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Victorian Championships

The Victorian Championships [1] its original name until 1968 it was then known as the Victorian Open Grass Court Championships or Victorian Open 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.

Victorian Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourPre-open era (1879–1967)
Open era (1968–71)
Founded1879
Abolished1971
Editions86
LocationMelbourne, Australia
VenueMelbourne Cricket Ground LTC
(1879–1933)
Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club
(1934–71)
SurfaceHard / outdoor
Asphalt / outdoor
Grass / outdoor

History edit

The Victorian Championships tournament began in 1879 it was originally held on hard asphalt courts from 1879 to 1891 before changing to a grass court tournament. The dates the tournament was held was normally in November.[2] 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. The tournament was very briefly re-established in 1982 as the Melbourne Outdoor until 1985.

The first championship was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in January 1880. There were 16 entries. A. F. Robinson beat H. M. Strachan in the final by 2 sets to 1, winning the final set 6–5.[3][4] In November 1880 another championship was held, the "Intercolonial Lawn Tennis Championship". It was held during the horticultural flower show, taking place on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[5] The event took an unusual form, in that after two rounds, three players remained. Frank Highett was to play R. P. Arnold, the winner playing Edward Wallington in the final.[6] On the final day Wallington was ill and so the match between Highett and Arnold determined the winner. Highett won by 3 sets to 1, Arnold winning the second set.[7] The 1881 championship was played on grass at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Highett reached the final again but lost to Louis Whyte.[8] The 1882 championship was played on the asphalt courts. Whyte reached the final again and met Arthur Keyser, a member of HMS Nelson. Whyte won the first set, but Keyser took the next three to win the championship.[9] Whyte reached his third successive final in 1883 where he beat Walter Carre Riddell in three straight sets.[10] The scoring system was changed in 1884. There were no sets, the winner being the first to reach 25 games. There were two new finalists, with Harry Brind beating Dudley Webb by 25 games to 15.[11] 1885 saw a repeat of the 1883 final between Riddell and Whyte. Riddell took a 12 games to 1 lead and eventually won by 25 games to 13.[12] 1885 saw a return to set scoring. Riddell retained the title, beating Webb in the final by three sets to one.[13] The championship was preceded by an intercolonial match between Victoria and New South Wales. This was the first such match to be played in Victoria, the previous two having been played in Sydney. The match resulted in an easy win for Victoria, the opponents being unused to the asphalt surface.[14]

