Cinque Ports Championships Explained

Cinque Ports Championships
Type:Defunct
Tour:ILTF Circuit
Location:Folkestone, Kent, England
Venue:Folkestone Lawn Tennis Club
Surface:Grass

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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Lawn Tennis: Cinque Ports Championships . 9 May 2023 . Daily Mirror . British Newspaper Archive . 29 August 1904 . London, England . 15. subscription.
  2. Book: Lords . House of . Reports from Select Committees of the House of Lords and Evidence . 1895 . Great Britain Parliament . London . 215 . en.
  3. Web site: Tournament – Cinque Ports Championships . www.tennisarchives.com . Tennis Archives . 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. Web site: Tennis In Folkestone - History In The Making . Folkelife . Folkestone Harbour and Seafront Development Company . 9 May 2023 . en.
  7. Folkestone Harbour and Seafront Development Company

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