The Fifeshire Championship was men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1884 as the Fifeshire Lawn Tennis Association Tournament. It was first played at Saint Andrews College, Saint Andrews, Scotland The tournament was staged annually until 1914 when it was discontinued due to World War One.

History

The Fifeshire Lawn Tennis Association Tournament was established in 1884 at St. Andrews, Scotland.Dundee Courier (1885) p.4. It was administered by the Fifeshire Lawn Tennis Association, at this point not officially incorporated until 1922. The tournament was staged annually until 1914 when it was discontinued due to World War One. The tournament was staged at various venues during its run including Cupar,

Kirkcaldy Kirkcaldy ( ; sco, Kirkcaldy; gd, Cair Chaladain) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 2011, ...

,Dundee Evening Telegraph (12 June 1914) p.3.

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External links

LTA: Duffas Lawn Tennis Club.

LTA: Kirkcaldy Lawn Tennis Club

St. Andrews Tennis Club.
Grass court tennis tournaments Defunct tennis tournaments in the United Kingdom Tennis tournaments in Scotland