1931 in Tennis - July

July

  • Hungary Davis Cup team permanent member between 1924–31 and five time Hungarian Covered court champion (1924–29), Imre Takáts died.
  • Jean Borotra was officially excluded from the doubles competition at Wimbledon.
  • The Wimbledon Juniors' Championship was won by Charles Edgar Hare, while the women's champion was Sheila Hewitt beating Kay Stammers
  • The English women players won all eight matches against the German women.
  • Germany beat South Africa in a nine-rubber challenge allowing their opponents to win only one of them.
  • Argentine beat Canada in a friendly national team competition.
  • Several federal championships were held throughout the Weimar Republic. These include:
    • The Württemberg's Championships in Stuttgart won by Philipp Buss (singles, doubles with Oppenheimer) and Frau Hammer (singles, mixed with Lorentz), the Chemnitz's Championships won by Ludwig Haensch (singles, doubles with Bergmann) and Frau Deutsch, the South Germany Championships in Karlsruhe also by Haensch, Buss/Oppenheimer in doubles and Frau Friedleben in singles and paired with Buss in mixed, and in Düsseldorf Fritz Kuhlmann won over Remmert.
    • At the Rhine valley Championships in Duisburg Béla von Kehrling won a triple title.
    • In Warnemünde Kuhlmann was granted a walkover in the final, Friedrich Frenz won the doubles with Friedrich-Wilhelm Rahe and the mixed doubles with Frau Ewen.
    • In the Heringsdorf Championship Men's singles Henner Henkel scored the win when his opponents, Rau retired in the fourth set. They teamed up for the doubles but lost in the final match to Hans-Georg Lindenstaedt and Herr Bräuer. Nelly Neppach earned a clean victory losing one game in the final. The singles champions teamed up and successfully took the prize in the mixed event.
    • The Zoppot tournament champions are Heinz Pietzner, Frau Hammer and Friedrich Frenz/Friedrich-Wilhelm Rahe.
    • The Sudeten Germans beat the Austrian national team in Marienbad.
  • French Davis Cup team beat Belgium in Le Touquet on a preparation match.
  • French Davis Cup team defended its title at the Challenge Round of the Davis Cup for the fourth time.
Month Event Men Women Mixed
Champions Runner-up Champions Runner-up Champions Runner-up
22 June-4 July 1931 Wimbledon Championships
London, Great Britain
Men's Singles Draw – Women's Singles Draw		 Sidney Wood
w/o		 Frank Shields Cilly Aussem
6–2, 7–5		 Hilde Krahwinkel
Lott/Van Ryn
6–2, 10–8, 9–11, 3–6, 6–3		 Cochet/ Brugnon Shepherd-Barron/Mudford
3–6, 6–3, 6–3		 Metaxa/Sigart Lott/Harper
6–3, 1–6, 6–1		 Collins/Ridley
July Pro Championships of Great Britain
London, Great Britain		 Dan Maskell
N/A		 N/A
Arrange L. T. C. Invitational Championships
United States		 John Doeg
6–1, 6–3, 6–2		 Berkeley Bell
Swiss Championships
Basel, Switzerland		 Hector Fisher
7–5, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3		 Erik Worm Fehlmann
6–1, 6–4		 Charmelet
Aeschlimann/Fisher
6–4, 6–2, 6–1		 Wuarin/Maneff Worm/Weihe
9–7, 7–5		 Fisher/Jacky
6–11 July Northumberland Championships
Newcastle, Great Britain		 Franjo Šefer
7–5, 9–7, 1–6, 4–6, 6–2		 Franjo Kukuljevic Mary McIlquham
7–5, 6–3		 Stephens
Šefer/Kukuljevic
6–2, 6–3		 Watson/Brown McIlquham/Mrs Stephens
6–8, 6–3, 6–1		 Alexander/Watson Kukuljevic/Watson
6–2, 7–5		 Šefer/Alexander
5–15 July Dutch Championships
Noordwijk, Netherlands		 Fritz Kuhlmann
8–10, 6–2, 7–5, 6–2		 Minoru Kawachi Ida Adamoff
6–2, 6–3		 Toni Schomburgk
Kawachi/Sato
6-1 ret.		 Kuhlmann/Haensch Henrotin/Sigart
6-4, 6-1 		Dros/ Valerio Zappa/Henrotin
4–6, 6–4, 10–8		 Boyd/Dros

