Victorian Championships

The Victorian Championships tournament began in 1879 it was originally held on hard asphalt courts from 1879 to 1891 before changing to a grass court tournament. The dates the tournament was held was normally in November.[2] until its move to Kooyong when it was staged during the last week of November and first week of December in 1968 the event schedule changed again to January it survived for a period of 86 years until 1971. The tournament was very briefly re-established in 1982 as the Melbourne Outdoor until 1985.

Notes: Challenge Round: The Final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) in some tournaments not all. * Indicates challenger

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1879 [3]	A. F. Robinson	H. M. Strachan	(2-1) sets
1880 [4]	Frank Highett	Edward William Wallingtom	w.o.
1881	Louis Australia Whyte	Frank Highett	6–4 4–6 6–1 6–1
1882	L. Keyser	Louis Australia Whyte	4–6 6–0 6–2 6–5
1883 [5]	Louis Australia Whyte	Walter John Carre Riddell	6–5 6–4 6–3
1884	Harry Hanslow Brind	Dudley Webb	(25 games to 17)
1885 [6]	Walter John Carre Riddell [7]	Louis Australia Whyte	(25 games to 13)
1886	Walter John Carre Riddell [8]	Dudley Webb	3–6 6–2 6–4 6–4
1887 [9]	Arthur Gideon Hugh Colquhoun	Walter Timon Coldham [10]	6–1 7–5 6–8 0–6 6–4
1888 [11]	Arthur Gideon Hugh Colquhoun	Dr. R. Hartley	6–3 6–4 6–3
1889 [12]	Richard Ernest Shuter	Charles William (Charlie) Cropper [13]	6–1 3–6 6–1 6–0
1890 [14]	John D. Crammond	Benjamin (Ben) Green [15]	6–2 6–3 4–6 2–6 6–4
1891	August D. "Gus" Kearney	Richard Ernest Shuter	6–2 5–7 1–6 6–4 6–2
1892	Benjamin (Ben) Green	William George Balfour	9–11 6–3 6–2 6–2
1893	Benjamin (Ben) Green	Archibald Hulbert Windeyer	8–6 6–4 6–2
1894	Benjamin (Ben) Green	August D. "Gus" Kearney	6–1 1–6 6–2 6–1
1895	Alfred Dunlop	Horace Rice	3–6 6–2 6–3 6–1
1896	August D. "Gus" Kearney	Alfred Dunlop	3–6 5–7 6–4 6–3 15-13
1897	August D. "Gus" Kearney	Alfred Dunlop	6–2 2–6 6–1 6–3
1898	Alfred Dunlop	Irving Thomas Carlyle	6–2 1–6 6–2 3–6 6–3
1899	August D. "Gus" Kearney	Horace Rice	1–6 6–3 6–3 6–2
1900	Irving Thomas Carlyle	Norman Brookes	6–3 6–1 6–2
1901	Horace Rice	David Sutherland Edwards	7–5 6–4 3–6 6–2
1902 <	Norman Brookes	Alfred Dunlop	1–6 6–4 6–2 7–5
1903	Norman Brookes	Alfred Dunlop	6–0 4–6 6–3 6–2
1904	Norman Brookes	Barney Murphy	6–0 6–2 6–0
1905	Australasian championships held
1906	Norman Brookes	Anthony Wilding	6–0 6–4 9–7
1907	Harry Parker	Alfred Dunlop	8–6 7–5 7–5
1908	Anthony Wilding	Fred Alexander	4–6 6–0 6–2 6–2
1909 [16]	Anthony Wilding	Norman Brookes	2–6 3–6 6–3 6–3 9–7
1910	Stanley Doust	Alfred Dunlop	6–1 6–8 2–6 6–2 6–2
