The Southern Transvaal Championships[1] was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded as the Transvaal Championships 1891[2] and was originally played on outdoor grass courts at the Wanderers Lawn Tennis Club, then switched to hard courts later. It was first staged at the Wanderers Lawn Tennis Club, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa. The championships were held until 1977.
| Southern Transvaal Championships | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Tour | ILTF Circuit |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Abolished | 1977 |
| Location | Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa |
| Venue | Wanderers Lawn Tennis Club/Ellis Park Lawn Tennis Club |
| Surface | Grass/Hard |
History
editThe Transvaal Championships were established in 1891, and was organised by the Transvaal Lawn Tennis Association (later called the Southern Transvaal Lawn Tennis Association). In 1913 the championships were one time only in Pretoria. In 1919 the Transvaal Championships name changed into Southern Transvaal Championships. In 1920 the event was moved to Ellis Park Lawn Tennis Club. The Southern Transvaal Championships[3] were held until 1977.
Venues
editThe championships were originally staged at the Wanderers Lawn Tennis Club,Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. In 1920 the tournament was moved to the Ellis Park Lawn Tennis Club which was part of Ellis Park Sports Complex, that club in the 1970s consied of 22 tennis courts and a center court holding between 6000 and 7000 spectators.[4]
References
edit- ^ Robertson, Max (1974). "South Africa". The encyclopedia of tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. pp. 319–320. ISBN 0047960426.
- ^ "LAWN TENNIS NOTES:The Field, reports of the Transvaal championships, the United States championships, the Hamburg tournament (where Mr W. Howard. who played Newcastle, won the singles, the singles handicap". Newcastle Daily Chronicle. Northumberland, England. 24 September 1891. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Bib Hewitt and Hillebrand Win". Canberra Times. Canberra, Australia: Newspaper Archives. 2 September 1968. p. 32. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ Robertson, Max (1974). pp.319-320.