Tasmanian Open (tennis)
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| Tasmanian Open | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Tour | ILTF Circuit (1913-1980) |
| Founded | 1893 |
| Abolished | 1985 |
| Location | Launceston & Hobart |
| Surface | Clay/Grass/Hard |
The Tasmanian Open[1] or Tasmanian Open Championships[2] was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1893 as the Tasmanian Lawn Tennis Championships.[3] or Tasmanian Championships It was first played Launceston Lawn Tennis Club, Launceston Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It remained part of the international tennis circuit until 1980.
History
In 1893 Tasmanian Lawn Tennis Championships were established Launceston Lawn Tennis Club, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. The men's tournament was played on grass courts except for the years 1940, 1941 when it was played on clay courts, and 1971–72, 1974, 1978 and 1980 when it was played on hard courts. The women's tournament was played exclusively on hard asphalt courts outdoors until 1935, then switched to clay courts until 1980. For the years 1940 '48 '51 '55 '60 '64 the tournament was valid as Australian Hard Court Championships. It was an annual featured event on the international tennis circuit till 1980. In 1994 a new women's event was revived called the Tasmanian International Open,[4] held in Hobart, Australia. Since 2014 it has been known as the Hobart International and still played today.
Location
The championships alternated between Launceston and Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, but was not staged sequentially.
Men's singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | Australia Arthur Miller[5] | United Kingdom Aubrey Caldecott | 6-5, 5-6, 6-4 |
| 1894 | Australia Kenric Laughton[5] | United Kingdom Aubrey Caldecott | 6-4, 5-6, 6-3 |
| 1896 | Australia Frank Dodds[5] | Australia John Dodds | w/o |
| 1897 | Australia Kenric Laughton[5] | Australia Frank Dodds | 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 |
| 1898 | Australia Percy Miller[5] | Australia James Rule | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1899 | Australia Percy Miller[5] | Australia Howard Giblin | 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1900 | Australia James McGough[5] | Australia Leslie Morgan | 6-0, 2-6, 8-6 |
| 1901 | Australia Edgar Barnard[5] | Australia James McGough | 6-4, 0-6, 6-4 |
| 1902 | Australia James McGough[5] | Australia Leslie Morgan | 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 |
| 1903 | Australia James McGough[5] | Australia E. R. Burgess | 6-0, 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1904 | New Zealand Harry Parker[5] | Australia James McGough | 6-0, 6-0, 6-0 |
| 1905 | Australia James McGough[5] | United States Lewis R. Freeman | 6-1, 6-1, 6-0 |
| 1906 | Australia James McGough[5] | Australia Frederick Ratten | 7-5, 16-14, 6-2 |
| 1907 | Australia James McGough[5] | Australia Frederick Ratten | 6-1, 8-6, 8-6 |
| 1908 | Australia James McGough[5] | Australia Dr. Sweetman | 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 |
| 1909 | Australia Thomas Barnard[5] | Australia Frederick Raynor | 6-4, 6-2, 0-6, 6-2 |
| 1910 | Australia James McGough[5] | Australia Thomas Newton | 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 |
| 1911 | New Zealand Harry Parker[5] | Australia Harold Hunt | 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 |
| 1912 | Australia James McGough[5] | Australia Sydney Dickenson | 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1913 | Australia James McGough[5] | Australia Frederick Down | 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1914 | Australia James McGough[5] | Australia James Hudson | 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 |
| 1915 | Australia Harry Lewis-Barclay[5] | Australia James McGough | 7-5, 6-1, 6-1 |
| 1916 | Australia Horace Rice[5] | Australia James McGough | 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 |
| 1917 | Australia Samuel England[5] | Australia William Sheehan | 6-3, 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1918 | Australia James Hudson[5] | Australia Roy Crawford | 8-6, 6-4, 6-0 |
| 1919 | Australia James McGough[5] | Australia William Sheehan | w/o |
| 1920 | Australia James McGough[5] | Australia Roy Crawford | 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1921 | Australia William Sheehan[5] | Australia Robert Berriman | 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1922 | Australia Walter Stephens[5] | Australia Roy Crawford | 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1923 | Australia William Sheehan[5] | Australia Donald Ferguson | 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-0 |
| 1924 | Australia Alan Newton[5] | Australia William Sheehan | 6-2, 6-0, 6-3 |
| 1925 | Australia Alan Newton[5] | Australia Stanley Trethewey | 6-2, 6-1, 6-0 |
| 1926 | Australia D'Arcy Mullamphy[5] | Australia Gordon Hughes | 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 |
| 1927 | Australia Vivian Page[5] | Australia D'Arcy Mullamphy | 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1928 | Australia Vivian Page[5] | Australia Cecil Stuart | 6-0, 6-1, 6-1 |
| 1929 | Australia Vivian Page[5] | Australia Eric Huxley | 6-2, 6-1, 6-0 |
| 1930 | Australia Sir Allan Knight[5] | Australia Alan Newton | 6-3, 8-6, 6-2 |
