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Tennis in Scotland

January 20, 2023

Tennis in Scotland was introduced from France in the Middle Ages. During the 20th century it was a minor sport, but has obtained some prominence due to the successes of Andy Murray and other Scots. While tennis courts are not uncommon, the country's oceanic climate has made it historically quite hard for Scottish players to develop. The only tennis inductee into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame is Winnie Shaw. However, since 2008, Tennis Scotland's membership has increased from 32,715 to 47,657 - a rise of more than 45 per cent.[1]

Unlike badminton, squash and table tennis, Scotland competes as part of Great Britain in tennis, however its contribution to the pool of British players traditionally has been very poor in the modern era with almost all notable players being English. However, this has taken an about turn in recent years with emergence of Andy Murray, and doubles players Colin Fleming and Jamie Murray. Andy Murray is by some distance the best player currently representing Britain as the UK number 1 and is also the world number 1. On 7 July 2013 he became the first British player to win the men's singles at Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936, 77 years before. Brother Jamie and won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title along with Serbian Jelena Janković in 2007, the first time any British player had won a major title at Wimbledon in 20 years. Colin Fleming along with his English partner Ross Hutchins is currently ranked 9th in the ATP Doubles Team Rankings. There are no official ATP/WTA tournaments in Scotland however, with all major events in the UK being held in England.

Governing body

The governing body is Tennis Scotland founded as the Scottish Lawn Tennis Association in 1895,[2] which is based in Airthrey Castle, Stirling.[3] It has frequently seen itself as a subset of British tennis, rather than a national body in its own right.

History

Medieval history

Tennis in its earlier forms was introduced into Scotland from France in the Middle Ages. It was traditionally known as "caitch" or "cache" in Scotland, and is an ancestor of the better known form of tennis. James IV of Scotland played tennis with the Spanish ambassador Pedro de Ayala at Stirling Castle on 10 April 1498.[4] The Falkland Palace Royal Tennis Club is claimed to be the oldest tennis court in the world.[5]

19th century

 
Scottish-born tennis player Harold Mahony

In the nineteenth century, tennis was a fairly exclusive sport, with high level participation being mainly by the upper classes.

Scotland produced two Wimbledon men's champions in this period, Herbert Lawford and Harold Mahony. However, to complicate matters, Lawford was born in England but died in Scotland, and Mahony was Scottish born, but died in County Kerry, where his family were from.

Herbert Lawford (15 May 1851 – 20 April 1925) was once co-World No. 1 tennis player and won the Men's Singles championship at Wimbledon in 1887, and was runner-up five times.

Harold Mahony is best known for winning the Wimbledon Championships in 1896. He was born at 21 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh to Richard John Mahony, an Irish barrister and prominent landowner. The family had a home in Scotland but spent most of their time at Dromore Castle, in County Kerry, Ireland. Harold trained on a specially built tennis court at Dromore.[6] Mahony was also a successful Olympian. At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris (France) he won a silver medal in the men's singles event and a bronze medal in the doubles tournament (for Great Britain and Ireland). Mahoney won the Kent Championships in 1899, defeating Wilberforce Eaves in the final, and in 1904, defeating Brame Hillyard in the final.

The Scottish sporting all-rounder Leslie Balfour-Melville also played tennis, but this is not as significant as his golf, cricket and rugby credentials.

Patrick Bowes-Lyon, a relative of the Queen Mother was Scottish tennis champion in 1885, 1886 and 1888, he won the doubles at Wimbledon alongside Herbert Wilberforce.

20th century

 
Scottish tennis player Ian Collins (sixth from left) in 1929

In the 20th century, particularly the latter half, tennis became less socially stratified. However, even in the 1970s, the quality of Scottish tennis was seen as low, even featuring in a Monty Python sketch as being "well known as the worst tennis-playing nation on Earth".[7] In this sketch, extraterrestrials turn people into Scotsmen in order to win Wimbledon:

"So these blancmanges, blancmange-shaped creatures come from the planet Skyron in the Galaxy of Andromeda. They order 48,000,000 kilts from a Scottish menswear shop ... turn the population of England into Scotsmen (well known as the worst tennis-playing nation on Earth) thus leaving England empty during Wimbledon fortnight! Empty during Wimbledon fortnight ... what's more the papers are full of reports of blancmanges appearing on tennis courts up and down the country - practising. This can only mean one thing! They mean to win Wimbledon!"[7]

