# Berlin Open

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

### Men's doubles

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

### Women's singles

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