Jamaican International Championships
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The Jamaican International Championships was a men's international tennis tournament founded in 1924 and played on outdoor hard courts at the Liguanea Club,
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Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
. The championships were held until 1939.


History

The Jamaican International Championships was a men's international tennis tournament founded in 1924 and played on outdoor hard courts at the Liguanea Club,
Kingston Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the six most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...
,
Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
. In 1938, the tournament was moved to Unifruit Company Club for one edition only. The championships were held until 1939 when they were discontinued due to
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
. The championships were a stop on the Caribbean Tennis Circuit, that was a winter leg of the
ILTF Circuit The International Tennis Federation (ITF) is the Sports governing body, governing body of world tennis, wheelchair tennis, and beach tennis. It was founded in 1913 as the International Lawn Tennis Federation by twelve List of national tennis ass ...
from the 1920s to the 1930s. This event was succeeded by the Kingston International Championships which did resume after World War Two.


Finals


Men's Singles

(incomplete roll)


References

{{Caribbean Circuit Hard court tennis tournaments Defunct tennis tournaments in Jamaica