South Australian Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameSouth Australian Championships
(1889–1976)
South Australian Men's Tennis Classic
(1977)
South Australian Open
(1979–1989)
TourPre open era (1889–1967)
Independent tour (1968–1971)
Grand Prix circuit (1972–1989)
Founded1889
Abolished1989
Editions88
LocationAdelaide, South Australia
SurfaceGrass
Hard

The South Australian Championships (1889–1989), also known as the South Australian State Championships [1] and later known as the South Australian Open was a professional men's tennis tournament played originally on outdoor grass courts up to 1987 when it switched to hard courts in its final two years. The tournament was staged at Memorial Drive Park tennis complex in Adelaide, South Australia and was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1972 until 1989.

History

The origins of the South Australian Championships is thought to be traced back to 1880,[2] however other sources give the start date as 1890 [3][4] when the Adelaide-based South Australian Tennis Championships, the first known recorded winner of the event was Herbert Hambridge [5] running as part of the men's amateur tour until 1967.[6] The tournament was first staged on courts adjacent to the Adelaide Oval tennis courts, in 1895 it switched to the then newly built Jubilee Exhibition Oval[7] where it remained until 1921. The 1910 edition of the championships staged the Australasian Championships, the champion that year Rodney Heath held the dual title titles of Australasian and South Australian Champion. In 1920 the men's South Australian Championships in Adelaide carried the Australasian title in March and was won by Pat O'Hara Wood. In 1921 the tournament moved location to Memorial Drive Park and would continue to be played there until the tournament finished. From 1969 until 1971 the event was part of the ITF independent tour, in 1972 the tournament became part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit, which ran concurrently with other tours as the World Championship Tennis circuit.

The tournament had a chaotic history over the following years, taking place on the professional tour again in 1974, in 1977, as the Marlboro-sponsored South Australian Men's Tennis Classic,[8] and in 1979, as the South Australian Open,[9] before it started a regular run in 1981 under the latter title. Moved from January to December in the Grand Prix circuit calendars of the early 1980s, the South Australian Open sealed its place as the opening event of the season in 1987, when it was scheduled again in January, following the return of the Australian Open as the first Grand Slam event of the year. After the surface change of the Australian Open, the tournament also switched to hard courts, starting with the 1988 edition when the event was concurrently called the Australian Hard Court Championships however this national championship had been staged in rotation at various cities around Australia since 1938. The 1989 edition would be the last event to be called South Australian Open.

Notes

The winners of the 1988 and 1989 editions of this tournament were simultaneously called Australian Hard Court Champion and South Australian Open champion. This occurred when the South Australian tournament switched from grass to hard courts in 1988. The roll of honor for both of these events are different and as such are treated as two different tournaments, with the exception of these years when they were combined titles.

