Jamaican International Championships

The Jamaican International Championships[1] was a men's international tennis tournament founded in 1924 and played on outdoor hard courts at the Liguanea Club, Kingston, Jamaica. The championships were held until 1939.

Jamaican International Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit
Founded1924 (1924)
Abolished1939 (1939)
LocationKingston, Jamaica
VenueLiguanea Club (1924-37, 1939), Unifruit Co. Club (1938)
SurfaceHard

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,[2] Kingston, Jamaica. 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. The championships were a stop on the Caribbean Tennis Circuit, that was a winter leg of the ILTF Circuit 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)[3]

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1924 Vinnie Richards Harold Throckmorton6-2, 9–7, 6-1
1925 Vinnie Richards (2) Takeichi Harada6-3, 6–2, 3–6, 6-4
1926 Takeichi Harada Alfred Chapin6-3, 3–6, 4–6, 9–7, 6-1
1934[4] George Lott Donald Leahong6-2, 6–1, 6-2
1937 Donald Leahong Ricardo Morales12-10, 6–2, 2–6, 3–6, 6-4
1938 Arthur Hendrix Donald Leahong6-4, 1–6, 9–7, 6-1
1939[5] Hal Surface Charles Hare8-6, 6-4
Event discontinued

References
  1. "Lawn Tennis: Ordered to Rest; Kingston-(Jamaica), Sunday. C. E. Hare, the British Davis Cup player, who complained that he did not feel well during the men ' s singles final in the international tournament here, when he was beaten by the American player Hal Surface". The Scotsman. Midlothian, Scotland: British Newspaper Archive. 13 February 1939. p. 6. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. "Our History". www.theliguaneaclub.com. Kingston, Jamaica: The Liguanea Club. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  3. "Tournament – TOURNAMENT Jamaican International Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  4. "TENNIS IN JAMAICA: English Success in Women's Doubles Final". Daily News (London). London, England.: British Newspaper Archive. 3 March 1934. p. 16. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  5. The Scotsman (1939) p.6.
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