Suffolk Championships

Suffolk Championships
Suffolk Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Club Tournament (1883-93); Suffolk Championships (1894–1968)
Tour	Pre-Open era tour (1883-1968)
Founded	1883 f. 1893
Abolished	1968
Editions	85
Location	Saxmundham
Surface	Grass

The Suffolk Championships^[1] was an open international tennis tournament for both men and women held at Saxmundham, Suffolk, England founded in 1883 as the Saxmundham Lawn Tennis Tournament. In 1893 it was elevated to a county-level event and renamed as the Suffolk County Championships.^[2] The championships ran until 1968 when it ceased to be part of ILTC worldwide tennis circuit.

^ "Most finals played at a single tennis tournament". Guinness World Records. Guinness World Records Limited. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
^ "Framlingham Tennis Week: The Suffolk championships opened at Framlingham on Monday, being the 57th annual week. Over 150 players signed on for action early in the day. Over 600 matches will have to be settled in the week, at a rate of over 100 a day". Diss Express. Norfolk, England: British Newspaper Archive. 11 August 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

[1] "Most finals played at a single tennis tournament". Guinness World Records. Guinness World Records Limited. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[2] "Framlingham Tennis Week: The Suffolk championships opened at Framlingham on Monday, being the 57th annual week. Over 150 players signed on for action early in the day. Over 600 matches will have to be settled in the week, at a rate of over 100 a day". Diss Express. Norfolk, England: British Newspaper Archive. 11 August 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

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