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New Zealand Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit (1913-1968)
Founded1885; 139 years ago (1885)
Abolished2020; 4 years ago (2020)
LocationAuckland
Christchurch
Dunedin
Hastings
Mount Eden
Miramar
Napier
Nelson
New Plymouth
Palmerston
Timaru
Wellington
VenueVarious
SurfaceGrass/Hard
Current champions
Men's singlesNew Zealand Finn Tearney
Women's singlesNew Zealand 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]

History

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

In December 1885, 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. In 1906 the edition of the tournament was valid as the Australasian Championships grand slam event. The championships were not held from 1915 to 1918 due to World War I and also from 1941 to 1944 during World War II.

In 1973 the event was sponsored by the oil company BP and was known as the BP New Zealand Championships for one edition only.[6] The event continued to be held through till 2020 when it was discontinued.[7] The tournament was played almost exclusively on grass courts from its inception until 1988 when it switched to hard courts.

The winners of the first gentlemen's singles title was Percival Fenwick, and the ladies singles was won by Sarah Lance.[8] The final winner of the men's singles title was Finn Tearney and the women's singles was won by Paige Hourigan.[9] 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.

Men's singles

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Year Champions
1886 New Zealand Percival Fenwick[10]
1887 New Zealand Percival Fenwick[10]
1888 New Zealand Percival Fenwick[10]
1889 New Zealand Minden Fenwick[10]
1890 New Zealand Joy Marshall[10]
1891 New Zealand Richard Harman[10]
1892 New Zealand Minden Fenwick[10]
1893 New Zealand Minden Fenwick[10]
1894 New Zealand J. R. Hooper[10]
1895 New Zealand Harry Parker[10]
1896 New Zealand Joy Marshall[10]
1897 New Zealand J. R. Hooper[10]
1898 New Zealand Cecil Cox[10]
1899 New Zealand J. R. Hooper[10]
1900 New Zealand Alfred Dunlop[10]
1901 New Zealand John Peacock[10]
1902 New Zealand Harry Parker[10]
1903 New Zealand Harry Parker[10]
1904 New Zealand Harry Parker[10]
1905 New Zealand Harry Parker[10]
1906 New Zealand Anthony Wilding[10]
1907 New Zealand Harry Parker[10]
1908 New Zealand Anthony Wilding[10]
1909 New Zealand Anthony Wilding[10]
1910 New Zealand John Peacock[10]
1911 New Zealand Geoff Ollivier[10]
1912 New Zealand R. N. K. Swanston[10]
1913 New Zealand Alexander Wallace[10]
1914 New Zealand Geoff Ollivier[10]
1915-18 No competition[10]
1919 New Zealand Geoff Ollivier[10]
1920 United States Bill Tilden[10]
1921 New Zealand James Laurentson[10]
1922 New Zealand Geoff Ollivier[10]
1923 New Zealand A. W. Sims[10]
1924 New Zealand Geoff Ollivier[10]
1925 New Zealand Geoff Ollivier[10]
1926 New Zealand Eskell 'Buster' Andrews[10]
1927 New Zealand Geoff Ollivier[10]
1928 New Zealand Edgar Bartleet[10]
1929 New Zealand Charlie Angas[10]
1930 New Zealand Alan Stedman[10]
1931 New Zealand Charlie Angas[10]
1932 New Zealand Eskell 'Buster' Andrews[10]
1933 New Zealand Cam Malfroy[10]
1934 United Kingdom Fred Perry[10]
1935 Australia Vivian McGrath[10]
1936 New Zealand Dennis Coombe[10]
1937 New Zealand A. D. Browne[10]
1938 New Zealand Neil Edwards[10]
1939 Australia John Bromwich[10]
1940-45 No competition[10]
1946 New Zealand Ron McKenzie[10]
1947 New Zealand Ron McKenzie[10]
1948 New Zealand Ron McKenzie[10]
1949 New Zealand Jeff Robson[10]
1950 Australia George Worthington[10]
1951 New Zealand Ron McKenzie[10]
1952 New Zealand Jeff Robson[10]
1953 Australia George Worthington[10]
1954 New Zealand John Barry[10]
1955 New Zealand John Barry[10]
1956 New Zealand Jeff Robson[10]
1957 United Kingdom Mike Davies[10]
1958 Australia Bob Howe[10]
1959 Australia Bob Howe[10]
1960 New Zealand Lew Gerrard[10]
1961 New Zealand Lew Gerrard[10]
1962 New Zealand Lew Gerrard[10]
1963 New Zealand Lew Gerrard[10]
1964 New Zealand Lew Gerrard[10]
1965 Australia Barry Phillips-Moore[10]
1966 Australia Ken Fletcher[10]
1967 United Kingdom Mark Cox[10]
1968 New Zealand Brian Fairlie[10]
1969 New Zealand Brian Fairlie[10]
1970 New Zealand Onny Parun[10]
1971 Australia Colin Dibley[10]
1972 New Zealand Onny Parun[10]
1973 Australia Syd Ball[10]
1974 New Zealand Onny Parun[11]
1975 Austria Gerhard Wimmer[12]
1976 New Zealand Onny Parun[13]
1977 New Zealand Brian Fairlie[14]
1978 United States Denis Gibson[15]
1979 United States Larry Loeb[16]
1980 New Zealand Mark Lewis[17]
1981 New Zealand Onny Parun[18]
1982 New Zealand Onny Parun[19]
1983 Australia John McCurdy[20]
1984 New Zealand David Mustard[21]
1985 New Zealand Kelly Evernden[22]
1986 New Zealand Kelly Evernden[23]
1987 New Zealand Kelly Evernden[23]

