Queensland Open

Queensland Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name Queensland Open
Tour Pre open era (1888-1967)
Grand Prix circuit (1970-92)
WTA Tour (1973-94)
Founded 1888
Abolished 1994
Editions 91
Location Brisbane, Australia
Surface Outdoor Grass court
Indoor Hard Court

The Queensland Open [1] originally called the Queensland Championships [2] and also known as the Queensland Lawn Tennis Championships [3] and the Queensland State Championships was a tennis tournament played in Brisbane, Australia from 1888-1994. The event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and WTA Tour and was played originally on outdoor grass courts then outdoor and indoor hard courts.

History

The Queensland Championships were first played on grass until 1967, the Queensland Open continued on grass courts until 1982 between 1987-1988 it switched to indoor hard courts from 1989 to 1991 it was then played on outdoor hard courts before returning to indoor hard courts until the tournament ceased. The tournament was hosted at various venues of the course of its history first at the Toowong Sports Ground (1888, 1891-1893), the Breakfast Greet Sports Ground (1889-1890), the Brisbane Exhibition Grounds (1894-1896), the Woolloongabba Cricket Ground Cricket (1897,99 1900-04, 1907,08), the Auchenflower Ground 1904-1915) before settling in a permanent base at the Milton Courts tennis centre from (1919-1994). The tournament featured men's and women's singles and doubles competition as well as mixed doubles events the tournament survived for a period of 106 years, the tennis center was closed in 1997 due to heavy financial losses by Tennis Queensland.

