# Framlingham Open (tennis)

The Framlingham Open was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1883 and held at the Framlingham College, Framlingham, Suffolk, England until 1983. The event is still played today, but is no longer part of the senior worldwide tour.

## History

In August 1883 an annual Framlingham lawn tennis tournament established by the Framlingham Lawn Tennis Club, and played on the Hurts Hill Courts, Hurts Hill Park, Saxmundham Suffolk, England that ran until 1914. It was not staged throughout World War One. It resumed in 1919 and that event also carried the joint title of Suffolk Championships for that year, and in 1922.
The Framlingham event continued to be held at Hurts Hall Park, Saxmundham until 1936, when it was moved to the tennis courts of the Framlingham College Grounds at Framlingham (a distance of 17 miles) until the start of World War Two.
On 12 August 1883 an annual open Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament was also established at Hurts Hall Park, Saxmundham, Suffolk, England that ran until 1892. In 1893 the Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament was renamed the Suffolk Championships.
From 1915 the championships being organised and staged by the Saxmundham LTC were not held until 1920 due to the World War I. From 1923 until the out break of World War II in 1939 championships continued to be held in Saxmundham. After World War II the Framlingham LTC took over responsibility for organising the Suffolk Championships at Framlingham College until 1983. The Framlingham Tennis Tournament as distinct event was staged alongside the now Suffolk Championships until 1983. The event is still played today, but is no longer part of the senior worldwide tour.

## Finals
### Men's singles

(Incomplete Roll)
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| Framlingham Open Lawn Tennis Tournament ||||
| 1883 | William Bolding Monement | Francis William Monement | divided title. |
| 1883 | William Bolding Monement | Charles Hoadley Ashe Ross | 6–1, 9–7, 6–3. |
| 1914/1918 | Not held (due to world war one) | Not held (due to world war one) | Not held (due to world war one) |
| 1919 | Herbert Roper Barrett | Bunny Austin | 6–3, 0–6, 8–6. |
| 1936 | Harold Hare | L. Garfoe | 6–3, 0–6, 8–6. |
| 1939/1945 | Not held (due to world war one) | Not held (due to world war one) | Not held (due to world war one) |
| 1953 | John Horn | L. Garfoe | 6–3, 0–6, 8–6. |
| 1954 | John Barry | Rafiq Ahmad | 6–2, 6–2. |
| 1955 | Geoffrey Cass | J.F. Robertson | 6–4, 6–4. |
| 1956 | Roche Goosen | Les Bowring | 6–3, 4–6, 8–6. |
| 1957 | Peter B. Frankland | Tony Clayton | 4–6, 6–0, 6–1. |
| 1959 | Hugh West Sweeney | Lawrence Franklin Strong | 9–7, 6–1. |
| 1960 | Laurie Strong | Bobby Thorn | 6–3, 4–6, 6–3. |
| 1965 | Paul Hutchins | Alf Long | 6–4, 6–2. |
| 1966 | Kevin Woolcott | Onny Parun | 11–9, 7–5. |
| ↓ Open era ↓ ||||
| 1968 | Neil C. McAffer | Paul Sussams | 6–4, 4–6, 11–9. |
| 1969 | Hank Irvine | Richard N. Hawkes | 1–6, 6–2, 6–4. |
| 1970 | Robin Drysdale | J.C. Tatum | 6–1, 6–4. |
| 1973 | Mike Cole | J.C. Tatum | 9–7, 2–6, 6–1. |
| 1974 | Eddie Fox | Alan Rayner | 6–3, 6–4. |
| 1975 | Mike Cole | Eddie Fox | 11–9, 8–10, 6–3. |
| 1976 | Noel Phillips | Eddie Fox | 6–4, 6–2. |
| 1977 | Eddie Fox | John Biscomb | 6–2, 6–1. |
| 1978 | Mike Mullan | D. Rainey | 6–1, 6–0. |
| 1979 | D. Rainey | J. Willson | 7–6, 7–6. |
| 1980 | Paul Billingham | J. Willson | 2–6, 6–3, 6–3. |
| 1981 | Paul Butcher | C. Musaka | 7–6, 6–1. |

### Women's singles

(Incomplete Roll)
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| Framlingham Open Lawn Tennis Tournament ||||
| 1914/1918 | Not held (due to world war one) | Not held (due to world war one) | Not held (due to world war one) |
| 1921 | Dorothy Holman | Erika E. Tanner | 5–7, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1922 | Dorothy Holman | Kathleen Lidderdale | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1930 | Joan Ridley | Joan Austin | 6–3, 2–6, 6–2. |
| 1939/1945 | Not held (due to world war one) | Not held (due to world war one) | Not held (due to world war one) |
| 1954 | Angela Mortimer | Beverly Baker Fleitz | 6–4, 6–3. |
| 1960 | Ann Haydon | Pat Hird | 6–1, 6–3. |
| ↓ Open era ↓ ||||
| 1970 | Shirley Brasher | J.C. Tatum | 6–1, 6–4. |