Victorian Championships
Victorian Championships | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Tour |
Pre-open era (1877–1967) Open era (1968–71) |
Founded | 1879 |
Abolished | 1971 |
Editions | 86 |
Location | Melbourne, Australia |
Venue |
Melbourne Cricket Ground LTC (1879–1933, ) Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club (1934–71) |
Surface |
Hard/Asphalt/Outdoor Grass/Outdoor |
The Victorian Championships [1] its original name until 1968 it was then known as the Victorian Open Grass Court Championships 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.
History
The Victorian Championships tournament began in 1879 it was originally held on hard asphalt courts from 1879 to 1891 [2] before changing to a grass court tournament. The dates the tournament was held was normally in November.[3] 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.
Champions
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
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||||||
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1879 [4] | ![]() | ![]() | (2-1) sets | ||||||
1880 [5] | ![]() | ![]() | w.o. | ||||||
1881 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 4-6 6-1 6-1 | ||||||
1882 | ![]() | ![]() | 4-6 6-0 6-2 6-5 | ||||||
1883 [6] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-5 6-4 6-3 | ||||||
1884 | ![]() | ? | ? | ||||||
1885 [7] | ![]() | ![]() | (25 games to 13) | ||||||
1886 | ![]() | ![]() | 3-6 6-2 6-4 6-4 | ||||||
1887 [10] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 7-5 6-8 0-6 6-4 | ||||||
1888 [12] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 6-4 6-3 | ||||||
1889 [13] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 3-6 6-1 6-0 | ||||||
1890 [15] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 6-3 4-6 2-6 6-4 | ||||||
1891 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 5-7 1-6 6-4 6-2 | ||||||
1892 | ![]() | ![]() | 9-11 6-3 6-2 6-2 | ||||||
1893 | ![]() | ![]() | 8-6 6-4 6-2 | ||||||
1894 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 1-6 6-2 6-1 | ||||||
1895 | ![]() | ![]() | 3-6 6-2 6-3 6-1 | ||||||
1896 | ![]() | ![]() | 3-6 5-7 6-4 6-3 15-13 | ||||||
1897 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 2-6 6-1 6-3 | ||||||
1898 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 1-6 6-2 3-6 6-3 | ||||||
1899 | ![]() | ![]() | 1-6 6-3 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1900 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 6-1 6-2 | ||||||
1901 | ![]() | ![]() | 7-5 6-4 3-6 6-2 | ||||||
1902 [17] | ![]() | ![]() | 1-6 6-4 6-2 7-5 | ||||||
1903 [18] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-0 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1904 [19] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-0 6-2 6-0 | ||||||
1905 | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
1906 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-0 6-4 9-7 | ||||||
1907 | ![]() | ![]() | 8-6 7-5 7-5 | ||||||
1908 | ![]() | ![]() | 4-6 6-0 6-2 6-2 | ||||||
1909 [20] | ![]() | ![]() | 2-6 3-6 6-3 6-3 9-7 | ||||||
1910 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 6-8 2-6 6-2 6-2 | ||||||
1911 | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
1912 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 6-0 6-2 | ||||||
1913 | ![]() | ![]() | w.o. | ||||||
1914 | No competition (due to World War I) | ||||||||
1915 | |||||||||
1916 | |||||||||
1917 | |||||||||
1918 | |||||||||
1919 [21] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 3-6 6-0 6-3 | ||||||
1920 [22] | ![]() | ![]() | 12-10 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1921 [23] | ![]() | ![]() | 5-7 6-0 6-4 8-6 | ||||||
1922 [24] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 6-3 2-6 7-5 | ||||||
1923 [25] | ![]() | ![]() | w.o. | ||||||
1924 [26] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 10-8 9-7 | ||||||
1925 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 9-7 6-1 | ||||||
1926 [27] | ![]() | ![]() | 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4 | ||||||
1927 [28] | ![]() | ![]() | 7-5 6-1 5-7 1-6 7-5 | ||||||
1928 | ![]() | ![]() | 5-7 6-2 6-3 6-4 | ||||||
1929 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 2-6 3-6 6-4 6-3 | ||||||
1930 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 8-10 6-0 6-2 | ||||||
1931 | ![]() | ![]() | 7-5 0-6 6-3 6-4 | ||||||
1932 | ![]() | ![]() | 1-6 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4 | ||||||
1933 [29] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 2-6 6-4 6-3 | ||||||
1934 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 8-6 6-3 | ||||||
