Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Championship

The Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Championship^[1] also known as the Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1926 as the Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Lawn Tennis Club Tournament.^[2] The event was staged annually at Sutton Coldfield Tennis Club, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England until 1965.

In 1922 the Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Lawn Tennis Club was founded.^[3] In 1926 the club established the Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Lawn Tennis Club Tournament.^[4] It was staged annually until 1939 when it was suspended due to World War II. The tournament did not resume until 1949 in part due to a lack of water still not available after the war to maintain its courts. In 1950 it was rebranded as the Sutton Coldfield Hard Court Championships. The tournament continued to held through to 1965 when it was discontinued. Sutton Coldfield Tennis Club is still active today.^[5]

Incomplete roll includes:

Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1937[6]	Norman Taylor	Kho Sin-Khie	3-6, 9–7, 6-2
1938[7]	Norman Taylor (2)	Jimmy Jones	3-6, 9–7, 6-2
Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Championship
1949	Tony Mottram	Howard F. Walton	6-0 6-3
1950[8]	Koon Hung Ip	Wilfred D. Rowe	6-0 6-3
1951	Peter Cawthorn	Ignacy Tloczynski	6-2, 9-7
1952	Peter Cawthorn (2)	Don Tregonning	6-2, 8–10, 6-3
1953	Jack Arkinstall	John Horn	6-0 6-1
1954	David Samaai	Don Hamilton[9]	7-5, 3–6, 6-3
1955	Bill Gilmour Sr.	Tony Mottram	4-6, 7–5, 6-3
1956	Brian C. Bowman	Robert J (Bob) Lee[10]	6-1, 6-4
1957	Roger Becker	Derek Lawer[11]	6-3, 6-2
1958	Lew Gerrard	John Hurry[12]	3-6, 6–4, 8-6
1959	Robin Sanders	Howard Walton	6-2, 6-3
1960	Robin Sanders (2)	Gaetan Koenig[13]	6-2, 6-3
1963	John Hillebrand	Martin Mulligan	6-4, 8-6
1964	Roy Dixon	John Hillebrand	6-2, 8-6
1965	Roy Dixon (2)	Uwe Gottschalk[14]	3-6, 6–4, 6-4

Incomplete roll includes.

Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Lawn Tennis Club Tournament
Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1933	E. Woodhall	Olga Greenwood	6-2, 1–6, 6-3
1939	Betty Clements	Molly Wadlow	6-1, 6-3
Sutton Coldfield Hard Courts Championship
1950[15]	Barbara Knapp	Gillian Gittings Worrall	6-3, 7-5
1951	Margaret Emerson	Sheila Speight	7-5, 6-1
1952	Rosemary Walsh	Hazel Cheadle	6-4, 6-3
1953	Hazel Cheadle	Audrey Housley	6-2, 7-5
1954	Angela Mortimer	Heather Nicholls Brewer	6-4, 6-3
1955	Daphne Seeney	Hazel Cheadle	6-2, 3–6, 7-5
1956	Anne Shilcock	Ann Haydon	3-6, 9–7, 6-4
1957[16]	Angela Mortimer (2)	Rita Bentley	9-7, 7-5
1958[17]	Angela Mortimer (3)	Rita Bentley	6-4 6-0
1959	Angela Mortimer (4)	Ann Haydon	6-2, 6-2
1960	Barbara Drew	Françoise Dürr	6-1, 9-7
1963	Hazel Cheadle	Jean Haskew	6-1, 6-2
1964[18]	Ann Haydon Jones	Rita Bentley	1-6, 8–6, 6-4
1965[19]	Pat McClenaughan	Faye Toyne	6-3, 6-1

• Most Men's Titles: Norman Taylor & Peter Cawthorn & Robin Sanders & Roy Dixon (2)
• Most Men's Finals: Norman Taylor & Peter Cawthorn & Robin Sanders & Roy Dixon & Tony Mottram & John Hillebrand (2)

• Most Women's Titles: Angela Mortimer (4)
• Most Women's Finals: Angela Mortimer (4)