1911	Australasian championships held
1912	James Cecil Parke	Gordon Lowe	6–3 6–0 6–2
1913	Rodney Heath	Norman Brookes	w.o.
1914	No competition (due to World War I)
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919 [17]	Gerald Patterson	Norman Brookes	6–4 3–6 6–0 6–3
1920 [18]	Gerald Patterson	Pat O'Hara Wood	12-10 6–3 6–2
1921 [19]	Gerald Patterson	Pat O'Hara Wood	5–7 6–0 6–4 8–6
1922 [20]	Gerald Patterson	John Hawkes	6–3 6–3 2–6 7–5
1923 [21]	Gerald Patterson	Pat O'Hara Wood	w.o.
1924 [22]	Gerald Patterson	Jack Cummings	6–3 10–8 9–7
1925	Richard Schlesinger	Timothy Fitchett	6–3 9–7 6–1
1926 [23]	Gerald Patterson	Jack Crawford	4–6 6–3 6–4 6–4
1927 [24]	Gerald Patterson	Jack Crawford	7–5 6–1 5–7 1–6 7–5
1928	Jack Crawford	Harry Hopman	5–7 6–2 6–3 6–4
1929	Jack Crawford	Harry Hopman	6–3 2–6 3–6 6–4 6–3
1930	Jack Crawford	Harry Hopman	6–1 8–10 6–0 6–2
1931	Jack Crawford	Harry Hopman	7–5 0–6 6–3 6–4
1932	Jack Crawford	Ellsworth Vines	1–6 6–4 6–4 2–6 6–4
1933	Fred Perry	Jack Crawford	6–4 2–6 6–4 6–3
1934	Jack Crawford	Adrian Quist	6–2 8–6 6–3
1935	Adrian Quist	Jack Crawford	6–2 8–6 4–6 6–2
1936	Adrian Quist	Donald Turnbull	6–2 6–1 6–2
1937 [25]	Don Budge	John Bromwich	8–6 6–3 9–7
1938	Adrian Quist	John Bromwich	6–2 6–3 6–3
1939	John Bromwich	Adrian Quist	6–1 4–6 6–2 6–3
1940	John Bromwich	Adrian Quist	6–0 6–2 6–4
1941	Jack Crawford	John Bromwich	6–3 0–6 3–6 6–4 6–2
1942	No competition (due to World War II)
1943
1944
1945	John Bromwich	Dinny Pails	6–3 6–4 6–2
1946	John Bromwich	Ted Schroeder	8–6 6–4 6–4
1947	Bill Sidwell	Adrian Quist	6–4 3–6 2–6 6–3 6–2
1948 [26]	Bill Sidwell	Geoff Brown	6–4 7–5 8–6
1949	Jaroslav Drobný	Bill Sidwell	6–4 6–3 11–9
1950	Frank Sedgman	Art Larsen	5–7 6–3 7–5 6–3
1951	Frank Sedgman	Dick Savitt	8–6 6–0 6–4
1952	Vic Seixas[27]	Frank Sedgman [28]	8–6 3–6 6–3 6–4
1953 [29]	Lew Hoad	Ken Rosewall	9–7 8–6 3–6 6–3
1954 [30]	Ken Rosewall	Vic Seixas	6–1 4–6 6–1 7–5
1955	Lew Hoad	Ashley Cooper	1–6 6–4 6–4 5–7 6–4
1956	Ken Rosewall	Lew Hoad	4–6– 4–6 6–1 6–4 6–3
1957	Mal Anderson	Ashley Cooper	6–4 10–8 1–6 7–5
1958	Mal Anderson	Ashley Cooper	7–5 6–4 6–3
1959	Neale Fraser	Roy Emerson	6–0 25-23 5–7 6–4
1960	Barry MacKay	Butch Buchholz	8–6 5–7 8–6 6–3
1961	Rod Laver	Roy Emerson	4–6 8–6 9–7 6–3
1962	Rod Laver	Neale Fraser	3–6 9–7 6–1 6–8 6–0
1963	Dennis Ralston	Fred Stolle	8–6 6–4 6–3
1964	Roy Emerson	Fred Stolle	6–4 6–4 6–4
1965	Clark Graebner	Roy Emerson	8–6 7–5 2–6 1–6 6–1
1966	Roy Emerson	Fred Stolle	6–2 9–7 6–3
1967	Tony Roche	Bill Bowrey	7–5 6–3 6–4
Open era
1968	?	?	?
1969	Stan Smith	Arthur Ashe	14-12 6–8 6–3 8–6
1970	John Newcombe	Tony Roche	6–4 6–4 4–6 ret.
1971 [31]	Alex Metreveli	Phil Dent	6–4 6–2