Finals edit

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 edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1879 [15]   A. F. Robinson   H. M. Strachan (2-1) sets
1880 [16]   Frank Highett   Edward Wallington w.o.
1881   Louis Whyte   Frank Highett 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
1882   Arthur Keyser   Louis Whyte 4–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–5
1883 [17]   Louis Whyte   Walter John Carre Riddell 6–5, 6–4, 6–3
1884   Harry Hanslow Brind   Dudley Webb (25 games to 17)
1885 [18]   Walter John Carre Riddell [19]   Louis Whyte (25 games to 13)
1886   Walter John Carre Riddell [20] (2)   Dudley Webb 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4
1887 [21]   Arthur Gideon Hugh Colquhoun   Walter Timon Coldham [22] 6–1, 7–5, 6–8, 0–6, 6–4
1888 [23]   Arthur Gideon Hugh Colquhoun (2)   John Thorneycroft Hartley 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1889 [24]   Richard Ernest Shuter   Charles William Cropper [25] 6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 6–0
1890 [26]   John D. Crammond   Benjamin (Ben) Green [27] 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 6–4
1891   Gus Kearney   Richard Ernest Shuter 6–2, 5–7, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
1892   Benjamin Green   William George Balfour 9–11, 6–3, 6–2, 6–2
1893   Benjamin Green (2)   Archibald Hulbert Windeyer 8–6, 6–4, 6–2
1894   Benjamin Green (3)   Gus Kearney 6–1, 1–6, 6–2, 6–1
1895   Alfred Dunlop   Horace Rice 3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1896   Gus Kearney (2)   Alfred Dunlop 3–6, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3, 15-13
1897   Gus Kearney (3)   Alfred Dunlop 6–2, 2–6, 6–1, 6–3
1898   Alfred Dunlop (2)   Irving Thomas Carlyle 6–2, 1–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1899   Gus Kearney (4)   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 <   Norman Brookes   Alfred Dunlop 1–6, 6–4, 6–2, 7–5
1903   Norman Brookes (2)   Alfred Dunlop 6–0, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1904   Norman Brookes (3)   Barney Murphy 6–0, 6–2, 6–0
1905 Australasian championships held
1906   Norman Brookes (4)   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 [28]   Anthony Wilding (2)   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 Australasian championships held
1912   James Cecil Parke   Gordon Lowe 6–3, 6–0, 6–2
1913   Rodney Heath   Norman Brookes w.o.
1914/1918 Not held (due to world war one)
1919 [29]   Gerald Patterson   Norman Brookes 6–4, 3–6, 6–0, 6–3
1920 [30]   Gerald Patterson (2)   Pat O'Hara Wood 12–10, 6–3. 6–2
1921 [31]   Gerald Patterson (3)   Pat O'Hara Wood 5–7, 6–0, 6–4, 8–6
1922 [32]   Gerald Patterson (4)   John Hawkes 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
1923 [33]   Gerald Patterson (5)   Pat O'Hara Wood w.o.
1924 [34]   Gerald Patterson (6)   Jack Cummings 6–3, 10–8, 9–7
1925   Richard Schlesinger   Timothy Fitchett 6–3, 9–7, 6–1
1926 [35]   Gerald Patterson (7)   Jack Crawford 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1927 [36]   Gerald Patterson (8)   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 (2)   Harry Hopman 6–3, 2–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
1930   Jack Crawford (3)   Harry Hopman 6–1, 8–10, 6–0, 6–2
1931   Jack Crawford (4)   Harry Hopman 7–5, 0–6, 6–3, 6–4
1932   Jack Crawford(5)   Ellsworth Vines 1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1933   Fred Perry   Jack Crawford 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1934   Jack Crawford (6)   Adrian Quist 6–2, 8–6, 6–3
1935   Adrian Quist   Jack Crawford 6–2, 8–6, 4–6, 6–2
1936   Adrian Quist (2)   Donald Turnbull 6–2, 6–1, 6–2
1937 [37]   Don Budge   John Bromwich 8–6, 6–3, 9–7
1938   Adrian Quist (3)   John Bromwich 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
1939   John Bromwich   Adrian Quist 6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1940   John Bromwich (2)   Adrian Quist 6–0, 6–2, 6–4
1941   Jack Crawford (7)   John Bromwich 6–3, 0–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1942/1944 Not held (due to world war one)
1945   John Bromwich (3)   Dinny Pails 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1946   John Bromwich (4)   Ted Schroeder 8–6, 6–4, 6–4
1947   Bill Sidwell   Adrian Quist 6–4, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2
1948 [38]   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 (2)   Dick Savitt 8–6, 6–0, 6–4
1952   Vic Seixas[39]   Frank Sedgman[40] 8–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1953 [41]   Lew Hoad   Ken Rosewall 9–7, 8–6, 3–6, 6–3
1954 [42]   Ken Rosewall   Vic Seixas 6–1, 4–6, 6–1, 7–5
1955   Lew Hoad (2)   Ashley Cooper 1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
1956   Ken Rosewall (2)   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 (2)   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 (2)   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 (2)   Fred Stolle 6–2, 9–7, 6–3
1967   Tony Roche   Bill Bowrey 7–5, 6–3, 6–4
Open era
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 [43]   Alex Metreveli   Phil Dent 6–4, 6–2

