Hawke's Bay Championships

The Hawke’s Bay Championships [1] [2]was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1886 as men's event called the Napier Open.[3] The tournament ran annually through til 1972 until it was discontinued.

Napier Open
Hawke's Bay Open
Hawke’s Bay Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit
Founded1886 (1886)
Abolished1972 (1972)
LocationDannevirke
Hastings
Havelock North
Napier
Waipawa
VenueVarious
SurfaceGrass

History

In late December 1885 the Napier Lawn Tennis Club organised the first Napier Open tournament.[1] The tournament ran annually under that name, when the competition was expanded to include the Hawke's Bay area thus becoming a regional event called the Hawke's Bay Open in 1900 and organised by the Hawke's Bay Tennis Association.[1] In 1908 the event was re-branded as the Hawke’s Bay Championships.[1] The championships were staged annually with the exception of World War One until 1972 when they were discontinued.[1]

Locations

The tournament was held in various locations such as Dannevirke, Hastings, Havelock North, Napier and Waipawa in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Napier Open
Year Location Champions Runners-up Score
1886[4] NapierEngland Eric Pollard HudsonNew Zealand Minden Fenwick6–1, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
1887NapierNew Zealand Percival Clennell FenwickNew Zealand Eric Pollard Hudson6–2, 6–0, 6–4.[1]
1888NapierNew Zealand Percival Clennell FenwickNew Zealand Minden Fenwick6–4, 6–3, 6–1.[1]
1890NapierNew Zealand Richard Dacre HarmanNew Zealand Robert Osmond Koch4–6, 8–6, 6–0, 6–2.[1]
Hawke's Bay Championship
1902HastingsUnited Kingdom E.L. SalmondNew Zealand Charles Harrington Broad3–6, 6–3, 6–3.[1]
1915/1919Not held (due to World War I)
1906NapierNew Zealand Robert Sloan BrownNew Zealand Charles Harrington Broad3–6, 6–3, 6–3.[1]
1908DannevirkeNew Zealand Harry Alabaster ParkerNew Zealand G. Ebbett6–1, 6–0.[1]
1911Havelock NorthNew Zealand Geoffrey Morton OllivierNew Zealand Herbert Linley Robson6–0, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
1921[5]HastingsNew Zealand K.G. WalkerNew Zealand Charles E. L. Margoliouth6–3, 6–2.[1]
1922[6]NapierNew Zealand Stanley PowdrellNew Zealand A.W. Campbell6–2, 6–5.[1]
1936[7]DannevirkeNew Zealand Jack Curtis ChartersNew Zealand John W. (Jack) Gunn6–1, 6–0.[1]
1939[8]HastingsNew Zealand Norman N. SmithNew Zealand Buster Andrews6–0, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
↓  Open era  ↓
1971HastingsNew Zealand Barry SmithNew Zealand Paul Finlayson8–6, 6–4.[1]
1972HastingsNew Zealand Ian BeverleyNew Zealand Andy Moffat6–0, 6–4.[1]

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Hawke's Bay Open
Year Location Champions Runners-up Score
1904HastingsNew Zealand Hilda BrathwaiteNew Zealand Ruby Wellwood6–1, 6–4.
Hawke's Bay Championship
1909NapierNew Zealand Eva BairdNew Zealand Dorothy Hindmarsh8–6, 8–6
1910DannevirkeNew Zealand Ruby WellwoodNew Zealand Nancy Hartgill9–6
1911Havelock NorthNew Zealand Ruby Wellwood{New Zealand Eva Baird6–0, 4–6, 6–2
1912NapierNew Zealand Eva BairdNew Zealand Sybil Clark9–1
1913DannevirkeNew Zealand Nancy HartgillNew Zealand Vera Simpson6–1, 6–2
1914HastingsNew Zealand Eileen Wellwood MaddisonNew Zealand Doris Wellwood6–5, 6–4
1915/1919Not held (due to World War I)
1920Dannevirke?New Zealand Doris WellwoodNew Zealand Mrs Cato6–4, 6–4
1921[9]HastingsNew Zealand Zeta WellwoodNew Zealand Doris Fenwick6–1, 2–6, 6–4
1922[10]NapierNew Zealand Zeta WellwoodNew Zealand Miss Kennedy6–1, 2–6, 6–1
1923HastingsNew Zealand Marjorie MacFarlaneNew Zealand Beryl Knight6–3, 5–7, 13–11
1924WaipawaNew Zealand Nancy Hartgill GreenUnited Kingdom Vera Howett6–1, 2–6, 6–1
1925NapierUnited Kingdom Vera HowettNew Zealand Marjorie MacFarlane6–3, 6–1
1926DannevirkeNew Zealand Nancy Hartgill GreenNew Zealand Molly Cato7–5, 6–2
1927NapierNew Zealand Snow ClarkNew Zealand Marion Lowry3–8, 6–3, 6–2
1928WaipawaNew Zealand Arita Howe AdamsNew Zealand May Myers6–5, 6–4
1930DannevirkeNew Zealand Arita Howe AdamsNew Zealand Margery Gibson6–2, 7–9, 6–3
1936[11]DannevirkeNew Zealand Mrs. R. SwannNew Zealand Mrs. Mawson6–3, 6–2.[1]
1939[12]HastingsNew Zealand Marjorie MacFarlaneNew Zealand6–0, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3.
↓  Open era  ↓
1971HastingsUnited States Kathy HarterNew Zealand Sue Blakely6–1, 6–2

References
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