The Düsseldorf Grand Prix or Großer Preis von Düsseldorf was a men's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1905 as a combined event men's and women's called the Düsseldorf International or Internationale Düsseldorf. It remained a joint event until 1969 and was held at the Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub in Düsseldorf, Germany until 1977.
History In 1898 the Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub was founded. In 1905 the club staged the first Internationale Düsseldorf tournament. In 1929 the club moved to a new location where it remains today.Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub It was held annually in Düsseldorf, Germany until 1977. The combined event was sanctioned by the Deutscher Lawn Tennis Bund (f.1902). From 1914 until 1969 it was an ILTF sanctioned event. In 1970 the men's event was rebranded as the Düsseldorf Grand Prix and in 1975 it became part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. The women's event remained a part of the ILTF Circuit under the original name Düsseldorf International. In 1973 the women's event was branded as the WTA 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 and replaced at the same location by the Nations Cup.
Finals Singles (incomplete roll) YearWinnersRunners-upScore 1905 Julius Arnold Frese Karl Simon 6–1, 6–3, 6–3. 1911 Otto Blom Adolf Hammacher1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4. 1925 Otto Froitzheim Willi Hannemann6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 6–1. 1927 Jean Borotra Otto Froitzheim4–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–1. 1929 Jean Borotra Adolf Hammacher1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4. 1930 Hyotaro Sato Harry Hopman6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4. 1937 Franjo Kukuljević Josef Siba1–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1. 1939 Konrad Eppler Herbert Werner6–4, 6–2. 1949 Earl Cochell Heraldo Weiss6–2, 6–2, 6–1. 1950 Heraldo Weiss Dilip Bose3–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–3. 1951 Torsten Johansson Wladyslaw Skonecki9–7, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3. 1953 Herb Flam Jaroslav Drobný3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2. 1955 Jaroslav Drobný Mervyn Rose6–2, 6–0, 6–3. 1957 Luis Ayala Mal Anderson6–4, 6–2, 6–4. 1961 Ramanathan Krishnan Barry Phillips-Moore6–1, 6–2, 6–1. 1962 Wilhelm Bungert Christian Kuhnke5–7, 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4. 1963 Fred Stolle José Edison Mandarino6–4, 6–4, 6–1. 1967 Wilhelm Bungert Ingo Buding6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3. 1968 István Gulyás Wilhelm Bungert 6–1, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5.↓ Open era ↓1969 Christian Kuhnke Wilhelm Bungert 6–1, 6–8, 6–2, 6–2. 1970 Wilhelm Bungert Christian Kuhnke 6–3, 6–0, 6–4. 1971 Christian Kuhnke Toshiro Sakai6–3, 6–2, 6–2. 1972 Ilie Năstase Jürgen Fassbender 6–0, 6–2, 6–1 1973 Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Jürgen Fassbender 6–2, 6–3, 6–3 1974 Bernard Mignot Jiří Hřebec 6–1, 6–0, 0–6, 6–4 1975 Jaime Fillol Jan Kodeš 6–4, 1–6, 6–0, 7–5 1976 Björn Borg Manuel Orantes 6–2, 6–2, 6–0 1977 Wojciech Fibak Raymond Moore 6–1, 5–7, 6–2replaced by Nations Cup
Doubles (incomplete roll) YearChampionsRunners-upScore 1974 Jiří Hřebec Jan Kodeš Kenichi Hirai Toshiro Sakai 6–1, 6–4 1975 François Jauffret Jan Kodeš Harald Elschenbroich Hans Kary 6–2, 6–3 1976 Wojciech Fibak Karl Meiler Bob Carmichael Raymond Moore 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 1977 Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher 6–3, 6–3
See also Düsseldorf Open (ATP Tour) Düsseldorf Open (WTA Tour)
References
External links ATP results archive