Women's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1886	C. Greene	Ellen Mayne	6–1, 6–1
1887	Mabel Shaw	Eliza Fitzgerald	6–2, 6–3
1888	Mabel Shaw	Anne Chenery	1–6, 6–2, 6–4
1889	Nellie A. Beckett	Constance Raleigh	6–3 6–4
1890	Mabel Shaw	E. Mackenzie	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1891	Ellen Mayne	Mabel Shaw	6–5, 6–4
1892	Edith Raleigh	Ellen Mayne	1–6, 6–3, 6–2
1893	C. Peach	Edith Raleigh	6–4 2–6 6–4
1894	Constance Raleigh	Maisie Parr	6–5 6–1
1895	Phoebe Howitt	Mabel Shaw	6–2 6–5
1896	Phoebe Howitt	Constance Raleigh	6–2 6–2
1897	Phoebe Howitt	Florence Waters	6–3 2–6 6–3
1898	Phoebe Howitt	Florence Waters	6–0 6–4
1899	Phoebe Howitt	Florence Waters	6–2 7–5
1900	Phoebe Howitt-Cater	Mrs Barrington	6–3 6–4
1901	Lorna Gyton	Lillian Payne	7–5 6–3
1902	Lorna Gyton	Gertrude Wilmoth	6–0 8–6
1903	Lorna Gyton	Lily Addison	6–1 6–1
1904	E. Collis	C. Robertson	6–3 6–2
1905	Lorna Gyton	Gertrude Wilmoth	6–4 6–1
1906	Lily Addison	Lorna Gyton	8–6 6–2
1907	Lorna Gyton	Lily Addison	2–6 6–4 8–6
1908 [32]	Lily Addison	Lorna Gyton	11–9 6–4
1909	Lily Addison	Lorna Gyton	6–4 6–2
1910[33]	Lily Addison	Pearl Stewart	4–6 7–5 6–0
1911	Lily Addison	A. Wilmoth	6–3 6–2
1912	Phillis Stewart	Lorna Gyton	6–1 6–1
1913	Meryl Waxman	Lorna Gyton	4–6 6–4 6–4
1914	Phillis Stewart	Dorothy Schlesinger	6–0, 6–4
1915	No competition (due to World War I)
1916
1917
1918
1919	Annie Ford	Irene Forbes-Smith	7–5 7–5
1920	Margaret Molesworth	Esna Boyd	7–5 8–6
1921 [34]	Lily Addison	Esna Boyd	8–6 3–6 6–3
1922	Esna Boyd	Meryl Lister	6–2 6–3
1923	Esna Boyd	Kath Le Mesurier	6–2 6–3
1924	Daphne Akhurst	Miss Harper	6–1 0–6 7–5
1925	Esna Boyd	Sylvia Harper	3–6 6–3 retired
1926	Esna Boyd	Marjorie Cox	6–3 6–2
1927	Esna Boyd	Daphne Akhurst	6–1 6–1
1928	Marjorie Cox	Sylvia Harper	6–8 6–1 7–5
1929	Marjorie Cox	Kath Le Mesurier	6–2 6–4
1930	Marjorie Crawford	Frances Hoddle-Wrigley	6–1 6–1
1931	Esna Robertson	Kath Le Mesurier	6–2 6–4
1932	Joan Hartigan	Coral Buttsworth	6–4 6–8 6–4
1933	Joan Hartigan	Nancy Chitty	4–6 7–5 6–4
1934	Dorothy Round	Joan Hartigan	9–7, 6–0
1935	Thelma Coyne	Joan Hartigan	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
1936	Joan Hartigan	Emily Westacott	8–6 6–2
1937	Dodo Bundy	Nancye Wynne	6–4 1–6 6–4
1938	Nell Hopman	Joan Hartigan	6–8 6–1 6–2
1939	Nancye Wynne	Thelma Coyne	6–2 6–2
1940	Nancye Wynne	Thelma Coyne	7–5 2–6 6–3
1941	Nell Hopman	Alison Burton	6–4 5–7 6–4
1942	No competition (due to World War II)
1943
1944
1945
1946	Nancye Bolton	Thelma Long	6–1 9–7
1947	Nancye Bolton	Thelma Long	6–1 6–4
1948 [35]	Doris Hart	Nancye Bolton	6–1 9–7
1949 [36]	Nancye Bolton	Thelma Long	6–8 6–2 8–6
1950	Joyce Fitch	Nancye Bolton	6–4 3–6 6–4
1951	Thelma Long	Mary Hawton	6–2 6–1
1952 [37]	Maureen Connolly	Julia Sampson [38]	?
1953	Thelma Long	Jennifer Staley	6–4 6–1
1954	Thelma Long	Jennifer Staley	4–6 7–5 6–2
1955	Mary Hawton	Mary Carter	6–2 6–2
1956	Shirley Fry	Althea Gibson	4–6 9–7 8–6
1957	Lorraine Coghlan	Angela Mortimer	7–5 7–5
1958	Sandra Reynolds	Lorraine Coghlan	6–4 8–6
1959 [39]	Maria Bueno	Christine Truman	6–0 5–7 6–4
1960	Lesley Turner	Mary Reitano	4–6 9–7 6–3
1961 [40]	Margaret Smith	Darlene Hard	6–3 6–2
1962 [41]	Margaret Smith	Lesley Turner	6–4 8–6
1963 [42]	Margaret Smith	Lesley Turner	6–4 6–4
1964 [43]	Margaret Smith	Jill Blackman	6–1 6–3
1965 [44]	Margaret Smith	Nancy Richey	5–7 6–3 6–2
1966	Rosie Casals	Kerry Melville	1–6 6–1 7–5
1967	Billie Jean King	Lesley Turner	6–3 3–6 7–5
Open era
1968	?	?	?
1969 [45]	Margaret Court	Kerry Harris	6–1 6–4
1970 [46]	Margaret Court	Kerry Melville	6–1 6–1
1971 [47]	Evonne Goolagong	Margaret Court	7–6 (5-3) 7–6 (5-2)

• Tennis in Australia

• Ayre's Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, A. Wallis Myers
• Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide, G.P. Hughes, 1939 to 1958, Published by Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd, UK
• Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode

• http://www.tennisarchives.com/Victorian Championships Men's Roll of Honour