The Cranleigh Open was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1923. It was played in
Cranleigh,
Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...
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England through till 1981 when it was discontinued.
History
Cranleigh Tennis Club was founded in 1923, and was formally incorporated in 1929. In 1923 the club inaugurated an open lawn tennis tournament played in
Cranleigh,
Surrey
Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. ...
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England.
[West Sussex Gazette] The tournament was continuously played annually with the exception of World War II when it was not staged from 1940 to 1945. After the second world war the tournament resumed through till 1981 when it was abolished.
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Grass court tennis tournaments
Defunct tennis tournaments in the United Kingdom