# Cumberland Hard Court Championships

The Cumberland Hard Court Championships or Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships and also known as the Cumberland Hard Court Tournament was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded as in 1927. It was played at the Cumberland Club, Hampstead, London, England until tournament ended in 1986.

## History

The Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships were founded in 1927 and played at the Cumberland Club, Hampstead, England. In 1971 the tournament was incorporated into the Bio-Strath Circuit under the sponsorship name of the Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships or simply the Bio-Strath Cumberland, where it was the second leg of circuit that year. In 1981 the British department store retail company British Home Stores took over sponsorship of the event, and it was branded as the British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament. The tournament ran through till 1986 as part of the ILTF Independent Tour then was discontinued.

## Finals
### Men's singles

(incomplete roll)
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| ↓ ILTF Circuit ↓ ||||
| Cumberland Hard Court Championships ||||
| 1931 | Jiro Satoh | Ted Avory | 6-4, 6-3. |
| 1934 | Bunny Austin | Man-Mohan Bhandari | 6-2 6-1 |
| 1935 | John Olliff | Frank Wilde | 14-12, 6-2. |
| 1936 | Charles Hare | John Olliff | 6-4, 6-3. |
| 1937 | Ronald Shayes | Edmund John David | 6-4, 6-2. |
| 1938 | Wai-Chuen Choy | John Olliff | 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. |
| 1939/1946 | Not held (due to World War II) | Not held (due to World War II) | Not held (due to World War II) |
| 1947 | Howard Walton | Francis Wallis | 4-6, 6-2, 6-2. |
| 1948 | Headley Baxter | Dennis Slack | 6-2, 6-1 |
| 1949 | Tony Mottram | Geoff Paish | 6-2, 6-4. |
| 1950 | Geoffrey Brown | Headley Baxter | 6-2, 6-2. |
| 1951 | Tony Mottram (2) | Peter Cawthorn | 6-2, 6-1. |
| 1952 | Peter Cawthorn | Gerry Oakley | 6-3, 6-1. |
| 1953 | Roger Becker | Gerry Oakley | 6-3, 6-4. |
| 1954 | Jeff Robson | Billy Knight | 6-3, 6-4. |
| 1955 | Billy Knight | Tony Mottram | 1-6, 6-4, 6-2. |
| 1956 | Bobby Wilson | Mike Davies | 1-6, 6-3, 7-5. |
| 1957 | Gerry Oakley | Tony Pickard | w.o. |
| 1958 | Bobby Wilson (2) | Gerry Oakley | 7-5, 6-4. |
| 1959 | Lew Gerrard | Roger Becker | 6-3, 6-2. |
| 1960 | Bobby Wilson (3) | Norman Kitovitz | 6-1, 6-2. |
| 1961 | Roger Becker (2) | Günther Sanders | 6-3, 6-4. |
| 1962 | Martin Mulligan | Warren Jacques | 6-4, 6-4. |
| 1963 | Mark Cox | Harry Matheson | 6-3, 7-5. |
| 1964 | Mark Cox | Clay Iles | 7-5, 6-2. |
| 1965 | Bobby Wilson (4) | Gerald Battrick | 6-3, 7-5. |
| 1966 | Graham Stilwell | Stanley Matthews | 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. |
| 1967 | Gerald Battrick | Mike Carpenter | 7-5, 6-4. |
| 1968 | Bobby Wilson (5) | Peter Curtis | 6-3, 6-0. |
| ↓ Open era ↓ ||||
| 1969 | Bobby Wilson (6) | Keith Wooldridge | 6-3, 6-1. |
| 1970 | Allan McDonald | Keith Wooldridge | 6-3, 9-7. |
| Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships ||||
| 1971 | Ian Fletcher | Alan Mills | 7-5, 6-0. |
| ↓ ILTF Independent Tour ↓ ||||
| Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships ||||
| 1972 | David Lloyd | John de Mendoza | 6-0, 9-7. |
| 1973 | Buster Mottram | Syd Ball | 6-2, 6-1. |
| 1974 | Keith Hancock | Richard Lewis | 6-3, 6-4. |
| 1975 | Robin Drysdale | Alvin Gardiner | 6-7, 6-2, 6-4. |
| 1977 | David Lloyd (2) | Chris Bradnam | 7-6, 6-4. |
| 1978 | Chris Bradnam | Michael Appleton | 6-1, 6-3. |
| 1979 | Chris Bradnam (2) | Rohun Beven | 6-3, 6-4. |
| 1980 | Rohun Beven | Willie Davies | 6-1, 6-2. |
| British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament ||||
| 1981 | Mark Cox (2) | Chris Bradnam | 7-6, 6-4. |
| 1982 | Stephen Alger | Christo van Rensburg | 6-2, 7-6. |
| 1983 | John Feaver | Chris Bradnam | 4-6, 7-6, 7-5. |

