Tasmanian Open (tennis)

Tasmanian Open
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit (1913-1980)
Founded1893; 131 years ago (1893)
Abolished1980; 44 years ago (1980)
LocationLaunceston & Hobart
SurfaceClay/Grass/Hard

The Tasmanian Open[1] or Tasmanian Open Championships[2] was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1893 as the Tasmanian Lawn Tennis Championships.[3] or Tasmanian Championships It was first played Launceston Lawn Tennis Club, Launceston Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It remained part of the international tennis circuit until 1980.

  1. ^ Barrett, John; Tingay, Lance (1979). World of tennis : a BP yearbook. 1979. London: Macdonald and Jane's. p. 191. ISBN 0354090682.
  2. ^ "Miss Casals Advances". Phoenix Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona, United States: Newspaper Archives. 4 January 1969. p. 96. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  3. ^ "TENNIS. TASMANIAN LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania, Australia: National Library of Australia. 3 April 1920. p. 8. Retrieved 11 March 2023.