Victorian Championships
Victorian Championships | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Tour |
Pre-open era (1877–1967) Open era (1968–71) |
Founded | 1879 |
Abolished | 1971 |
Editions | 86 |
Location | Melbourne, Australia |
Venue |
Melbourne Cricket Ground LTC (1879–1933, ) Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club (1934–71) |
Surface |
Hard/Asphalt/Outdoor Grass/Outdoor |
The Victorian Championships [1] its original name until 1968 it was then known as the Victorian Open Grass Court Championships was a tennis event held from 1879 through 1971 it was originally played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Lawn Tennis Club, until 1933 the venue changed to Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club Australia for the remainder of its run.
History
The Victorian Championships tournament began in 1879 it was originally held on hard asphalt courts from 1879 to 1891 [2] before changing to a grass court tournament. The dates the tournament was held was normally in November.[3] until its move to Kooyong when it was staged during the last week of November and first week of December in 1968 the event schedule changed again to January it survived for a period of 86 years until 1971.
Champions
Notes: Challenge Round: The Final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) in some tournaments not all. * Indicates challenger
Men's singles
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||||||
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1879 [4] | A. F. Robinson | H. M. Strachan | (2-1) sets | ||||||
1880 [5] | Frank Highett | Eduard William Wallingtom | w.o. | ||||||
1881 | Louis Australia Whyte | Frank Highett | 6-4 4-6 6-1 6-1 | ||||||
1882 | L. Keyser | Louis Australia Whyte | 4-6 6-0 6-2 6-5 | ||||||
1883 [6] | Louis Australia Whyte | Walter John Carre Riddell | 6-5 6-4 6-3 | ||||||
1884 | H. Brind | ? | ? | ||||||
1885 [7] | Walter John Carre Riddell [8] | Louis Australia Whyte | (25 games to 13) | ||||||
1886 | Walter John Carre Riddell [9] | Dudley Webb | 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-4 | ||||||
1887 [10] | Arthur Gideon Hugh Colquhoun | Walter Timon Coldham [11] | 6-1 7-5 6-8 0-6 6-4 | ||||||
1888 [12] | Arthur Gideon Hugh Colquhoun | Dr. R. Hartley | 6-3 6-4 6-3 | ||||||
1889 [13] | Richard Ernest Shuter | Charles William (Charlie) Cropper [14] | 6-1 3-6 6-1 6-0 | ||||||
1890 [15] | John D. Crammond | Benjamin (Ben) Green [16] | 6-2 6-3 4-6 2-6 6-4 | ||||||
1891 | August D. "Gus" Kearney | Richard Ernest Shuter | 6-2 5-7 1-6 6-4 6-2 | ||||||
1892 | Benjamin (Ben) Green | William George Balfour | 9-11 6-3 6-2 6-2 | ||||||
1893 | Benjamin (Ben) Green | Archibald Hulbert Windeyer | 8-6 6-4 6-2 | ||||||
1894 | Benjamin (Ben) Green | August D. "Gus" Kearney | 6-1 1-6 6-2 6-1 | ||||||
1895 | Alfred Dunlop | Horace Rice | 3-6 6-2 6-3 6-1 | ||||||
1896 | August D. "Gus" Kearney | Alfred Dunlop | 3-6 5-7 6-4 6-3 15-13 | ||||||
1897 | August D. "Gus" Kearney | Alfred Dunlop | 6-2 2-6 6-1 6-3 | ||||||
1898 | Alfred Dunlop | Irving Thomas Carlyle | 6-2 1-6 6-2 3-6 6-3 | ||||||
1899 | August D. "Gus" Kearney | Horace Rice | 1-6 6-3 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1900 | Irving Thomas Carlyle | Norman Brookes | 6-3 6-1 6-2 | ||||||
1901 | Horace Rice | David Sutherland Edwards | 7-5 6-4 3-6 6-2 | ||||||
