# Brockenhurst Open

The Brockenhurst Open was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1914. The event also known as the New Forest Open was organised by the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club and played at the Brockenhurst Park Estate and House until 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II.

## History

Brockenhurst Park Estate and House was purchased in 1769 by Edward Morant. The house was renamed Morant Hall (also known as Brockenhurt Manor) which remained with the Morant family until the estate was sold in the late 1950s. In 1914 the New Forest Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club staged its first tennis week of events known as the Brockenhurst Lawn Tennis Week. In 1915 World War I started and the tournament was suspended until 1921 when it was revived. The tournament ran annually until 1939 when it was discontinued due to World War II.

## Finals
### Men's singles

(incomplete roll)
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| 1922 | Walter Crawley | Ullah Kramet | 6–2, 9–7, 6–3. |
| 1923 | Walter Crawley (2) | Brame Hillyard | 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 8–6. |
| 1928 | Henry Mayes | Cornelius H. D. O'Callaghan | 6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3. |
| 1931 | R.V. Jenkins | Theodore Mavrogordato | 6–1, 6–1. |
| 1932 | Edward Alfred Dearman | Noel Galway Holmes | 6–1, 6–3. |
| 1933 | Jack Crawford | Vivian McGrath | 0–6, 6–0, 7–5. |
| 1934 | Guy Cooper | Edward Alfred Dearman | 6–4, 7–5. |
| 1935 | Eric Peters | Richard Arnold Von Planner | 6–4, 6–4. |
| 1936 | Guy Cooper | Edward Alfred Dearman | 7–5, 6–1. |
| 1937 | Vernon Kirby | Eric Peters | w.o. |
| 1938 | Eric Peters | Alan Brown | 6–3, 7–5. |
| 1939 | George Edward Godsell | Harold Hare | 6–3, 6–1. |
| 1940/1945 | Not held (due to World War II then discontinued) | Not held (due to World War II then discontinued) | Not held (due to World War II then discontinued) |

### Women's singles

| Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| 1914 | Violet Pinckney | Marguerite Sudgen Pearce | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1915/1920 | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) | Not held (due to World War I) |
| 1921 | Violet Pinckney (2) | Blanche Duddell Colston | 4–6, 6–4, retd. |
| 1922 | Kitty Mckane | Dorothy Holman | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1923 | Dorothy Holman | Camilla Rimington | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1924 | Dorothy Holman (2) | Christabel Hardie | 3–6, 6–2, 8–6 |
| 1925 | Dorothy Holman (3) | Edith Clarke | 8–6, 7–5 |
| 1926 | Christabel Hardie | Mabel Mavrogordato | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1927 | Joan Ridley | Claire Beckingham | 9–7, 7–5 |
| 1928 | Margaret McKane Stocks (2) | Claire Beckingham | 4–6, 10–8, 6–4 |
| 1929 | Violet Chamberlain | Mabel Mavrogordato | 6–1, 5–0, retd. |
| 1930 | Elsie Goldsack Pittman | Ermyntrude Harvey | 8–6, 7–5 |
| 1931 | Evelyn Dearman | Nancy Lyle | 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1932 | Edie Rudd | A. Yeates | 7–5, 6–4 |
| 1933 | Evelyn Dearman (2) | Margaret McKane Stocks | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1934 | Nancy Lyle | Evelyn Dearman | 6–0, 7–5 |
| 1935 | Effie Hemmant Peters | P. Scott | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1936 | Evelyn Dearman (3) | Peggy Scriven | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1937 | Nina Brown | Effie Peters | divided prizes |
| 1938 | Evelyn Dearman (4) | Margot Stewart | 4–6, 6–1, 6–0 |
| 1939 | Nancy Lyle Glover (2) | Gay Moorhouse Chandler | 6–1, 7–5 |
| 1940/1945 | Not held (due to World War II then discontinued) | Not held (due to World War II then discontinued) | Not held (due to World War II then discontinued) |