Hong Kong National Grass Court Championships Explained

Hong Kong National Grass Court Championships
Type:defunct
Location:Hong Kong
Venue:Hong Kong Cricket Club (1911-74) Craigengower Cricket Club (1975-76)
Tour:ILTF
Surface:Grass- 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.

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Notes and References

  1. News: When Australian tennis champ Evonne Goolagong played in Hong Kong . 9 January 2023 . South China Morning Post . 19 October 2021 . Sydney, Australia . en.
  2. Web site: History . www.tennishk.org . Hong Kong Tennis Association (HKTA) . 9 January 2023 . Hong Kong, China . 2020.
  3. News: 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 . Newspaper Archive . 11 October 1971 . Amarillo, Texas, United States . 10.
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  10. News: 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 . Newspaper Archive . 23 October 1972 . Carthage, Missouri, United States . 10.
  11. Amarillo Daily News
  12. Web site: Mrs. Ling Tsui Yuen Yuen . www.tennishk.org . Hong Kong Tennis Association . 9 January 2023.