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Berlin Open

Field	Value
name	Berlin Open
type	defunct
founded	1896
ended	1973 (women)
1983 (men)
location	West Berlin, West Germany
venue	Lawn-Tennis-Turnier-Club (1896–1906)
Rot-Weiss Tennis Club (1907–1983)
event name	West Berlin Open
tour	ILTF World Circuit
(1913–1972) men
(1913–1973 (women)
ILTF Grand Prix Circuit
(1973, 1976–79)
ILTF Independent Circuit
(1974-75)
surface	Clay / outdoor

1983 (men) Rot-Weiss Tennis Club (1907–1983) (1913–1972) men (1913–1973 (women) ILTF Grand Prix Circuit (1973, 1976–79) ILTF Independent Circuit (1974-75) The Berlin Open officially known as the West Berlin Open was a men's tennis tournament founded in 1896 as a combined event (women included) called the Championships of Berlin until 1914, following World War I the event was known as the Berlin Championships. The event was first played at the Lawn-Tennis-Turnier-Club until 1906. In 1907 it moved to Grunewald, and a new venue the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club. Following World War II the tournament was branded as the West Berlin International Championships. It then ran annually until 1973 as a combined event when the women's tournament was discontinued. The men's event carried on until 1983 when it was last held in West Berlin, West Germany. The event was part of the Grand Prix circuit and was played on outdoor clay courts.

