Championships of Pays-d'Enhaut explained
Championships of Pays-d'Enhaut
Championnats des Pays d'Enhaut |
| Type: | defunct |
| Tour: | ILTF Circuit (1913-38) |
| Location: | Château-d'Œx, Switzerland |
| Venue: | Tennis Club de Château-d'Oex(1896-1903)
Hôtels Berthod (1904-38) |
| Surface: | Clay (outdoors) |
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]
History
The 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.
Sources
- 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.
Notes and References
- Book: All about Switzerland . 1933 . Schweizerische Bundesbahnen . Zurich . 14 . en.
- Web site: Tournament – Championships of Pays-d'Enhaut . www.tennisarchives.com . Tennis Archives . 3 April 2023.
- Book: Myers . Arthur Wallis . Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad . 1903 . G. Newnes Limited . London . 266 . en.
- Web site: Bazzanella . Sylvie . Hôtels Berthod . www.notrehistoire.ch . Foundation for the Safeguarding of the Audiovisual Heritage of Radio Télévision Suisse (FONSART) . 3 April 2023 . fr . 19 March 2011.
