1907 Australasian Championships (tennis)
Encyclopedia
The 1907 Australasian Championships (tennis) (now known as the Australian Open
) was a tennis
tournament played on Grass court
s in Brisbane
, Australia
the event is a part of the Grand Slam
. The tournament was held from 18 to 24 August.
Horace Rice
def.
Harry Parker, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4.
Bill Gregg / Harry Parker
def. Horace Rice
/ George Wright, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2.
Australian Open
The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...
) was a tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
tournament played on Grass court
Grass court
A grass court is one of the four different types of tennis court. Grass courts are made of rye grass in different compositions depending on the tournament...
s in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
the event is a part of the Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
. The tournament was held from 18 to 24 August.
Singles
Horace RiceHorace Rice
----Horace "Horrie" Rice was a Australian tennis player.Rice won the men's singles title at the 1907 Australasian Championships. He was also Runner Up 3 times...
def.
Harry Parker, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4.Doubles
Bill Gregg / Harry ParkerHarry Parker (tennis)
Harry Parker was a New Zealand tennis player.Parker won the doubles title at the Australasian Championships, the future Australian Open, alongside Bill Gregg in 1907. He also reached two singles finals at the tournament in 1907 and 1913, and two doubles finals in 1906 and 1913.-Runner-up :-Winner...
def.
Horace RiceHorace Rice
----Horace "Horrie" Rice was a Australian tennis player.Rice won the men's singles title at the 1907 Australasian Championships. He was also Runner Up 3 times...
/
George Wright, 6–2, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2.