Scottish Championships (tennis)

Scottish Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourPre-open era (1877–1967)
Open era (1968–73)
Founded1878
Abolished1994
Editions106
LocationBridge of Allan, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Moffat, Peebles, St Andrews, Wemyss Bay, Scotland
VenueBridge of Allan LTC
(1908–12, 1914)
Edinburgh Craiglockhart LTC
(1913,1919–29, 1900, 1946–57, 1959–60, 1963, 1965–1970)
Grange Club, Edinburgh
(1878–92, 1994)
Glasgow
(1958)
Moffat Beachgrove Grounds[1]
(1895–1907)
Peebles LTC
(1930–39)
St Andrews LTC
(1893)
Inverkip Rovers Club
(1894)
SurfaceGrass / outdoor

The Scottish Championships its original name until 1994 also known as the Scottish Lawn Tennis Championships,[2] and the Scottish Grass Court Championships,[3] was an outdoor tennis event held from 1878 through 1994. It was played at various locations throughout its duration including Bridge of Allan, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Moffat, Peebles, and St Andrews in Scotland. The dates the tournament was held fluctuated between June and August annually.

  1. ^ "Lawn Tennis – Scottish Championships". The Inquirer & Commercial News. 31 July 1896. Retrieved 29 August 2016 – via Trove. : The Scottish Lawn Tennis Championships, which were played by way of experiment at the Beechgrove Grounds, Mofatt (...) last year, ...
  2. ^ Walton. K, John (8 April 2016). Mineral Springs Resorts in Global Perspective: Spa Histories. Routledge. p. 86. ISBN 9781134920037.
  3. ^ "Lawn Tennis at Peebles: Scottish Grass Court Championships". The Glasgow Herald, 21 July 1939. Retrieved 17 August 2016.