Hawke's Bay Championships

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

History

In late December 1885 the Napier Lawn Tennis Club organised the first Napier Open men's tournament, which was played at Farndon Park. There was also a mixed doubles event staged from 1887 under the tournament name Farndon Park Open. 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. In 1908 the event was re-branded as the Hawke's Bay Championships. The championships were staged annually with the exception of World War One until 1972 when they were discontinued.

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	Napier	Eric Pollard Hudson	Minden Fenwick	6–1, 6–2, 6–3.
1887	Napier	Percival Clennell Fenwick	Eric Pollard Hudson	6–2, 6–0, 6–4.
1888	Napier	Percival Clennell Fenwick	Minden Fenwick	6–4, 6–3, 6–1.
1890	Napier	Richard Dacre Harman	Robert Osmond Koch	4–6, 8–6, 6–0, 6–2.
Hawke's Bay Championship
1902	Hastings	E.L. Salmond	Charles Harrington Broad	3–6, 6–3, 6–3.
1915/1919	Not held (due to World War I)
1906	Napier	Robert Sloan Brown	Charles Harrington Broad	3–6, 6–3, 6–3.
1908	Dannevirke	Harry Alabaster Parker	G. Ebbett	6–1, 6–0.
1911	Havelock North	Geoffrey Morton Ollivier	Herbert Linley Robson	6–0, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3.
1921	Hastings	K.G. Walker	Charles E. L. Margoliouth	6–3, 6–2.
1922	Napier	Stanley Powdrell	A.W. Campbell	6–2, 6–5.
1936	Dannevirke	Jack Curtis Charters	John W. (Jack) Gunn	6–1, 6–0.
1939	Hastings	Norman N. Smith	Buster Andrews	6–0, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3.
↓  Open era  ↓
1971	Hastings	Barry Smith	Paul Finlayson	8–6, 6–4.
1972	Hastings	Ian Beverley	Andy Moffat	6–0, 6–4.

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Hawke's Bay Open
Year	Location	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1904	Hastings	Hilda Brathwaite	Ruby Wellwood	6–1, 6–4.
Hawke's Bay Championship
1909	Napier	Eva Baird	Dorothy Hindmarsh	8–6, 8–6
1910	Dannevirke	Ruby Wellwood	Nancy Hartgill	9–6
1911	Havelock North	Ruby Wellwood	Eva Baird	6–0, 4–6, 6–2
1912	Napier	Eva Baird	Sybil Clark	9–1
1913	Dannevirke	Nancy Hartgill	Vera Simpson	6–1, 6–2
1914	Hastings	Eileen Wellwood Maddison	Doris Wellwood	6–5, 6–4
1915/1919	Not held (due to World War I)
1920	Dannevirke?	Doris Wellwood	Mrs Cato	6–4, 6–4
1921	Hastings	Zeta Wellwood	Doris Fenwick	6–1, 2–6, 6–4
1922	Napier	Zeta Wellwood	Miss Kennedy	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
1923	Hastings	Marjorie MacFarlane	Beryl Knight	6–3, 5–7, 13–11
1924	Waipawa	Nancy Hartgill Green	Vera Howett	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
1925	Napier	Vera Howett	Marjorie MacFarlane	6–3, 6–1
1926	Dannevirke	Nancy Hartgill Green	Molly Cato	7–5, 6–2
1927	Napier	Snow Clark	Marion Lowry	3–8, 6–3, 6–2
1928	Waipawa	Arita Howe Adams	May Myers	6–5, 6–4
1930	Dannevirke	Arita Howe Adams	Margery Gibson	6–2, 7–9, 6–3
1936	Dannevirke	Mrs. R. Swann	Mrs. Mawson	6–3, 6–2.
1939	Hastings	Marjorie MacFarlane		6–0, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3.
↓  Open era  ↓
1971	Hastings	Kathy Harter	Sue Blakely	6–1, 6–2

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