Hong Kong National Grass Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF
Founded1911 (1911)
Abolished1976 (1976)
LocationHong Kong
VenueHong Kong Cricket Club (1911-74) Craigengower Cricket Club (1975-76)
SurfaceGrass- outdoors

The Hong Kong National Grass Court Championships[1] was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1911.[2] also known as the Hong Kong Grass Court Tennis Championships.[3] The championships were held at the Hong Cricket Club (HKCC), British Hong Kong from inception until 1974.[4] It was then staged at the Craigengower Cricket Club (CCC) from 1975 to 1976 before it was discontinued.[5]

History

The first National Grass Court Men’s Singles Championship was held in 1911 at the Hong Kong Cricket Club and won by Harold Adair Nisbet.[6] In 1918 the first men's Chinese champion was Ng Sze-Kwong, he would win the title a further five times (1918-23).[7] The championships continued through to 1976 when they were abolished.[8]

Notable winners of the men's singles title included; Ip Koon Hung,[9] Dick Dell,[10] and Colin Dibley.[11] Former winners of women's singles title included; Ling Tsui Yuen Yuen,[12] Lita Liem, and Kazuko Sawamatsu.

References

  1. ↑ "When Australian tennis champ Evonne Goolagong played in Hong Kong". South China Morning Post. Sydney, Australia. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "History". www.tennishk.org. Hong Kong, China: Hong Kong Tennis Association (HKTA). 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Dibley Wins: Hong Kong (AP). Colin Dibley of Australia defeated country man John Copper, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 on Sunday to the win the men's singles at the Hong Kong Grass Courts Tennis Championships". Amarillo Daily News. Amarillo, Texas, United States: Newspaper Archive. 11 October 1971. p. 10.
  4. ↑ (HKTA)
  5. ↑ (HKTA)
  6. ↑ (HKTA)
  7. ↑ (HKTA)
  8. ↑ (HKTA)
  9. ↑ (HKTA)
  10. ↑ "HONG KONG - Dick Dell of Bethesda Md. upset top seed Mike Estep of Dallas, 6-2, 6-2 to win the Hong Kong Grass Courts championships". Carthage Press. Carthage, Missouri, United States: Newspaper Archive. 23 October 1972. p. 10.
  11. ↑ Amarillo Daily News
  12. ↑ "Mrs. Ling Tsui Yuen Yuen". www.tennishk.org. Hong Kong Tennis Association. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
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