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South Island Open Championships

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South Island Open Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
ILTF Independent Tour
Founded1934; 90 years ago (1934)
Abolished1978; 46 years ago (1978)
LocationChristchurch
Nelson
Timaru
Wānaka
VenueVarious
SurfaceGrass (1934-75)
Hard (1976-78)

The South Island Open Championships was a regional men's and women's grass court then later hard court tennis tournament founded in 1934 as the South Island Championships.[1] The tournament was first played at the Nelson Lawn Tennis Club (f.1925),[2] Nelson, Nelson Province, North Island, New Zealand. The tournament was played at other locations until 1978 when it was discontinued as part of the ILTF Independent Tour.[1]

History

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This tournament has it origins in the Nelson Provincial Lawn Tennis Association Championships founded in 1899 that ran till 1910.[3][4] In 1934 the Southern Lawn Tennis Association of New Zealand was established (today its known as Tennis Southern) it established the South Island Championships.[1]

The tournament was first played at the Nelson Lawn Tennis Club (f.1925),[5] Nelson, Nelson Province, New Zealand. The event was part of ILTF Australasia Circuit (1934–72) a sub circuit of the ILTF World Circuit, then later the ILTF Oceania Circuit a regional circuit of the ILTF Independent Tour from 1975 until 1978 when it was downgraded from the worldwide independent tour it became a local regional event of Tennis New Zealand and is still held today.[1]

The tournament was held in Nelson, but also other locations including, Christchurch, Timaru and Wānaka.

The North Island equivalent to this tournament was the North Island Open Championships also founded in 1932 by the Northern Lawn Tennis Association of New Zealand.[6]

Finals

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Men's singles

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(incomplete roll)

South Island Championships
Year Location Champions Runners-up Score
1934[1] Nelson New Zealand Cam Malfroy New Zealand Buster Andrews 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1937[1] Nelson New Zealand Alan Stedman New Zealand Buster Andrews 6–3, 6–4
1950[1] Nelson New Zealand John Barry New Zealand Ron McKenzie 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1957[1] Nelson New Zealand Jeff Robson New Zealand Lew Gerrard 6–4, 6–1
1967[1] Nelson New Zealand Onny Parun New Zealand Richard Hawkes 10–8, 6–3, 7–5
1968[1] Timuru New Zealand Brian Fairlie Rhodesia Hank Irvine 6–3, 6–4, 6–1
↓  Open Era  ↓
1969[1] Nelson New Zealand Ryan McCutcheon[7] New Zealand Richard Harris 10–8, 6–4.
1970[1] Nelson New Zealand Onny Parun (2) United States Bill Tym 9–7, 5–7, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1971[1] Timuru Sweden Lars Ölander New Zealand Richard Hawkes 0–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–2
South Island Open Championships
1972[1] Nelson New Zealand Dave Simmonds United States Bill Brown 3-6, 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 7–5
1973[1] Timuru Australia Kim Warwick Australia Syd Ball 6–4, 6–3, 6–2
1978[1] Wānaka Australia Glen Busby New Zealand Ken Wurtz 6–3, 6–1

Women's singles

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(incomplete roll)

South Island Championships
Year Location Champions Runners-up Score
1958 Nelson New Zealand Ruia Morrison New Zealand Dawn Taylor 6–4, 6–8, 6–1
1960 Nelson New Zealand Sonia Cox New Zealand Heather Robson 8–6, 6–1
1962 Nelson New Zealand Ruia Morrison (2) New Zealand Ethne Mitchell 6–2, 6–1
1967 Nelson New Zealand Ethne Mitchell New Zealand Cecelie Fleming 6–2, 6–4
1968 Timuru United Kingdom Winnie Shaw United Kingdom Rita Bentley 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
↓  Open Era  ↓
1969 Nelson New Zealand Jennifer Goodall Nelson[8] New Zealand Lynn Harris 6–4, 6–4.
1970 Nelson United States Alice Tym New Zealand Beverley Vercoe 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
1971 Timuru United States Kathleen Harter New Zealand Sue Blakely 6–2, 6–4
South Island Open Championships
1976 Wānaka Australia Karen Krantzcke Sweden Helena Anliot 6–1, 3–6, 6–4

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Tournaments:South Island Open Championships". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Nelson Lawn Tennis Club". Nelson Lawn Tennis Club. Tennis Kiwi. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Tournaments:Nelson Provincial Championships". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  4. ^ of New Zealand, National Library (6 February 1905). "Nelson Lawn Tennis Association Annual Tournament". The Colonist. Papers Past. p. 2. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  5. ^ Tennis Kiwi
  6. ^ "Tournaments:North Island Open Championships". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  7. ^ "South Island Tennis Titles - Nelson Photo News - No 99 : February 8, 1969". photonews.org.nz. Nelson, New Zealand: Friends of the Nelson Library. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  8. ^ Friends of the Nelson Library
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