Rhode Island State Championships
| Rhode Island State Championships | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Founded | 1888 |
| Abolished | 1969 |
| Location | Providence, Rhode Island, United States |
| Venue | Agawam Hunt Club |
| Surface | Grass |
The Rhode Island State Championships[1] or simply the Rhode Island Championships was an early men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in 1888 as the Rhode Island Lawn Tennis Tournament and Championship.[2] and mainly played at Agawam Hunt Club, Providence, Rhode Island, United States until 1969.[3]
History
In 1888 the first Rhode Island Lawn Tennis Tournament and Championship was established.Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, Maud Rosenbaum and Shirley Fry.
References
- ISBN 978-1-58963-332-2.
- ^ Hall, Valentine G[ill (1889). Lawn tennis in America. Biographical sketches of all the prominent players ... knotty points, and all the latest rules and directions governing handicaps, umpires, and rules for playing. New York: D. W. Granbery & co. pp. 48, 49.
- ^ "Tournament – Rhode Island State Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Hall
- ^ Tennis Archives