South Island Open Championships

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South Island Open Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour ILTF World Circuit
ILTF Independent Tour
Founded1934;89 years ago (1934)
Abolished1978;45 years ago (1978)
Location Christchurch
Nelson
Timaru
Wānaka
VenueVarious
Surface Grass (1934-75)
Hard (1976-78)

The South Island Open Championships was a regional men's and women's grass court then later hard court tennis tournament founded in 1934 as the South Island Championships. [1] The tournament was first played at the Nelson Lawn Tennis Club (f.1925), [2] Nelson, Nelson Province, North Island, New Zealand. The tournament was played at other locations until 1978 when it was discontinued as part of the ILTF Independent Tour. [1]

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History

This tournament has it origins in the Nelson Provincial Lawn Tennis Association Championships founded in 1899 that ran till 1910. [3] [4] In 1934 the Southern Lawn Tennis Association of New Zealand was established (today its known as Tennis Southern) it established the South Island Championships. [1]

The tournament was first played at the Nelson Lawn Tennis Club (f.1925), [5] Nelson, Nelson Province, New Zealand. The event was part of ILTF Australasia Circuit (1934–72) a sub circuit of the ILTF World Circuit, then later the ILTF Oceania Circuit a regional circuit of the ILTF Independent Tour from 1975 until 1978 when it was downgraded from the worldwide independent tour it became a local regional event of Tennis New Zealand and is still held today. [1]

The tournament was held in Nelson, but also other locations including, Christchurch, Timaru and Wānaka.

The North Island equivalent to this tournament was the North Island Open Championships also founded in 1932 by the Northern Lawn Tennis Association of New Zealand. [6]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

South Island Championships
YearLocationChampionsRunners-upScore
1934 [1] Nelson Flag of New Zealand.svg Cam Malfroy Flag of New Zealand.svg Buster Andrews 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1937 [1] Nelson Flag of New Zealand.svg Alan Stedman Flag of New Zealand.svg Buster Andrews 6–3, 6–4
1950 [1] Nelson Flag of New Zealand.svg John Barry Flag of New Zealand.svg Ron McKenzie 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1957 [1] Nelson Flag of New Zealand.svg Jeff Robson Flag of New Zealand.svg Lew Gerrard 6–4, 6–1
1967 [1] Nelson Flag of New Zealand.svg Onny Parun Flag of New Zealand.svg Richard Hawkes 10–8, 6–3, 7–5
1968 [1] Timuru Flag of New Zealand.svg Brian Fairlie Flag of Rhodesia (1968-1979).svg Hank Irvine 6–3, 6–4, 6–1
   Open Era   
1969 [1] Nelson Flag of New Zealand.svg Ryan McCutcheon [7] Flag of New Zealand.svg Richard Harris10–8, 6–4.
1970 [1] Nelson Flag of New Zealand.svg Onny Parun (2) Flag of the United States.svg Bill Tym 9–7, 5–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1971 [1] Timuru Flag of Sweden.svg Lars Ölander Flag of New Zealand.svg Richard Hawkes 0–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–2
South Island Open Championships
1972 [1] Nelson Flag of New Zealand.svg Dave Simmonds Flag of the United States.svg Bill Brown 3-6, 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 7–5
1973 [1] Timuru Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kim Warwick Flag of Australia (converted).svg Syd Ball 6–4, 6–3, 6–2
1978 [1] Wānaka Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glen Busby Flag of New Zealand.svg Ken Wurtz6–3, 6–1

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

South Island Championships
YearLocationChampionsRunners-upScore
1958Nelson Flag of New Zealand.svg Ruia Morrison Flag of New Zealand.svg Dawn Taylor6–4, 6–8, 6–1
1960Nelson Flag of New Zealand.svg Sonia Cox Flag of New Zealand.svg Heather Robson8–6, 6–1
1962Nelson Flag of New Zealand.svg Ruia Morrison (2) Flag of New Zealand.svg Ethne Mitchell6–2, 6–1
1967Nelson Flag of New Zealand.svg Ethne Mitchell Flag of New Zealand.svg Cecelie Fleming6–2, 6–4
1968Timuru Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Winnie Shaw Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rita Bentley 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
   Open Era   
1969Nelson Flag of New Zealand.svg Jennifer Goodall Nelson [8] Flag of New Zealand.svg Lynn Harris6–4, 6–4.
1970Nelson Flag of the United States.svg Alice Tym Flag of New Zealand.svg Beverley Vercoe4–6, 6–2, 6–1
1971Timuru Flag of the United States.svg Kathleen Harter Flag of New Zealand.svg Sue Blakely6–2, 6–4
South Island Open Championships
1976Wānaka Flag of Australia (converted).svg Karen Krantzcke Flag of Sweden.svg Helena Anliot 6–1, 3–6, 6–4

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