Cinque Ports Championships

The Cinque Ports Championships[1] was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1902. The event was staged annually at Folkestone Lawn Tennis Club, Folkestone, Kent, England until 1954.

Cinque Ports Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit
Founded1902 (1902)
Abolished1954 (1954)
LocationFolkestone, Kent, England
VenueFolkestone Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass

History

In 1895 the orgiginal Folkestone Lawn Tennis Club was formed.[2] In 1902 the club established the Cinque Ports Championships.[3] The Cinque Ports is an historical grouping of towns located in Kent and Sussex.[4] The tournament was played annually through till 1954 when it was discontinued.[5]

Venue

The original club had 14 grass tennis courts and situated on land between Bouverie Road and Shorncliffe Road.[6] In 1914 and 1920 it also hosted Davis Cup matches.[7]

References
  1. "Lawn Tennis: Cinque Ports Championships". Daily Mirror. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 29 August 1904. p. 15. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  2. Lords, House of (1895). Reports from Select Committees of the House of Lords and Evidence. London: Great Britain Parliament. p. 215.
  3. "Tournament – Cinque Ports Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  4. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cinque Ports" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 377–378.
  5. Tennis Archives
  6. "Tennis In Folkestone - History In The Making". Folkelife. Folkestone Harbour and Seafront Development Company. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  7. Folkestone Harbour and Seafront Development Company
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