong 6–4, 6–4 ↓ ILTF Independent Tour ↓1974 Katja Ebbinghaus Helga Masthoff 6–2, 6–11975 Helga Masthoff (4) Evonne Goolagong 6–4, 6–4
Doubles YearChampions Score1973 Evonne Goolagong / Janet Young vs. Helga Masthoff / Heide Orth Divided (not competed)
See also Düsseldorf Grand Prix ATP Düsseldorf Open
References
WTA Tour history