Champions

Men's singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1888[4] Australia Arthur. R. Taylor Australia H. De Winton 12-4
1889 Australia E. P. Hudson Australia A. R. Taylor 3-6, 8-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
1890 Australia A. R. Taylor Australia E. P. Hudson 6-3, 6-4, 6-0
1891 Australia A. R. Taylor Australia Peter B. Mc Gregor 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 5-6, 6-2
1892[5] Australia Peter B. Mc Gregor Australia John E. Gilligan 8-10, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4
1893 Australia E. Hutton Australia John E. Gilligan 6-1, 6-4, 6-3
1894 Australia John E. Gilligan Australia Russell R. Love 6-1, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2
1895 Australia Samuel H. Hughes Australia John E. Gilligan 6-2, 6-2, 8-6
1896[6] Australia Albert Curtis Australia Samuel H. Hughes 4-6, 6-2, 6-8, 6-2, 6-3
1897 Australia F. A. Waller Australia Ernest L. Newman 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
1898 Australia Eric Pockley Australia F. A. Waller 7-5, 6-4, 6-3
1899 Australia Les Poidevin Australia Ernest L. Newman 6-3, 6-0, 6-2
1900[7] Australia Les Poidevin Australia H.B. Rowlands 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
1901 Australia Horace Rice Australia Edward R. Crouch 6-1, 6-1, 6-0
1902 Australia H.B. Rowlands Australia Edwin W. Fowles 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
1903 Australia John N. Griffiths Australia George S. Crouch 8-6, 6-1, 6-2
1904[8] Australia Stanley Doust Australia Gordon W. Wright walkover
1905 Australia Stanley Doust Australia Henry M.Marsh 3-6, 8-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
1906 Australia Harry Parker Australia Stanley Doust 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
1907[9] Australia Horace Rice Australia Harry Parker ?
1909 Australia Harry Parker Australia Stanley Doust 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1909 Australia Macauley Turner Australia Bert St. John 6-4, 7-5, 6-3
1910 Australia Harry Parker Australia Macauley Turner 6-2, 6-1, 6-1
1911 Australia Horace Rice Australia Harry Parker 4-6, 9-7, 6-2, 6-1
1912[10] Australia Horace Rice Australia Alfred Jones 6-1, 6-1, 6-3
1913[11] Australia Lindsay D. Todd Australia Clarence Todd walkover
1914 Australia Clarence Todd Australia T. W. Clark 7-5, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
1915 United Kingdom Gordon Lowe Australia Horace Rice 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-4
1916–18 Not held (due to world war one)
1919 Australia Bert St. John Australia Horace Rice 5-7, 7-5, 7-5, 7-5
1920 Australia Bert St. John Australia Edward Jordan 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 9-7
1921 Australia Jack N. Radcliffe Australia Edward Jordan 10-8, 6-4, 6-1
1922 Australia Horace Rice Australia R. G. Spencer 6-8 6-4, 6-4, 6-1
1923[12] Australia Pat O'Hara Wood Australia Bert St. John 6–1, 6–1, 6–3 *
1924 Australia Jack Cummings Australia Edgar Moon 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
1925 Australia Pat O'Hara Wood Australia Jack Cummings 6-3, 2-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
1926 Australia Jack Cummings Australia Edgar Moon 3-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-0
1927 Australia Jack Crawford Australia Fred Kalms 9-7, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
1928 Australia James Willard United States Richard Schlesinger 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
1929 Australia Jack Crawford Australia Edgar Moon 6-1, 8-6, 6-1
1930 Australia Jack Cummings Australia Roy Dunlop 6-0, 6-2, 6-2
1931 Australia Jack Crawford Australia Harry Hopman 6-4, 6-4,7-5
1932 Australia Edgar Moon Australia Vivian McGrath 7-5, 6-3, 6-2
1933 Australia Adrian Quist Australia Jack Crawford 6-2, 2-6, 4-6, 12-10, 6-3
1934[13] Australia Jack Crawford Australia Adrian Quist 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 4-6, 9-7
1935[14] Australia John Bromwich Australia G. Tait 6-1, 6-3, 6-0
1936 Australia Vivian McGrath Australia John Bromwich 6-2, 7-5, 6-2
1937[15] Australia John Bromwich Australia Vivian McGrath 6-2, 6-2, 6-2
