Cumberland Hard Court Championships

Cumberland Hard Court Championships
Cumberland Hard Court Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Cumberland Hard Court Championships (1927-70); Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships (1971); Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships (1972–80); British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament (1981-85)
Tour	ILTF (1913-70); Bio-Strath Circuit, (1970-71);
Founded	1927
Abolished	1985
Location	Hampstead, London, England
Venue	Cumberland Club
Surface	Clay

The Cumberland Hard Court Championships or Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships[1] and also known as the Cumberland Hard Court Tournament was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded as in 1927. It was played at the Cumberland Club, Hampstead, London, England until tournament ended in 1985.

History

The Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships were founded in 1927 and played at the Cumberland Club, Hampstead, England. In 1971 the tournament was incorporated into the Bio-Strath Circuit under the sponsorship name of the Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships or simply the Bio-Strath Cumberland,[2] where it was the second leg of circuit that year. In 1981 the British department store retail company British Home Stores took over sponsorship of the event, and it was branded as the British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament.[3] The tournament ran through till 1985 as part of the ILTF circuit then was discontinued.

References

"TENNIS CUMBERLAND HARD COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS (Hampstead). Men's Singles. Third Round: H. Walton (Warwicks) bt A. Billingham (Middx) 6-1. 6-2," (Subscription). Daily Mirror. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 10 April 1963. p. 30. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
Barrett, John; Tingay, Lance; West, Peter (1971). "The 1970 British Tournament Season". World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 260–271. ISBN 978-0-362-00091-7.
Tingay, Lance; Barrett, John (1982). "British Tournament Results 1981". Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : the official yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-356-08596-8.

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[1] "TENNIS CUMBERLAND HARD COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS (Hampstead). Men's Singles. Third Round: H. Walton (Warwicks) bt A. Billingham (Middx) 6-1. 6-2," (Subscription). Daily Mirror. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 10 April 1963. p. 30. Retrieved 17 February 2023.

[2] Barrett, John; Tingay, Lance; West, Peter (1971). "The 1970 British Tournament Season". World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. pp. 260–271. ISBN 978-0-362-00091-7.

[3] Tingay, Lance; Barrett, John (1982). "British Tournament Results 1981". Slazengers World of Tennis 1982 : the official yearbook of the International Tennis Federation. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-356-08596-8.