Droitwich Open
tennis tournament
The Droitwich Open also known as the Droitwich Spa Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1928 as the Droitwich Open Lawn Tennis Tournament or Droitwich Spa Open Open Lawn Tennis Tournament. The tournament was organised by the Droitwich Spa Lawn Tennis Club (now called the Droitwich Tennis Club), and played at the Brine Baths Park (now called Droitwich Lido Park), Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, England. The tournament ran until 1939 just before World War II then was discontinued.
History
In 1928 the Droitwich Open Lawn Tennis Tournament was founded. This tournament was played on grass court and staged annually through till 1939 when it was discontinued. In October 1967 Droitwich Tennis Club applied to the Lawn Tennis Association to restart a new open tennis hard court tournament that was to begin in 1968. In May 1968 the first Droitwich Open Hard Courts tournament was held. In 1971 that event became part of the Bio-Strath Circuit under the brand name the Bio-Starth Droitwich Open Hard Courts.
Venue
Droitwich Spa Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1920. It staged the first Droitwich Open in 1928.
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