Event names

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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.[24] In 1973 the tournament was sponsored by the oil company BP and was branded as the BP New Zealand Championships.[25]

See also

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Notes

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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.[26] This tournament for all of its history was regarded as a national championships, and should not be confused the men's BP National Championships tournament that was titled as such from 1988 to 1992 was also a different roll of winners.[27]

References

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  1. ^ "History". tennis.kiwi. Tennis New Zealand. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Tennis NZ Roll of Honour" (PDF). Tennis Kiwi. Tennis New Zealand. 2020. pp. 18, 19, 20. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Lawn Tennis". Lyttelton Times: 4. 5 January 1886.
  4. ^ Tennis New Zealand
  5. ^ Ryan, Greg (2 August 2004). The Making of New Zealand Cricket: 1832-1914. Oxford: Routledge. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-135-75482-2.
  6. ^ "WTA Tour Finals 1970 to 2007" (PDF). Wayback Machine. 29 May 2008. pp. 33, 369. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-29. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  7. ^ Tennis New Zealand
  8. ^ "Tennis NZ Roll of Honour" (PDF). Tennis Kiwi. Tennis New Zealand. 2020. pp. 18, 19, 20. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  9. ^ Tennis New Zealand. pp. 18, 19, 20.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. New York: Viking Press. p. 293.
  11. ^ "Parun champion for the third time". The Press (Wellington). 7 January 1974. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  12. ^ "N.Z. tennis singles titles to overseas players again". The Press (Wellington). 20 January 1975. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Parun beats odds to win BP title". The Press (Wellington). 5 January 1976. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  14. ^ "Fairlie tames Dale Collings". The Press (Wellington). 7 February 1977. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  15. ^ "Gibson adds to N.Z. Tennis Wins". The Press (Wellington). 30 January 1978. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  16. ^ "Loeb wins national title". The Press (Wellington). 5 February 1979. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  17. ^ "Lewis' stunning success too late for cup tie". The Press (Wellington). 4 February 1980. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  18. ^ "Parun demolishes Derlin". The Press (Wellington). 16 February 1981. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  19. ^ "Onny Parun bows out with fine form". The Press (Wellington). 1 February 1982. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Tennis title to McCurdy". The Press (Wellington). 31 January 1983. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  21. ^ "Mustard wins first N.Z. singles title". The Press (Wellington). 24 January 1984. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  22. ^ "Evernden, Perry triumph in tennis". The Press (Wellington). 21 January 1985. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  23. ^ a b "Kelly Evernden reaps reward from weeks of hard slog". The Press (Wellington). 22 December 1986. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  24. ^ "'NEW ZEALAND CHAMPIONSHIPS". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand. 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  25. ^ "WORLD SPORT IN BRIEF: Evonne Goolagong, Australia's 1971 Wimbledon champion, reached the quarter-finals the BP New Zealand tennis championships Christchurch today by beating Michelle Gurdal of Belgium 6-4, 6-2". Evening Express. Aberdeenshire, Scotland: Aberdeen Journals. 17 January 1973. p. 16. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  26. ^ Tennis New Zealand. pp. 18, 19, 20.
  27. ^ Tennis New Zealand. pp. 18, 19, 20.
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