Past finals

Men's singles

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Adelaide[10] 1989 Australia Mark Woodforde[11] West Germany Patrik Kühnen 7–5, 1–6, 7–5
1988 Australia Mark Woodforde[12] Australia Wally Masur 6–2, 6–4
1987 Australia Wally Masur[13] United States Bill Scanlon 6–4, 7–6
1986 Not held
1985 South Africa Eddie Edwards[14] Australia Peter Doohan 6–2, 6–4
1984 Australia Peter Doohan[15] Netherlands Huub van Boeckel 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
1983 United States Mike Bauer[16] Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
1982 United States Mike Bauer[17] Australia Chris Johnstone 4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1981 Australia Mark Edmondson[18] Australia Brad Drewett 7–5, 6–2
1980 Not held
1979 Australia Kim Warwick[19] South Africa Bernard Mitton 7–5, 6–4
1978 Non-tour event
1977 United States Victor Amaya[20] United States Brian Teacher 6–1, 6–4
1976 Australia John James Australia Bill Durham 6–4, 6–4
1975 Australia Syd Ball United Kingdom John Lloyd 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1974 Sweden Björn Borg[21] New Zealand Onny Parun 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1973 Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec Australia Robert Giltinan 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1972 Soviet Union Alex Metreveli[22] Australia Kim Warwick 6–3, 6–3, 7–6
1971 Non-tour event
1970 Soviet Union Alex Metreveli Australia Ken Fletcher 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1969 Non-tour event
1968 Australia Bill Bowrey Australia Allan Stone 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Open era
1967 Australia John Newcombe Australia Tony Roche 6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 11–9
1966 Australia John Newcombe Australia Fred Stolle 6–3, 6–3, 7–6
1965 United States Arthur Ashe Australia Roy Emerson 7–9, 7–5, 6–0, 6–4
1964 Australia John Newcombe Australia Tony Roche 6–4, 9–7, 7–5
1963 Australia John Newcombe United States Dennis Ralston 6–1, 6–3, 15–17, 6–1
1962 Australia Roy Emerson Australia John Newcombe 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1961 Australia Rod Laver United Kingdom Mike Sangster 11–9, 3–6, 4–6, 14–12, 6–3
1960 Australia Roy Emerson Australia Bob Hewitt 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1959 Australia Lew Hoad Australia Frank Sedgman Round Robin
1958 Australia Roy Emerson[23] Australia Malcolm Anderson 3–6, 12–10, 10–8, 6–2
1957 Australia Malcolm Anderson Australia Mervyn Rose 7–5, 6–8, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1956 Australia Ken Rosewall Australia Lew Hoad 6–1, 7–5, 6–1
1955 United States Vic Seixas Sweden Lennart Bergelin 6–3, 7–5, 8–6
1954 United States Tony Trabert Australia Lew Hoad 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1953 Australia Mervyn Rose United States Vic Seixas 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 11–9
1952 Australia Rex Hartwig Australia Mervyn Rose 11–9, 2–6, 6–2, 9–11, 7–5
1951 Australia Frank Sedgman United States Arthur Larsen 6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1950 Australia Frank Sedgman Czech Republic Jaroslav Drobný 6–1, 6–0, 6–2
1949 Australia Geoff Brown Australia Colin Long 5–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–4
1948 United States James Brink United States Eddie Moylan 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1947 United States Gardnar Mulloy United States Bill Talbert 6–3, 8–6, 9–7
1946 Australia John Bromwich Australia Frank Sedgman 6–1, 6–3, 6–1
1942–45 No event, due to WW2
1941 Australia Adrian Quist Australia John Bromwich 6–2, 6–4, 6–8, 6–4
1940 Australia Adrian Quist Australia Harry Hopman 6–3, 7–5, 1–6, 6–1
1939 Australia Adrian Quist[24] Czechoslovakia Leonard Schwartz 7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1938 Australia John Bromwich Australia Leonard Schwartz 9–7, 6–4, 6–1
1937 Australia Adrian Quist Australia Leonard Schwartz 6–4, 6–1, 6–1
1936 Australia John Bromwich Australia Don Turnbull 6–2, 11–9, 6–1
1935 Australia John Bromwich Australia Don Turnbull 6–1, 9–11, 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
1934 Australia Vivian McGrath Australia Adrian Quist 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5
1933 Australia Harry Hopman Australia Leonard Schwartz 6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 1–6, 10–8
1932 Australia Harry Hopman Australia Adrian Quist 6–2, 6–0, 6–3
1931 Australia Harry Hopman Australia Adrian Quist 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
1930 Australia Don Turnbull Australia Rupert Shepherd 6–4, 7–9, 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1929 Australia Jack Crawford Australia Rupert Shepherd 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1928 Australia Richard Schlesinger Australia Garton Hone 6–3, 6–2, 6–2
1927 Australia Ernest Rowe Australia Pat O'Hara Wood 5–7, 6–0, 6–3, 6–2
1926 Australia Ernest Rowe Australia Lum Pao-Hua 6–2, 6–3, 7–5
1925 Australia Pat O'Hara Wood Australia Richard Schlesinger 2–6, 1–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1924 Australia Pat O'Hara Wood Australia Garton Hone 6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
1923 Australia Gerald Patterson Australia Ian D. McInnes 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
1922 Australia Gerald Patterson Australia Pat O'Hara Wood 7–5, 6–2, 2–6, 8–6
1921 Australia Gerald Patterson[25] Australia Ronald Thomas 18–16, 6–3, 1-1 ret.
1920 Australia Pat O'Hara Wood Australia Ronald Thomas 6–3, 4–6, 6–8, 6–1, 6–3
1919 Australia Roy Taylor Australia Ashley Campbell 6–1, 6–2, 6–1
1916–18 No event, due to WW1
1915 Australia Horace Rice[26] Australia Ronald Thomas 7–5, 9–7, 2–6, 6–0
1914 Australia Horace Rice Australia Roy Taylor 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1913 Australia Roy Taylor Australia Ronald Thomas 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1912 Australia Roy Taylor Australia Horace Rice 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
1911 Australia Harry Parker[27] Australia Roy Taylor 5–7, 6–2, 6–1, 6–2
1910 Australia Rodney Heath Australia Harry Parker 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1909 Australia Harry Parker Australia Robert George Bowen 3–6, 10–8, 6–2, 6–0
1908 Australia Harry Parker Australia Robert George Bowen 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1907 Australia Harry Parker Australia Roy Taylor 6–3,3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1906 Australia Norman Brookes[28] Australia Rodney Heath 6–2 6–4 6–2
1905 Australia Harry Parker Australia Robert George Bowen 6–0, 6–3, 7–5
1904 Australia Harry Parker Australia David Harbison 8–6, 7–5, 6–1
1903 Australia Joseph Croswell Blair Australia Cecil Vincent Heath 4–6, 6–1 6–4, 6–3
1902 Australia Cecil Vincent Heath Australia Robert George Bowen 2–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–3
1901 Australia Robert George Bowen Australia Cecil Vincent Heath 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1900 Australia Augustus Kearney Australia Robert George Bowen 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1899 Australia Robert George Bowen Australia David Harbison 6–3 3–6 7–5 6–1
1898 Australia Robert George Bowen Australia Wilfred Lang 6–3, 6–0, 6–1
1897 Australia Robert George Bowen Australia Wilfred Lang 6–2, 7–5, 6–2
1896 Australia Robert George Bowen Australia David Harbison 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1895 Australia David Harbison Australia Robert George Bowen 2–6, 6–1, 6–3, 7–5
1894 Australia Robert George Bowen Australia David Harbison w.o
1893 Australia David Harbison Australia John Baker 6–0 6–2 6–2
1892 Australia John Baker Australia Leo Kaines 14–12
1891 Australia John Baker Australia Herbert Hambidge 13–7
1890 Australia Herbert Hambidge Australia John Baker 13–10
1889 Australia Herbert Hambidge Australia William Hambidge 11–2

