Kent County Championships

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Kent County Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour LTA Circuit (1887-1912)
ILTF World Circuit (1913-67)
Founded1887;138 years ago (1887)
Abolished1930;95 years ago (1930)
Location Blackheath, Kent, England
VenueBlackheath LTC
Surface Grass

The Kent County Championships [1] was a combined men's and women's LTA/ILTF affiliated grass court tennis tournament founded in 1887. [2] It was first organised by the Kent Lawn Tennis Club (f.1885), and was played at the Rectory Fields, Blackheath, Kent, England. Kent Lawn Tennis Club later changed its name to the Black Heath Lawn Tennis Club. [3] The tournament ran annually with breaks until 1930 when it was discontinued.

References

  1. ↑ "KENT COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIPS". Sporting Life via British Newspaper Archive . 3 May 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "LAWN TENNIS: BLACKHEATH. Kent County Championship". The Sportsman via British Newspaper Archive . 14 June 1887. p. 3. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Lawn Tennis. Kent County Championship Meeting. This tournament was concluded on the courts of the Blackheath L.T.C." Bromley and West Kent Telegraph via British Newspaper Archive. 13 July 1901. p. 7. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
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