Norwich Open Tournament
The Norwich Open was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first founded in 1881 as the Norwich Open Lawn Tennis Tournament. The original tournament was played on grass courts laid out on the bowling green at Chapelfield Gardens in Norwich, Norfolk, England. That tournament ran annually until 1930 before it was ended. In 1972 a second Norwich Open was revived that was held at the Anglia Lawn Tennis Center, Norwich, and was played on Clay court, clay courts. That tournament continued to 1982 before it was abolished. History (Chapelfield Gardens, Norwich in 2020 the location of the first Norwich Open tournament) Norwich Open Lawn Tennis Tournament was a grass court tennis tournament that was open to both men's and women's players founded in 1881. At the inaugural tournament that was held from 9 to 13 September that year, the men's singles being won by a Mr. Francis William Monement. The women's singles event was won by a Miss M. Raikes. In 1883 the third edition of this ...
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