New Zealand Championships

Last updated
New Zealand Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour ILTF Circuit (1913-1968)
Founded1885;139 years ago (1885)
Abolished2020;4 years ago (2020)
Location Auckland
Christchurch
Dunedin
Hastings
Mount Eden
Miramar
Napier
Nelson
New Plymouth
Palmerston
Timaru
Wellington
VenueVarious
Surface Grass/Hard
Current champions
Men's singles Flag of New Zealand.svg Finn Tearney
Women's singles Flag of New Zealand.svg Paige Hourigan

The New Zealand Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1885 in Napier, New Zealand [1] also known as the New Zealand National Lawn Tennis Championships or the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association Championships. The championships were organised by Tennis New Zealand, and played in various locations during its run that ended in 2020. [2]

Contents

History

New Zealand player Anthony Wilding and his father, Frederick Wilding, playing at the New Zealand Championships
(c. 1906-1909) Anthony wilding with his father at the New Zealand championships.jpg
New Zealand player Anthony Wilding and his father, Frederick Wilding, playing at the New Zealand Championships
(c. 1906–1909)

In December 1886, the first New Zealand Championships were held at Farndon Park, in the small town of Clive, near Napier. [3] [4] The championships were organised by the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association, which was formed in Napier. [5]

The championships were held in numerous locations throughout the course of their history. The championships were not held from 1915 to 1918 due to World War I and also from 1940 to 1945 during World War II. Although the majority of the winners of the event were from New Zealand, a number of players from overseas also won the title, including Grand Slam singles winners Bill Tilden, [6] Fred Perry, [6] Vivian McGrath [6] and John Bromwich. [6] New Zealand's multiple Grand Slam singles winner Anthony Wilding also won the New Zealand championships title. [6] Before 1922 the Australasian championships were held in New Zealand on two occasions, but this was a separate tournament from the New Zealand championships. From 1922 onwards the Australasian Championships were no longer held at New Zealand or Perth and the event changed its name to the Australian Championships in 1927.

From 1973 to 1987 the event was sponsored by the oil company BP and was known as the BP New Zealand Championships. [7] [8] From 1988 the event was a New Zealand national event and continued to be held through till 2020 when it was discontinued. [9] The tournament was played almost exclusively on grass courts from its inception until 1988 when it switched to hard courts.

The winner of the first men's singles title was Percival Fenwick, and the ladies singles was won by Sarah Lance. [9] The final winner of the men's singles title was Finn Tearney and the women's singles was won by Paige Hourigan. [10] The towns where the championships were held included Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Hastings, Mount Eden, Miramar, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Palmerston, Timaru and Wellington. From 1979 the event was held permanently in Wellington.

