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South Australian Championships

For the golf tournament, see South Australian Open (golf).

The South Australian Championships (1889–1989), also known as the South Australian State Championships [1] and later known as the South Australian Open was an amateur and later a professional men's and women's tennis tournament played originally on outdoor grass courts up to 1987 when it switched to hard courts in its final two years. The tournament was staged at Memorial Drive Park tennis complex in Adelaide, South Australia and was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1972 until 1989.

South Australian Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameSouth Australian Championships
(1889–1976)
South Australian Men's Tennis Classic
(1977)
South Australian Open
(1979–1989)
TourPre open era (1889–1967)
Independent tour (1968–1971)
Grand Prix circuit (1972–1989)
Founded1889
Abolished1989
Editions88
LocationAdelaide, South Australia
SurfaceGrass
Hard

History

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The origins of the South Australian Championships is thought to be traced back to 1880,[2] however other sources give the start date as 1890 [3][4] when the Adelaide-based South Australian Tennis Championships, the first known recorded winner of the event was Herbert Hambridge [5] running as part of the men's amateur tour until 1967.[6] The tournament was first staged on courts adjacent to the Adelaide Oval tennis courts, in 1895 it switched to the then newly built Jubilee Exhibition Oval[7] where it remained until 1921. The 1910 edition of the championships staged the Australasian Championships, the champion that year Rodney Heath held the dual title titles of Australasian and South Australian Champion. In 1920 the men's South Australian Championships in Adelaide carried the Australasian title in March and was won by Pat O'Hara Wood. In 1921 the tournament moved location to Memorial Drive Park and would continue to be played there until the tournament finished. From 1969 until 1971 the event was part of the ITF independent tour, in 1972 the tournament became part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit, which ran concurrently with other tours as the World Championship Tennis circuit.

The tournament had a chaotic history over the following years, taking place on the professional tour again in 1974, in 1977, as the Marlboro-sponsored South Australian Men's Tennis Classic,[8] and in 1979, as the South Australian Open,[9] before it started a regular run in 1981 under the latter title. Moved from January to December in the Grand Prix circuit calendars of the early 1980s, the South Australian Open sealed its place as the opening event of the season in 1987, when it was scheduled again in January, following the return of the Australian Open as the first Grand Slam event of the year. After the surface change of the Australian Open, the tournament also switched to hard courts, starting with the 1988 edition when the event was concurrently called the Australian Hard Court Championships however this national championship had been staged in rotation at various cities around Australia since 1938. The 1989 edition would be the last event to be called South Australian Open.

Notes

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The winners of the 1988 and 1989 editions of this tournament were simultaneously called Australian Hard Court Champion and South Australian Open champion. This occurred when the South Australian tournament switched from grass to hard courts in 1988. The roll of honor for both of these events are different and as such are treated as two different tournaments, with the exception of these years when they were combined titles.

Past finals

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Men's singles

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Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Adelaide[10] 1989 Australia  Mark Woodforde[11] West Germany  Patrik Kühnen 7–5, 1–6, 7–5
1988 Australia  Mark Woodforde[12] Australia  Wally Masur 6–2, 6–4
1987 Australia  Wally Masur[13] United States  Bill Scanlon 6–4, 7–6
1986 Not held
1985 South Africa  Eddie Edwards[14] Australia  Peter Doohan 6–2, 6–4
1984 Australia  Peter Doohan[15] Netherlands  Huub van Boeckel 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
1983 United States  Mike Bauer[16] Czechoslovakia  Miloslav Mečíř 3–6, 6–4, 6–1
1982 United States  Mike Bauer[17] Australia  Chris Johnstone 4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1981 Australia  Mark Edmondson[18] Australia  Brad Drewett 7–5, 6–2
1980 Not held
1979 Australia  Kim Warwick[19] South Africa  Bernard Mitton 7–5, 6–4
1978 Non-tour event
1977 United States  Victor Amaya[20] United States  Brian Teacher 6–1, 6–4
1976 Australia  John James Australia  Bill Durham 6–4, 6–4
1975 Australia  Syd Ball United Kingdom  John Lloyd 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1974 Sweden  Björn Borg[21] New Zealand  Onny Parun 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1973 Czechoslovakia  Jiří Hřebec Australia  Robert Giltinan 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
1972 Soviet Union  Alex Metreveli[22] Australia  Kim Warwick 6–3, 6–3, 7–6
1971 Non-tour event
1970 Soviet Union  Alex Metreveli Australia  Ken Fletcher 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1969 Non-tour event
1968 Australia  Bill Bowrey Australia  Allan Stone 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Open era
1967 Australia  John Newcombe Australia  Tony Roche 6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 11–9
1966 Australia  John Newcombe Australia  Fred Stolle 6–3, 6–3, 7–6
1965 United States  Arthur Ashe Australia  Roy Emerson 7–9, 7–5, 6–0, 6–4
1964 Australia  John Newcombe Australia  Tony Roche 6–4, 9–7, 7–5
1963 Australia  John Newcombe United States  Dennis Ralston 6–1, 6–3, 15–17, 6–1
1962 Australia  Roy Emerson Australia  John Newcombe 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1961 Australia  Rod Laver United Kingdom  Mike Sangster 11–9, 3–6, 4–6, 14–12, 6–3
1960 Australia  Roy Emerson Australia  Bob Hewitt 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1959 Australia  Lew Hoad Australia  Frank Sedgman Professional Round Robin
1958 Australia  Roy Emerson[23] Australia  Malcolm Anderson 3–6, 12–10, 10–8, 6–2
1957 Australia  Malcolm Anderson Australia  Mervyn Rose 7–5, 6–8, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1956 Australia  Ken Rosewall Australia  Lew Hoad 6–1, 7–5, 6–1
1955 United States  Vic Seixas Sweden  Lennart Bergelin 6–3, 7–5, 8–6
1954 United States  Tony Trabert Australia  Lew Hoad 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1953 Australia  Mervyn Rose United States  Vic Seixas 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 2–6, 11–9
1952 Australia  Rex Hartwig Australia  Mervyn Rose 11–9, 2–6, 6–2, 9–11, 7–5
1951 Australia  Frank Sedgman United States  Arthur Larsen 6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1950 Australia  Frank Sedgman Czech Republic  Jaroslav Drobný 6–1, 6–0, 6–2
1949 Australia  Geoff Brown Australia  Colin Long 5–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–4
1948 United States  James Brink United States  Eddie Moylan 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1947 United States  Gardnar Mulloy United States  Bill Talbert 6–3, 8–6, 9–7
1946 Australia  John Bromwich Australia  Frank Sedgman 6–1, 6–3, 6–1
1942–45 No event, due to WW2
1941 Australia  Adrian Quist Australia  John Bromwich 6–2, 6–4, 6–8, 6–4
1940 Australia  Adrian Quist Australia  Harry Hopman 6–3, 7–5, 1–6, 6–1
1939 Australia  Adrian Quist[24] Czechoslovakia  Leonard Schwartz 7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1938 Australia  John Bromwich Australia  Leonard Schwartz 9–7, 6–4, 6–1
1937 Australia  Adrian Quist Australia  Leonard Schwartz 6–4, 6–1, 6–1
1936 Australia  John Bromwich Australia  Don Turnbull 6–2, 11–9, 6–1
1935 Australia  John Bromwich Australia  Don Turnbull 6–1, 9–11, 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
1934 Australia  Vivian McGrath Australia  Adrian Quist 6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5
1933 Australia  Harry Hopman Australia  Leonard Schwartz 6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 1–6, 10–8
1932 Australia  Harry Hopman Australia  Adrian Quist 6–2, 6–0, 6–3
1931 Australia  Harry Hopman Australia  Adrian Quist 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
1930 Australia  Don Turnbull Australia  Rupert Shepherd 6–4, 7–9, 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1929 Australia  Jack Crawford Australia  Rupert Shepherd 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1928 Australia  Richard Schlesinger Australia  Garton Hone 6–3, 6–2, 6–2
1927 Australia  Ernest Rowe Australia  Pat O'Hara Wood 5–7, 6–0, 6–3, 6–2
1926 Australia  Ernest Rowe Australia  Lum Pao-Hua 6–2, 6–3, 7–5
1925 Australia  Pat O'Hara Wood Australia  Richard Schlesinger 2–6, 1–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1924 Australia  Pat O'Hara Wood Australia  Garton Hone 6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
1923 Australia  Gerald Patterson Australia  Ian D. McInnes 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
1922 Australia  Gerald Patterson Australia  Pat O'Hara Wood 7–5, 6–2, 2–6, 8–6
1921 Australia  Gerald Patterson[25] Australia  Ronald Thomas 18–16, 6–3, 1-1 ret.
1920 Australia  Pat O'Hara Wood Australia  Ronald Thomas 6–3, 4–6, 6–8, 6–1, 6–3
1919 Australia  Roy Taylor Australia  Ashley Campbell 6–1, 6–2, 6–1
1916–18 No event, due to WW1
1915 Australia  Horace Rice[26] Australia  Ronald Thomas 7–5, 9–7, 2–6, 6–0
1914 Australia  Horace Rice Australia  Roy Taylor 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1913 Australia  Roy Taylor Australia  Ronald Thomas 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1912 Australia  Roy Taylor Australia  Horace Rice 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
1911 Australia  Harry Parker[27] Australia  Roy Taylor 5–7, 6–2, 6–1, 6–2
1910 Australia  Rodney Heath Australia  Harry Parker 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1909 Australia  Harry Parker Australia  Robert George Bowen 3–6, 10–8, 6–2, 6–0
1908 Australia  Harry Parker Australia  Robert George Bowen 6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1907 Australia  Harry Parker Australia  Roy Taylor 6–3,3–6, 6–1, 6–4
1906 Australia  Norman Brookes[28] Australia  Rodney Heath 6–2 6–4 6–2
1905 Australia  Harry Parker Australia  Robert George Bowen 6–0, 6–3, 7–5
1904 Australia  Harry Parker Australia  David Harbison 8–6, 7–5, 6–1
1903 Australia  Joseph Croswell Blair Australia  Cecil Vincent Heath 4–6, 6–1 6–4, 6–3
1902 Australia  Cecil Vincent Heath Australia  Robert George Bowen 2–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–3
1901 Australia  Robert George Bowen Australia  Cecil Vincent Heath 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1900 Australia  Augustus Kearney Australia  Robert George Bowen 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1899 Australia  Robert George Bowen Australia  David Harbison 6–3 3–6 7–5 6–1
1898 Australia  Robert George Bowen Australia  Wilfred Lang 6–3, 6–0, 6–1
1897 Australia  Robert George Bowen Australia  Wilfred Lang 6–2, 7–5, 6–2
1896 Australia  Robert George Bowen Australia  David Harbison 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1895 Australia  David Harbison Australia  Robert George Bowen 2–6, 6–1, 6–3, 7–5
1894 Australia  Robert George Bowen Australia  David Harbison w.o
1893 Australia  David Harbison Australia  John Baker 6–0 6–2 6–2
1892 Australia  John Baker Australia  Leo Kaines 14–12
1891 Australia  John Baker Australia  Herbert Hambidge 13–7
1890 Australia  Herbert Hambidge Australia  John Baker 13–10
1889 Australia  Herbert Hambidge Australia  William Hambidge 11–2

Men's doubles

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Location Year Champions Runners-up Score
Adelaide 1989 United Kingdom  Neil Broad
South Africa  Stefan Kruger		 Australia  Mark Kratzmann
United States  Glenn Layendecker		 6–2, 7–6
1988 Australia  Darren Cahill
Australia  Mark Kratzmann		 Australia  Carl Limberger
Australia  Mark Woodforde		 4–6, 6–2, 7–5
1987 Czechoslovakia  Ivan Lendl
United States  Bill Scanlon		 Australia  Peter Doohan
Australia  Laurie Warder		 6–7, 6–3, 6–4
1986 Not held
1985 Australia  Mark Edmondson
Australia  Kim Warwick		 Brazil  Nelson Aerts
United States  Tomm Warneke		 6–4, 6–4
1984 Australia  Broderick Dyke
Australia  Wally Masur		 Australia  Peter Doohan
South Africa  Brian Levine		 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
1983 Australia  Craig Miller
United States  Eric Sherbeck		 Australia  Broderick Dyke
Australia  Rod Frawley		 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1982 Australia  Pat Cash
Australia  Chris Johnstone		 Australia  Broderick Dyke
Australia  Wayne Hampson		 6–3, 6–7, 7–6
1981 Australia  Colin Dibley
Australia  Chris Kachel		 South Africa  Eddie Edwards
United States  Craig Edwards		 6–3, 6–4
1980 Non-tour event
1979 Australia  Colin Dibley
Australia  John James		 Australia  John Alexander
United States  Phil Dent		 6–7, 7–6, 6–4
1978 Non-tour event
1977 Australia  Cliff Letcher
United States  Dick Stockton		 Australia  Syd Ball
Australia  Kim Warwick		 6–3, 6–4
1976 Non-tour event
1975 Non-tour event
1974 United States  Grover Raz Reid
Australia  Allan Stone		 United States  Mike Estep
Australia  Paul Kronk		 7–6, 6–4
1973 Non-tour event
1972 Competition Not Held

See also

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References

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