New Zealand Open (Squash)

The New Zealand Open was a squash tournament in New Zealand .

history

The competition was first held from October 14th to 17th, 1976. It became the first international squash tournament in New Zealand and was organized by the New Zealand squash association Squash New Zealand at different locations. The event took place annually for men and women until the last edition in 1993. The only exception to this was the 1977 event, when only one men's competition was played. In 2009, the New Zealand Open was held once again for women.

Record winners among the men with three wins each are Jahangir Khan (1980, 1982, 1983) and Ross Norman (1984-1986). In the women's category, Susan Devoy won the New Zealand Open eight times between 1984 and 1992.

In 1980, the planned participation of the South African Roland Watson , who had already participated in 1977 and 1978, caused controversy. With reference to the Gleneagles Agreement , he was denied participation due to the apartheid policy in South Africa. The New Zealand government had put pressure on sports federations to question government grants if the agreement was violated. This led to a dispute between the men's players' union, the International Squash Players Association (ISPA), which under the then President Geoff Hunt initially suggested a boycott of the tournament to its players, and the New Zealand Association. With the mediation of the New Zealand president of the world association , Murray Day , the ISPA withdrew the boycott recommendation and left the decision to the individual players.

winner

The numbers in brackets after the names indicate the number of titles won in the tournament.

Men's

year	winner	Final opponent	Result
1993	Paul Steel	Simon Baker	15:10, 15:13, 15: 9
1992	Hansi Vienna	Austin Adarraga	15:10, 14:15, 17:15, 15: 7
1991	Chris Dittmar (2)	Rodney Martin	9: 7, 9: 3, 9: 1
1990	Jansher Khan (2)	Chris Robertson	15: 7, 15:13, 17:15
1989	Chris Dittmar (1)	Rodney Martin	13:15, 15: 7, 15: 6, 17:16
1988	Jansher Khan (1)	Chris Dittmar	9: 0, 9: 7, 5: 9, 7: 9, 9: 7
1987	Rodney Martin	Stuart Davenport	4: 9, 9: 4, 6: 9, 9: 2, 9: 2
1986	Ross Norman (3)	Chris Robertson	6: 9, 4: 9, 9: 0, 9: 4, 9: 2
1985	Ross Norman (2)	Stuart Davenport	9: 4, 9: 2, 9: 4
1984	Ross Norman (1)	Chris Dittmar	9: 4, 9: 5, 9: 2
1983	Jahangir Khan (3)	Qamar Zaman	9: 0, 9: 4, 9: 3
1982	Jahangir Khan (2)	Gamal Awad	9: 6, 9: 2, 9: 0
1981	Kevin Shawcross	Stuart Davenport	1: 9, 9: 7, 9: 5, 9: 3
1980	Jahangir Khan (1)	Bruce Brownlee	9: 3, 9: 7, 9: 2
1979	Geoff Hunt (2)	Bruce Brownlee	9: 5, 9: 4, 9: 0
1978	Geoff Hunt (1)	Maqsood Ahmed	9: 7, 9: 7, 9: 4
1977	Cam Nancarrow	Roland Watson	10: 8, 9: 1, 3: 9, 9: 3
1976	Bruce Brownlee	Howard Broun	5: 9, 9: 5, 9: 4, 9: 6

Ladies

year	Winner	Final opponent	Result
2009	Natalie Grinham	Natalie Grainger	11: 9, 11: 5, 11: 8
1994–2008: Not held
1993	Michelle Martin	Liz Irving	15: 8, 15:10, 15:13
1992	Susan Devoy (8)	Michelle Martin	15: 7, 15:12, 15: 8
1991	Robyn Lambourne	Danielle Drady	9: 5, 9: 2, 9: 3
1990	Susan Devoy (7)	Martine Le Moignan	9: 3, 5: 9, 4: 9, 9: 4, 9: 7
1989	Susan Devoy (6)	Danielle Drady	2: 9, 9: 5, 8:10, 9: 4, 9: 0
1988	Susan Devoy (5)	Lisa Opie	10: 8, 9: 5, 9: 4
1987	Susan Devoy (4)	Lisa Opie	9: 3, 10: 8, 9: 2 1
1986	Susan Devoy (3)	Lisa Opie	10: 8, 2: 9, 7: 9, 9: 4, 9: 4
1985	Susan Devoy (2)	Lucy Soutter	9: 3, 5: 9, 9: 3, 9: 4
1984	Susan Devoy (1)	Lisa Opie	5: 9, 9: 5, 9: 6, 9: 3
1983	Robyn Blackwood	Joanne Williams	9: 1, 9: 6, 9: 7
1982	Vicki Cardwell 2 (2)	Rhonda Thorne	9: 4, 9: 6, 8:10, 9: 0
1981	Vicki Hoffman (1)	Robyn Blackwood	9: 2, 9: 2, 9: 2
1980	Jenny Webster	Annette Owen	9: 1, 10: 8, 9: 6
1979	Jayne Ashton	Annette Owen	9: 3, 9: 2, 10: 8
1978	Lyle Hubinger	Barbara Wall	3: 9, 9: 7, 9: 3, 9: 7
1977	Not carried out
1976	Pam Buckingham	Jenny Webster	9: 7, 5: 9, 3: 9, 10: 9, 10: 8

¹ TheWorld Championshiptaking placeinAuckland alsocorresponded to the New Zealand Open, which means that both titles were played in one competition. ² Vicki Hoffman entered under her new name Vicki Cardwell after their marriage.

Web links

• Overview of the results for men and women from 1984 onwards at squashinfo.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annual Report & Accounts Year Ending August 31, 1977 (PDF) Squash New Zealand , November 26, 1977, p. 37 , accessed on October 1, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Joseph Romanos: Long or Short? The Story of New Zealand Squash . 1st edition. New Zealand Squash Hall of Fame , Waitakere 2010, ISBN 978-0-9864615-1-4 , pp. 300 .
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Joseph Romanos: Long or Short? The Story of New Zealand Squash . 1st edition. New Zealand Squash Hall of Fame , Waitakere 2010, ISBN 978-0-9864615-1-4 , pp. 172-173 .
4. ↑ Annual Report and Accounts for Year Ending 30th September 1980. (PDF) Squash New Zealand , 1980, p. 1 , accessed on October 1, 2018 (English).