{{Infobox tennis tournament | name =Border Championships | type = defunct | founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1902}} | ended = {{end date and age|df=yes|1981}} | editions = | event name = | location = East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa | venue =Selborne Park Tennis Club | tour = ILTF Circuit | surface =Clay/Hard }} The '''Border Championships'''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Robertson |first1=Max |title=The encyclopedia of tennis. |date=1974 |publisher=Allen & Unwin |location=London |isbn=0047960426 |pages=319–320 |chapter=South Africa}}</ref> was a men's and women's international tennis tournament established in 1902 as the '''Border State Championships''' and was played on outdoor clay then hard courts at the Selborne Park Tennis Club, East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa until 1981.
==History== The Border Championships were established in 1902 and was organised by the Border Tennis Union.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chapter Fourteen: Sports and Recreation |url=https://www.sahistory.org.za/sites/default/files/archive-files/Br1972.0376.4354.000.000.1972.18.pdf |website=www.sahistory.org.za/ |publisher=South African History Online |access-date=8 March 2023 |location=Cape Town, South Africa |page=9}}</ref> The championships were part of the Sugar Circuit (f. 1962)<ref>Robertson (1974)</ref> of tennis tournaments from the 1960s to 1980s.<ref>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.</ref> In 1980 the tournament was ended due to the withdraw of sponsorship by South African Sugar Association.<ref>South African Sugar Journal (1980)</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=South African Sugar Industry |url=https://sasa.org.za/ |website=SASA |publisher=The South African Sugar Association|access-date=8 March 2023 |language=en-ZA}}</ref>
==Venues== The championships were staged at the Selborne Park Tennis Club East London, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
{{Sugar Tennis Circuit}}
Category:Defunct tennis tournaments in South Africa