Ian Collins (1903 – 1975) In 1927 he made his Wimbledon debut, the first of 12 Wimbledon Championships that he entered. He missed the Championship in 1933 after injuring himself riding, but appeared in the event every other time until 1939. His Davis Cup partnership with Colin Gregory proved successful as they were undefeated in their six matches together, in 1929 and 1930.[8] They also combined in major tournaments and made the finals of both the Australian Championship and Wimbledon in 1929. Collins and Gregory lost to Jack Crawford and Harry Hopman in the Australian final 6–1, 6–8, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3, but beat them in the 1930 Davis Cup. They narrowly lost the Wimbledon final in another five setter, to Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn, 6–4, 5–7, 6–3, 10–12, 6–4. Collins was also a mixed doubles finalist in the 1929 Wimbledon Championship and again in 1931. As a singles player, Collins had his best showing in 1930 when he reached the fourth round, before being eliminated by Bunny Austin. The following year he had the best win of his career when he defeated number one seed Henri Cochet in the second round of the 1931 Wimbledon Championship, 6–2, 8–6, 0–6, 6–3.[9]

Winnie Shaw (1947–1992) was the French Open finalist in both Mixed Doubles and Women's Doubles; Australian Open semi-finalist in Singles; Wimbledon semi-finalist in Women's Doubles, and quarter-finalist in Singles.

George Kelly took up tennis after his retirement from association football. Kelly started playing Tennis with Johnny King and the pair almost made the 1970 Wimbledon Championships.[10] Robin Welsh (1869 –1934) is another example of a Scottish tennis player better known for another sport, in this case curling.

With partner John Paish, John Clifton was a doubles runner-up at Newport, Wales in 1971.[11][12] Clifton also made the second round of the singles at the 1971 Wimbledon Championships and the third round of the men's doubles at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships (with Stanley Matthews).[11]

21st century

 
First Minister Alex Salmond (right) presents Andy Murray (left) with his commemorative stamp in 2012

By the 21st century, Scottish tennis was greatly advanced, thanks partly to the efforts of Judy Murray in training up her sons Andy and Jamie Murray to international standard. However, it is notable that neither of the Murray brothers came up through the Scottish tennis system, nor indeed the British tennis system, and trained abroad in Spain and the USA.

Ukrainian-born Elena Baltacha, moved to Scotland as a small child, and is a four-time winner of the Aegon Award, she was also a long-term British number 1, a position she held intermittently from 2002 to 2012.[13] However, due to her absence from competition, due to knee surgery,[14] as of 17 June 2013 she holds a current world ranking of number 185 and domestic ranking of British number 4. Her career high ranking of world number 49 was achieved on 13 September 2010.[15]

In September 2016 the 2016 Davis Cup World Group semifinal was held at the Commonwealth Arena in Glasgow, the Great Britain Davis Cup team losing 2–3 to Argentina.

Era of success (2010's)

Singles success

As of 2022, Andy has won three Grand Slam singles titles (Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016 and US Open in 2012) and is the only player to win two Olympic Gold medals (2012 and 2016).

After he beat Novak Djokovic to win his first ATP World Tour Finals title in 2012, Andy displaced Djokovic to become number one in the ATP world rankings.[16]

Doubles success

His brother Jamie has won seven Grand Slam titles (two mens doubles and five mixed doubles). His honours list includes the 2016 Australian and 2016 US Open doubles titles and the 2007 and 2017 Wimbledon and 2017, 2018 and 2019 US Open mixed doubles titles.

Davis Cup success

Great Britain won the Davis Cup in 2015, the nations first success in 79 years since the 1936 tournament. During the competition, Andy won 11 of his 12 rubbers, which included three doubles wins with Jamie).[17]

Wheelchair tennis

Gordon Reid has been hugely successful as a wheelchair tennis player. In 2016, Reid win the Australian Open, Wimbledon, and Paralympic Games singles titles. In addition, he has won 19 Grand Slams in mens wheelchair doubles and three other Paralympic medals.[18][19]

Clubs

There are currently 71 tennis clubs in Scotland.[20]

List of tennis clubs in Scotland by region:[21]

