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Scottish Championships (tennis)

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Founded
  
1878

Editions
  
106

Abolished
  
1994

Tour
  
Pre-open era (1877–1967) Open era (1968–73)

Location
  
Bridge of Allan, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Moffat, Peebles, St Andrews, Wemyss, Scotland

Venue
  
Bridge of Allan LTC (1908–12, 1914) Edinburgh Craiglockhart LTC (1913,1919–29, 1900, 1946–57, 1959–60, 1963, 1965–1970) Edinburgh Dayvours LTC (1878–93, 1964) Glasgow (1958) Moffat Beachgrove Grounds (1894–99, 1900–07) Peebles LTC (1930–39) St Andrews LTC (1893) Weymass Castle (1894)

The Scottish Championships its original name until 1994 also known as the Scottish Lawn Tennis Championships, the Scottish Grass Court Championships was an outdoor tennis event held from 1878 through 1994 it was played at various locations throughout its duration including Bridge of Allan, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Moffat, Peebles, and St Andrews in Scotland. The dates the tournament was held fluctuated between June and August annually.

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History

The Scottish Lawn Tennis Championships tournament began in 1878 it was originally held at the Dayvours Club Edinburgh until 1892 it returned only one more time in 1964, in 1893 the event was played once only in St Andrews then it was then played at Moffat during the late 1890s and most of the 1900s in 1908 it changed location again and the championships were staged at Bridge of Allan until 1914. The championships returned to Edinburgh for a second time at what would become its semi-permanent home Craiglockhart from 1913, 1919 to 1929, the again 1946 through to 1960, 1963 then 1965 to 1975. During all of the 1930s the championships were staged at the Peebles Hotel Hydro courts. The championships was staged only once during its time in Glasgow in 1958. The tournament featured both men's and women's singles competition as well as same sex and mixed doubles the tournament survived for a period of 116 years until 1994.

Champions

Notes: Challenge Round: The Final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) in some tournaments not all. * Indicates challenger

References

Scottish Championships (tennis) Wikipedia