The Burton-on-Trent Open also called the Burton-on-Trent Open Tennis Tournament was a men's and women's

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tennis tournament founded in August 1883. It was first staged at the Ind Coope Ground at

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and ran till 1905 when it was abolished.

History

The Burton-on-Trent Open was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in August 1883. The tournament was held through to 1939 when it was abolished. The gentlemen's singles competed for the Ratcliff Challenge Cup. In 1884 there was two editions of this tournament one in the spring won by Frank Seymour Noon and the other in the summer won by Walter Chamberlain. Other former winners of the men's singles included:

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and

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. Previous women's singles title winners included:

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and

Alice Pickering Alice Mabel Pickering (1860–1939), née Simpson, was an English tennis player who twice reached the final of the Wimbledon Championship. Pickering played at the Wimbledon Championships from 1895 to 1901. In 1896, she won the all-comers-competi ...

Venue

The tournament was held on the Ind Coope Ground,

Burton-upon-Trent Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a market town in the borough of East Staffordshire in the county of Staffordshire, England, close to the border with Derbyshire. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 7 ...

throughout its duration, Ind Coope & Co's were a local brewery firm that also provided some of the tournaments prizes. The Ind Coope Ground was also used by

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References

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