1935 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 8-6 4-6 6-2 | ||||||
1936 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 6-1 6-2 | ||||||
1937 [30] | ![]() | ![]() | 8-6 6-3 9-7 | ||||||
1938 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 6-3 6-3 | ||||||
1939 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 4-6 6-2 6-3 | ||||||
1940 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-0 6-2 6-4 | ||||||
1941 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 0-6 3-6 6-4 6-2 | ||||||
1942 | No competition (due to World War II) | ||||||||
1943 | |||||||||
1944 | |||||||||
1945 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 6-4 6-2 | ||||||
1946 | ![]() | ![]() | 8-6 6-4 6-4 | ||||||
1947 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 3-6 2-6 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1948 [31] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 7-5 8-6 | ||||||
1949 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 6-3 11-9 | ||||||
1950 | ![]() | ![]() | 5-7 6-3 7-5 6-3 | ||||||
1951 | ![]() | ![]() | 8-6 6-0 6-4 | ||||||
1952 | ![]() | ![]() | 8-6 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||||||
1953 [34] | ![]() | ![]() | 9-7 8-6 3-6 6-3 | ||||||
1954 [35] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 4-6 6-1 7-5 | ||||||
1955 | ![]() | ![]() | 1-6 6-4 6-4 5-7 6-4 | ||||||
1956 | ![]() | ![]() | 4-6- 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-3 | ||||||
1957 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 10-8 1-6 7-5 | ||||||
1958 | ![]() | ![]() | 7-5 6-4 6-3 | ||||||
1959 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-0 25-23 5-7 6-4 | ||||||
1960 | ![]() | ![]() | 8-6 5-7 8-6 6-3 | ||||||
1961 | ![]() | ![]() | 4-6 8-6 9-7 6-3 | ||||||
1962 | ![]() | ![]() | 3-6 9-7 6-1 6-8 6-0 | ||||||
1963 | ![]() | ![]() | 8-6 6-4 6-3 | ||||||
1964 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 6-4 6-4 | ||||||
1965 | ![]() | ![]() | 8-6 7-5 2-6 1-6 6-1 | ||||||
1966 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 9-7 6-3 | ||||||
1967 | ![]() | ![]() | 7-5 6-3 6-4 | ||||||
Open era | |||||||||
1968 | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
1969 | ![]() | ![]() | 14-12 6-8 6-3 8-6 | ||||||
1970 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 6-4 4-6 ret. | ||||||
1971 [36] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 6-2 | ||||||
Women's singles
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||||||
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1886 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–1, 6–1 | ||||||
1887 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 6–3 | ||||||
1888 | ![]() | ![]() | 1-6, 6–2, 6–4 | ||||||
1889 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3 6–4 | ||||||
1890 | ![]() | ![]() | 4-6, 6–3, 6–4 | ||||||
1891 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–5, 6–4 | ||||||
1892 | ![]() | ![]() | 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 | ||||||
1893 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | ||||||
1894 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-5 6-1 | ||||||
1895 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 6-5 | ||||||
1896 [37] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 6-2 | ||||||
1897 [38] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 2-6 6-3 | ||||||
1898 [39] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-0 6-4 | ||||||
1899 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 7-5 | ||||||
1900 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 6-4 | ||||||
1901 | ![]() | ![]() | 7-5 6-3 | ||||||
1902 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-0 8-6 | ||||||
1903 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 6-1 | ||||||
1904 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1905 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 6-1 | ||||||
1906 | ![]() | ![]() | 8-6 6-2 | ||||||
1907 | ![]() | ![]() | 2-6 6-4 8-6 | ||||||
1908 [40] | ![]() | ![]() | 11-9 6-4 | ||||||
1909 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 6-2 | ||||||
1910[41] | ![]() | ![]() | 4-6 7-5 6-0 | ||||||
1911 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1912 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 6-1 | ||||||
1913 | ![]() | ![]() | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | ||||||
1914 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-0, 6-4 | ||||||
1915 | No competition (due to World War I) | ||||||||
1916 | |||||||||
1917 | |||||||||
1918 | |||||||||
1919 | ![]() | ![]() | 7-5 7-5 | ||||||
1920 | ![]() | ![]() | 7-5 8-6 | ||||||
