The Angmering-on-Sea Open was a men's and women's international tennis tournament founded in 1920 at

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that ran until 1938.

History

The Angmering-on-Sea Open was an international tennis tournament founded in 1920 at

. The event was held at the first Angmering-on-Sea Lawn Tennis Club. The tournament was mainly played on grass courts except for the 1921 to 1923 editions which were played on

clay courts A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis is played. Clay courts are built on a foundation of crushed stone, brick, shale, and other aggregate, with a thin layer of fine clay particles on top. Clay courts are ...

. The tournament ended in 1938 due to the outbreak of

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the following year.

Finals

Men's Singles

(incomplete roll) included:

Women's Singles

(incomplete roll)

References

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