  • Aberdeenshire (6)
  • Angus (3)
  • Argyll (2)
  • Ayrshire (6)
  • Dumfriesshire (2)
  • Dunbartonshire (3)
  • East Lothian (1)*
  • Fife (7)
  • Inverness-shire (1)
  • Lanarkshire (7)
  • Midlothian (15)
  • Moray (2)
  • Peeblesshire (1)
  • Perthshire (5)
  • Renfrewshire (4)
  • Ross-shire (1)
  • Stirlingshire (3)
  • West Lothian (2)

Current Tournaments

The Tennis Scotland (TS Open Tour 2022) leaderboard was introduced in 2018, allowing players to accumulate ranking points and climb the tables whilst competing at events on the circuit throughout the year.[22] In addition to the frontrunners being crowned leaderboard champions, individuals occupying the top 12 spots on the men’s and women’s rankings also earn the chance to compete at the TS Open Tour Masters event in December.[23]

  • Ayrshire Open
  • British Tour Glasgow
  • British Your Giffnock Open
  • East Lothian Open
  • Moir Construction Tayside Open
  • North East Championships Indoors
  • Scottish Clay Court Championships
  • Scottish Indoor Championships
  • Scottish National Championships
  • St Andrew's University Open
  • Stirling University Open
  • South of Scotland Championships
  • Tennis Championships of the Highlands
  • The North East of Scotland Championships
  • VMH Solicitors East of Scotland
  • Waverley ROGY Open
  • West Highland Championships
  • West of Scotland Open Championships
  • Whitecraigs Easter Tournament

Former tennis tournaments

Notes: This is a list of former tennis tournaments held in Scotland Source:Tennis Archives[24]

References

  1. ^ "Scottish tennis is to get a £5.8million boost to capitalise on Andy Murray's Wimbledon success". 9 July 2013.
  2. ^ Lake, Robert J. (3 October 2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Oxford: Routledge. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-134-44557-8.
  3. ^ "Contact Information". .lta.org.uk. LTA/Tennis Scotland. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  4. ^ Thomas Dickson, Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland, vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1877), p. 386.
  5. ^ "THE ROYAL TENNIS COURT AT FALKLAND PALACE". Scotland.org. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  6. ^ David Randall (31 January 2010). "Scotland's only winner of a Grand Slam. So far". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-27. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
  7. ^ a b "Monty Python's Flying Circus: Just the Words - Episode 7".
  8. ^ "Ian Collins (GBR)". Davis Cup Official Website.
  9. ^ . Tennis Archive. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16.
  10. ^ Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  11. ^ a b ATP World Tour Profile
  12. ^ ITF Pro Circuit Profile
  13. ^ Jago, Richard (2 October 2002). "Mystery bug half Baltacha's march". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
  14. ^ "Numbers rise at Elena Baltacha Tennis Academy". EADT. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  15. ^ "Elena Baltacha breaks into women's top 50 rankings". BBC Sport. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
  16. ^ "Andy Murray: The Man Who Ended The Big Three's No. 1 Reign". ATP Tour. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  17. ^ "Davis Cup final 2015 - Heroic Murray lands Great Britain glory". Wimbledon.com. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Gordon Reid". 9 Group. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Gordon Reid". Paralympics GB. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  20. ^ "Tennis Scotland:Clubs in your area". lta.org.uk. LTA. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  21. ^ "Tennis Clubs in Scotland". tennishub.co.uk. The Tennis Hub. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  22. ^ "Tennis Scotland Open Tour 2022". Lawn Tennis Association. LTA. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  23. ^ LTA
  24. ^ "Scotland: Tournaments". tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  25. ^ a b "The Game in Scotland: Comments on Scottish Championships and August Tournaments". news.google.com. The Glasgow Herald, 25 July 1934. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  26. ^ "SCOTLAND CH. Roll of Honour". thetennisbase.com. The Tennis Base. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  27. ^ "The Scottish Central Championships Marred by Rain". news.google.com. The Glasgow Herald, 26 July 1926. Retrieved 17 August 2016.