Men's doubles

Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Adelaide 1989 United Kingdom Neil Broad
South Africa Stefan Kruger		 Australia Mark Kratzmann
United States Glenn Layendecker		 6–2, 7–6
1988 Australia Darren Cahill
Australia Mark Kratzmann		 Australia Carl Limberger
Australia Mark Woodforde		 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
1987 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl
United States Bill Scanlon		 Australia Peter Doohan
Australia Laurie Warder		 6–7, 6–3, 6–4
1986 Not held
1985 Australia Mark Edmondson
Australia Kim Warwick		 Brazil Nelson Aerts
United States Tomm Warneke		 6–4, 6–4
1984 Australia Broderick Dyke
Australia Wally Masur		 Australia Peter Doohan
South Africa Brian Levine		 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
1983 Australia Craig Miller
United States Eric Sherbeck		 Australia Broderick Dyke
Australia Rod Frawley		 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1982 Australia Pat Cash
Australia Chris Johnstone		 Australia Broderick Dyke
Australia Wayne Hampson		 6–3, 6–7, 7–6
1981 Australia Colin Dibley
Australia Chris Kachel		 South Africa Eddie Edwards
United States Craig Edwards		 6–3, 6–4
1980 Non-tour event
1979 Australia Colin Dibley
Australia John James		 Australia John Alexander
United States Phil Dent		 6–7, 7–6, 6–4
1978 Non-tour event
1977 Australia Cliff Letcher
United States Dick Stockton		 Australia Syd Ball
Australia Kim Warwick		 6–3, 6–4
1976 Non-tour event
1975 Non-tour event
1974 United States Grover Raz Reid
Australia Allan Stone		 United States Mike Estep
Australia Paul Kronk		 7–6, 6–4
1973 Non-tour event
1972 Competition Not Held

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tennis". West Coast Times. 20 March 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via PapersPast.
  2. ^ Pearce, Linda (8 July 2006). "Adelaide event shifts to Brisbane – Tennis – Sport – theage.com.au". www.theage.com.au. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  3. ^ Lake, Robert J. (2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Routledge. p. 71. ISBN 9781134445578.
  4. ^ Max Robertson, ed. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. Advisory editor Jack Kramer. New York: Viking Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780670294084.
  5. ^ "Hall of fame: Player Information: Hambridge, Herbert". thetennisbase.com. The Tennis Base 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  6. ^ "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OPEN Tournament Roll of honour". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Lawn Tennis". New Zealand Herald. No. 12499. 19 December 1903. p. 3. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via PapersPast.
  8. ^ "Teacher and Pasarell Gain Aussie Semifinals". The New York Times. 1977-01-16. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  9. ^ "Warwick Tops Mitton, 7-6, 6-4". The Hartford Courant. Associated Press. 1979-12-17. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
  10. ^ "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OPEN Tournament Roll of honour". thetennisbase.com. The Tennis Base 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Adelaide - Results 1989 - ATP World Tour - Tennis". ATP World Tour. association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Adelaide Results 1988 ATP archive". ATP World Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Adelaide Results 1987 ATP archive". ATP World Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Adelaide Results 1985 ATP archive". ATP World Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  15. ^ "Adelaide Results 1984 ATP Archive". ATP World Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  16. ^ "Adelaide Results 1983 ATP archive". ATP World Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  17. ^ "Adelaide Results 1982 ATP archive". ATP World Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  18. ^ "Adelaide Results 1981 ATP archive". ATP World Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  19. ^ "Adelaide Results 1979 ATP archive". ATP World Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  20. ^ "Adelaide Results 1977 ATP archive". ATP World Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  21. ^ "Adelaide Results 1974 ATP archive". ATP World Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  22. ^ "Adelaide Results 1972 ATP archive". ATP World Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  23. ^ "Straight Sets". The Age. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via Google News Archive.
  24. ^ "South Australian Titles". Auckland Star. 1939. p. 13. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via PapersPast.
  25. ^ "South Australian Tennis". Auckland Star. 28 February 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via PapersPast.
  26. ^ "Tennis". Grey River Argus. 23 March 1915. p. 7. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via PapersPast.
  27. ^ "Tennis". West Coast Times. 20 March 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via PapersPast.
  28. ^ "Davis Cup Winner". Oamaru Mail. No. 10315. 30 November 1909. p. 4. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via PapersPast.

External links

External links

South Australian Championships / Open tournaments
Men's tennis seasons
Categories