Cardiff Open
| Cardiff Open | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Tour | ILTF World Circuit (1929–69) men (1929–72) women ILTF Independent Circuit (1970–72) men |
| Founded | 1929 |
| Abolished | 1972 |
| Location | Cardiff, Great Britain |
| Venue | Cardiff Lawn Tennis Club |
| Surface | Grass / outdoor |
The Cardiff Open was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament was founded in 1929 as the Cardiff LTC Tournament.[1] It played annually through till 1975 when it was discontinued.[1] The tournament was played at the Cardiff Lawn Tennis Club, Cardiff, Great Britain. It played annually through till 1972 when it was discontinued.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]In 1929 the Cardiff Lawn Tennis Club Tournament was first held.[2] During the 1930s the event became known as the Cardiff Lawn Tennis Tournament,[1] or simply the Cardiff Tournament.[3] Following World War II the event was then known as the Cardiff Open Tennis Championships.[4]
This tournament was sometimes held in conjunction with the Glamorganshire Championships with winners of that tournament awarded joint titles.[1][5] In 1971 the tournament was part of part of the Bio-Strath Circuit where it was branded as the Bio-Strath Cardiff Open.[6] In 1972 Bio Strath did not renew its sponsorship of the circuit and the Cardiff event was dropped from the larger ILTF Independent Circuit. The tournament however did survive as a local event as late as the 1990s.[7]
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