BP National Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameBP National Championships (1988–92)
Wellington Challenger (1993–95)
TourGrand Prix circuit (1988–89)
ATP Tour (1990–92)
Challenger Series (1993–95)
Founded1988
Abolished1995
Editions8
SurfaceHard / outdoor

The BP National Championships was a Grand Prix and ATP Tour tennis tournament played from 1988 to 1995. It was held in Wellington in New Zealand and was played on outdoor hard courts.

The tournament began as part of the Regular Series of the Grand Prix before joining the World Series of the ATP Tour when it was formed in 1990. After the tournament was replaced by the Qatar Open in 1993 it became a part of the ATP Challenger Series before being wound up in 1995.

Results

Key

Grand Prix / ATP Tour
Challenger

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1988India Ramesh KrishnanSoviet Union Andrei Chesnokov6–7, 6–0, 6–4, 6–3
1989New Zealand Kelly EverndenJapan Shuzo Matsuoka7–5, 6–1, 6–4
1990Spain Emilio SánchezUnited States Richey Reneberg6–7, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
1991Australia Richard FrombergSweden Lars Jönsson6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1992United States Jeff TarangoCommonwealth of Independent States Alexander Volkov6–1, 6–0, 6–3
1993Zimbabwe Byron BlackUnited States Tommy Ho6–4, 4–6, 6–1
1994Australia Todd WoodbridgeGermany Hendrik Dreekmann6–3, 6–3
1995New Zealand Brett StevenCzech Republic Martin Damm6–3, 6–3

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1988United States Dan Goldie
United States Rick Leach
Australia Broderick Dyke
Canada Glenn Michibata
6–2, 6–3
1989Australia Peter Doohan
Australia Laurie Warder
United States Rill Baxter
Canada Glenn Michibata
3–6, 6–2, 6–3
1990New Zealand Kelly Evernden
Venezuela Nicolás Pereira
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–4, 7–6
1991Brazil Luiz Mattar
Venezuela Nicolás Pereira
United States John Letts
Brazil Jaime Oncins
4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1992United States Jared Palmer
United States Jonathan Stark
Netherlands Michiel Schapers
Czech Republic Daniel Vacek
6–3, 6–3
1993United States Paul Annacone
Zimbabwe Byron Black
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
The Bahamas Roger Smith
6–2, 7–6
1994United States Martin Blackman
United States Kenny Thorne
Australia Sandon Stolle
Australia Simon Youl
6–7, 6–3, 6–3
1995The Bahamas Mark Knowles
Canada Daniel Nestor
United States Tommy Ho
United States Kenny Thorne
2–6, 6–4, 7–6

Notes

This event should not be confused with the New Zealand National Lawn Tennis Championships event that was first played in Auckland in 1886 which was also known as the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association Championships. That tournmament later became known as the New Zealand Championships that was held until 2020 all of which have different rolls of winners to this one.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Tennis NZ Roll of Honour" (PDF). Tennis Kiwi. Tennis New Zealand. 2020. pp. 18, 19, 20. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
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