9–11 July		 Davis Cup Europe Zone Final
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Final winners
Great Britain 4–1
Final losers
Czechoslovakia
13–18 July Welsh Championships
Newport, Great Britain		 Sato
6–4, 6–3, 6–1		 David H. Williams Emma Hemmant
6–3, 5–7, 6–3		 Jeanette Morfey
Sato/Takasu
6–3, 10–8		 Nuthall/Tuckett Dyson/Hemmant
7–5, 6–4		 Mrs Crawshay-Williams/Morfey Payot/ Sato/Hemmant
3–6, 6–2, 6–2		 DH Williams/Dyson
–18 July Scottish Championships
Peebles, Scotland		 Vernon Kirby
6–2, 13–11		 Norman Farquharson Gwen Sterry
7–5, 6–4		 Esna Boyd Robertson
Farquharson/Kirby
6–3, 6–4, 13–11		 Sharpe/Olliff Sterry/Trentham
6–3, 6–4 		Mason/Alexander Farquharson/Sterry
4–6, 6–1, 6–4		 Raymond/Watson

17–19 July		 Davis Cup Inter-Zonal Zone Final
Paris, France
Final winners
Great Britain 3–2
Final losers
United States
20–25 July Irish Championships
Dublin, Ireland		 Edward McGuire
6–2, 6–2, 6–3		 Harry Cronin Rosetta Phoebe Blair-White
6–4, 6–3		 Norma Stoker
McGuire/Scroope
6–4, 6–4, 6–3		 McVeagh/Smith

24–26 July		 Davis Cup Challenge Round Final
Paris, France		 France (c) 3–2 Great Britain
21–26 July Grand Hotel Panhans Championships
Semmering, Austria		 Minoru Kawachi
6–4, 6–3, 6–2		 Josef Siba Imrgard Rost
6–3, 8–6		 Lucia Valerio
del Castillo/ Maier
3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–9, 6–3		 Rohrer/Gottlieb Sato/Valerio
6–4, 6–3		 Maier/Rost
July Bavarian International Championships
Munich, Weimar Republic		 Hyotare Satoh
7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1		 Enrique Maier Lucia Valerio
6–2, 7–5		 Marie Horn
L. Lorenz/Daller
4–6, 6–4, 6–1, 3–6, 8–6		 Sato/Kawachi Enrique Maier/Valerio
6–4, 5–7, 6–2		 Kuhlmann/v. Ende
US Pro Championships
New York, United States		 Bill Tilden
7–5, 6–2, 6–1		 Vinny Richards
Kinsey/Richards
7–9, 7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3		 Tilden/Hunter
Strasbourg International Championships
Strasbourg, France		 Paul Féret
6–1, 6–1		 Jean Lesueur Ilse Friedleben
6–2, 6–2		 Holzschuh
Brugnon/Féret
4–6, 6–3, 6–2		 Grandguillot/Grandguillot Buss/Friedleben
6–1, 5–7, 6–4		 Kuhlmann/Grandguillot/Meunier
Midlands International Championships
Edgbaston, Great Britain		 Hyotare Sato
7–5, 6–4		 Herman David Lolette Payot
6–4, 4–6, 6–4		 Mary Heeley
Lester/Olliff
6–4, 6–2, 8–10, 2–6, 6–3		 Sato/Miki Sato/James
6–3, 7–5		 Gentien/Payot
Suffolk International Championships
Felixstowe, Great Britain		 Franz Wilhelm Matejka
6–2, 6–3		 Simon Scroope Elise Pittman
6–2, 6–2		 Joan Ridley
Scroope/Coole Rees
5–7, 6–2, 6–2, 6–3		 Matejka/Wilde

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