South Australian Championships

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

Tennis tournament

South Australian Championships

Defunct tennis tournament
Event name| South Australian Championships
(1889–1976)
South Australian Men's Tennis Classic
(1977)
South Australian Open
(1979–1989)

Tour| Pre open era (1889–1967)
Independent tour (1968–1971)
Grand Prix circuit (1972–1989)
Founded| 1889
Abolished| 1989
Editions| 88
Location| Adelaide, South Australia
Surface| Grass
Hard

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.

## 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

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

### Men's doubles

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Location  | Year  | Champions  | Runners-up  | Score

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

## See also

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* Australian Hard Court Championships

## References

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1. ^ "Tennis". West Coast Times. 20 March 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via PapersPast.
2. ^ Pearce, Linda (8 July 2006). "Adelaide event shifts to Brisbane – Tennis – Sport – theage.com.au". www.theage.com.au. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
3. ^ Lake, Robert J. (2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Routledge. p. 71\. ISBN 9781134445578.
4. ^ Max Robertson, ed. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. Advisory editor Jack Kramer. New York: Viking Press. p. 27. ISBN 9780670294084.
5. ^ "Hall of fame: Player Information: Hambridge, Herbert". thetennisbase.com. The Tennis Base 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
6. ^ "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OPEN Tournament Roll of honour". thetennisbase.com. Tennis Base 2017. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
7. ^ "Lawn Tennis". New Zealand Herald. No. 12499\. 19 December 1903. p. 3. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via PapersPast.
8. ^ "Teacher and Pasarell Gain Aussie Semifinals". The New York Times. 1977-01-16. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
9. ^ "Warwick Tops Mitton, 7-6, 6-4". The Hartford Courant. Associated Press. 1979-12-17. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved 2008-10-20.
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22. ^ "Adelaide Results 1972 ATP archive". ATP World Tour. ATP. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
23. ^ "Straight Sets". The Age. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via Google News Archive.
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28. ^ "Davis Cup Winner". Oamaru Mail. No. 10315\. 30 November 1909. p. 4. Retrieved 15 October 2017 – via PapersPast.

## External links

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* ATP results archive
* South Australian Champions Roll of Honour

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