1902 [17] | Norman Brookes | Alfred Dunlop | 1-6 6-4 6-2 7-5 | ||||||
1903 [18] | Norman Brookes | Alfred Dunlop | 6-0 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1904 [19] | Norman Brookes | Barney Murphy | 6-0 6-2 6-0 | ||||||
1905 | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
1906 | Norman Brookes | Anthony Wilding | 6-0 6-4 9-7 | ||||||
1907 | Harry Parker | Alfred Dunlop | 8-6 7-5 7-5 | ||||||
1908 | Anthony Wilding | Fred Alexander | 4-6 6-0 6-2 6-2 | ||||||
1909 [20] | Anthony Wilding | Norman Brookes | 2-6 3-6 6-3 6-3 9-7 | ||||||
1910 | Stanley Doust | Alfred Dunlop | 6-1 6-8 2-6 6-2 6-2 | ||||||
1911 | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
1912 | James Cecil Parke | Gordon Lowe | 6-3 6-0 6-2 | ||||||
1913 | Rodney Heath | Norman Brookes | w.o. | ||||||
1914 | No competition (due to World War I) | ||||||||
1915 | |||||||||
1916 | |||||||||
1917 | |||||||||
1918 | |||||||||
1919 [21] | Gerald Patterson | Norman Brookes | 6-4 3-6 6-0 6-3 | ||||||
1920 [22] | Gerald Patterson | Pat O'Hara Wood | 12-10 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1921 [23] | Gerald Patterson | Pat O'Hara Wood | 5-7 6-0 6-4 8-6 | ||||||
1922 [24] | Gerald Patterson | John Hawkes | 6-3 6-3 2-6 7-5 | ||||||
1923 [25] | Gerald Patterson | Pat O'Hara Wood | w.o. | ||||||
1924 [26] | Gerald Patterson | Jack Cummings | 6-3 10-8 9-7 | ||||||
1925 | Richard Schlesinger | Timothy Fitchett | 6-3 9-7 6-1 | ||||||
1926 [27] | Gerald Patterson | Jack Crawford | 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 | ||||||
1927 [28] | Gerald Patterson | Jack Crawford | 7-5 6-1 5-7 1-6 7-5 | ||||||
1928 | Jack Crawford | Harry Hopman | 5-7 6-2 6-3 6-4 | ||||||
1929 | Jack Crawford | Harry Hopman | 6-3 2-6 3-6 6-4 6-3 | ||||||
1930 | Jack Crawford | Harry Hopman | 6-1 8-10 6-0 6-2 | ||||||
1931 | Jack Crawford | Harry Hopman | 7-5 0-6 6-3 6-4 | ||||||
1932 | Jack Crawford | Ellsworth Vines | 1-6 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4 | ||||||
1933 [29] | Fred Perry | Jack Crawford | 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-3 | ||||||
1934 | Jack Crawford | Adrian Quist | 6-2 8-6 6-3 | ||||||
1935 | Adrian Quist | Jack Crawford | 6-2 8-6 4-6 6-2 | ||||||
1936 | Adrian Quist | Donald Turnbull | 6-2 6-1 6-2 | ||||||
1937 [30] | Don Budge | John Bromwich | 8-6 6-3 9-7 | ||||||
1938 | Adrian Quist | John Bromwich | 6-2 6-3 6-3 | ||||||
1939 | John Bromwich | Adrian Quist | 6-1 4-6 6-2 6-3 | ||||||
1940 | John Bromwich | Adrian Quist | 6-0 6-2 6-4 | ||||||
1941 | Jack Crawford | John Bromwich | 6-3 0-6 3-6 6-4 6-2 | ||||||
1942 | No competition (due to World War II) | ||||||||
1943 | |||||||||
1944 | |||||||||
1945 | John Bromwich | Dinny Pails | 6-3 6-4 6-2 | ||||||
1946 | John Bromwich | Ted Schroeder | 8-6 6-4 6-4 | ||||||
1947 | Bill Sidwell | Adrian Quist | 6-4 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1948 [31] | Bill Sidwell | Geoff Brown | 6-4 7-5 8-6 | ||||||
1949 | Jaroslav Drobný | Bill Sidwell | 6-4 6-3 11-9 | ||||||
1950 | Frank Sedgman | Art Larsen | 5-7 6-3 7-5 6-3 | ||||||
1951 | Frank Sedgman | Dick Savitt | 8-6 6-0 6-4 | ||||||
1952 | Vic Seixas[32] | Frank Sedgman [33] | 8-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||||||
1953 [34] | Lew Hoad | Ken Rosewall | 9-7 8-6 3-6 6-3 | ||||||
1954 [35] | Ken Rosewall | Vic Seixas | 6-1 4-6 6-1 7-5 | ||||||
