Düsseldorf Open
Encyclopedia
The Düsseldorf Open was a women's professional tennis
tournament held for one year, in 1973, in Düsseldorf
, West Germany
(now Germany
). Its one year on the WTA Tour saw a home player, Helga Masthoff, triumphing in the women's singles, whilst she and Heide Orth
reached a women's doubles final that was never played.
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament held for one year, in 1973, in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
(now Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
). Its one year on the WTA Tour saw a home player, Helga Masthoff, triumphing in the women's singles, whilst she and Heide Orth
Heide Orth
Heide Orth is a German tennis player.She grew up in Essen in the industrial Ruhr valley and began playing tennis with her father at the age of 13. She became the West German junior champion in 1960 and competed on the women's circuit for many years. She played in the national Fed Cup team 15 times...
reached a women's doubles final that was never played.
Singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 |  Helga Masthoff |
 Evonne GoolagongEvonne Goolagong Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley, AO, MBE is a former World No. 1 Australian female tennis player. She was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s, when she won 14 Grand Slam titles: seven in singles , six in women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles.-Early life:Goolagong is the... |
6–4, 6–4 |
Doubles
| Year | Champions | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Evonne Goolagong Evonne Goolagong Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley, AO, MBE is a former World No. 1 Australian female tennis player. She was one of the world's leading players in the 1970s and early 1980s, when she won 14 Grand Slam titles: seven in singles , six in women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles.-Early life:Goolagong is the... / Janet Young vs. Helga Masthoff / Heide OrthHeide Orth Heide Orth is a German tennis player.She grew up in Essen in the industrial Ruhr valley and began playing tennis with her father at the age of 13. She became the West German junior champion in 1960 and competed on the women's circuit for many years. She played in the national Fed Cup team 15 times... |
Divided (not competed) |