{{Short description|Tennis tournament in Wales}} {{Infobox tennis tournament | name =Cardiff Open | type = defunct | founded ={{start date and age|df=yes|1929}} | ended ={{end date and age|df=yes|1972}} | editions = | location =Cardiff, Great Britain | venue =Cardiff Lawn Tennis Club | event name = | tour =ILTF World Circuit<br/>(1929–69) men<br/>(1929–72) women<br/>ILTF Independent Circuit<br/>(1970–72) men | surface = Grass / outdoor | website = }} The '''Cardiff Open''' was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament was founded in 1929 as the ''Cardiff LTC Tournament''.<ref name="tb">{{cite web|title=Tournaments: Cardiff Championships - Cardiff Open|url=https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/ |website=The Tennis Base |publisher=Tennismem SL |location= Madrid, Spain |access-date=4 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> It played annually through till 1975 when it was discontinued.<ref name="tb"/> The tournament was played at the Cardiff Lawn Tennis Club, Cardiff, Great Britain. It played annually through till 1972 when it was discontinued.<ref name="tb"/>
==History== In 1929 the Cardiff Lawn Tennis Club Tournament was first held.<ref>{{cite news |title=LAWN TENNIS: CARDIFF. The finals of the Sixth Cardiff Lawn Tennis Club tournament were played on Saturday. |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19340716/107/0003 |access-date=4 December 2023 |work=Western Mail |publisher=British Newspaper Archive |date=16 July 1934 |location=Glamorgan, Wales |page=8}}</ref> During the 1930s the event became known as the Cardiff Lawn Tennis Tournament,<ref name="tb"/> or simply the Cardiff Tournament.<ref>{{cite news |title=CARDIFF TOURNAMENT |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/814973729/?terms=Cardiff%20tournament%20tennis&match=1 |access-date=4 December 2023 |work=Western Mail |publisher=newspapers.com |date=7 Jul 1934 |location=Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales |page=6 |language=en}}</ref> Following World War II the event was then known as the Cardiff Open Tennis Championships.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lawn Tennis: Cardiff Open Tennis Championships. |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000104/19581103/213/0008 |access-date=4 December 2023 |work=Western Mail |publisher=British Newspaper Archive |date=3 November 1958 |location=Glamorgan, Wales |page=8}}</ref>
This tournament was sometimes held in conjunction with the Glamorganshire Championships with winners of that tournament awarded joint titles.<ref name="tb"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Barrett |first1=John |last2=Tingay |first2=Lance |last3=West |first3=Peter |title=World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook |date=1971 |publisher=Queen Anne Press |location=London |isbn=978-0-362-00091-7 |pages=260–271 |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/worldoftennis1970000unse_t8h5/page/272/mode/2up |chapter=The 1970 British Tournament Season}}</ref> In 1971 the tournament was part of part of the Bio-Strath Circuit where it was branded as the Bio-Strath Cardiff Open.<ref>{{cite news |title=L.T.A. TOURNAMENTS: Bio-Strath Cumberland Tournament, Hampstead (C); Mercedes-Benz Lee-on- Solent (H); Bio-Strath Droitwich (H); Rothman's Surrey Surbiton (G or H); Bio-Strath St. Annes (G or H); Bio-Strath Cardiff (G or H)|work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |publisher=British Newspaper Archive |location=Warwickshire, England |page=18}}</ref> In 1972 Bio Strath did not renew its sponsorship of the circuit and the Cardiff event was dropped from the larger ILTF Independent Circuit. The tournament however did survive as a local event as late as the 1990s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Greg's gift to fan Matt |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/903424680/?terms=Cardiff%20Open%20tennis&match=1 |access-date=4 December 2023 |work=South Wales Echo |publisher=newspapers.com |date=16 Sep 1995 |location=Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales |page=16 |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
{{Bio-Strath Circuit}}
Category:Defunct tennis tournaments in the United Kingdom Category:Grass court tennis tournaments