BP National Championships

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BP National Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameBP National Championships (1988–92)
Wellington Challenger (1993–95)
Tour Grand Prix circuit (1988–89)
ATP Tour (1990–92)
Challenger Series (1993–95)
Founded1988
Abolished1995
Editions8
Surface Hard / outdoor

The BP National Championships was a Grand Prix and ATP Tour tennis tournament played from 1988 to 1995. It was held in Wellington in New Zealand and was played on outdoor hard courts.

Contents

The tournament began as part of the Regular Series of the Grand Prix before joining the World Series of the ATP Tour when it was formed in 1990. After the tournament was replaced by the Qatar Open in 1993 it became a part of the ATP Challenger Series before being wound up in 1995.

Results

Key

Grand Prix / ATP Tour
Challenger

Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1988 Flag of India.svg Ramesh Krishnan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Andrei Chesnokov 6–7, 6–0, 6–4, 6–3
1989 Flag of New Zealand.svg Kelly Evernden Flag of Japan.svg Shuzo Matsuoka 7–5, 6–1, 6–4
1990 Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Sánchez Flag of the United States.svg Richey Reneberg 6–7, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
1991 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Fromberg Flag of Sweden.svg Lars Jönsson 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1992 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Tarango Flag of the CIS.svg Alexander Volkov 6–1, 6–0, 6–3
1993 Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Byron Black Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Ho 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
1994 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge Flag of Germany.svg Hendrik Dreekmann 6–3, 6–3
1995 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brett Steven Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Martin Damm 6–3, 6–3

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1988 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Goldie
Flag of the United States.svg Rick Leach
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Broderick Dyke
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Glenn Michibata
6–2, 6–3
1989 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Doohan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Laurie Warder
Flag of the United States.svg Rill Baxter
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Glenn Michibata
3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1990 Flag of New Zealand.svg Kelly Evernden
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Nicolás Pereira
Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Casal
Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Sánchez
6–4, 7–6
1991 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Luiz Mattar
Flag of Venezuela (1930-1954).svg Nicolás Pereira
Flag of the United States.svg John Letts
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Jaime Oncins
4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1992 Flag of the United States.svg Jared Palmer
Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Stark
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michiel Schapers
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Daniel Vacek
6–3, 6–3
1993 Flag of the United States.svg Paul Annacone
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Byron Black
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Roger Smith
6–2, 7–6
1994 Flag of the United States.svg Martin Blackman
Flag of the United States.svg Kenny Thorne
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sandon Stolle
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Youl
6–7, 6–3, 6–3
1995 Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nestor
Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Ho
Flag of the United States.svg Kenny Thorne
2–6, 6–4, 7–6

Notes

This event should not be confused with the New Zealand National Lawn Tennis Championships event that was first played in Auckland in 1886 which was also known as the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association Championships. That tournament later became known as the New Zealand Championships that was held until 2020 all of which have different rolls of winners to this one. [1]

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