Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Jones was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1970. He established the Southern California Tennis Association (SCTA) Hall of Fame in 1968, and was known as "Mr. Tennis of the West Coast". From the 1930s through the early 1970s, the LATC was the center of development for world-class players in the United States.
Soon tennis clubs were established across the country amongst the upper classes, including in New Orleans and San Francisco. [2] The New Orleans Lawn Tennis Club was founded in December, 1876. [3] In 1887 the Philadelphia Cricket Club, hosted a National singles Championship. In 1888 a women's tennis tournament was soon set up.
The Southern California Tennis Association held its first tournament in 1887 the Southern California Championships in Santa Monica. [8] The first men's singles champion was William Henry Young, who won both tournaments contested in 1887, one at the Casa Blanca Club in Riverside, and the other at the Casino courts in Santa Monica. [9]
The California State Championships [1] also called the California Championships was a men's and women's international hard court tennis tournament was founded in 1901. [2] It was first played at Hotel Rafael, San Rafael, California, United States. It was also hosted at other locations throughout its run until 1983 when it was discontinued. [2]
The Championships, Wimbledon, were founded by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in 1877 to raise money for the club. [51] The first Championships were contested by 22 men and the winner received a Silver Gilt Cup proclaiming the winner to be "The All England Lawn Tennis Club Single Handed Champion of the World". [52]
The Southern California Championships and was a men's and women's hard court tennis tournament founded in 1887 as a joint men's & women's event. [ 1 ] The men's event ran until 1977, whilst the women's event continued till 1979.
The USTA was previously known as the United States National Lawn Tennis Association (USNLTA) and was established in 1881 by a small group of tennis club members in New York City and northeastern clubs, where most lawn tennis was played. [2] In 1920 the word 'National' was dropped from the organization's name, [3] making the abbreviation USLTA ...
The Los Angeles Open was a former tennis tournament held in Los Angeles, United States from 1927 until 2012. It included a women's draw until 1974 when Linda Lewis won the last ladies title. Subsequently, it became a men-only event and integrated into the ATP's professional tennis circuit.