Hong Kong National Grass Court Championships
Tennis tournament
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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.