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- Die Kent Championships waren ein Tennisturnier, das jährlich im Juni von 1886 bis 1996 in , Kent, stattfand. Es galt lange Zeit als Vorbereitungsturnier für Wimbledon, da es direkt in der Vorwoche auch auf Rasen gespielt wurde. Nur 1974 und 1980 wurde eine Doppelkonkurrenz ausgespielt. (de)
- The Kent Championships also known as the Kent All-Comers' Championships was a tennis tournament held in Foxgrove Road, Beckenham, Kent, England between 1886 and 1996 and was held in the first half of June. From 1887 until 1910 the tournament was organized as an All-Comers event, the winner of which would play the title holder from previous year in the Challenge Round. The tournament was played on outdoor grass courts at Beckenham Cricket Club a multi sport club that was established in 1866 in Foxgrove Road, Beckenham with the lawn tennis section of the club established in 1879. Herbert Chipp, later a Wimbledon umpire, came through a field of 13 entries to capture the inaugural men's singles title over Beckenham committee member Edward Avory. The Field informed its readers, "The final was a terribly tedious affair. Both players kept at the back of the court and played an excessively careful game." There were 14 pairs in the gentleman's doubles and seven pairs in the mixed doubles. The first event made a loss of £1. 10s. 9d. Two years later, from a field of 11 entries, May Jacks beat to win the first women's singles tournament. Slazenger's provided the tournament tennis balls every year from 1902, while the Challenge Round was abolished in 1911 and an Under 21 event, which became a national championship, started in 1921. When the former Soviet Union joined the International Tennis Federation in 1958, a small delegation was invited to Beckenham ahead of The Championships at Wimbledon. The Kent Championships were the first UK tournament to have a sponsor, Rothmans, in 1963, after a special dispensation from the Lawn Tennis Association, the governing body of British tennis. Almost five years later in March 1968 at a Special General Meeting in Paris, Beckenham was awarded the status of an Open event. The club welcomed amateur and professional players to compete in the world's first Open grass-court tournament in June 1968. It was the third Open field in 1968 after the British Hard Court Championships in Bournemouth and the French Open at Roland Garros. When a sponsor couldn't be found for the tournament after 1996, the event was consigned to tennis history. In total, 33 'double' winners (those who won the singles title at Beckenham and Wimbledon) had etched their names in Beckenham folklore. (en)
- Le tournoi de Beckenham (Angleterre) est un tournoi de tennis féminin du circuit professionnel WTA et masculin du circuit professionnel masculin ATP. La dernière édition du tournoi féminin date de 1983. Le tournoi masculin a eu lieu en 1968, 1970 et 1974 sur gazon. (fr)
- Il Kent Championships è stato un torneo di tennis. Ha fatto parte del Grand Prix nel 1974 e dell'ATP Challenger Series nel 1980. Si è giocato dal 1886 al 1991 a Beckenham in Gran Bretagna su campi in erba. (it)
- Het WTA-toernooi van Beckenham was een tennistoernooi voor vrouwen dat van 1888 tot en met 1996 plaatsvond in de Engelse plaats Beckenham, onderdeel van Groot-Londen. De officiële naam van het toernooi was Kent All-Comers' Championships. (nl)
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- Die Kent Championships waren ein Tennisturnier, das jährlich im Juni von 1886 bis 1996 in , Kent, stattfand. Es galt lange Zeit als Vorbereitungsturnier für Wimbledon, da es direkt in der Vorwoche auch auf Rasen gespielt wurde. Nur 1974 und 1980 wurde eine Doppelkonkurrenz ausgespielt. (de)
- Le tournoi de Beckenham (Angleterre) est un tournoi de tennis féminin du circuit professionnel WTA et masculin du circuit professionnel masculin ATP. La dernière édition du tournoi féminin date de 1983. Le tournoi masculin a eu lieu en 1968, 1970 et 1974 sur gazon. (fr)
- Il Kent Championships è stato un torneo di tennis. Ha fatto parte del Grand Prix nel 1974 e dell'ATP Challenger Series nel 1980. Si è giocato dal 1886 al 1991 a Beckenham in Gran Bretagna su campi in erba. (it)
- Het WTA-toernooi van Beckenham was een tennistoernooi voor vrouwen dat van 1888 tot en met 1996 plaatsvond in de Engelse plaats Beckenham, onderdeel van Groot-Londen. De officiële naam van het toernooi was Kent All-Comers' Championships. (nl)
- The Kent Championships also known as the Kent All-Comers' Championships was a tennis tournament held in Foxgrove Road, Beckenham, Kent, England between 1886 and 1996 and was held in the first half of June. From 1887 until 1910 the tournament was organized as an All-Comers event, the winner of which would play the title holder from previous year in the Challenge Round. The tournament was played on outdoor grass courts at Beckenham Cricket Club a multi sport club that was established in 1866 in Foxgrove Road, Beckenham with the lawn tennis section of the club established in 1879. (en)
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