Hawke's Bay Championships

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Napier Open
Hawke's Bay Open
Hawke's Bay Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit
Founded1886; 139 years ago (1886)
Abolished1972; 53 years ago (1972)
LocationDannevirke
Hastings
Havelock North
Napier
Waipawa
VenueVarious
SurfaceGrass

The Hawke's Bay Championships [1][2] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1886 as men's event called the Napier Open.[3] The tournament ran annually through til 1972 until it was discontinued.

History

In late December 1885 the Napier Lawn Tennis Club organised the first Napier Open men's tournament, which was played at Farndon Park.[1] There was also a mixed doubles event staged from 1887 under the tournament name Farndon Park Open.[1] The tournament ran annually under that name, when the competition was expanded to include the Hawke's Bay area thus becoming a regional event called the Hawke's Bay Open in 1900 and organised by the Hawke's Bay Tennis Association.[1] In 1908 the event was re-branded as the Hawke's Bay Championships.[1] The championships were staged annually with the exception of World War One until 1972 when they were discontinued.[1]

Locations

The tournament was held in various locations such as Dannevirke, Hastings, Havelock North, Napier and Waipawa in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Napier Open
Year Location Champions Runners-up Score
1886[3] Napier England Eric Pollard Hudson New Zealand Minden Fenwick 6–1, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
1887 Napier New Zealand Percival Clennell Fenwick New Zealand Eric Pollard Hudson 6–2, 6–0, 6–4.[1]
1888 Napier New Zealand Percival Clennell Fenwick New Zealand Minden Fenwick 6–4, 6–3, 6–1.[1]
1890 Napier New Zealand Richard Dacre Harman New Zealand Robert Osmond Koch 4–6, 8–6, 6–0, 6–2.[1]
Hawke's Bay Championship
1902 Hastings United Kingdom E.L. Salmond New Zealand Charles Harrington Broad 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.[1]
1915/1919 Not held (due to World War I)
1906 Napier New Zealand Robert Sloan Brown New Zealand Charles Harrington Broad 3–6, 6–3, 6–3.[1]
1908 Dannevirke New Zealand Harry Alabaster Parker New Zealand G. Ebbett 6–1, 6–0.[1]
1911 Havelock North New Zealand Geoffrey Morton Ollivier New Zealand Herbert Linley Robson 6–0, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
1921[4] Hastings New Zealand K.G. Walker New Zealand Charles E. L. Margoliouth 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1922[5] Napier New Zealand Stanley Powdrell New Zealand A.W. Campbell 6–2, 6–5.[1]
1936[6] Dannevirke New Zealand Jack Curtis Charters New Zealand John W. (Jack) Gunn 6–1, 6–0.[1]
1939[7] Hastings New Zealand Norman N. Smith New Zealand Buster Andrews 6–0, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
↓  Open era  ↓
1971 Hastings New Zealand Barry Smith New Zealand Paul Finlayson 8–6, 6–4.[1]
1972 Hastings New Zealand Ian Beverley New Zealand Andy Moffat 6–0, 6–4.[1]

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Hawke's Bay Open
Year Location Champions Runners-up Score
1904 Hastings New Zealand Hilda Brathwaite New Zealand Ruby Wellwood 6–1, 6–4.
Hawke's Bay Championship
1909 Napier New Zealand Eva Baird New Zealand Dorothy Hindmarsh 8–6, 8–6
1910 Dannevirke New Zealand Ruby Wellwood New Zealand Nancy Hartgill 9–6
1911 Havelock North New Zealand Ruby Wellwood New Zealand Eva Baird 6–0, 4–6, 6–2
1912 Napier New Zealand Eva Baird New Zealand Sybil Clark 9–1
1913 Dannevirke New Zealand Nancy Hartgill New Zealand Vera Simpson 6–1, 6–2
1914 Hastings New Zealand Eileen Wellwood Maddison New Zealand Doris Wellwood 6–5, 6–4
1915/1919 Not held (due to World War I)
1920 Dannevirke? New Zealand Doris Wellwood New Zealand Mrs Cato 6–4, 6–4
1921[4] Hastings New Zealand Zeta Wellwood New Zealand Doris Fenwick 6–1, 2–6, 6–4
1922[5] Napier New Zealand Zeta Wellwood New Zealand Miss Kennedy 6–1, 2–6, 6–1
1923 Hastings New Zealand Marjorie MacFarlane New Zealand Beryl Knight 6–3, 5–7, 13–11
1924 Waipawa New Zealand Nancy Hartgill Green United Kingdom Vera Howett 6–1, 2–6, 6–1
1925 Napier United Kingdom Vera Howett New Zealand Marjorie MacFarlane 6–3, 6–1
1926 Dannevirke New Zealand Nancy Hartgill Green New Zealand Molly Cato 7–5, 6–2
1927 Napier New Zealand Snow Clark New Zealand Marion Lowry 3–8, 6–3, 6–2
1928 Waipawa New Zealand Arita Howe Adams New Zealand May Myers 6–5, 6–4
1930 Dannevirke New Zealand Arita Howe Adams New Zealand Margery Gibson 6–2, 7–9, 6–3
1936[6] Dannevirke New Zealand Mrs. R. Swann New Zealand Mrs. Mawson 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1939[7] Hastings New Zealand Marjorie MacFarlane New Zealand 6–0, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3.
↓  Open era  ↓
1971 Hastings United States Kathy Harter New Zealand Sue Blakely 6–1, 6–2

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 "Tournaments: Napier Open–Hawke's Bay Championship". The Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Archived from the original on May 15, 2023. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Lawn Tennis: Coming Events". Wanganui Herald. Manawatu-Wanganui: Papers Past. 9 December 1909. p. 6. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "THE LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT". New Zealand Herald. Auckland, New Zealand: Papers Past. 1 January 1886. p. 5. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Lawn Tennis Hawke's Bay Championships". The Press. Canterbury: Papers Past. 3 February 1921. p. 2. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Lawn Tennis Hawke's Bay Championships". New Zealand Times. Wellington: Papers Past. 8 February 1922. p. 7. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Tennis: Hawke's Bay Finals". Evening Post. Wellington: Papers Past. 20 January 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Lawn Tennis: Win for Miss McFarlane. Hawke's Bay Championship". Auckland Star. Auckland, New Zealand: Papers Past. 16 January 1939. p. 13. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
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