The Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club is a
tennis complex in
Eastbourne, United Kingdom. The complex is the host of the annual
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and
WTA Tour tournament called the
Eastbourne International.
The stadium court has a capacity of 8,000 people. The Devonshire Park, originally intended as a cricket ground, opened its gates to the public on 1 July 1874 and in 1879, the first tennis courts was marked out
on its lawns. In 1877 the
All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club set about regularising the laws of lawn tennis and produced its
first tournament at Wimbledon running from July 9–16 of that year. In 1881 the club staged the inaugural
South of England Championships, the event was played annually for 136 years until 1972.
In June 2016 the
Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and the Eastbourne council announced a £44m project to upgrade the park including a show court and new practice courts.
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Other Uses
Football
In 1881, Devonshire Park Football Club, now known as Eastbourne Town first played here on 26 October 1881, having failed to secure a site near to Guildredge Park, the Devonshire Park company agreed the club to use the facilities alongside the cricket club and the tennis.
Gallery
File:Devonshire Park, Eastbourne (47979534176).jpg, Devonshire Park in May 2019
File:Devonshire Park Tennis Court - geograph.org.uk - 147300.jpg, Centre court in April 2006
File:2014 Aegon International 063 (14250345367).jpg, Crowd at Devonshire Park during the 2014 Aegon International
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File:Devonshire Park in September 2021.jpg, Devonshire Park in September 2021
See also
* List of tennis stadiums by capacity
External links
Official site
References
Roller Skates and Rackets: EBC 1999
Tennis venues in England
Sport in Eastbourne
Tennis clubs
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