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- ↑ "LAWN TENNIS. ST ANDREWS LAWN TENNIS CLUB. The third annual open tournament of this club began yesterday. The programme shows nine events, the chief of which are the ladies' and gentlemen's East of Scotland Championships". Dundee Courier. Angus, Scotland: The British Newspaper Archive. 22 August 1889.
- ↑ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – East of Scotland Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
- ↑ "RAIN AGAIN: Rain again interrupted proceedings in the TSB East of Scotland Tennis Championships at Craiglockhart last night". Dundee Courier. Dundee, Scotland: The British Newspaper Archive. 29 June 1989. pp. 17, 18.