Finals

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Championships of Berlin
1896	UKGBI Herbert Dering	Germany Leopold Bach	6–4, 6–0, 6–4.
1897	UKGBI Herbert Dering (2)	Germany Fritz Grobien	w.o.
1898	USA Paul Arnold	Germany Adolf Von Gordon	5–7, 6–1, 6–2, 6–3.
1899	Germany Adolf Von Gordon	USA Paul Arnold	w.o.
1900	Russia A. Wladimir Schmitz	Germany Adolf Von Gordon	w.o.
1901	UKGBI Major Ritchie	Russia A. Wladimir Schmitz	w.o.
1902	UKGBI Major Ritchie (2)	SWE Gunnar Setterwall	w.o.
1903	UKGBI Major Ritchie (3)	Austria Curt von Wessely	6–1, 6–1, 6–1.
1904	Germany Otto von Müller	UKGBI Major Ritchie	w.o.
1905	Germany Otto von Müller (2)	Germany Ferdinand Bölling	6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 6–4.
1906	Not held
1907	Germany Oscar Kreuzer	Germany Otto von Müller	w.o.
1908	Germany Oscar Kreuzer (2)	Austria Felix Pipes	6–3, 6–0, 7–5.
1909	Germany Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	Germany Oscar Kreuzer	w.o.
1910	Germany Otto Froitzheim	Germany Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	6–2, 12–10, 6–4.
1911	Germany Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe (2)	Germany Otto von Müller	w.o.
1912	Germany Oscar Kreuzer (3)	Germany Otto Froitzheim	3–4, ret.
1913	Germany Robert Kleinschroth	Germany Oscar Kreuzer	w.o.
1914	Germany Otto Froitzheim (2)	Germany Robert Kleinschroth	w.o.
1915/1918	Not held (due to World War I)
Berlin Championships
1919	Germany Otto Froitzheim (3)	Germany Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	6–3, 7–5.
1920	Germany Oscar Kreuzer (4)	Germany Curt Bruno Bergmann	7–5, 6–3, ret.
1921	Germany Otto Froitzheim (4)	Germany Robert Kleinschroth	6–3, 6–3, 6–2.
1922	Germany Otto Froitzheim (5)	Germany Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	6–2, 7–5, 10–8.
1923	HUN Bela Von Kehrling	Germany Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	7–5, 6–3, 9–7.
1924	HUN Bela Von Kehrling (2)	Germany Heinz Landmann	6–1, 6–3, 6–1.
1925	Italy Umberto De Morpurgo	Germany Otto Froitzheim	3–6, 4–6, 9–7, 6–3 retd.
1926	HUN Bela Von Kehrling (3)	Germany Willi Hahnemann	6–2, 1–6, 6–1, 6–2.
1927	Germany Willi Hahnemann	DEN Axel Petersen	w.o.
1928	HUN Bela Von Kehrling (4)	POL Daniel Prenn	6–3, 7–5, 4–6, 6–2.
1929	FRA Henri Cochet	TCH Roderich Menzel	9–11, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1.
1930	USA Bill Tilden II	POL Daniel Prenn	7–5, 8–6, 1–6, 7–5.
1931	TCH Roderich Menzel	POL Daniel Prenn	6–4, 6–2, 6–1.
1932	FRA Roderich Menzel (2)	FRA Jacques Brugnon	6–4, 6–3, 6–3.
1933	Germany Gottfried von Cramm	FRA Roderich Menzel	2–6, 6–1, 15–13, ret.
1934	Germany Gottfried von Cramm (2)	Italy Giovanni Palmieri	6–0, 6–1, 7–5.
1935	Not held
1936	Germany Gottfried von Cramm (3)	Germany Henner Henkel	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2.