1938[16] Australia John Bromwich Australia James Gilchrist 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
1939 Australia John Bromwich Australia James Gilchrist 6-1, 6-2, 6-3
1940 Australia Adrian Quist Australia Jack Crawford 6-4, 8-6, 7-5
1941 Australia John Bromwich Australia Jack Crawford 6-4, 6-8, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
1942–45 Not held (due to world war two)
1946 Australia Bill Sidwell Australia Lionel Brodie 7-9, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-0
1947 Australia Adrian Quist Australia James Gilchrist 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
1948 Australia Adrian Quist United States George Worthington 6-3, 6-0, 6-4
1949 Australia Geoff Brown Australia Bill Sidwell 8-6, 6-1, 6-2
1950 Australia Frank Sedgman Australia Arthur Larsen 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
1951 Australia Frank Sedgman Australia Ian Ayre 6-2, 6-1, 6-2
1952 Australia Frank Sedgman Australia Mervyn Rose 11-9, 6-2, 0-6, 2-6, 6-1
1953 Australia Lew Hoad Australia Rex Hartwig 6-4, 6-1, 6-2
1954 Australia Lew Hoad Australia Rex Hartwig 6-4, 6-4, 0-6, 0-6, 6-1
1955 Australia Ken Rosewall Australia Ashley Cooper 6-8, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4
1956 Australia Ashley Cooper Australia Lew Hoad 5-7, 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
1957 Australia Roy Emerson Australia Neale Fraser 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
1958 Australia Ashley Cooper Australia Mal Anderson 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
1959 Australia Roy Emerson Australia Neale Fraser 6-1, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
1960 Australia Roy Emerson South Africa Bob Hewitt 14-12, 6-0, 6-3
1961[17] Australia Rod Laver Australia Roy Emerson 4-6, 4-6, 6-0, 8-6, 6-3
1962 South Africa Bob Hewitt Australia Rod Laver 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
1963 Australia Roy Emerson Australia Fred Stolle 6-3, 5-7, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
1964 Australia Fred Stolle Australia Roy Emerson 6-3, 8-6, 3-6, 4-6, 7-5
1965 United States Arthur Ashe Australia Roy Emerson 3-6, 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
1966 Australia Roy Emerson Australia Fred Stolle 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
1967 Australia Roy Emerson Australia John Newcombe 9-7, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
Open era
1968 United States Arthur Ashe United States Stan Smith 6-4, 1-6, 9-7, 4-6, 7-5
1969 Australia Ray Ruffels Australia Allan Stone 8-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
1970 Australia Bob Giltinan Australia Ross Case 6-3, 6-0, 2-6, 6-2
1971 Australia Mal Anderson Australia John Cooper 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 7-6
1972 Australia Ken Rosewall Australia Geoff Masters 6-2, 5-7, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
1973 Australia Syd Ball Australia Ross Case 4-6, 6-4, 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
1974 Australia Bob Giltinan West Germany Ulrich Marten 6–3, 7–6
1975 Australia Mal Anderson Australia Mark Edmondson 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
1976 Australia Mal Anderson United States Tim Wilkison 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
1977 Australia Keith Hancock Australia Jeff Twist 7-6, 7-6, 7-6
1978 Australia Dale Collings Australia Victor Eke 7-6, 6-4, 6-4
1979 Australia Dale Collings Australia Chris Kachel 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, 3-6, 10-8
1980 United States Mike Estep Australia John Fitzgerald 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
1981 Australia Chris Johnstone Australia Phil Dent 6-4, 6-4
1982 Australia Charlie Fancutt Australia Pat Cash 7-6, 6-3
1984–86 Not held
1987 New Zealand Kelly Evernden Germany Eric Jelen 3–6, 6–1, 6–1
1988 United States Tim Mayotte United States Marty Davis 6–4, 6–4
1989 Sweden Nicklas Kroon Australia Mark Woodforde 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1990 United States Brad Gilbert United States Aaron Krickstein 6–3, 6–1
1991 Italy Gianluca Pozzi United States Aaron Krickstein 6–3, 7–6
1992 France Guillaume Raoux Denmark Kenneth Carlsen 6–4, 7–6

