The West of Scotland Championships[1] and later known as the Lang's West of Scotland Championships for sponsorship reasons was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first established in 1882. The last decade of the championships were held at Newlands Lawn Tennis Club, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland until 1983.[2]
| West of Scotland Championships | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Tour | ILTF |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Abolished | 1983 |
| Location | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Venue | Newlands Lawn Tennis Club (1972-83) |
| Surface | Grass |
History
editThe first West of Scotland Championships were held between 3 and 8 July 1882.[3] That year the organisers staged two events at the meeting, the West of Scotland open meeting and the Western Counties Championship closed meeting. The West of Scotland Championships were won by Englands Walter William Chamberlain, and the Western Counties Championship was won by Scotlands Edward Mortimer Shand.
The tournament ran under that name until 1969. In 1970 the tournament was renamed as the West of Scotland Open Tennis Championships. In 1972 the whisky company Hepburn & Ross who make the Red Hackle whisky brand took over sponsorship of the event and it was called the Red Hackle West of Scotland Championships till 1980.[4][5] In 1981 the Glasgow based distilling firm Robertson & Baxter Group took over sponsorship of the event,[6] and the tournaments was marketed as the Lang's West of Scotland Championships until 1983.
The championships are still being held today as part of the Scottish Lawn Tennis Association circuit now called Tennis Scotland under the brand name the West of Scotland Open Championships.
Event name
edit- West of Scotland Championships (1882-1969)
- West of Scotland Open Tennis Championships (1970-1972)
- Red Hackle West of Scotland Championships (1973-1978)
- Lang's West of Scotland Championships (1981=1983)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "LAWN TENNIS:Much interest was of course centered on the concluding tie for seventh West of Scotland Championship. the players in which Mr. J. B. Grey and Mr. W.T. Hendry greatly distinguished themselves". Glasgow Herald. Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland: The British Newspaper Archive. 28 May 1888. p. 10.
- ^ "Newlands LTC - Glasgow - Club History". clubspark.lta.org.uk. LTA/Tennis Scotland. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – West of Scotland Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "SEEDINGS ANNOUNCED: The seedings have been released for the Red Hackle West Scotland Championships that begin next week at Newlands, Glasgow". Aberdeen Press and Journal. Aberdeen, Scotland: The British Newspaper Archive. 20 May 1980.
- ^ LTA/Tennis Scotland
- ^ Tingay, Lance; Barrett, John (1982). "British Tournament Results 1981". Slazengers world of tennis 1982 : the official yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-356-08596-8.