1937	TCH František Cejnar	Germany Gottfried von Cramm	8–6, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4.
1938	TCH Jaroslav Drobný	AUT Hans Redl	6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.
1940	Germany Henner Henkel	Germany Rolf Göpfert	6–2, 4–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–2.
1931/1948	Not held (due to World War II) and after
West Berlin International Championships
1949	FRG Rolf Göpfert	FRG Helmut Göttsche	5–7, 6–4, 6–4.
1950	AUS Bill Sidwell	AUT Alfred Huber	10–8, 6–4, 6–3.
1951	USA Budge Patty	USA Dick Savitt	6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3.
1952	USA Ham Richardson	RSA Derek Capell	6–3, 6–0, 6–0.
1953	SWE Lennart Bergelin	AUS George Worthington	6–3, 6–3, 6–3.
1954	USA Gardnar Mulloy	USA Budge Patty	7–9, 8–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3.
1955	Egypt Jaroslav Drobný (2)	USA Hugh Stewart	6–1, 6–1, 6–1.
1956	USA Hugh Stewart	YUG Vladimir Petrović	6–4, 6–0, 6–4.
1957	AUS Warren Woodcock	USA Budge Patty	5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3.
1958	POL Wladyslaw Skonecki	SWE Sven Davidson	6–4, 6–2, 6–4.
1959	AUS Neale Fraser	AUS Warren Woodcock	6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–0.
1960	FRG Wolfgang Stuck	FRG Christian Kuhnke	9–7, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4.
1961	AUS Warren Woodcock (2)	ITA Giuseppe Merlo	6–2, 0–6, 6–4, 6–4.
1962	USA Frank Froehling III	FRG Ingo Buding	2–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4.
1963	FRG Christian Kuhnke	AUS Fred Stolle	6–3, 2–6, 13–11, 6–1.
1964	AUS Roy Emerson	AUS Ken Fletcher	6–3, 7–5, 6–3.
1965	RSA Bob Hewitt	AUS Ken Fletcher	1–6, 0–6, 8–6, 6–2, 6–3.
1966	YUG Niki Pilic	RSA Bob Hewitt	6–2, 12–10, 6–3.
1967	AUS Roy Emerson (2)	ESP Manuel Santana	6–4, 7–9, 6–4, 3–2 ret.
1968	ESP Manuel Santana	NED Tom Okker	6–8, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2.
↓ Open Era ↓
West Berlin Open
1969	RSA Raymond Moore	RSA Cliff Drysdale	1–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–8, 7–5.
1970	FRA Georges Goven	FRG Christian Kuhnke	6–2, 2–6, 6–1, 6–3.
1971	FRG Christian Kuhnke (2)	ESP Manuel Santana	6–2, 7–9, 0–6, 7–5, 4–4, ret.
1973	FRG Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	FRG Harald Elschenbroich	6–2, 7–6, 6–3.
1974	FRG Christian Kuhnke (3)	FRG Karl Meiler	6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.
1976	PAR Víctor Pecci	FRG Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	6–1, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3.
1977	ITA Paolo Bertolucci	TCH Jiří Hřebec	6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4.
1978	TCH Vladimír Zedník	FRG Harald Elschenbroich	6–4, 7–5, 6–2.
1979	AUS Peter McNamara	FRA Patrice Dominguez	6–4, 6–0, 6–7, 6–2.
1981	FRG Werner Zirngibl	USA Erick Iskersky	6–3, 7–6 .
1982	FRG Klaus Eberhard	FRG Peter Elter	6–2, 6–2.
1983	FRG Karsten Schulz	FRG Klaus Eberhard	6–4, 6–7, 6–1.

