The Düsseldorf Open was a women's
clay court
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tennis
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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
The Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub is a tennis venue that is part of the Rochusclub sports complex located in Düsseldorf in Germany. The club was founded in 1898, before moving to a new location in 1929 where it has remained.Rochusclub Dà ...
in
Düsseldorf, Germany until 1974.
History
In 1898 the
Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub
The Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub is a tennis venue that is part of the Rochusclub sports complex located in Düsseldorf in Germany. The club was founded in 1898, before moving to a new location in 1929 where it has remained.Rochusclub Dà ...
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
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until 1969.
In 1970 the men's event was re branded as the
Düsseldorf Grand Prix
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 even ...
and became part of the
Grand Prix tennis circuit
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.
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
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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
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tournament held for one year, in 1973, in
Düsseldorf
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, West Germany. Its one-year on the
WTA Tour
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saw a home player,
Helga Masthoff
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, winning in the women's singles, whilst she and
Heide Orth
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Heide grew up in Essen in the industrial Ruhr valley and began playing tennis with her father at the age of 13. Her first major success was winning ...
reached a women's doubles final that was not played.
Finals
Singles
(incomplete roll)
Doubles
See also
*
Düsseldorf Grand Prix
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 even ...
*
ATP Düsseldorf Open
References
WTA Tour history
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Defunct tennis tournaments in Germany
WTA Tour
Sport in Düsseldorf
Tourist attractions in Düsseldorf
History of Düsseldorf