British Columbia Championships | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Tour | ILTF Circuit (1913=69) |
Founded | 1886 |
Abolished | 1978 |
Venue | Victoria Lawn Tennis Club (1887-49) Victoria Lawn Tennis and Badminton Club (1950-62) Victoria Racquet Club (1963-78) |
The British Columbia Championships[1] also known as the British Columbia Lawn Tennis Championships[2] or the Labatts British Columbia Championships (for sponsorship reasons) was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1886 as the Victoria Lawn Tennis Challenge Cup.[3] also called the British Columbia Challenge Cup.[4]
It was first played at the Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard, Victoria British Columbia, Canada. The tournament ran as part of ILTF Circuit until 1973. The tournament continued as part of the Satellite Circuit until 1978 when it was discontinued.