Champions crowned at the British Masters Closed Grass Court Championships 2023
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Last month we returned to the grass courts of Aorangi Park for The British Masters Closed Grass Court Championships, played from 13 - 20 August.
This year we had the welcome addition of a further eight match courts at the AELTC Community Tennis Centre, Raynes Park. This enabled us to increase draw sizes in some events and a total of 22 match courts.
A total of 484 matches were played throughout the week, involving 507 players, competing for 50 age group titles, with the addition this year of events in the Men's and Women's 30s categories.
Presentations were made throughout the week to the singles and doubles Finalists and there is an array of photographs from these presentations available from our social media channels. We were also joined for Presentations on the final day by Seniors Tennis GB President, Keith Bland and Seniors Tennis GB Chairman, Anne Clark.
Full results are available on the ITF website and also on our Seniors’ Competitions page.
Huge congratulations to all our winners on what was a fantastic week of competition at Aorangi Park. Check out our full list of champions below.
Women's
Competition |
Champion |
Runner-up |
Women’s 30 singles |
Alexandra Walker |
Ceara Howey |
Women’s 30 doubles |
Ceara Howey & Jo Shepherd |
Hazel Coop & Aimee Kaye |
Women’s 35 singles |
Lucie Butler |
Hazel Coop |
Women’s 35 doubles |
Lucie Butler & Sara Butler |
|
Women’s 40 singles |
Boglarka Berecz-Szatmari |
Susie Azoulay |
Women’s 40 doubles |
Boglarka Berecz-Szatmari & Clare Raddan |
Julie Anne Moore & Jo Washington |
Women’s 45 singles |
Mili Shah |
Clare Hudson |
Women’s 45 doubles |
Michelle Oldham & Mili Shah |
Maia Dunn & Clare Hudson |
Women’s 50 singles |
Michelle Oldham |
Georgie Bartholomew |
Women’s 50 doubles |
Caroline Joy & Hazel Middleton |
Viola Masona & Leane Stevenson |
Women’s 55 singles |
Michelle Dutton |
Gillian Galloway |
Women’s 55 doubles |
Michelle Dutton & Sue Espley |
Nayla Sohl & Gillie Turner |
Women’s 60 singles |
Nicola Henderson |
Susie Reid |
Women’s 60 doubles |
Julie Gudzer & Jane Rushby |
Jane Gentle & Sally Holmes |
Women’s 65 singles |
Anne Clark |
Caroline Blincoe |
Women’s 65 doubles |
Anne Clark & Patricia Wire |
|
Women’s 70 singles |
Pauline Fisher |
Marjory Love |
Women’s 70 doubles |
Pauline Fisher & Shirley Fox |
Marjory Love & Christine Windmill |
Women’s 75 singles |
Belinda Blackburn |
Christine Lockhart |
Women’s 75 doubles |
Jackie Robinson & Penelope Sheehan |
|
Women’s 80 singles |
Susan Hill |
Jenny Waggott |
Women’s 80 doubles |
Frances Maclennan & Jenny Waggott |
Dorothy Bamber & Carol Davies |
Women’s 85 singles |
Mary Walkerdine |
June Pearce |
Women’s 85 doubles |
June Pearce & Mary Walkerdine |
Zovita Moon & Liz Simmons |
Men's
Competition |
Champion |
Runner-up |
Men’s 30 singles |
Andrew Higham |
Charlie Swallow |
Men’s 30 doubles |
Andrew Higham & Charlie Swallow |
|
Men’s 35 singles |
Pedro Ocana |
|
Men’s 35 doubles |
Tom Barton & Bojan Jelovac |
Pedro Ocana & Ben Rogers |
Men’s 40 singles |
Dan Cottier |
Adam Popowicz |
Men’s 40 doubles |
Zane Cheeseman & Dan Cottier |
Richard Downs & David Gaterell |
Men’s 45 singles |
Philip Loose |
Tom Wride |
Men’s 45 doubles |
Andrew Birse & Jeremy Cross |
Darren Loose & Phil Loose |
Men’s 50 singles |
Nick Adams |
Hafeez Hameed |
Men’s 50 doubles |
Charles Durham & Ian Udal |
Hafeez Hameed & Mark Tomlinson |
Men’s 55 singles |
Charles Durham |
Mark Tomlinson |
Men’s 55 doubles |
Neil Howitt & Andrew Hutchinson |
Mick Hooker & Greg Kraushar |
Men’s 60 singles |
Gary Payton |
Alan Jordan |
Men’s 60 doubles |
Nigel Mann & Gary Payton |
Colin Coombes & Chazz Khan |
Men’s 65 singles |
Paul French |
Malcolm Bryant |
Men’s 65 doubles |
Alec Allen & Paul French |
Malcolm Bryant & Michael Dawe |
Men’s 70 singles |
Jasper Cooper |
Niall Sweeney |
Men’s 70 doubles |
Boyd Brackstone & Jasper Cooper |
Benson Greatrex & Andrew Stanley |
Men’s 75 singles |
Richard Tutt |
John Spratt |
Men’s 75 doubles |
Chris Ornstien & Richard Tutt |
Peter Bretherton & Henry Marshall |
Men’s 80 singles |
Henk Nijeboer |
Julian Tatum |
Men’s 80 doubles |
Henk Nijeboer & Julian Tatum |
David Trew & Peter Friedmann |
Men’s 85 singles |
Robert Milner |
Peter Boshier-Jones |
Men’s 85 doubles |
Derek Backhouse & Peter Boshier-Jones |
Leonard Lawrence & Leonard Phillips |
Thanks go to Sarah Wooding, Richard Joyner and their team of helpers for the efficient running of this popular tournament. Also our thanks go to the AELTC for allowing us to hold this popular event at their Aorangi courts and at the Community Centre at Raynes Park, including special thanks to the ground staff for their support.