Championships of Pays-d'Enhaut

The Championships of Pays-d'Enhaut[1] or Championnats des Pays d'Enhaut also called the Up Country Championships was a men's and women's open international clay court tennis tournament first staged at the Tennis Club de Château-d'Oex, Château-d'Œx, Switzerland from 1896 until 1938.[2]

Championships of Pays-d'Enhaut
Championnats des Pays d'Enhaut
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit (1913-38)
Founded1896; 128 years ago (1896)
Abolished1938; 86 years ago (1938)
LocationChâteau-d'Œx, Switzerland
VenueTennis Club de Château-d'Oex(1896-1903)
Hôtels Berthod (1904-38)
SurfaceClay (outdoors)

History

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The Championships of the Pays-d'Enhaut was established in September 1896 and was first played at the Tennis Club de Château-d'Oex, Château-d'Œx, Switzerland and continued there until 1903. In 1904 following the building of the new grand Hôtels Berthod[3][4] and its clay tennis courts the event was moved there until it was discontinued in 1939 due to the outbreak of World War II.

References

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  1. ^ All about Switzerland. Zurich: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen. 1933. p. 14.
  2. ^ "Tournament – Championships of Pays-d'Enhaut". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  3. ^ Myers, Arthur Wallis (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. London: G. Newnes Limited. p. 266.
  4. ^ Bazzanella, Sylvie (19 March 2011). "Hôtels Berthod". www.notrehistoire.ch (in French). Foundation for the Safeguarding of the Audiovisual Heritage of Radio Télévision Suisse (FONSART). Retrieved 3 April 2023.

Sources

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  • All about Switzerland (1933). Zurich: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen.
  • Bazzanella, Sylvie (19 March 2011). "Hôtels Berthod". www.notrehistoire.ch (in French). Foundation for the Safeguarding of the Audiovisual Heritage of Radio Télévision Suisse (FONSART).
  • Myers, Arthur Wallis (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. London: G. Newnes Limited.