Dewar Cup circuit

Dewar Cup circuit
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name Dewar Cup circuit (1965–76)
Tour Amateur, (1965–67)
Open, (1968–69)
Grand Prix circuit, (1970–76)
WTA Tour, (1973–76)
Founded 1965
Abolished 1976
Location Aberavon, Wales
Billingham, England
Edinburgh, London, England
Perth, Scotland,
Stalybridge, England
Torquay, England
Surface Carpet / indoor

The Dewar Cup circuit [1] was a series tour of British indoor tennis tournaments sponsored by the Scottish whisky firm of Dewar's from 1965 to 1976.

History

The Dewar Cup circuit [2] were held continuously throughout the autumn, normally October through to November each of the individual events were stand alone tournaments in themselves they included both men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles competition awarding prize money, players were also awarded qualifying points for the climax of the tour, and were staged as the Dewar Cup Finals London, they were initially held at the Crystal Palace, London for the first two years,[3][4] and then, in 1970, moved to the Royal Albert Hall until 1976[5][6][7][8][9][10][11] by which time the circuit had declined to the one main event for 1975 and 1976.

Dewar Cup tournaments

References

  1. ↑ Martin, William. "New Court Surface for Dewar Cup". Google News Archives. The Glasgow Herald Newspaper. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Dewar Cup Circuit-Leg 2-Stalybridge" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. SEWTA tour archive. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Dewar Cup Final 1968
  4. ↑ Dewar Cup Final 1969
  5. ↑ Dewar Cup Final 1970
  6. ↑ Dewar Cup Final 1971
  7. ↑ Dewar Cup Final 1972
  8. ↑ Dewar Cup Final 1973
  9. ↑ Dewar Cup Final 1974
  10. ↑ Dewar Cup Final 1975
  11. ↑ Dewar Cup Final 1976

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