East of England Championships

East of England Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameFelixstowe Open Lawn Tennis Tournament(1885-88)
East of England County Lawn Tennis Championships (1889-96)
East of England Championships (1897–1967)
East of England Open Championships (1968–72)
East of England Tournament (1973)
East of England Championships (1974–82)
Founded1885; 139 years ago (1885)
Abolished1983; 41 years ago (1983)
LocationFelixstowe, Suffolk, England.
VenueFelixstowe LTC
SurfaceGrass

The East of England Championships[1] also called the East of England Lawn Tennis Championships[2] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1885 as the Felixstowe Open Lawn Tennis Tournament.[3] In 1889 the event had by this time become a regional level tournament that ran until 1983 when it lost its status as a senior international tour level event. However the championships are still being staged today as the East of England and an LTA British Tour (Premier Event).[4]

  1. ^ "The Lawn Tennis Season at Felixstowe". The Sketch: A Journal of Art and Actuality. 110. Ingram brothers: 127. 1924.
  2. ^ Daily Mail Year Book. London: Associated Newspapers Groups, Limited. 1966. p. 23.
  3. ^ "The Tennis Tournament at Felixstowe. The second day's play of the second annual lawn tennis tournament in connection with the Felixstowe Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club took place on Friday on the club ground". The Ipswich Journal. Ipswich, Suffolk, England. 14 August 1886. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Events". clubspark.lta.org.uk. Felixstowe Lawn Tennis Club. Retrieved 29 November 2022.