The Angmering-on-Sea Open DEVELOPMENTS AT ANGMERING: Started ten years ago, the Angmeringon-Sea Open Lawn Tennis Tournament has increased in popularity to such an extent that in recent years entries have surpassed all expectations. Worthing Gazette, Wednesday 16 October 1929, Sussex, England, The Britishnewspaper Archive. Source: https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002167/19291016/042/0002. page. 2. was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1920 at Angmering, West Sussex, England that ran until 1938.
History The Angmering-on-Sea Open was an international tennis tournament founded in 1920 at Angmering, West Sussex, England. The event was held at the first Angmering-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club. The tournament was mainly played on grass courts except for the 1921 to 1923 editions which were played on clay courts. The tournament ended in 1938 due to the outbreak of World War II the following year.
Finals Men's Singles (incomplete roll) included: YearWinnerRunner-upScore1920 George Stoddart Henry Portlock8-6, 7-5 1921 Major Ritchie Henry Reginald Fussell6-2, 6-2 1922 Gordon Lowe Major Ritchie6-4, 6–3, 6-2 1923 Jack Hillyard Major Ritchie6-2, 6-3 1924 Gordon Crole-Rees Hector Cosmo Fisher3-6, 6–2, 6-2 1925 Roy Poland Major Ritchie6-3, 0–6, 6-3 1926 Charles Kingsley Major Ritchie6-4, 6-41927 Roy Poland (2) Leslie Allison Godfree w.o. 1928 Ted Avory Roy Poland6-4, 6-3 1929 Roy Poland (3) Kenneth Gandar-Dower6-2, 9-7 1930 Ryuki Miki Hira-Lal Soni5-7, 6–1, 6-4 1931 Ryuki Miki (2) Hira-Lal Soni5-7, 6–1, 6-4 1932 Dickie Ritchie Ryuki Miki 6-1, 3–6, 6-2 1932/1935Event not held1936 Ronald Shayes Henry Billington9-7, 0–6, 8-6 1937 Henry Billington David H. Williams6-3, 6-4 1938 Henry Billington (2) Hector Etchart6-3, 6-4
Women's Singles (incomplete roll) YearWinnerRunner-upScore1920 Aurea Edgington Louise Bull 9-7, 6-41921 Elizabeth Ryan Phyllis Satterthwaite 6-2, 6-11922 Elizabeth Ryan (2) Peggy Ingram 6-3, 6-21923 Phyllis Satterthwaite Ariadne Rodocanachi 6-1, 8-61924 R. Armstrong Louise Bull 1-6, 6–0, 6-41925 Phoebe Holcroft Watson Eleanor Rose 6-3, 6-41926 Phoebe Holcroft Watson (2) Kitty McKane Godfree 6-3, 6-41927 Phoebe Holcroft Watson (3) Aurea Edgington 6-4, 6-41928 Margaret McKane Stocks Joyce Brown 6-4, 6-01929 Jenny Sandison Dorothy Shaw Jameson 6-1, 6-41930 Margaret Walsh Mellows Geraldine Beamish 6-3, 6-21931 Peggy Brazier Helen Ramsey Burr 7-5, 6-21932 Phyllis Mudford King Louise Bull 6-0, 6-11932/1935Event not held1936 Valerie Scott Betty Hobson 3-6, 6–4, 10-81937 Valerie Scott (2) Betty Smith 5-7, 6–3, 6-21938 Valerie Scott (3) Thelma Jarvis 6-1, 4–6, 6-4
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