Men's Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1987 United States Matt Anger
New Zealand Kelly Evernden
Australia Broderick Dyke
Australia Wally Masur
7–6, 6–2
1988 Germany Eric Jelen
Germany Carl-Uwe Steeb
Canada Grant Connell
Canada Glenn Michibata
6–4, 6–1
1989 Australia Darren Cahill
Australia Mark Kratzmann
Australia Broderick Dyke
Australia Simon Youl
6–4, 5–7, 6–0
1990 Australia Jason Stoltenberg
Australia Todd Woodbridge
United States Brian Garrow
Australia Mark Woodforde
2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1991 Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Mark Woodforde
Australia John Fitzgerald
Canada Glenn Michibata
7–6, 6–3
1992 United States Steve DeVries
Australia David Macpherson
United States Patrick McEnroe
United States Jonathan Stark
6–4, 6–4

Women's singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1889 Australia May Davis Quinnel Australia Miss Earle 6-1, 6-0
1890 Australia May Davis Quinnel Australia Miss Earle 6-2, 6-4
1891 Australia Miss Lee Australia May Davis Quinnel 7-5, 6-2
1892 Australia Miss McGregor Australia Mabel Taylor 6-3, 6-2
1893 Australia Mabel Taylor Australia Miss Wallace 6-3, 6-2
1894 Australia Mary Pugh Australia Mabel Taylor 6-2, 6-3
1895 Australia Amy Pratten Australia Mary Pugh 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
1896[18] Australia Ethel Mant Australia Amy Pratten 6-2, 6-1
1897 Australia Ethel Mant Australia Eileen Persse 6-3, 5-7, 6-?
1898 Australia Ethel Mant Australia Amy Pratten 6-1, 7-9, 6-1
1899 Australia Ethel Mant Australia Mabel Mant 6-3, 6-3
1900 Australia Ethel Mant Australia M.Dransfield 6-8, 6-1, 6-1
1901 Australia Mabel Mant Australia Amy Pratten 6-1, 6-2
1902 Australia Mabel Mant Australia Ethel Mant 6-3, 6-1
1903 Australia Ethel Mant Australia Mabel Mant 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
1904 Australia Rose Payten Australia Ethel Mant 6-0, 6-0
1905 Australia Rose Payten Australia Ethel Mant 7-5, 6-3
1906 Australia Ethel Mant Australia Mabel Mant 6-4, 6-3
1907[19] Australia Rose Payten Australia Ethel Mant 6-1, 6-1
1908 Australia Annie Baker Australia Miss Thomas 6-2, 6-2
1909 Australia Annie Baker Australia Dute MacKintosh 6-0, 6-0
1910 Australia Dute MacKintosh Australia May Thurlow 6-1, 6-4
1911 Australia Annie Baker Ford Australia Dute MacKintosh 6-3, 6-1
1912 Australia Annie Baker Ford Australia Orea Moustaka Beatty (final postponed and played in Sydney)
1913 Australia Beryl Spowers Australia Dorothy Dight 6-0, 6-8, 6-0
1914 Australia Beryl Spowers Australia Floris St George 6-2, 6-4
1915 Australia Beryl Spowers Australia Mall Mutch 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
1916 No competition (due to World War I)
1917
1918 Australia Beryl Spowers Turner Australia Miss Campbell 7-5 6-3
1919 Australia Annie Baker Ford Australia Nellie Halley 6-1, 6-4
1920 Australia Annie Baker Ford Australia Beryl Spowers Turner 6-0, 6-2
1921 Australia Annie Gray Australia Nell Lloyd 2-6, 6-2, 9-7
1922 Australia Margaret Molesworth Australia Beryl Spowers Turner 6-3, 6-2
1923[20] Australia Margaret Molesworth Australia Esna Boyd 6-1, 7-5 *
1924 Australia Margaret Molesworth Australia Beryl Spowers Turner 6-4, 8-6
1925 Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood Australia Beryl Spowers Turner 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
1926 Australia Beryl Spowers Turner Australia Meryl O'Hara Wood 6-3, 6-1
1927 Australia Margaret Molesworth Australia Marjorie Cox 6-4, 9-7
1928 Australia Marjorie Cox Australia Margaret Molesworth 6-3, 6-3
1929 Australia Margaret Molesworth Australia Emily Hood 6-3, 6-1
1930 Australia Margaret Molesworth Australia Emily Hood 7-5, 6-4
1931 Australia Margaret Molesworth Australia Emily Hood Westacott 6-1, 6-3
1932 Australia Emily Hood Westacott Australia Margaret Molesworth 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
1933 Australia Margaret Molesworth Australia Marjorie Cox Crawford 6-2, 6-2
1934 United Kingdom Emily Hood Westacott Australia Joan Hartigan 9-7, 6-0
1935 Australia May Hardcastle Australia Flo Francisco 6-2, 6-2
