The Championships of Pays-d'Enhaut[1] or Championnats des Pays d'Enhaut also called the Up Country Championships was a men's and women's open international clay court tennis tournament first staged at the Tennis Club de Château-d'Oex, Château-d'Œx, Switzerland from 1896 until 1938.[2]
| Championships of Pays-d'Enhaut Championnats des Pays d'Enhaut | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Tour | ILTF Circuit (1913-38) |
| Founded | 1896 |
| Abolished | 1938 |
| Location | Château-d'Œx, Switzerland |
| Venue | Tennis Club de Château-d'Oex(1896-1903) Hôtels Berthod (1904-38) |
| Surface | Clay (outdoors) |
History
editThe Championships of the Pays-d'Enhaut was established in September 1896 and was first played at the Tennis Club de Château-d'Oex, Château-d'Œx, Switzerland and continued there until 1903. In 1904 following the building of the new grand Hôtels Berthod[3][4] and its clay tennis courts the event was moved there until it was discontinued in 1939 due to the outbreak of World War II.
References
edit- ^ All about Switzerland. Zurich: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen. 1933. p. 14.
- ^ "Tournament – Championships of Pays-d'Enhaut". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ Myers, Arthur Wallis (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. London: G. Newnes Limited. p. 266.
- ^ Bazzanella, Sylvie (19 March 2011). "Hôtels Berthod". www.notrehistoire.ch (in French). Foundation for the Safeguarding of the Audiovisual Heritage of Radio Télévision Suisse (FONSART). Retrieved 3 April 2023.
Sources
edit- All about Switzerland (1933). Zurich: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen.
- Bazzanella, Sylvie (19 March 2011). "Hôtels Berthod". www.notrehistoire.ch (in French). Foundation for the Safeguarding of the Audiovisual Heritage of Radio Télévision Suisse (FONSART).
- Myers, Arthur Wallis (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. London: G. Newnes Limited.