The Homburg Cup or Der Homburg-Pokal its original name was a tennis event held from 1894 through 1936 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany on outdoor Clay court's.
History The Homburg Cup tournament was first held in 1894 played at the Bad Homburg Tennis Club, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany and usually August. The Homburg Cup was organised by the 1st President of the German Tennis Federation, Carl August von der Meden, the early staging of this event attracted some of the most well known aristocracy in Europe such as the, Emperor of Germany, Crown Prince of Greece, and the Duke of Cambridge numerous other aristocrats appeared every year which generated significant press coverage for the event, prize money that was on offer was said to be substantial at the time which was probably why it was considered one of the most important and prestigious early pre-open era tournaments in continental Europe and Germany along with German Championships known then for its ability to attract the best players in the world throughout its early period certainly up to the beginning of World War I. It was an open event and featured the likes of the Arthur Gore, Anthony Wilding, Joshua Pim Laurence and Reginald Doherty, A Harold Mahony and Max Décugis its lasted 41 years until 1935 the event featured men's doubles, women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles competition.
Finals Notes: Challenge round: The final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) in some tournaments not all. * Indicates challenger
Men's singles (Incomplete list) YearChampionsRunners-upScore1894 Samuel Henry Hughes ? ?1895 William M. Cranston Reginald Forbes 6-0, 6-3, 6-11896 Reginald Doherty William M. Cranston walkover1897 Reginald Doherty (2) George Hillyard walkover1898 Reginald Doherty (3) Laurence Doherty walkover 1899 Reginald Doherty (4) Clarence Hobart 3-6, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 1900 Laurence Doherty George Hillyard 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 4-6, 6-21901 Max Decugis Jacques Worth walkover1902 Josiah Ritchie Frederick William Payn 6-3, 6-1, 6-41903 George Ball-Greene Josiah Ritchie 7-5, 7-5, 3-6, 2-6, 6-31904 George Ball-Greene (2) Wylie Cameron Grant 9-7, 6-2, 6-31905 George Ball-Greene (3) Anthony Wildingshared title1906 Anthony Wilding (2) Otto Froitzheim 6-1, 6-1, 6-41907 Otto Froitzheim Anthony Wilding 6-4, 6-2, 6-31908 Otto Froitzheim (2) Anthony Wilding 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 8-61909 Otto Froitzheim (3) Josiah Ritchie 6-4, 5-7, 6-1, 4-6, 7-51910 Heinrich Kleinschroth Heinrich Schomburgk 5-7, 6-4, 6-0, 6-31911 Otto Froitzheim (4) Heinrich Schomburgk 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-31912 Oscar Kreuzer Gordon Lowe 6-4, 1-6, 3-6, 6-0, 8-6 1913 Otto Froitzheim (5) Paul Otto Lindpaintner 6-1, 6-21914/1918Not held (due to World War I)1919 Otto Froitzheim (6) Oscar Kreuzer6-3, 6-1, 6-11920 Otto Froitzheim (7) Oscar Kreuzer6-1, 6-3, 6-31921 Oscar Kreuzer (2) Heinrich Kleinschroth6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-21925 Willi Hannemann Otto Froitzheim4-6, 7-5, ret.1926 Axel Petersen Otto Froitzheimw.o.1927 Georg T. W. Demasius Otto Froitzheimw.o.1928 Axel Petersen (2) Johann Philip Buss 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, ret. 1929 Christian Boussus Otto Froitzheimw.o.1930 Harry Hopman Christian Boussus 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 0-6, 6-41931 Roderich Menzel Fritz Kuhlmann Sr 6-1, 6-1, 4-6, 6-01932 Harry Hopman (2) Clifford Sproule2-6, 4-6, 6-3, 8-6, 6-31933/1934Not held1935 Werner Menzel Fritz Kuhlmann Sr 6-1, 6-1, 4-6, 6-01936 John Olliff Arnulf Schmidt1-6, 8-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Women's singles (Incomplete list) YearChampionsRunners-upScore 1895 Toupie Lowther Sabine Pollen 6-2. 6-1 1896 Elsie Lane Toupie Lowther6-0, 6-2 1897 Blanche Bingley Hillyard Charlotte Cooper divided prizes. 1898 Elsie Lane (2) Toupie Lowther7-5, 7-5 1899 Charlotte Cooper Clara von der Schulenburg 7-5. 6-4 1900 Blanche Bingley Hillyard (2) Muriel Robb2-6, 8-6, 7-5 1901 Toupie Lowther (2) Blanche Duddell 6-0, 6-0 1902 Charlotte Cooper Sterry (2) Toupie Lowther6-2, 2-6, 6-3 1903 Toupie Lowther (3) Clara von der Schulenburg 1-6, 6-4, 6-0 1904 Toupie Lowther (4) Elsie Lane 6-2, 7-5 1905 Dorothea Douglass Toupie Lowther 6-3, 7-5 1906 Dorothea Douglass (2) Blanche Bingley Hillyard6-4, 8-6 1907 Hedwig Neresheimer Rosamund Salusbury10-8, 6-3 1908 Lucie Bergmann Miss. Stettheimer 6-2, 6-2 1909 Agnes Morton Dagmar von Krohn 6-2, 6-2 1910 Agnes Morton (2) Mieken Rieck 6-1, 6-4 1911 Agnes Morton (3) Nelly Bamberger 6-2, 6-4 1912 Lilly Salin Ilse Weihermann 6-3, 6-4 1913 Nelly Bamberger Lilly Salin 6-3, 2-0 retd.1914/1918Not held (due to World War I) 1919 Ilse Friedleben Lili de Alvarez? 1921 Ilse Friedleben (2) Lili de Alvarez5-7, 8-6 retd. 1922 Ilse Friedleben (3) Hete Käber 6-3, 6-2 1924 Ilse Friedleben (4) Toni Weihermann ? 1925 Ilse Friedleben (5) Cilly Aussem 6-2, 6-3 1926 Anna Weihermann Hemp Nelly Neppach 6-4, 3-6, 3-0 retd. 1927 Ilse Friedleben Simonne Mathieu 6-4, 3-0, retd. 1928 Toni Mettenheimer Schomburgk Ilse Friedleben6-4, 2-6, 6-4 1929 Toni Weihermann Richter Ellen Hoffmann 6-1, 6-2 1930 Ilse Friedleben (6) Hilde Krahwinkel default 1931 Anne Peitz Marie-Louise Horn 6-3, 7-5 1932 Hilde Krahwinkel Marie-Louise Horn 6-1, 6-01933/1934Not held 1935 Margarethe Käppel Anne Peitz Schneider6-4, 3-6, 7-5 1936 Anneliese Ullstein Klara Hammer Beutter 6-4, 7-5
Records Most Men's Singles Titles: Otto Froitzheim (7) Most Men's Finals: Otto Froitzheim (11) Most Women's Singles Titles: Ilse Friedleben (6) Most Women's Singles Finals: Ilse Friedleben & Toupie Lowther (7)
Notes
References Lawn Tennis and Badminton Magazines, 1896–1901, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd, London, UK. Lawn Tennis and Croquet Magazines, 1901–1920, Amateur Sports Publishing Co. Ltd, London, UK. Tennis:Cultural History, Gillmeister, Heiner, A&C Black, 1998, .
See also History of tennis
External links https://app.thetennisbase.com/Homburg Cup Roll of Honour