| 1931 | Australia Sir Allan Knight[5] | Australia Alan Newton | 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-4 |
| 1932 | Australia Sir Allan Knight[5] | Australia Norman Little | 6-0, 6-4, 6-0 |
| 1933 | Australia Sir Allan Knight[5] | Australia Alan Newton | 6-2, 6-1, 6-0 |
| 1934 | Australia Reg Ewin[5] | Australia Sir Allan Knight | 6-2, 8-6, 6-3 |
| 1935 | Australia Reg Ewin[5] | Australia Sir Allan Knight | 6-0, 6-2, 6-0 |
| 1936 | Australia Roy Harrison[5] | Australia Donald Lovett | 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1937 | Australia Len Schwartz[5] | Australia Lionel Brodie | 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 |
| 1938 | Australia Donald Lovett[5] | Australia George Holland | 2-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1939 | Australia Lionel Brodie[5] | Australia Jack Harper | 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 |
| 1940 | Australia John Bromwich[5] | Australia Jack Crawford | 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1941-45 | No competition [5] | ||
| 1946 | Australia John Bromwich[5] | Australia Lionel Brodie | 6-1, 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1947 | Australia Adrian Quist[5] | Australia Jack Crawford | 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 |
| 1948 | Australia Adrian Quist[5] | Australia Bill Sidwell | 6-2, 6-1, 7-5 |
| 1949 | Australia Colin Long[5] | Australia Adrian Quist | 6-3, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3 |
| 1950 | Australia John Bromwich[5] | Australia Don Candy | 0-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 |
| 1951 | Australia Frank Sedgman[5] | Australia Don Candy | 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1952 | Australia Ken McGregor[5] | Australia Neale Fraser | 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1953 | Australia Eric Stewart[5] | Australia Neale Fraser | 6-2, 5-7, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 |
| 1954 | Australia Don Candy[5] | Australia Mervyn Rose | 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 |
| 1956 | Australia Neale Fraser[5] | Australia Don Candy | 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 |
| 1957 | Australia Ashley Cooper[5] | Australia Geoff Brown | 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1959 | Australia Bob Mark[5] | Australia Roy Emerson | 6-4, 7-5, 6-2 |
| 1961 | Australia Brian Tobin[5] | Australia Geoff Pollard | 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 |
| 1962 | Australia Rod Laver[5] | Australia Neale Fraser | 7-5, 0-6, 0-6, 6-1, 6-2 |
| 1963 | Australia Martin Mulligan[5] | Australia John Newcombe | 7-5, 6-2 |
| 1965 | Australia John Newcombe[5] | Australia Owen Davidson | 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1966 | United States Arthur Ashe[5] | Australia John Newcombe | 6-4, 6-4, 12-10 |
| 1967 | Australia Tony Roche[5] | United States Arthur Ashe | 9-7, 1-6, 6-2, 8-6 |
| 1968 | Australia Ray Ruffels[5] | United Kingdom Graham Stilwell | 3-6, 6-8, 7-5, 7-5, 6-2 |
| 1969 | Australia Fred Stolle[5] | Australia Tony Roche | 6-3, 0-6, 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1970 | United States Jim McManus[5] | Australia Bob Carmichael | 7-5, 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1971 | Soviet Union Alex Metreveli[5] | Australia John Alexander | 7-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 |
| 1972 | Soviet Union Alex Metreveli[5] | France Wanaro N'Godrella | 6-2, 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1973 | Australia Colin Dibley[5] | India Jasjit Singh | 7-6, 6-2 |
| 1974 | Australia Geoff Masters[5] | Japan Toshiro Sakai | 6-4, 7-6 |
| 1975 | Australia Mark Edmondson[5] | Australia Cliff Letcher | 6-2, 6-7, 6-4 |
| 1977 | Australia Syd Ball[5] | Australia Bob Carmichael | 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 |
| 1978 | Australia Bob Carmichael[5] | Australia John Marks | 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1980 | Australia David Whyte[5] | Australia Ernie Ewert | 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 |
| 1984 | Australia David MacPherson[5] | Australia Mike Lynch | 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1985 | Australia Richard Fromberg[5] | Australia David Tunbridge | 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 |
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References
- ↑ Barrett, John; Tingay, Lance (1979). World of tennis : a BP yearbook. 1979. London: Macdonald and Jane's. p. 191. ISBN 0354090682.
- ↑ "Miss Casals Advances". Phoenix Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona, United States: Newspaper Archives. 4 January 1969. p. 96. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ↑ "TENNIS. TASMANIAN LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania, Australia: National Library of Australia. 3 April 1920. p. 8. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ↑ "Endo Wins First Event". Cumberland Sunday Times News. Cumberland, Maryland, USA: Newspaper Archives. 16 January 1994. p. 17. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 5.32 5.33 5.34 5.35 5.36 5.37 5.38 5.39 5.40 5.41 5.42 5.43 5.44 5.45 5.46 5.47 5.48 5.49 5.50 5.51 5.52 5.53 5.54 5.55 5.56 5.57 5.58 5.59 5.60 5.61 5.62 5.63 5.64 5.65 5.66 5.67 5.68 5.69 5.70 5.71 5.72 5.73 5.74 5.75 5.76 5.77 5.78 "Tasmanian Championships". Tennis Archives. Retrieved 30 November 2024.