Travemünde Challenger

Travemünde International
ATP Travemünde Challenger
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
Founded1951; 74 years ago (1951)
Abolished1988; 37 years ago (1988)
LocationTravemünde, West Germany
VenueTravemünde Hockey & Tennis Club
SurfaceClay / outdoor

The Travemünde Challenger also known as the ATP Travemünde Challenger was a men's tennis tournament founded in 1951 as a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament called the Travemünde International. The tournament ran annually until 1988 when it was discontinued.

History

In 1908 the Rasentennisturnier Travemünde (Travemünde Lawn Tennis Tournament) was first established. That tournament was an open clay court event for men and women that mainly attracted German tennis players, though some foreign international players did participate in the tournament. In 1922 the Harvesterhuder Tennis and Hockey Club then organized the event now branded as the Internationales Rasentennisturnier Travemünde in Travemünde and built the first tennis facility with a clubhouse on behalf of the city. In 1947 the Travemünde Hockey & Tennis Club was founded.

In 1950 the Rasentennisturnier Travemünde was succeeded a new Travemünde International tournament in 1951. The tournament ran as a combined event until 1980 when the women's tournament was discontinued. The men's event carried but it was downgraded from the world tour and became a challenger tournament in 1981 called the Travemünde Challenger it continued until 1988, when the Travemünde Hockey & Tennis Club ended the event due to financial problems with cost of hosting tournament.

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1951 Nils Rohlsson Herbert Ludwig Tübben 6–1, 6–1
1952 Umberto Bergamo Gianni Clerici 6–3, 6–4
1953 Jan-Erik Lundqvist Milan Matouš 6–4, 2–6, 6–2
1954 Erwin Balestra Mario Belardinelli 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1955 Wayne Van Voorhees Tony Mottram 6–2, 1–6, 6–2
1956 Ken Rosewall Ladislav Legenstein 8–6, 3–6, 6–0
1957 Istvan Sikorski Abe Segal 6–2, 6–2
1958 Mervyn Rose Sven Davidson 7–5, 6–1
1959 Jan-Erik Lundqvist (2) Luis Ayala 11–9, 6–3
1960 Jan-Erik Lundqvist (3) Ramanathan Krishnan 7–5, 6–1
1961 Robin Sanders Milan Branović 6–4, 1–6, 6–3
1962 Wolfgang Stuck Ladislav Legenstein 6–4, 6–1
1963 Niki Pilic Wolfgang Stuck 6–2, 4–6, 9–7, 6–1
1964 Martin Mulligan Gene Scott 11–9, 4–6, 5–7, 6–0, 6–1
1965 Wolfgang Stuck (2) Ingo Buding 7–5, 6–3, 6–3
1966 Niki Pilic (2) Sergio Tacchini 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1967 Ilie Năstase Jan Leschly 6–4, 6–3, 6–2
1968 Jan Kukal Ion Țiriac 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 11–9
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Ilie Năstase (2) Istvan Gulyas 6–2, 7–5, 1–6, 2–6, 6–4
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1970 Attila Korpás Barry Phillips-Moore 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1971 Harald Elschenbroich Karl Meiler 7–9, 3–6, 6–0, 7–5, 6–3
1972 Péter Szőke Dick Crealy 6–1, 6–2
1973 Toshiro Sakai Robert Machan 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 7–6
1974 Robert Machan Toshiro Sakai 6–2, 6–1, 6–2
1975 Jan Kukal (2) Péter Szőke 7–6, 3–6, 5–7, 7–6, 7–6
1976 Hans Kary Robert Machan 6–3, 4–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–2
1977 Balazs Taroczy Robert Machan 6–0, 6–2, 6–2
1978 Birger Andersson Pavel Sevcik 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1979 Buster Mottram Peter McNamara 6–1, 6–3
1980 Steve Krulevitz Robert Machan 6–1, 7–5
↓  ATP Challenger Tour  ↓
1981 Ulrich Pinner Peter Elter 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1982 Dominique Bedel Wolfgang Popp 6–4, 6–4
1983 Michael Westphal Rolf Gehring 7–5, 6–2
1984 Vadim Borisov Alejandro Ganzábal 7–5, 7–5
1986 Alex Stepanek Massimo Cierro 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
1987 Ronnie Bathman Wojtek Kowalski 7–6, 6–3
1988 Conny Falk Hugo Armando 6–4, 6–4

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1951 Mary Terán de Weiss Erika Vollmer 6–3, 7–5
1952 Dottie Head Knode Ingrid Metzner 6–4, 6–4
1953 Dottie Head Knode (2) Helena Matouš 6–2, 6–2
1954 Edda Buding Inge Hoffert Buderus 6–2, 5–1, ret.
1956 Ingrid Metzner Elizabeth von Aspern 6–3, 6–2
1958 Erika Vollmer Karin Warnke 6–2, 7–5
1966 Helga Niessen Sonja Pachta 8–6, 6–0
1967 Helga Schultze Helga Niessen 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
1968 Gail Sherriff Alena Palmeova 6–4, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Helga Niessen (2) Kora Schediwy 7–5, 6–2
1970 Erzsebet Polgar Katalin Borka 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1971 Helga Niessen Masthoff (3) Birgitta Lindström 6–8, 6–2, 6–2
1972 Helga Niessen Masthoff (4) Judith Szorenyi 6–2, 6–2
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1973 Helga Niessen Masthoff (5) Kazuko Sawamatsu 6–4, 6–3
1974 Helga Niessen Masthoff (6) Heide Orth 6–4, 6–2
1975 Helga Niessen Masthoff (7) Alena Palmeová-West 6–4, 6–4
1976 Helga Niessen Masthoff (8) Katja Ebbinghaus 6–2, 6–2
1977 Katja Ebbinghaus Helena Anliot 7–5, 6–3
1980 Helga Niessen Masthoff (9) Claudia Kohde-Kilsch 4–6, 6–3, 6–2

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