1936 Australia Nancye Wynne Australia Joan Hartigan 7-5, 6-1
1937 United States May Hardcastle Australia Emily Hood Westacott 6-0, 2-6, 6-0
1938[21] Australia Emily Hood Westacott Australia May Hardcastle 6-2, 6-4
1939 Australia May Hardcastle Australia Thelma Coyne 6-3, 6-0
1940 Australia May Hardcastle Australia Emily Hood Westacott 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
1941–45 Not held (due to world war two)
1946 Australia Pat Jones Australia May Hardcastle 6-3, 6-2
1947 Australia Thelma Coyne Long Australia Pat Jones 6-2, 6-2
1948 United States Lavina Singleton Mills Australia Heather Hargraves 6-2, 9-7
1949 Australia Lavina Singleton Mills Australia Edie Niemeyer Finney 6-2, 6-1
1950 Australia Lavina Singleton Mills Australia Jill Ritchie 6-0, 6-3
1951 Australia Lavina Singleton Mills Australia Edie Niemeyer Finney 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
1952 Australia Lavina Singleton Mills United States Mary Schultz 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
1953 Australia Fay Muller Australia Daphne Seeney 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
1954 Australia Thelma Long Australia Mary Carter 6-2, 6-2
1955 Australia Mary Carter Australia Daphne Seeney 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
1956 Australia Mary Carter Australia Margaret Hellyer 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
1957 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer Australia Lorraine Coghlan 7-5, 6-3
1958 Australia Daphne Seeney Fancutt South Africa Sandra Reynolds 7-5, 6-1
1959 Australia Jan Lehane United Kingdom Christine Truman 6-2, 6-1
1960 Australia Margaret Smith Australia Lesley Turner 10-8, 6-1
1961 Abandoned (due to wash out in semi finals)
1962 Australia Margaret Smith Australia Jan Lehane 6-3, 6-4
1963 Australia Margaret Smith Australia Lesley Turner 6-3, 6-2
1964 Australia Margaret Smith Australia Lesley Turner 11-9, 6-1
1965 Australia Margaret Smith Australia Lesley Turner 6-2, 6-3
1966 Australia Lesley Turner Australia Kerry Melville 6-0, 8-6
1967 Australia Kerry Melville Australia Lesley Turner 6-2, 6-4
Open era
1968 Australia Karen Krantzcke Australia Kerry Melville 6-3, 6-4
1969 United Kingdom Winnie Shaw Australia Karen Krantzcke 11-9, 6-4
1970 Australia Evonne Goolagong United States Kris Kemmer 6-3, 6-2
1971 Australia Evonne Goolagong Australia Helen Gourlay 6-2, 7-6
1972 Australia Evonne Goolagong United Kingdom Glynis Coles 6-0, 7-5
1973 Australia Janet Young Japan Kazuko Sawamatsu 6-1, 6-4
1974 Australia Evonne Goolagong Australia Cynthia Doerner 6-1, 6-2
1975 Sweden Nina Bohm Australia Nerida Gregory 6-1, 6-1
1976 Australia Susan Leo Australia Donna Kelly 7-5, 7-6
1977 Czechoslovakia Regina Maršíková Sweden Helena Anliot 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
1978 United Kingdom Sue Barker Australia Chris O'Neil 6-1, 6-3
1979 Australia Linda Cassell Australia M. Earle 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
1980 Australia Elizabeth Sayers United Kingdom Sue Barker 6-2, 6-1
1981 Australia Chris O'Neil Australia Keryn Pratt 6-3. 7-5
1982 Australia Wendy Turnbull United States Pam Shriver 6-3, 6-1
1983 United States Pam Shriver Australia Wendy Turnbull 6-4, 7-5
1984 Czechoslovakia Helena Suková Australia Elizabeth Sayers Smylie 6-4, 6-4
1985 United States Martina Navratilova United States Pam Shriver 6-3, 7-5
1986 Not held (due to the change in tournament dates for the Australian season)
1987 Czechoslovakia Hana Mandlíková United States Pam Shriver 6-2, 6-4
1988 United States Pam Shriver Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná 7-6, 7-6
1989 Czechoslovakia Helena Suková Netherlands Brenda Schultz 7-6, 7-6
1990 Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva Australia Rachel McQuillan 6-4, 6-0
1991 Czechoslovakia Helena Suková Japan Akiko Kijimuta 6-4, 6-3
1992 Australia Nicole Provis Australia Rachel McQuillan 6-3, 6-2
1993 Spain Conchita Martínez Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 6-3, 6-4
1994 United States Lindsay Davenport Argentina Florencia Labat 6-1, 2-6, 6-3

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