Droitwich Open

The Droitwich Open also known as the Droitwich Spa Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1928 as the Droitwich Open Lawn Tennis Tournament or Droitwich Spa Open Open Lawn Tennis Tournament.^[1] The tournament was organised by the Droitwich Spa Lawn Tennis Club (now called the Droitwich Tennis Club), and played at the Brine Baths Park (now called Droitwich Lido Park), Droitwich Spa, Worcesteshire, England.^[2] The tournament ran until 1939 just before World War II then was discontinued.^[3]

In 1928 the Droitwich Open Lawn Tennis Tournament was founded.^[4] This tournament was played on grass court and staged annually through till 1939 when it was discontinued.^[5] In October 1967 Droitwich Tennis Club applied to the Lawn Tennis Association to restart a new open tennis hard court tournament that was to begin in 1968.^[6] In May 1968 the first Droitwich Open Hard Courts tournament was held.^[7] In 1971 that event became part of the Bio-Strath Circuit under the brand name the Bio-Starth Droitwich Open Hard Courts.

Droitwich Spa Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1920.^[8] It staged the first Droitwich Open in 1928.^[9] The club was located in what was then called Brine Baths Park (now called Droitwich Lido Park), Droitwich Spa, Worcesteshire.^[10] The original club had four grass courts and four hard courts (clay).^[11] In 1975 Droitwich Tennis Club moved to its current location at St Peters Church Lane.^[12] The club still has the eight tennis courts. They no longer have the original grass or clay courts, but a combination of hard and artificial grass courts.^[13]

(Incomplete list)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1929[14]	Alfred Pearson	Don Butler	6–3, 6–1
1931	Don Butler	E. M. Sykes	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1933[15]	Don Butler (2)	Ronald Shayes	6–4, 1–6, 6–2
1934[16]	Cam Malfroy	Don Butler	6–4, 3–6, 8–6
1935[17]	Don Butler (3)	George Godsell	6–3, 6–2
1936[18]	George Godsell	Henry Billington	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
1937[19]	Ronald Shayes	George Godsell	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1938	Alexander M. Hamburger	Ronald Shayes	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1939	Alexander M. Hamburger (2)	G.R.M. Ricketts	6–0, 7–5

(Incomplete list)

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1928	Vera Marshall	Vera Noott	6–3, 6–2
1929[20]	Miss Elizabeth T. Madin	Vera Marshall	6–4, 6–4
1931	Vera Noott	Mrs H. O'Connor	6–1, 6–4
1932	Jeanette Morfey	Gladys Clarke-Jervoise	6–3, 6–0
1933	Florence Ford	Mary Whitmarsh	6–4, 6–4
1934[21]	Florence Ford (2)	Joy Cunningham	6–3, 6–3
1935[22]	Florence Ford (3)	Joy Cunningham	6–3, 6–2
1936	Dorothy Round	Florence Ford	6–4, 6–4
1937	Florence Ford (4)	Betty Batt	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
1938	Gertrude Valentine-Brown	Florence Ford	6–2, 1–6, 6–4
1939	Gertrude Valentine-Brown (2)	Madge Slaney[23]	4–6 7–5 6–1

• Droitwich Open Hard Courts (clay court tournament)