### Women's singles

(incomplete roll)
| Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Cumberland Hard Court Championships ||||
| ↓ ILTF Circuit ↓ ||||
| 1927 | Christabel Hardie | Elsie Goldsack | 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 |
| 1928 | Violet Chamberlain | Christabel Hardie | 6-2, 6-1 |
| 1929 | Joan Ridley | Betty Dix | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1930 | Elsie Goldsack Pittman | Joan Ridley | 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1931 | Davina Gordon Townsend | Freda Scott | 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 |
| 1932 | Mrs H. Martin | N. Case | 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1933 | Jeanette Morfey | Jean Saunders | divided title |
| 1934 | Christabel Hardie Wheatcroft (2) | Mary Burgess-Smith | 4-6, 8-6, 8-6 |
| 1935 | Joan Ingram | Christabel Hardie Wheatcroft | 6-1, 6-3 |
| 1936 | Mary Heeley | Sheila Paterson | 6-1, 6-1 |
| 1937 | Mary Heeley (2) | Nina Brown | 6-1, 6-0 |
| 1938 | Mary Hardwick | Betty Batt | 8-6, 6-2 |
| 1939/1946 | Not held (due to World War II) | Not held (due to World War II) | Not held (due to World War II) |
| 1946 | Joan Curry | Betty Clements Hilton | 7-5, 6-4 |
| 1947 | Joan Curry (2) | Peggy Dawson-Scott | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1948 | Joan Curry (3) | Molly Lincoln Blair | 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1949 | Jean Quertier | Jean Walker-Smith | 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1950 | Patsy Rodgers | Joey Physick David | 6-4, 6-0 |
| 1951 | Nancye Wynne Bolton | Susan Partridge | 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1952 | Gem Hoahing | Georgie Woodgate | 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1953 | Angela Mortimer | Gem Hoahing | 6-3, 6-1 |
| 1954 | Angela Buxton | Lorna Cawthorn | 6-4, 6-0 |
| 1955 | Pearl Gannon Panton | Jenny Middleton | 5-7, 6-2, 6-0 |
| 1956 | Angela Buxton (2) | Sue Waters | 6-0, 6-4 |
| 1957 | Christine Truman | Sheila Armstrong | 4-6, 6-1, 8-6 |
| 1958 | Christine Truman (2) | Sheila Armstrong | 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 |
| 1959 | Shirley Bloomer | Ruia Morrison | 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1960 | Christine Truman (3) | Shirley Bloomer Brasher | 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1961 | Pauline Titchener Roberts | Rosemary Deloford | 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1962 | Ann Haydon | Lorna Cawthorn | 6-2, 6-1 |
| 1963 | Christine Truman (4) | Robin Lesh | 7-5, 6-8, 6-4 |
| 1964 | Jan Lehane | Ann Haydon Jones | 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 |
| 1965 | Ann Haydon Jones (2) | Christine Truman | 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 |
| 1966 | Ann Haydon Jones (3) | Elizabeth Starkie | 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1967 | Christine Truman (5) | Jitka Volavková | 7-5, 6-1 |
| 1968 | Faye Toyne-Moore | Christine Truman Janes | 6-4, 6-2 |
| ↓ Open era ↓ ||||
| 1969 | Joyce Barclay Williams | Winnie Shaw | 7-5, 6-2 |
| 1970 | Evonne Goolagong | Jill Cooper | 6-2, 9-7 |
| Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships ||||
| 1971 | Christine Truman Janes (6) | Jill Cooper | 8-6, 4-6, 6-2 |
| ↓ ILTF Independent Tour ↓ ||||
| Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships ||||
| 1972 | Glynis Coles | Patti Hogan | 8-6, 6-4 |
| 1973 | Linda Mottram | Veronica Burton | 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 |
| 1974 | Veronica Burton | Paulina Peisachov | 4-6, 9-8, 6-2 |
| 1975 | Linda Mottram (2) | Glynis Coles | 7-6, 7-5 |
| 1977 | Linda Mottram (3) | Jackie Fayter | 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 |
| 1978 | Linda Mottram (4) | Jackie Fayter | 6-3, 6-7, 6-2 |
| 1979 | Jo Durie | Linda Mottram | 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1980 | Jo Durie (2) | Anne Hobbs | 6-4, 7-6 |
| British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament ||||
| 1981 | Jo Durie (3) | Debbie Jevans | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1982 | Kate Brasher | Masako Yanagi | 6-1, 6-1 |
| 1983 | Amanda Brown | Debbie Jevans Jarrett | 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 |
| 1985 | Elna Reinach | Nancy Cohen | 7-5, 7-5 |
| 1986 | Catrin Jexell | Jane Wood | 6-4, 6-2 |