Tropical Championships

The Tropical Championships[1] also called the Tropical Sectional Championships[2] was a mens open tennis tournament founded in 1887 as the St. Augustine Lawn Tennis Tournament. It was staged annually at the St. Augustine Lawn Tennis Club, St. Augustine, Florida, United States until 1894.

Tropical Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourUSNLTA Circuit (1887–1894)
Founded1887 (1887)
Abolished1894 (1894)
LocationSt. Augustine, Florida, United States
VenueSt. Augustine Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceAsphalt
Wood (i)

History

In March 1887 the St. Augustine Lawn Tennis Tournament was inaugurated at the St. Augustine Lawn Tennis Club, St. Augustine, Florida, United States,[3] and the first men's champion was Thomas Sterling Beckwith.[4] In 1888 its name was changed to the Tropical Championships.[5]

The championships were part of the USNLTA Circuit from 1887 until 1894. The tournament was played on outdoor hard asphalt courts except for the 1888 edition when it was played on indoor wood courts, The tournament was mainly won by American players except for 1892 when the English tennis player Charles Walder Grinstead won the event. In 1894 the championships were discontinued the final singles champion was Oliver Campbell.[6]

References
  1. "Tennis, St. Augustine The Outing Magazine 1890". fcit.usf.edu. University of South Florida. 2005. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
  2. Whittersley, Joseph T. (1895). "Sectional Championships: Southern Championships". Wright & Ditson Officially Adopted Lawn Tennis Guide. Boston: Wright & Ditson Publishing. p. 64.
  3. Robertson, Max (1974). "The United States Story by Alison Danzig". The encyclopedia of tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 48. ISBN 0047960426.
  4. Whittersley, Joseph T. (1895).
  5. University of South Florida
  6. University of South Florida
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