The British Pro Championships also known as the British Professional Championships and British Professional Lawn Tennis Championships is a defunct men's
professional tennis tournament that was played on grass courts from 1920 to 1967. The tournament featured both singles and doubles competitions.
History
The tournament was first staged in
Roehampton
Roehampton is an area in southwest London, in the Putney SW15 postal district, and takes up a far western strip running north to south of the London Borough of Wandsworth. It contains a number of large council house estates and is home to the U ...
on 2 August 1920, it was not hosted again for a further seven years until 1928 when it was staged in
London
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England on 5 November 1928. The championships were played outdoors on grass courts and alternated between various locations from 1929 until the event ended on 13 August 1967.
Venues
The tournament was staged in different locations for the duration of its run they included:
Men's singles
Previous champions included:
References
Sources
* McCauley, Joe; Trabert, Tony; Collins, Bud (2000). The History of Professional Tennis. The Short Run Book Company Limited. Exeter. England.
External links
https://app.thetennisbase.com/British Pro Championships Roll of Honour
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Defunct tennis tournaments in the United Kingdom
Grass court tennis tournaments
Tennis tournaments in England
Professional tennis tournaments before the Open Era