Finals

Men's singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
1886 Flag of New Zealand.svg Percival Fenwick [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Eric Hudson6-2, 6-0, 6-4
1887 Flag of New Zealand.svg Percival Fenwick [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Richard Harman 6-4, 2-6, 4-6, 10-8, 6-2
1888 Flag of New Zealand.svg Percival Fenwick [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Minden Fenwick 4-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, 9-7
1889 Flag of New Zealand.svg Minden Fenwick [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Joy Marshall 6-4, 0-6, 6-3, 6-3
1890 Flag of New Zealand.svg Joy Marshall [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Minden Fenwick 6-3, 6-4, 10-8
1891 Flag of New Zealand.svg Richard Harman [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Joy Marshall 6-4, 6-4, 10-8
1892 Flag of New Zealand.svg Minden Fenwick [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Richard Harman 1-6, 7-5, 9-7, 3-6, 6-4
1893 Flag of New Zealand.svg Minden Fenwick [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Patrick Marshall 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
1894 Flag of New Zealand.svg James Hooper [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Harry Parker 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1
1895 Flag of New Zealand.svg Harry Parker [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg James Hooper6-4, 6-2, 6-5
1896 Flag of New Zealand.svg Joy Marshall [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg James Hooper8-6, 6-2, 6-0
1897 Flag of New Zealand.svg James Hooper [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Harry Parker 6-1, 8-6, 6-4
1898 Flag of New Zealand.svg Cecil Cox [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg John Collins6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
1899 Flag of New Zealand.svg James Hooper [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg John Peacock10-8, 6-3, 7-5
1900 Flag of New Zealand.svg Alfred Dunlop [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg John Peacock4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
1901 Flag of New Zealand.svg John Peacock [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Frederick Laishley6-2, 6-4, 7-5
1902 Flag of New Zealand.svg Harry Parker [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg John Peacock6-2, 6-2, 6-1
1903 Flag of New Zealand.svg Harry Parker [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg John Peacock6-3, 6-2, 6-2
1904 Flag of New Zealand.svg Harry Parker [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Andrew Borrows6-1, 6-2, 6-1
1905 Flag of New Zealand.svg Harry Parker [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Clifford Dickie6-1, 6-0, 6-2
1906 Flag of New Zealand.svg Anthony Wilding [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Harry Parker 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
1907 Flag of New Zealand.svg Harry Parker [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Thomas Quill4-6, 6-0, 6-4, 6-3
1908 Flag of New Zealand.svg Anthony Wilding [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Harry Parker 6-2, 6-1, 6-4
1909 Flag of New Zealand.svg Anthony Wilding [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Frank Fisher 6-1, 6-1, 6-1
1910 Flag of New Zealand.svg John Peacock [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Frank Fisher 6-1, 0-6, 6-1, 7-5
1911 Flag of New Zealand.svg Geoff Ollivier [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg John Peacock6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
1912 Flag of New Zealand.svg Robert Swanston [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Frank Fisher 2-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
1913 Flag of New Zealand.svg Alexander Wallace [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Clifford Dickie5-7, 6-2, 6-2 rtd.
1914 Flag of New Zealand.svg Geoff Ollivier [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Lancelot Jennings4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-1
1915-18No competition [6]
1919 Flag of New Zealand.svg Geoff Ollivier [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg James Laurenson6-2, 1-6, 6-0, 7-5
1920 Flag of the United States.svg Bill Tilden [6] Flag of the United States.svg Watson Washburn 6-0, 6-1, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3
1921 Flag of New Zealand.svg James Laurenson [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Edgar Bartleet6-2, 6-4, 6-4
1922 Flag of New Zealand.svg Geoff Ollivier [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg James Laurenson6-4, 6-3, 7-5
1923 Flag of New Zealand.svg Arthur Sims [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Geoff Ollivier 9-7, 6-3, 6-1
1924 Flag of New Zealand.svg Geoff Ollivier [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg James Laurenson6-2, 6-0, 6-0
1925 Flag of New Zealand.svg Geoff Ollivier [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Donald France5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
1926 Flag of New Zealand.svg Eskell 'Buster' Andrews [6] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Allan North2-6, 4-6, 6-1, 6-0, 6-3
1927 Flag of New Zealand.svg Geoff Ollivier [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Edgar Bartleet6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 3-6, 9-7
1928 Flag of New Zealand.svg Edgar Bartleet [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Cam Malfroy 4-6, 7-5, 8-6, 6-4
1929 Flag of New Zealand.svg Charlie Angas [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Donald France6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
1930 Flag of New Zealand.svg Alan Stedman [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Harold Barnett7-5, 6-1, 6-3
1931 Flag of New Zealand.svg Charlie Angas [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Harold Barnett5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0
1932 Flag of New Zealand.svg Eskell 'Buster' Andrews [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Cam Malfroy 6-0, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
1933 Flag of New Zealand.svg Cam Malfroy [6] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Clifford Sproule 4-6, 8-6, 6-3, 6-8, 6-3
1934 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Fred Perry [6] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Abel Kay 6-2, 6-3, 6-2
1935 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Vivian McGrath [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Eskell 'Buster' Andrews 5-7, 10-8, 7-5, 6-0
1936 Flag of New Zealand.svg Dennis Coombe [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Noel Bedford6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
1937 Flag of New Zealand.svg Alistair Browne [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Robert Pattinson6-0, 7-5, 6-1
1938 Flag of New Zealand.svg Neil Edwards [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Harold Barnett6-4, 6-1, 6-1
1939 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Bromwich [6] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Crawford 7-5, 6-3, 6-3
