Border Championships

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Border Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour ILTF Circuit
Founded1902;121 years ago (1902)
Abolished1981;42 years ago (1981)
Location East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
VenueSelborne Park Tennis Club
SurfaceClay/Hard

The Border Championships [1] was a men's and women's international tennis tournament established in 1902 as the Border State Championships and was played on outdoor clay then hard courts at the Selborne Park Tennis Club, East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa until 1981.

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History

The Border Championships were established in 1902 and was organised by the Border Tennis Union. [2] The championships were part of the Sugar Circuit (f. 1962) [3] of tennis tournaments from the 1960s to 1980s. [4] In 1980 the tournament was ended due to the withdraw of sponsorship by South African Sugar Association. [5] [6]

Venues

The championships were staged at the Selborne Park Tennis Club East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

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References

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  2. "Chapter Fourteen: Sports and Recreation" (PDF). www.sahistory.org.za/. Cape Town, South Africa: South African History Online. p. 9. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  3. Robertson (1974)
  4. Dewey, Glen (1980). THE LAST SUGAR TENNIS CIRCUIT END OF AN ERA By Glen Dewey (South African Sugar Association). The South African Sugar Journal. Vol 64. Mount Edgecombe, South Africa. p.10.
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