Redcliffe Championships

Redcliffe Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF World Circuit (1955–83)
Founded	1953 (1953)
Abolished	1983 (1983)
Location	Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Venue	Redcliffe Tennis Club
Surface	Hard (1955-59, 63-66) Grass court (1957-58) Clay (1954, 1960-62, 67-?)

The Redcliffe Championships was a men's and women's open tennis tournament founded in 1953, and held at Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia. It was first organised by the Peninsula Tennis Association and originally played on clay courts, then switching later grass courts, then hard courts. It was staged as part of ILTF Australasia Circuit a sub circuit of the ILTF World Circuit until 1983 when it was discontinued.

History

The tournament was founded in 1953 and held in Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia. The event was first organised by the Peninsula Tennis Association. . The first men's singles champion was Jack Arkinstall who defeated Roy Emerson in straight sets, and the winner of the women's first championship was Daphne Seeney who also defeated in straight sets. It was staged as part of ILTF Australasia Circuit a sub circuit of the ILTF World Circuit until 1983 when it was discontinued. The tournament has survived in one form or another into the twenty first century where it is known as the Redcliffe Open a Tennis Queensland event.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1953	Jack Arkinstall	Roy Emerson	2–0 sets.
1954	Mal Anderson	Ian Ayre	8–6, 3–6, 6–4.
1955	Richie Brant	Lee J. Thomsen	3–6, 6–2, 6–3.
1956	Les Flanders	Col Ogden	5–7, 6–2, 6–2.
1957	Rod Laver	Barry Green	6–1, 6–4.
1958	Rod Laver (2)	G. Gaydon	4–6, 6–4, 6–3.
1959	Neil Gibson	Frank Gorman	7–5, 6–3.
1960	Neil Gibson (2)	Ken Fletcher	6–3, 6–1.
1963	Ken Fletcher	Neville Hay	6–3, 6–4.
1965	Neil Gibson (3)	Maurice Guse	6–4, 10–8.
1966	Maurice Guse	Neil Gibson	6–2, 6–2.
1968	Merv Guse	Neil Gibson	6–2, 6–2.
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Merv Guse (2)	Ross Case	4–6, 6–2, 8–6.
1970	Ross Case	Alvin Gardiner	6–2, 6–3.
1975	Gary Olsson	Rod Frawley	6–1, 7–6.
1977	Noel Jensen	Wayne Hampson	6–0, 6–0.
1979	B. Walker	Peter Mallett	7–5, 6–2.
1980	Greg Braun	Richard Eden	6–3, 7–5.
1981	Max Bates	Jeff Twist	7–5, 6–4.
1982	Brett Greenwood	John Frawley	w.o.
1983	K. Williamson	Paul Daly	6–7, 7–5, 6–1.

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1953	Daphne Seeney	Fay Muller	2–0 sets
1954	Fay Muller	Daphne Seeney	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1957	Dorothy Linde	Z. Robinson	6–2, 3–6, 6–0
1958	Fay Muller (2)	Dorothy Linde	6–0, 6–4
1959	Shirley Lee	Dot Duff	7–5, 6–0
1969	Marilyn Tesch	Lexie Kenny	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
↓  Open era  ↓
1970	Janet Fallis	Robyn Knobel	4–6, 6–0, 6–2