The South Saxons Open Tournament was an late 19th century and early 20th century combined men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1880 as the St. Leonards on Sea Lawn Tennis Tournament. The first edition was played on grass courts Archery Gardens, St. Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, England. It was the precursor tournament to the later Hastings and St. Leonards Open Lawn Tennis Tournament.
The South Saxons Open Tournament was an early Victorian period men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1880 as the St. Leonards on Sea Lawn Tennis Tournament. The first edition was played on grass courts Archery Gardens, St. Leonards on Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, England.
In 1886 the South Saxons Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club was formed and opened their grounds. On 27 August 1886 the South Saxon Tennis Tournament was held at Glynde Park. The tournament continued under this name until around 1891. In 1892 it was then being called the South Saxons Open Tournament. The tournament was staged up to at least 1914 under this just before the start of World War I. The South Saxons Open Tournament operating under that name was not staged again.
In 1920 a new tournament emerged called the Hastings and St. Leonards Open Lawn Tennis Tournament it was staged for the first time at the Central Recreation Ground, a cricket venue that was utilized for other sporting events including Tennis, Football and Archery and also as a general recreation ground. That event ran until 1959.
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