The Cumberland Hard Court Championships or Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships and also known as the Cumberland Hard Court Tournament was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded as in 1927. It was played at the Cumberland Club,

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until tournament ended in 1986.

History

The Cumberland Club Hard Court Championships were founded in 1927 and played at the Cumberland Club,

. In 1971 the tournament was incorporated into the

Bio-Strath Circuit The Bio-Strath Circuit was a series tour of British tennis tournaments sponsored by the Swiss company Bio-Strath AG, a producer natural food supplements for sports people from 1970 to 1971. The circuit usually began in mid spring in April and ende ...

under the sponsorship name of the ''Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Court Championships'' or simply the ''Bio-Strath Cumberland'', where it was the second leg of circuit that year. In 1981 the British department store retail company

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took over sponsorship of the event, and it was branded as the British Homes Store Cumberland Club Tournament. The tournament ran through till 1986 as part of the ILTF Independent Tour then was discontinued.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

References

{{Bio-Strath Circuit Clay court tennis tournaments Defunct tennis tournaments in the United Kingdom