Kent Coast Championships

Kent Coast Championships
Kent Coast Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF Circuit
Founded	1903; 121 years ago
Abolished	1956; 68 years ago
Location	Hythe, Kent, England
Venue	Hotel Imperial Courts
Surface	Grass

The Kent Coast Championships or Kent Coast Open Tennis Championships^[1] or Kent Coast Open Lawn Tennis Championship ^[2] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first established in 1903. It was first held at the Hotel Imperial tennis courts, Hythe, Kent, England. The tournament was staged annually as part of the ILTF Circuit until 1956.

^ "NEWS IN BRIEF: HYTHE TENNIS TOURNAMENT.- The Kent Coast Open Tennis Championships will be played on the courts of the Hotel Imperial, Hythe, from September 11th". Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald. Kent, England: British Newspaper Archive. 26 August 1933. p. 9. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
^ Hurcombe, Martin; Dine, Philip; Lake, Robert J (14 March 2023). "'Flannelled Fools Are Strutting About Tennis Courts'". Sport and the Pursuit of War and Peace from the Nineteenth Century to the Present: War Minus the Shooting?. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-84858-8.

[1] "NEWS IN BRIEF: HYTHE TENNIS TOURNAMENT.- The Kent Coast Open Tennis Championships will be played on the courts of the Hotel Imperial, Hythe, from September 11th". Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald. Kent, England: British Newspaper Archive. 26 August 1933. p. 9. Retrieved 12 May 2023.

[2] Hurcombe, Martin; Dine, Philip; Lake, Robert J (14 March 2023). "'Flannelled Fools Are Strutting About Tennis Courts'". Sport and the Pursuit of War and Peace from the Nineteenth Century to the Present: War Minus the Shooting?. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-000-84858-8.

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