1955 | Lew Hoad | Ashley Cooper | 1-6 6-4 6-4 5-7 6-4 | ||||||
1956 | Ken Rosewall | Lew Hoad | 4-6- 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-3 | ||||||
1957 | Mal Anderson | Ashley Cooper | 6-4 10-8 1-6 7-5 | ||||||
1958 | Mal Anderson | Ashley Cooper | 7-5 6-4 6-3 | ||||||
1959 | Neale Fraser | Roy Emerson | 6-0 25-23 5-7 6-4 | ||||||
1960 | Barry MacKay | Butch Buchholz | 8-6 5-7 8-6 6-3 | ||||||
1961 | Rod Laver | Roy Emerson | 4-6 8-6 9-7 6-3 | ||||||
1962 | Rod Laver | Neale Fraser | 3-6 9-7 6-1 6-8 6-0 | ||||||
1963 | Dennis Ralston | Fred Stolle | 8-6 6-4 6-3 | ||||||
1964 | Roy Emerson | Fred Stolle | 6-4 6-4 6-4 | ||||||
1965 | Clark Graebner | Roy Emerson | 8-6 7-5 2-6 1-6 6-1 | ||||||
1966 | Roy Emerson | Fred Stolle | 6-2 9-7 6-3 | ||||||
1967 | Tony Roche | Bill Bowrey | 7-5 6-3 6-4 | ||||||
Open era | |||||||||
1968 | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
1969 | Stan Smith | Arthur Ashe | 14-12 6-8 6-3 8-6 | ||||||
1970 | John Newcombe | Tony Roche | 6-4 6-4 4-6 ret. | ||||||
1971 [36] | Alex Metreveli | Phil Dent | 6-4 6-2 | ||||||
Women's singles
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||||||
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1886 | C. Greene | Ellen Mayne | 6–1, 6–1 | ||||||
1887 | Mabel Shaw | Eliza Fitzgerald | 6–2, 6–3 | ||||||
1888 | Mabel Shaw | Anne Chenery | 1-6, 6–2, 6–4 | ||||||
1889 | Nellie A. Beckett | Constance Raleigh | 6–3 6–4 | ||||||
1890 | Mabel Shaw | E. Mackenzie | 4-6, 6–3, 6–4 | ||||||
1891 | Ellen Mayne | Mabel Shaw | 6–5, 6–4 | ||||||
1892 | Edith Raleigh | Ellen Mayne | 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 | ||||||
1893 | C. Peach | Edith Raleigh | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | ||||||
1894 | Constance Raleigh | Maisie Parr | 6-5 6-1 | ||||||
1895 | Phoebe Howitt | Mabel Shaw | 6-2 6-5 | ||||||
1896 [37] | Phoebe Howitt | Constance Raleigh | 6-2 6-2 | ||||||
1897 [38] | Phoebe Howitt | Florence Waters | 6-3 2-6 6-3 | ||||||
1898 [39] | Phoebe Howitt | Florence Waters | 6-0 6-4 | ||||||
1899 | Phoebe Howitt | Florence Waters | 6-2 7-5 | ||||||
1900 | Phoebe Howitt-Cater | Mrs Barrington | 6-3 6-4 | ||||||
1901 | Lorna Gyton | Lillian Payne | 7-5 6-3 | ||||||
1902 | Lorna Gyton | Gertrude Wilmoth | 6-0 8-6 | ||||||
1903 | Lorna Gyton | Lily Addison | 6-1 6-1 | ||||||
1904 | E. Collis | C. Robertson | 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1905 | Lorna Gyton | Gertrude Wilmoth | 6-4 6-1 | ||||||
1906 | Lily Addison | Lorna Gyton | 8-6 6-2 | ||||||
1907 | Lorna Gyton | Lily Addison | 2-6 6-4 8-6 | ||||||
1908 [40] | Lily Addison | Lorna Gyton | 11-9 6-4 | ||||||
1909 | Lily Addison | Lorna Gyton | 6-4 6-2 | ||||||
1910[41] | Lily Addison | Pearl Stewart | 4-6 7-5 6-0 | ||||||
1911 | Lily Addison | A. Wilmoth | 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1912 | Phillis Stewart | Lorna Gyton | 6-1 6-1 | ||||||
1913 | Meryl Waxman | Lorna Gyton | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | ||||||
1914 | Phillis Stewart | Dorothy Schlesinger | 6-0, 6-4 | ||||||
1915 | No competition (due to World War I) | ||||||||
1916 | |||||||||
1917 | |||||||||
1918 | |||||||||
1919 | Annie Ford | Irene Forbes-Smith | 7-5 7-5 | ||||||
1920 | Margaret Molesworth | Esna Boyd | 7-5 8-6 | ||||||
1921 [42] | Lily Addison | Esna Boyd | 8-6 3-6 6-3 | ||||||
