Otago Championships | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Tour |
ILTF World Circuit (1913–52) |
Founded | 1886 |
Abolished | 1952 |
Location | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
Venue | Carisbrook Club Ground |
Surface | Grass / outdoor |
The Otago Championships [1] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament was founded in 1886 as the Otago Lawn Tennis Association Tournament. [2] The tournament was first played in Carisbrook Club Ground, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. [3] It was played annually till 1952 when it was downgraded from the main ILTF World Circuit. [3]
This tournament organised by the Otago LTA [4] was first held in December 1886, [3] but in subsequent years it was moved up the calendar to its fixed position of late March or April, depending on when Easter occurred. [3] In later years it was also often referred to as the Otago Lawn Tennis Association Easter Tournament. [3] Former winners of men's singles included; Minden Fenwick, Anthony Wilding and Alan Stedman. [3] Previous winners of women's singles included Ruth Orbell, [5] Flora Campbell, Muriel Pattison, [6] and Sonia Cox