Women's singles edit

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1884   E. MacKenzie   A. Bayles 10–4
1886   C. Greene   Ellen Mayne 6–1, 6–1
1887   Mabel Shaw   Eliza Fitzgerald 6–2, 6–3
1888   Mabel Shaw (2)   Anne Chenery 1–6, 6–2, 6–4
1889   Nellie A. Beckett   Constance Raleigh 6–3 6–4
1890   Mabel Shaw (3)   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   Phoebe Howitt (2)   Constance Raleigh 6–2 6–2
1897   Phoebe Howitt (3)   Florence Waters 6–3 2–6 6–3
1898   Phoebe Howitt (4)   Florence Waters 6–0 6–4
1899   Phoebe Howitt (5)   Florence Waters 6–2 7–5
1900   Phoebe Howitt-Cater (6)   Mrs Barrington 6–3 6–4
1901   Lorna Gyton   Lillian Payne 7–5 6–3
1902   Lorna Gyton (2)   Gertrude Wilmoth 6–0 8–6
1903   Lorna Gyton (3)   Lily Addison 6–1 6–1
1904   E. Collis   C. Robertson 6–3 6–2
1905   Lorna Gyton (4)   Gertrude Wilmoth 6–4 6–1
1906   Lily Addison   Lorna Gyton 8–6 6–2
1907   Lorna Gyton (5)   Lily Addison 2–6 6–4 8–6
1908 [44]   Lily Addison (2)   Lorna Gyton 11–9 6–4
1909   Lily Addison (3)   Lorna Gyton 6–4 6–2
1910[45]   Lily Addison (4)   Pearl Stewart 4–6 7–5 6–0
1911   Lily Addison (5)   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 (2)   Dorothy Schlesinger 6–0, 6–4
1915/1918 Not held (due to world war one)
1919   Annie Ford   Irene Forbes-Smith 7–5 7–5
1920   Margaret Molesworth   Esna Boyd 7–5 8–6
1921 [46]   Lily Addison   Esna Boyd 8–6 3–6 6–3
1922   Esna Boyd   Meryl Lister 6–2 6–3
1923   Esna Boyd (2)   Kath Le Mesurier 6–2 6–3
1924   Daphne Akhurst   Miss Harper 6–1 0–6 7–5
1925   Esna Boyd (3)   Sylvia Harper 3–6 6–3 retired
1926   Esna Boyd (4)   Marjorie Cox 6–3 6–2
1927   Esna Boyd (5)   Daphne Akhurst 6–1 6–1
1928   Marjorie Cox   Sylvia Harper 6–8 6–1 7–5
1929   Marjorie Cox (2)   Kath Le Mesurier 6–2 6–4
1930   Marjorie Crawford (3)   Frances Hoddle-Wrigley 6–1 6–1
1931   Esna Robertson (6)   Kath Le Mesurier 6–2 6–4
1932   Joan Hartigan   Coral Buttsworth 6–4 6–8 6–4
1933   Joan Hartigan (2)   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 (3)   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 (2)   Thelma Coyne 7–5 2–6 6–3
1941   Nell Hopman (2)   Alison Burton 6–4 5–7 6–4
1942/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1946   Nancye Bolton (3)   Thelma Long 6–1 9–7
1947   Nancye Bolton (4)   Thelma Long 6–1 6–4
1948 [47]   Doris Hart   Nancye Bolton 6–1 9–7
1949 [48]   Nancye Bolton (3)   Thelma Long 6–8 6–2 8–6
1950   Joyce Fitch   Nancye Bolton 6–4 3–6 6–4
1951   Thelma Long (2)   Mary Hawton 6–2 6–1
1952 [49]   Maureen Connolly   Julia Sampson[50] ?
1953   Thelma Long (3)   Jennifer Staley 6–4 6–1
1954   Thelma Long (4)   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 [51]   Maria Bueno   Christine Truman 6–0 5–7 6–4
1960   Lesley Turner   Mary Reitano 4–6 9–7 6–3
1961 [52]   Margaret Smith   Darlene Hard 6–3 6–2
1962 [53]   Margaret Smith (2)   Lesley Turner 6–4 8–6
1963 [54]   Margaret Smith (3)   Lesley Turner 6–4 6–4
1964 [55]   Margaret Smith (4)   Jill Blackman 6–1 6–3
1965 [56]   Margaret Smith (5)   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
1969 [57]   Margaret Court (6)   Kerry Harris 6–1 6–4
1970 [58]   Margaret Court (7)   Kerry Melville 6–1 6–1
1971 [59]   Evonne Goolagong   Margaret Court 7–6 (5-3) 7–6 (5-2)

Records edit

Men's singles edit

Source: The Tennisbase included[60]

See also edit

Notes edit

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References edit

  • 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


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