Border Championships
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| Border Championships | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Tour | ILTF Circuit |
| Founded | 1902 |
| Abolished | 1981 |
| Location | East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa |
| Venue | Selborne Park Tennis Club |
| Surface | Clay/Hard |
The Border Championships[1] was a men's and women's international tennis tournament established in 1902 as the Border State Championships and was played on outdoor clay then hard courts at the Selborne Park Tennis Club, East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa until 1981.
History
[edit | edit source]The Border Championships were established in 1902 and was organised by the Border Tennis Union.[2] The championships were part of the Sugar Circuit (f. 1962)[3] of tennis tournaments from the 1960s to 1980s.[4] In 1980 the tournament was ended due to the withdraw of sponsorship by South African Sugar Association.[5][6]
Venues
[edit | edit source]The championships were staged at the Selborne Park Tennis Club East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Robertson (1974)
- ^ Dewey, Glen (1980). THE LAST SUGAR TENNIS CIRCUIT END OF AN ERA By Glen Dewey (South African Sugar Association). The South African Sugar Journal. Vol 64. Mount Edgecombe, South Africa. p.10.
- ^ South African Sugar Journal (1980)
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).