1940-45No competition [6]
1946 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ron McKenzie [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Stanley Painter6-1, 6-1, 7-5
1947 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ron McKenzie [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Leo Roach6-2, 0-6, 6-1, 6-3
1948 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ron McKenzie [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Robson 7-5, 6-2, 6-2
1949 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Robson [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Ron McKenzie 6-1, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
1950 Flag of Australia (converted).svg George Worthington [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Robson 6-4, 6-3, 7-5
1951 Flag of New Zealand.svg Ron McKenzie [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg John Barry 6-2, 9-7, 6-4
1952 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Robson [6] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Sidwell 1-6, 6-0, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
1953 Flag of Australia (converted).svg George Worthington [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Robson 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
1954 Flag of New Zealand.svg John Barry [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Mark Otway 8-6, 6-3, 6-3
1955 Flag of New Zealand.svg John Barry [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Robson 6-4, 6-3, 6-2
1956 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Robson [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Ron McKenzie 5-7, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
1957 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mike Davies [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Robson 2-6, 10-8, 6-3, 6-4
1958 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Howe [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Robson 1-6, 6-3, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
1959 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Howe [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg John Barry 6-3, 2-6, 2-6, 6-0, 6-2
1960 Flag of New Zealand.svg Lew Gerrard [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Mark Otway 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
1961 Flag of New Zealand.svg Lew Gerrard [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Brian Woolf6-1, 6-2 6-1
1962 Flag of New Zealand.svg Lew Gerrard [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Ian Crookenden 8-6, 7-5, 6-1
1963 Flag of New Zealand.svg Lew Gerrard [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Robert Clarke6-2, 6-1, 6-2
1964 Flag of New Zealand.svg Lew Gerrard [6] Flag of the United States.svg Gene Scott 3-6, 6-3, 6-1, 9-7
1965 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barry Phillips-Moore [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Lew Gerrard 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
1966 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ken Fletcher [6] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roger Taylor 6-4, 5-7, 4-6, 6-0, 9-7
1967 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Cox [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Brian Fairlie 7-5, 6-0, 6-1
1968 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brian Fairlie [6] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Colin Stubs 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
1969 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brian Fairlie [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Onny Parun 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
1970 Flag of New Zealand.svg Onny Parun [6] Flag of New Zealand.svg Richard Hawkes 6-1, 12-10, 6-4
1971 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Colin Dibley [6] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Giltinan 6-1, 6-4, 6-4
1972 Flag of New Zealand.svg Onny Parun [6] Flag of the United States.svg Steve Faulk 3-6, 7-6, 6-3, 7-6
1973 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Syd Ball [6] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kim Warwick 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
1974 Flag of New Zealand.svg Onny Parun [11] Flag of New Zealand.svg Russell Simpson 7-6, 6-4, 6-4
1975 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Wimmer [12] Flag of New Zealand.svg Russell Simpson 6-7, 6-2, 7-6, 6-4
1976 Flag of New Zealand.svg Onny Parun [13] Flag of New Zealand.svg Peter Langsford7-5, 7-6, 7-6
1977 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brian Fairlie [14] Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dale Collings 6-3, 6-4, 7-5
1978 Flag of the United States.svg Denis Gibson [15] Flag of New Zealand.svg Peter Langsford7-5, 6-4
1979 Flag of the United States.svg Larry Loeb [16] Flag of New Zealand.svg David Mustard 6-2, 6-1
1980 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mark Lewis [17] Flag of New Zealand.svg Onny Parun 2-6, 6-3, 9-7
1981 Flag of New Zealand.svg Onny Parun [18] Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce Derlin 6-3, 6-2
1982 Flag of New Zealand.svg Onny Parun [19] Flag of the United States.svg Rand Evett 7-5, 6-2
1983 Flag of Australia (converted).svg John McCurdy [20] Flag of New Zealand.svg David Mustard 7-6, 6-4
1984 Flag of New Zealand.svg David Mustard [21] Flag of New Zealand.svg Steve Guy 7-6, 6-4
1985 Flag of New Zealand.svg Kelly Evernden [22] Flag of New Zealand.svg David Lewis 7-6, 6-4
1986 Flag of New Zealand.svg Kelly Evernden [23] Flag of New Zealand.svg James Dunphy [24]
1987 Flag of New Zealand.svg Kelly Evernden [23] Flag of New Zealand.svg Bruce Derlin 6-3, 6-4

Event names

The event was first known as the New Zealand National Lawn Tennis Championships or the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association Championships. It was later shortened to just New Zealand Championships and historically sometimes referred to as the New Zealand Senior Championships. [25] From 1973 to 1987 the tournament was sponsored by the oil company BP and was branded as the BP New Zealand Championships. [26] From 1988 to 1992 the BP National Championships was a Grand Prix/ATP level event and from 1993-95 was part of the challenger circuit. The New Zealand national championships no longer had BP sponsorship from 1988 and was a national event won by New Zealand players only. [9]

See also

Notes

This event should not be confused with the New Zealand Open Championships event that was first played in Auckland in 1969 and exclusively in that city until 1979 that was a combined event until 1981, and is directly descended from the both ATP Auckland Open and WTA Auckland Open. [27] This tournament for all of its history was regarded as a national championships, and should not be confused with the men's BP National Championships tournament that was titled as such from 1988 to 1992 was also a different roll of winners. [28]

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