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Tally-Ho! Open Tennis Championships

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Tally-Ho! Open Tennis Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameBio Strath Tally Ho! Hard Courts (1970-1971)
TourILTF (1913-69)
Bio-Strath Circuit (1970-71)
ILTF (1972-77)
Founded1923; 101 years ago (1923)
Abolished1982; 42 years ago (1982)
LocationEdgbaston, Birmingham, England
VenueTally Ho Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceClay- outdoors

The Tally-Ho! Open Tennis Championships also known as the Tally-Ho! Hard Courts,[1] was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament originally founded in 1923.[2] The tournament was held at the Tally Ho Lawn Tennis Club, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England until 1982.[3]

History

The Tally-Ho! Open Tennis Championships were established in 1923.[4] The tournament was staged at the Tally Ho Lawn Tennis Club,[5] continuously until 1939 just before the start of World War II. The tournament resumed in 1947. In 1970 the company Bio-Strath AG a food supplments producer took over sponsorship of the event and it was called the Bio Strath Tally Ho! Hard Courts until 1974. The championships continued until 1982 when it was abolished.[6]

Notbale winners of the men's singles title included; Jacques Brugnon, Ryuki Miki, Fred Perry,[7]Czeslaw Spychala, Kho Sin-Khie, Jaroslav Drobny, Tony Mottram, Kim Warwick and Jeremy Bates. Winners of the women's singles championship included; Gwen Sterry, Phoebe Holcroft Watson, Dorothy Round, Anita Lizana, Angela Mortimer, Anne Haydon and Corinne Molesworth.

References

  1. ^ "Leading players win easily at Tally Ho ! Hard Courts tournament". Birmingham Daily Gazette. Birmingham, England: British Newspaper Archives. 7 April 1947. p. 5.
  2. ^ "TALLY HO! TENNIS: CAPITAL ENTRY F0R FIFTH ANNUAL TOURNAMENT. There is a capital entry for the fifth annual hard court tennis tournament at Tally Ho! which opens on Good Friday". Birmingham Daily Gazette. British Newspaper Archives. 8 April 1927. p. 10.
  3. ^ Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Tally Ho!". www.tennisarchives.com. Netherlands: Tennis Archives. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ^ Birmingham Daily Gazette, (8 April 1927). p. 10.
  5. ^ "TALLY HO LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. Keen Contests In Semi-final Stages. H. K. LESTER DOING WELL. The semi-final stages in the open hard court tournament promoted by the Tally-Ho! Lawn Tennis Club were reached today". Birmingham Daily Gazette. Birmingham, England: British Newspaper Archives. 23 April 1924. p. 9.
  6. ^ Tennis Archives
  7. ^ Daily Mirror, 31 March 1932, p.23
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