1922 | Esna Boyd | Meryl Lister | 6-2 6-3 | ||||||
1923 | Esna Boyd | Kath Le Mesurier | 6-2 6-3 | ||||||
1924 | Daphne Akhurst | Miss Harper | 6-1 0-6 7-5 | ||||||
1925 | Esna Boyd | Sylvia Harper | 3-6 6-3 retired | ||||||
1926 | Esna Boyd | Marjorie Cox | 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1927 | Esna Boyd | Daphne Akhurst | 6-1 6-1 | ||||||
1928 | Marjorie Cox | Sylvia Harper | 6-8 6-1 7-5 | ||||||
1929 | Marjorie Cox | Kath Le Mesurier | 6-2 6-4 | ||||||
1930 | Marjorie Crawford | Frances Hoddle-Wrigley | 6-1 6-1 | ||||||
1931 | Esna Robertson | Kath Le Mesurier | 6-2 6-4 | ||||||
1932 | Joan Hartigan | Coral Buttsworth | 6-4 6-8 6-4 | ||||||
1933 | Joan Hartigan | Nancy Chitty | 4-6 7-5 6-4 | ||||||
1934 | Dorothy Round | Joan Hartigan | 9-7, 6-0 | ||||||
1935 | Thelma Coyne | Joan Hartigan | 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 | ||||||
1936 | Joan Hartigan | Emily Westacott | 8-6 6-2 | ||||||
1937 | Dodo Bundy | Nancye Wynne | 6-4 1-6 6-4 | ||||||
1938 | Nell Hopman | Joan Hartigan | 6-8 6-1 6-2 | ||||||
1939 | Nancye Wynne | Thelma Coyne | 6-2 6-2 | ||||||
1940 | Nancye Wynne | Thelma Coyne | 7-5 2-6 6-3 | ||||||
1941 | Nell Hopman | Alison Burton | 6-4 5-7 6-4 | ||||||
1942 | No competition (due to World War II) | ||||||||
1943 | |||||||||
1944 | |||||||||
1945 | |||||||||
1946 | Nancye Bolton | Thelma Long | 6-1 9-7 | ||||||
1947 | Nancye Bolton | Thelma Long | 6-1 6-4 | ||||||
1948 [43] | Doris Hart | Nancye Bolton | 6-1 9-7 | ||||||
1949 [44] | Nancye Bolton | Thelma Long | 6-8 6-2 8-6 | ||||||
1950 | Joyce Fitch | Nancye Bolton | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | ||||||
1951 | Thelma Long | Mary Hawton | 6-2 6-1 | ||||||
1952 [45] | Maureen Connolly | Julia Sampson [46] | ? | ||||||
1953 | Thelma Long | Jennifer Staley | 6-4 6-1 | ||||||
1954 | Thelma Long | Jennifer Staley | 4-6 7-5 6-2 | ||||||
1955 | Mary Hawton | Mary Carter | 6-2 6-2 | ||||||
1956 | Shirley Fry | Althea Gibson | 4-6 9-7 8-6 | ||||||
1957 | Lorraine Coghlan | Angela Mortimer | 7-5 7-5 | ||||||
1958 | Sandra Reynolds | Lorraine Coghlan | 6-4 8-6 | ||||||
1959 [47] | Maria Bueno | Christine Truman | 6-0 5-7 6-4 | ||||||
1960 | Lesley Turner | Mary Reitano | 4-6 9-7 6-3 | ||||||
1961 [48] | Margaret Smith | Darlene Hard | 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1962 [49] | Margaret Smith | Lesley Turner | 6-4 8-6 | ||||||
1963 [50] | Margaret Smith | Lesley Turner | 6-4 6-4 | ||||||
1964 [51] | Margaret Smith | Jill Blackman | 6-1 6-3 | ||||||
1965 [52] | Margaret Smith | Nancy Richey | 5-7 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1966 | Rosie Casals | Kerry Melville | 1-6 6-1 7-5 | ||||||
1967 | Billie Jean King | Lesley Turner | 6-3 3-6 7-5 | ||||||
Open era | |||||||||
1968 | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
1969 [53] | Margaret Court | Kerry Harris | 6-1 6-4 | ||||||
1970 [54] | Margaret Court | Kerry Melville | 6-1 6-1 | ||||||
1971 [55] | Evonne Goolagong | Margaret Court | 7-6 (5-3) 7-6 (5-2) | ||||||
Notes
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References
- Ayre's Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, A. Wallis Myers
- Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, G.P. Hughes, 1939 to 1958, Published by Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd, UK
- Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode