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Mashonaland Championships

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Mashonaland Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit (1950–1972)
ILTF Independent Circuit (1973–1979)
Founded1949; 75 years ago (1949)
Abolished1979; 45 years ago (1979)
LocationSalisbury, Rhodesia
SurfaceClay / outdoor

The Mashonaland Championships was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1949 as the Mashonaland Lawn Tennis Championships.[1] The tournament was played Salisbury, Mashonaland, Rhodesia,[2] and ran annually until 1979 when it was discontinued as part of the ILTF Independent Circuit.[1]

History

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In 1949 the first Mashonaland Championships were founded.[1] The tournament was organised by the Mashonaland Lawn Tennis Board and affiliated to the Rhodesia Lawn Tennis Association.[3] The event was played annually on outdoor clay courts. It initially ran annually as part of the ILTF African Circuit,[4] a regional sub circuit of the ILTF World Circuit from 1949 to 1969 for men, then 1972 for women before it then became part of the ILTF Independent Circuit (those events not part of the men's ILTF Grand Prix Circuit or women's Virginia Slims Circuit until 1979 when it was abolished.[1]

Finals

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Men's singles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓
1959 Southern Rhodesia Don Black Kenya Yashvin Shretta[5] 6–4, 6–3.[1]
1964 Southern Rhodesia Don Black (2) South Africa Cliff Drysdale 6–4, 3–6, 6–2.[1]
1967 United States Jim McManus India Ramanathan Krishnan 6–4, 3–6, 6–4.[1]
↓  Open Era  ↓
1969 Rhodesia Andrew Pattison Rhodesia Hank Irvine 6–3, 5–7, 6–4.[1]
↓ ILTF Independent Circuit ↓
1970 Rhodesia Hank Irvine Rhodesia Adrian Bey 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1971 Rhodesia Andrew Pattison Jamaica Richard Russell 6–2, 6–2.[1]

Women's singles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓
1966 Rhodesia Pat Walkden Netherlands Gertruida Walhof 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1967 Rhodesia Pat Walkden (2) United Kingdom Frances Maclennan 6–1, 6–0
1969 Rhodesia Deidre Allan New Zealand Beverley Billington 6–3, 6–3
↓  Open Era  ↓
1970 Rhodesia Deidre Allan (2) Rhodesia Jenny Waggott 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1971 Rhodesia Karen Irvine South Africa Maryna Godwin 6–4, 1–6, 6–2
1972 South Africa Marianna Brummer Rhodesia Sally Hudson-Beck 7–5, 4–6, 6–2
↓ ILTF Independent Circuit ↓
1973 Rhodesia Sally Hudson-Beck Kenya Deidre Paterson 6–3, 2–6, 6–3

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Tournaments: Mashonaland Championships". The Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  2. ^ The Age (1952)
  3. ^ Council, Salisbury (Zimbabwe) City (1957). The City of Salisbury: Official Guide. Salisbury. Rhodesia: R. Beerman. p. 102.
  4. ^ "World Tennis Circuit 1971: 20 new tournaments to be added to the world circuit next year, those added, would be selected from the British and European, African, South American, Australasia, and Asian circuits". The Scotsman. Midlothian, Scotland: British Newspaper Archive. 24 February 1970. p. 20. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Biography: Yashvin Shretta". Olympics. IOC. Retrieved 4 November 2023.