1921 [42] | ![]() | ![]() | 8-6 3-6 6-3 | ||||||
1922 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 6-3 | ||||||
1923 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 6-3 | ||||||
1924 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 0-6 7-5 | ||||||
1925 | ![]() | ![]() | 3-6 6-3 retired | ||||||
1926 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1927 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 6-1 | ||||||
1928 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-8 6-1 7-5 | ||||||
1929 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 6-4 | ||||||
1930 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 6-1 | ||||||
1931 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 6-4 | ||||||
1932 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 6-8 6-4 | ||||||
1933 | ![]() | ![]() | 4-6 7-5 6-4 | ||||||
1934 | ![]() | ![]() | 9-7, 6-0 | ||||||
1935 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 | ||||||
1936 | ![]() | ![]() | 8-6 6-2 | ||||||
1937 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 1-6 6-4 | ||||||
1938 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-8 6-1 6-2 | ||||||
1939 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 6-2 | ||||||
1940 | ![]() | ![]() | 7-5 2-6 6-3 | ||||||
1941 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 5-7 6-4 | ||||||
1942 | No competition (due to World War II) | ||||||||
1943 | |||||||||
1944 | |||||||||
1945 | |||||||||
1946 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 9-7 | ||||||
1947 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 6-4 | ||||||
1948 [43] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 9-7 | ||||||
1949 [44] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-8 6-2 8-6 | ||||||
1950 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | ||||||
1951 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 6-1 | ||||||
1952 [45] | ![]() | ![]() | ? | ||||||
1953 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 6-1 | ||||||
1954 | ![]() | ![]() | 4-6 7-5 6-2 | ||||||
1955 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-2 6-2 | ||||||
1956 | ![]() | ![]() | 4-6 9-7 8-6 | ||||||
1957 | ![]() | ![]() | 7-5 7-5 | ||||||
1958 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 8-6 | ||||||
1959 [47] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-0 5-7 6-4 | ||||||
1960 | ![]() | ![]() | 4-6 9-7 6-3 | ||||||
1961 [48] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1962 [49] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 8-6 | ||||||
1963 [50] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-4 6-4 | ||||||
1964 [51] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 6-3 | ||||||
1965 [52] | ![]() | ![]() | 5-7 6-3 6-2 | ||||||
1966 | ![]() | ![]() | 1-6 6-1 7-5 | ||||||
1967 | ![]() | ![]() | 6-3 3-6 7-5 | ||||||
Open era | |||||||||
1968 | ? | ? | ? | ||||||
1969 [53] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 6-4 | ||||||
1970 [54] | ![]() | ![]() | 6-1 6-1 | ||||||
1971 [55] | ![]() | ![]() | 7-6 (5-3) 7-6 (5-2) | ||||||
Notes
- ↑ Blake, Jim. "Drobny should beat Bromwich". myheritage.com. The Sporting Globe, Melbourne, 7 December 1949. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ Mazak, Karoly. "The beginnings of the Australian Championships – Part I – 1880-1900". theconcisehistoryoftennis.com. Karoly Mazak 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ Colebatch, Tim. "Remembering a country tournament". smh.com.au. Sydney Morning Herald, 15 January 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "Victorian Championships 1879". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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- ↑ "Victorian Championships 1885". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ McNicoll, Robin. "Biography:Riddell, Walter John (1859–1930)". adb.anu.edu.au/. Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, (MUP), 1988. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ McNicoll, Robin. "Biography:Riddell, Walter John (1859–1930)". adb.anu.edu.au/. Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 11, (MUP), 1988. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "Victorian Championships 1887". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ Charles, Francis. "Biography:Coldham, Walter Timon (1860–1908)". adb.anu.edu.au/. Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, (MUP), 1981. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "Victorian Championships 1888". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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- ↑ O'Hara, John. "Biography:Cropper, Charles William (1859–1932)". adb.anu.edu.au/. Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, (MUP), 1981. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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- ↑ "Mr. Benjamin Green". trove.nla.gov.au/. The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 Jul 1923. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ Mazak, Karoly. "The beginnings of the Australian Championships – Part II – 1901-1907". theconcisehistoryoftennis.com. Published Privately Mazak Karoly 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ Mazak, Karoly. "The beginnings of the Australian Championships – Part II – 1901-1907". theconcisehistoryoftennis.com. Published Privately Mazak Karoly 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ Mazak, Karoly. "The beginnings of the Australian Championships – Part II – 1901-1907". theconcisehistoryoftennis.com. Published Privately Mazak Karoly 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "Captain Wilding Killed in Action". natlib.govt.nz. CAPTAIN ANTHONY WILDING.,Press, Volume LI, Issue 15277, 13 May 1915. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ O'Farrell, Virginia. "Patterson, Gerald Leighton (1895–1967)". adb.anu.edu.au/. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
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- ↑ Mazak, Karoly. "The history of the Australian Championships (1925-1940)". theconcisehistoryoftennis.com. Published Privately p. 303, 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "A Rich History". kooyong.com.au. Kooyong Tennis Club, Australia. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "Sidwell and Hart win State Titles". news.google.com. The Age - Dec 14, 1948. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ Tait, Gordon. "Sexias Sedgman in Victorian Finals". news.google.com. St. Petersburg Times - Dec 5, 1952. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ Tait, Gordon. "Sexias Sedgman in Victorian Finals". news.google.com. St. Petersburg Times - Dec 5, 1952. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "Hoad Wins Victorian Tennis Championship". news.google.com. Gettysburg Times - Dec 5, 1953. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ Quist, Adrian. "Ken Rosewall Has Mental Advantage". news.google.com. Sydney Morning Herald, 5 December 1954. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ "Dent Should Grab Pro Offer". newspapers.com. The Age from Melbourne, Victoria · Page 25, 2 February 1971. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ Mazak, Karoly. "The beginnings of the Australian Championships – Part I – 1880-1900". theconcisehistoryoftennis.com. Karoly Mazak 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ Mazak, Karoly. "The beginnings of the Australian Championships – Part I – 1880-1900". theconcisehistoryoftennis.com. Karoly Mazak 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ Mazak, Karoly. "The beginnings of the Australian Championships – Part I – 1880-1900". theconcisehistoryoftennis.com. Karoly Mazak 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "Addison, Marion Lilian (1885-1982)". trove.nla.gov.au/. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "Addison, Marion Lilian (1885-1982)". trove.nla.gov.au/. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "Addison, Marion Lilian (1885-1982)". trove.nla.gov.au/. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
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- ↑ "Second Clash in Singles for Drobny and Sidwell". news.google.com. The Sydney Morning Herald - Dec 10, 1949. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "Rate Little Mo First Ranking Tennis Player". news.google.com. The Montreal Gazette - Dec 15, 1952. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ Tait, Gordon. "Sexias Sedgman in Victorian Finals". news.google.com. St. Petersburg Times - Dec 5, 1952. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ "No1 Girl is Evonne". news.google.com. Sarasota Journal - Jan 20, 1972. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
- ↑ Meares, Peter (2003). Legends of Australian sport : the inside story. St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press. p. 83. ISBN 9780702234101.
- ↑ Meares, Peter (2003). Legends of Australian sport : the inside story. St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press. p. 83. ISBN 9780702234101.
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- ↑ "No1 Girl is Evonne". news.google.com. Sarasota Journal - Jan 20, 1972. Retrieved 31 August 2016.
References
- 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