Natal Sugar Open Championships

The Natal Sugar Open Championships[1] was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1962 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa as the Natal Sugar Championships. Its sponsorship name was the Hulett Natal Sugar Open Championships[2] the tournament ended in 1981.

Natal Sugar Open Tennis Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Sugar Circuit
Founded1962
Abolished1981
LocationDurban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
SurfaceHard (outdoor)

History

The Natal Championships were founded in 1884 and first staged Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.[3] In 1962 the Natal Sugar Championships were founded as part of the Sugar Circuit (f. 1962)[4][5] of tennis tournaments from the 1960s to 1980s.[6] This tournament was played alongside the Natal Championships.

In 1980 the tournament was ended due to the withdraw of sponsorship by South African Sugar Association.[7][8] The event was staged at Umhlali during the final four years of the women's event. In later years the tournament had switched to hard courts. The event was usually run between the middle two weeks of July each year.

References
  1. "The South African Sugar Year Book". South Sugar Journal. Mount Edgecombe, South Africa: South African sugar journal. 53: 26. 1982.
  2. "TENNIS". Belfast Telegraph. Antrim, Northern Ireland: British Newspaper Archive. 17 January 1962. p. 13. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  3. "The History of KZN Tennis". KZN Tennis Association. p. 1. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  4. Robertson (1974)
  5. Belfast Telegraph (1962)
  6. Dewey, Glen (1980). THE LAST SUGAR TENNIS CIRCUIT END OF AN ERA By Glen Dewey (South African Sugar Association). The South African Sugar Journal. Vol 64. Mount Edgecombe, South Africa. p.10.
  7. South African Sugar Journal (1980)
  8. "South African Sugar Industry". SASA. The South African Sugar Association. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
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