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1973	FRG Jürgen Fassbender
FRG Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	MEX Raúl Ramírez
MEX Joaquín Loyo-Mayo	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1976	CHI Patricio Cornejo
ESP Antonio Muñoz	FRG Jürgen Fassbender
FRG Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	7–5, 6–1
1977	CHI Hans Gildemeister
CHI Belus Prajoux	TCH Pavel Huťka
TCH Vladimír Zedník	final not played
title shared
1978	FRG Jürgen Fassbender
SUI Colin Dowdeswell	YUG Željko Franulović
CHI Hans Gildemeister	6–3, 6–4
1979	TCH Ivan Lendl
BRA Carlos Kirmayr	VEN Jorge Andrew
TCH Stanislav Birner	6–2, 6–1

Women's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Championships of Berlin
1896	Germany Clara von der Schulenburg	Germany Tila Steinmann	6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1897	Germany Clara von der Schulenburg (2)	Germany Antonie Kusenberg Popp	6–3, ret.
1898	Germany Clara von der Schulenburg (3)	UKGBI Helen Jackson	6–0, 6–0, 6–2
1899	BOH Hedwig Rosenbaum	Germany Else Steinmann	2–6, 6–2, 10–8, 6–4
1900	BOH Bertha Kalser	Germany Frl Garnet	6–4, 6–2
1901	Germany L. von Simson	Germany G. Wiebe	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
1902	UKGBI Elsie Lane	Germany Nelly Herz	walkover
1903	Germany Clara von der Schulenburg (4)	Italy Nora Cavallar	6–3, 6–1
1904	Germany Clara von der Schulenburg (5)	Germany Paula Gusserow	6–2, 6–1
1905	Germany Clara von der Schulenburg (6)	Germany Nelly Schmoller	6–0, 6–3
1906	Not held
1907	Germany Emma Koettgen	Germany F. Foth	6–1, 6–1
1908	Germany Dagmar von Krohn	UKGBI Mary Gray Curtis-Whyte	9–7, 6–4
1909	Germany Clara von der Schulenburg (7)	Germany Gertrud Mittler	6–1, 6–1
1910	Germany Clara von der Schulenburg (8)	Germany Hedwig Neresheimer	7–5, 6–4
1911	Germany Mieken Rieck	Germany Emma Köttgen	8–6, 4–6, 6–2
1912	Germany Mieken Rieck (2)	Germany Gertrud Mittler	6–1, 6–3
1913	Germany Gertrud Mittler	Germany T. Popp	6–1, 6–3
1914	Hungary Hedwig Neresheimer von Satzger	Austria Marie Bertrand Amende	6–8, 6–4, 6–3
1915/1918	Not held (due to World War I)
Berlin Championships
1919	Germany Hete Kaeber	Germany Daisy Schultz Uhl	6–4, 7–5
1920	Germany Clara von der Schulenburg (9)	Germany Hete Kaeber	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1921	Germany Ilse Weihermann Friedleben	ESP Lili de Alvarez	6–2, 6–0
1922	Germany Ilse Weihermann Friedleben (2)	Germany Nelly Neppach	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
1923	Germany Nelly Neppach	Hungary Ilona Varady	6–2, 6–1
1924	Germany Ilse Friedleben (3)	Germany Nelly Neppach	6–1, 7–5
1925	Germany Ilse Friedleben (4)	Germany Nelly Neppach	6–2, 6–0
1926	NED Kea Bouman	Germany Nelly Neppach	6–0, 7–5
1927	Germany Ilse Friedleben (5)	Germany Irma Kallmeyer	6–1, 6–2
1928	USA Elizabeth Ryan	Germany Toni Mettenheimer Schomburgk	6–3 ,6–3
1929	Germany Paula von Reznicek	Germany Cilly Aussem	7–5, 6–3
1930	Germany Cilly Aussem	Germany Hilde Krahwinkel	4–6, 8–6, 6–1
1931	FRA Ida Adamoff	Germany Ilse Friedleben	3–6, 6–0, 6–4
1932	Germany Hilde Krahwinkel	POL Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	6–4, 6–1
1933	Germany Hilde Krahwinkel (2)	Germany Marie Luise Horn	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1934	Germany Marie-Louise Horn	USA Elizabeth Ryan	6–2, 6–2
1935	Not held
1936	DEN Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (3)	BEL Nelly Adamson	6–2, 6–0
1937	DEN Hilda Krahwinkel Sperling (4)	Italy Anneliese Ullstein	6–0, 6–3
1938	Germany Totta Zehden	USA Gracyn Wheeler	6–2, 6–8, 6–1
1939/1949	Not held (due to World War II) and after
West Berlin International Championships
1949	FRG Ruth von Falkenhayn	ARG Mary Terán de Weiss	4–6, 6–4, 8–6
1950	AUS Thelma Coyne Long	FRG Inge Pohmann	6–3, 6–3
1951	AUS Thelma Coyne Long (2)	USA Margaret Osborne duPont	6–4, 6–3
1952	FRG Totta Zehden (2)	FRG Inge Hoffert Buderus	4–6, 6–1, 7–5
1953	FRG Totta Zehden (3)	FRG Inge Reh Vogler	6–2, 6–1
1954	ITA Silvana Lazzarino	ARG Elena Lehmann	6–1, 6–4
1955	SWE Birgit Gullbrandsson-Sandén	YUG Marica Crnadak	6–3, 6–4
1956	FRG Erika Vollmer	BER Heather Nicholls Brewer	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1957	AUS Jenny Staley Hoad	FRG Mary Bevis Hawton	6–1, 7–5
1958	FRG Edda Buding	ITA Lucia Bassi	6–2, 6–0
1959	RSA Sandra Reynolds	BRA Maria Bueno	7–5, 6–2
1960	MEX Yola Ramirez	FRG Inge Pohmann	6–4, 6–0
1961	GBR Angela Mortimer	FRG Margot Dittmeyer	6–2, 6–1
1962	AUS Lesley Turner	AUS Jan Lehane	8–6, 3–6, 6–2
1963	AUS Margaret Smith	AUS Robyn Ebbern	6–2, 7–5
1964	AUS Margaret Smith (2)	FRG Helga Schultze	6–2, 6–1
1965	FRG Helga Schultze	AUS Jill Blackman	6–4, 6–8, 6–1
1966	AUT Sonja Pachta	FRG Almut Sturm	6–2, 8–6
1967	RHO Pat Walkden	FRG Helga Schultze	6–2, 1–6, 6–2
1968	FRG Helga Schultze (2)	AUS Margaret Smith Court	6–1, 7–5
↓ Open Era ↓
West Berlin Open
1969	AUS Karen Krantzcke	AUS Lesley Turner Bowrey	6–1, 6–2
1970	GBR Virginia Wade	FRG Helga Niessen	10–8, 6–1
1971	FRG Helga Niessen Masthoff	FRG Katja Ebbinghaus	7–5, 1–6, 6–3
1974	FRG Helga Schultze Hoesl (3)	ARG Raquel Giscafré	6–4, 6–0

Notes

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