The Homburg Cup

The Homburg Cup
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	Pre-open era (1877-1967)
Founded	1894
Abolished	1935
Editions	26
Location	Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany
Venue	Bad Homburg Tennis Club (1894-1935)
Surface	Clay/Outdoor

The Homburg Cup its original name was a tennis event held from 1894 through 1935 in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany on outdoor Clay court's.

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.

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

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