Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1881, seven years before the Lawn Tennis Association of

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was founded. Although it is called a 'club', it is actually the lawn tennis association of the whole of the

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, representing the University as a whole, the thirty-one

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, and other institutions which are part of the University. CULTC is directly affiliated to the Lawn Tennis Association of

and has a representative on the Council and on the Board of the Association. The President and former Chairman of the Club, Sir Geoffrey Cass, was president of the Lawn Tennis Association and Chairman of the L.T.A. Council 1997–1999. He is currently president of the British Tennis Foundation. The University and Colleges give considerable support to British tennis by making available their administrative and playing facilities. CULTC regularly arranges for County Week groups to be held on College grounds. The University's annual fixture list is one of the strongest in Britain. It usually includes matches against many different countries, as well as several of Britain's leading lawn tennis clubs; also half-a-dozen universities, and a dozen other clubs and teams. Most of the Club's annual fixtures are home matches, which means that in a typical year nearly 30 tennis teams from all over Britain are entertained for a day in Cambridge at

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Famous past and current members

Until the

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, after which lawn tennis became less of an amateur pursuit, Cambridge Blues won no less than 28

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in singles and doubles.

Blues

Honorary

* Sir Geoffrey Cass, Clare Hall — * Stephen Bourne,

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— Honorary Vice-President * Professor Sir Roy Calne, Trinity Hall — Honorary Vice-President

Varsity match

Overall statistics

Results

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''versus''

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results:

The Doherty Cup

The original Cambridge University Tournament was founded as the

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in 1881. The winners of gentleman's singles event from 1920 was also known as The Doherty Cup.

References

External links

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