# The Homburg Cup

The Homburg Cup or Der Homburg-Pokal its original name was a tennis event held from 1894 through 1936 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany on outdoor Clay court's.

## History

The Homburg Cup tournament was first held in 1894 played at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany and usually August. The Homburg Cup was organised by the 1st President of the German Tennis Federation, Carl August von der Meden, the early staging of this event attracted some of the most well known aristocracy in Europe such as the, Emperor of Germany, Crown Prince of Greece, and the Duke of Cambridge numerous other aristocrats appeared every year which generated significant press coverage for the event, prize money that was on offer was said to be substantial at the time which was probably why it was considered one of the most important and prestigious early pre-open era tournaments in continental Europe and Germany along with German Championships known then for its ability to attract the best players in the world throughout its early period certainly up to the beginning of World War I. It was an open event and featured the likes of the Arthur Gore, Anthony Wilding, Joshua Pim Laurence and Reginald Doherty, A Harold Mahony and Max Décugis its lasted 41 years until 1935 the event featured men's doubles, women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles competition.

## Finals

Notes: Challenge round: The final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) in some tournaments not all. * Indicates challenger

### Men's singles

(Incomplete list)
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 1894 | Samuel Henry Hughes | ? | ? |
| 1895 | William M. Cranston | Reginald Forbes | 6-0, 6-3, 6-1 |
| 1896 | Reginald Doherty | William M. Cranston | walkover |
| 1897 | Reginald Doherty (2) | George Hillyard | walkover |
| 1898 | Reginald Doherty (3) | Laurence Doherty | walkover |
| 1899 | Reginald Doherty (4) | Clarence Hobart | 3-6, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1900 | Laurence Doherty | George Hillyard | 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2 |
| 1901 | Max Decugis | Jacques Worth | walkover |
| 1902 | Josiah Ritchie | Frederick William Payn | 6-3, 6-1, 6-4 |
| 1903 | George Ball-Greene | Josiah Ritchie | 7-5, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3 |
| 1904 | George Ball-Greene (2) | Wylie Cameron Grant | 9-7, 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1905 | George Ball-Greene (3) | Anthony Wilding | shared title |
| 1906 | Anthony Wilding (2) | Otto Froitzheim | 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 |
| 1907 | Otto Froitzheim | Anthony Wilding | 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1908 | Otto Froitzheim (2) | Anthony Wilding | 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 8-6 |
| 1909 | Otto Froitzheim (3) | Josiah Ritchie | 6-4, 5-7, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 |
| 1910 | Heinrich Kleinschroth | Heinrich Schomburgk | 5-7, 6-4, 6-0, 6-3 |
| 1911 | Otto Froitzheim (4) | Heinrich Schomburgk | 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1912 | Oscar Kreuzer | Gordon Lowe | 6-4, 1-6, 3-6, 6-0, 8-6 |
| 1913 | Otto Froitzheim (5) | Paul Otto Lindpaintner | 6-1, 6-2 |
| 1914/1918 | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) |
| 1919 | Otto Froitzheim (6) | Oscar Kreuzer | 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 |
| 1920 | Otto Froitzheim (7) | Oscar Kreuzer | 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1921 | Oscar Kreuzer (2) | Heinrich Kleinschroth | 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1925 | Willi Hannemann | Otto Froitzheim | 4-6, 7-5, ret. |
| 1926 | Axel Petersen | Otto Froitzheim | w.o. |
| 1927 | Georg T. W. Demasius | Otto Froitzheim | w.o. |
| 1928 | Axel Petersen (2) | Johann Philip Buss | 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, ret. |
| 1929 | Christian Boussus | Otto Froitzheim | w.o. |
| 1930 | Harry Hopman | Christian Boussus | 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4 |
| 1931 | Roderich Menzel | Fritz Kuhlmann Sr | 6-1, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0 |
| 1932 | Harry Hopman (2) | Clifford Sproule | 2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 8-6, 6-3 |
| 1933/1934 | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1935 | Werner Menzel | Fritz Kuhlmann Sr | 6-1, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0 |
| 1936 | John Olliff | Arnulf Schmidt | 1-6, 8-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 |

### Women's singles

(Incomplete list)
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 1895 | Toupie Lowther | S. Pollen | 6-2. 6-1 |
| 1896 | Elsie Lane | Toupie Lowther | 6-0, 6-2 |
| 1897 | Blanche Bingley Hillyard | Charlotte Cooper | divided prizes. |
| 1898 | Elsie Lane (2) | Toupie Lowther | 7-5, 7-5 |
| 1899 | Charlotte Cooper | Clara von der Schulenburg | 7-5. 6-4 |
| 1900 | Blanche Bingley Hillyard (2) | Muriel Robb | 2-6, 8-6, 7-5 |
| 1901 | Toupie Lowther (2) | Blanche Duddell | 6-0, 6-0 |
| 1902 | Charlotte Cooper Sterry (2) | Toupie Lowther | 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 |
| 1903 | Toupie Lowther (3) | Clara von der Schulenburg | 1-6, 6-4, 6-0 |
| 1904 | Toupie Lowther (4) | Elsie Lane | 6-2, 7-5 |
| 1905 | Dorothea Douglass | Toupie Lowther | 6-3, 7-5 |
| 1906 | Dorothea Douglass (2) | Blanche Bingley Hillyard | 6-4, 8-6 |
| 1907 | Hedwig Neresheimer | Rosamund Salusbury | 10-8, 6-3 |
| 1908 | Lucie Bergmann | Miss. Stettheimer | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1909 | Agnes Morton | Dagmar von Krohn | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1910 | Agnes Morton (2) | Mieken Rieck | 6-1, 6-4 |
| 1911 | Agnes Morton (3) | Nelly Bamberger | 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1912 | Lilly Salin | Ilse Weihermann | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1913 | Nelly Bamberger | Lilly Salin | 6-3, 2-0 retd. |
| 1914/1918 | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) |
| 1919 | Ilse Friedleben | Lili de Alvarez | ? |
| 1921 | Ilse Friedleben (2) | Lili de Alvarez | 5-7, 8-6 retd. |
| 1922 | Ilse Friedleben (3) | Hete Käber | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1924 | Ilse Friedleben (4) | Toni Weihermann | ? |
| 1925 | Ilse Friedleben (5) | Cilly Aussem | 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1926 | Anna Weihermann Hemp | Nelly Neppach | 6-4, 3-6, 3-0 retd. |
| 1927 | Ilse Friedleben | Simonne Mathieu | 6-4, 3-0, retd. |
| 1928 | Toni Mettenheimer Schomburgk | Ilse Friedleben | 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 |
| 1929 | Toni Weihermann Richter | Ellen Hoffmann | 6-1, 6-2 |
| 1930 | Ilse Friedleben (6) | Hilde Krahwinkel | default |
| 1931 | Anne Peitz | Marie-Louise Horn | 6-3, 7-5 |
| 1932 | Hilde Krahwinkel | Marie-Louise Horn | 6-1, 6-0 |
| 1933/1934 | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1935 | Margarethe Käppel | Anne Peitz Schneider | 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 |
| 1936 | Anneliese Ullstein | Klara Hammer Beutter | 6-4, 7-5 |

## Records

* Most Men's Singles Titles: Otto Froitzheim (7)
* Most Men's Finals: Otto Froitzheim (11)
* Most Women's Singles Titles: Ilse Friedleben (6)
* Most Women's Singles Finals: Ilse Friedleben & Toupie Lowther (7)