Düsseldorf Grand Prix
Introduction The '''Düsseldorf Grand Prix''' or '''Großer Preis von Düsseldorf'''  was a men's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1905 as a combined event men's and women's called the '''Düsseldorf International''' or '''Internationale Düsseldorf'''. It remained a joint event until 1969 and was held at the Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub in Düsseldorf, Germany until 1977.
History In 1898 the Rochusclub Düsseldorfer Tennisclub was founded. In 1905 the club staged the first Internationale Düsseldorf tournament. In 1929 the club moved to a new location where it remains today. It was held annually in Düsseldorf, Germany until 1977.The combined event was part of the Deutscher Lawn Tennis Bund (f.1902) circuit from inception until 1913.In 1914 it became part of the new ILTF Circuit until 1969.In 1970 the men's event was re branded as the Dusseldorf Grand Prix and became part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. The women's event remained a part of the ILTF Circuit under the original name Dusseldorf International. In 1973 the women's event was branded as the WTA Düsseldorf Open and was part of the 1973 WTA Tour for one edition only, before it returned as an event on the ILTF Independent Tour. The women's event ended in 1974 and the men's tournament was discontinued in 1977.
Finals ===Singles===(incomplete roll)''Düsseldorf International''YearWinnersRunners-upScore↓  German Circuit  ↓ 1905   Julius Arnold Frese  Karl Simon  6–1, 6–3, 6–3.1911   Otto Blom  Adolf Hammacher1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4.↓  ILTF Circuit  ↓ 1925   Otto Froitzheim Willi Hannemann6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 6–1.1927   Jean Borotra  Otto Froitzheim4–6, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–1.1929   Jean Borotra Adolf Hammacher1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4.1930   Hyotaro Sato Harry Hopman6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4.1937  Franjo Kukuljević Josef Siba1–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1.1939   Konrad Eppler  Herbert Werner6–4, 6–2.1949   Earl Cochell Heraldo Weiss6–2, 6–2, 6–1.1950   Heraldo Weiss Dilip Bose3–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–3.1951   Torsten Johansson Wladyslaw Skonecki9–7, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3.1953   Herb Flam Jaroslav Drobný3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2.1955   Jaroslav Drobný Mervyn Rose6–2, 6–0, 6–3.1957   Luis Ayala Mal Anderson6–4, 6–2, 6–4.1961   Ramanathan Krishnan Barry Phillips-Moore6–1, 6–2, 6–1.1962    Wilhelm Bungert  Christian Kuhnke5–7, 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4.1963   Fred Stolle José Edison Mandarino6–4, 6–4, 6–1.1967   Wilhelm Bungert Ingo Buding6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.1968   István Gulyás   Wilhelm Bungert 6–1, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5.↓  Open era  ↓1969   Christian Kuhnke  Wilhelm Bungert 6–1, 6–8, 6–2, 6–2. ''Düsseldorf Grand Prix''↓  Grand Prix circuit  ↓ 1970   Wilhelm Bungert    Christian Kuhnke 6–3, 6–0, 6–4.1971   Christian Kuhnke Toshiro Sakai6–3, 6–2, 6–2.1972    Ilie Năstase    Jürgen Fassbender  6–0, 6–2, 6–1 1973   Hans-Jürgen Pohmann    Jürgen Fassbender  6–2, 6–3, 6–3 1974   Bernard Mignot    Jiří Hřebec  6–1, 6–0, 0–6, 6–4 1975    Jaime Fillol    Jan Kodeš  6–4, 1–6, 6–0, 7–5 1976   Björn Borg    Manuel Orantes  6–2, 6–2, 6–0 1977   Wojciech Fibak    Raymond Moore  6–1, 5–7, 6–2===Doubles===(incomplete roll)YearChampionsRunners-upScore 1974   Jiří Hřebec Jan Kodeš   Kenichi Hirai Toshiro Sakai  6–1, 6–4 1975   François Jauffret Jan Kodeš   Harald Elschenbroich Hans Kary  6–2, 6–3 1976   Wojciech Fibak Karl Meiler   Bob Carmichael Raymond Moore  6–4, 4–6, 6–4 1977   Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler   Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher  6–3, 6–3
See also * Düsseldorf Open (ATP Tour)* Düsseldorf Open (WTA Tour)
References
External links * ATP results archive