Canterbury Championships

Canterbury Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1885; 139 years ago (1885)
Abolished2014; 10 years ago (2014)
LocationChristchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
VenueCanterbury Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass

The Canterbury Championships[1] was a regional grass court tennis tournament. Founded in 1882 as the Canterbury Championship, it was first formally staged in 1885.[2] The tournament was played at the Canterbury Lawn Tennis Club (founded 1881),[3] at Christchurch, New Zealand. The championships were staged annually until 2014.

  1. ^ "Lawn tennis – Canterbury Championships". The Press. Vol. LVIII, no. 11099. PapersPast. 18 October 1901. p. 5.
  2. ^ "Tournaments:Canterbury Championships". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
  3. ^ Romanos, Joseph. "Tennis – The development of tennis, 1870s to 1910s". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 18 May 2023.