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Tennis in Scotland was introduced from France in the Middle Ages During the 20th century it was a minor sport but has obtained some prominence due to the successes of Andy Murray and other Scots While tennis courts are not uncommon the country s oceanic climate has made it historically quite hard for Scottish players to develop The only tennis inductee into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame is Winnie Shaw However since 2008 Tennis Scotland s membership has increased from 32 715 to 47 657 a rise of more than 45 per cent 1 Unlike badminton squash and table tennis Scotland competes as part of Great Britain in tennis however its contribution to the pool of British players traditionally has been very poor in the modern era with almost all notable players being English However this has taken an about turn in recent years with emergence of Andy Murray and doubles players Colin Fleming and Jamie Murray Andy Murray is by some distance the best player currently representing Britain as the UK number 1 and is also the world number 1 On 7 July 2013 he became the first British player to win the men s singles at Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936 77 years before Brother Jamie and won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title along with Serbian Jelena Jankovic in 2007 the first time any British player had won a major title at Wimbledon in 20 years Colin Fleming along with his English partner Ross Hutchins is currently ranked 9th in the ATP Doubles Team Rankings There are no official ATP WTA tournaments in Scotland however with all major events in the UK being held in England Contents 1 Governing body 2 History 2 1 Medieval history 2 2 19th century 2 3 20th century 2 4 21st century 2 5 Era of success 2010 s 2 5 1 Singles success 2 5 2 Doubles success 2 5 3 Davis Cup success 2 5 4 Wheelchair tennis 3 Clubs 4 Current Tournaments 5 Former tennis tournaments 6 References 7 External linksGoverning body EditThe governing body is Tennis Scotland founded as the Scottish Lawn Tennis Association in 1895 2 which is based in Airthrey Castle Stirling 3 It has frequently seen itself as a subset of British tennis rather than a national body in its own right History EditMedieval history Edit The Falkland Palace Royal Tennis Club in 2005 Tennis in its earlier forms was introduced into Scotland from France in the Middle Ages It was traditionally known as caitch or cache in Scotland and is an ancestor of the better known form of tennis James IV of Scotland played tennis with the Spanish ambassador Pedro de Ayala at Stirling Castle on 10 April 1498 4 The Falkland Palace Royal Tennis Club is claimed to be the oldest tennis court in the world 5 19th century Edit Scottish born tennis player Harold Mahony In the nineteenth century tennis was a fairly exclusive sport with high level participation being mainly by the upper classes Scotland produced two Wimbledon men s champions in this period Herbert Lawford and Harold Mahony However to complicate matters Lawford was born in England but died in Scotland and Mahony was Scottish born but died in County Kerry where his family were from Herbert Lawford 15 May 1851 20 April 1925 was once co World No 1 tennis player and won the Men s Singles championship at Wimbledon in 1887 and was runner up five times Harold Mahony is best known for winning the Wimbledon Championships in 1896 He was born at 21 Charlotte Square Edinburgh to Richard John Mahony an Irish barrister and prominent landowner The family had a home in Scotland but spent most of their time at Dromore Castle in County Kerry Ireland Harold trained on a specially built tennis court at Dromore 6 Mahony was also a successful Olympian At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris France he won a silver medal in the men s singles event and a bronze medal in the doubles tournament for Great Britain and Ireland Mahoney won the Kent Championships in 1899 defeating Wilberforce Eaves in the final and in 1904 defeating Brame Hillyard in the final The Scottish sporting all rounder Leslie Balfour Melville also played tennis but this is not as significant as his golf cricket and rugby credentials Patrick Bowes Lyon a relative of the Queen Mother was Scottish tennis champion in 1885 1886 and 1888 he won the doubles at Wimbledon alongside Herbert Wilberforce 20th century Edit Scottish tennis player Ian Collins sixth from left in 1929 In the 20th century particularly the latter half tennis became less socially stratified However even in the 1970s the quality of Scottish tennis was seen as low even featuring in a Monty Python sketch as being well known as the worst tennis playing nation on Earth 7 In this sketch extraterrestrials turn people into Scotsmen in order to win Wimbledon So these blancmanges blancmange shaped creatures come from the planet Skyron in the Galaxy of Andromeda They order 48 000 000 kilts from a Scottish menswear shop turn the population of England into Scotsmen well known as the worst tennis playing nation on Earth thus leaving England empty during Wimbledon fortnight Empty during Wimbledon fortnight what s more the papers are full of reports of blancmanges appearing on tennis courts up and down the country practising This can only mean one thing They mean to win Wimbledon 7 Ian Collins 1903 1975 In 1927 he made his Wimbledon debut the first of 12 Wimbledon Championships that he entered He missed the Championship in 1933 after injuring himself riding but appeared in the event every other time until 1939 His Davis Cup partnership with Colin Gregory proved successful as they were undefeated in their six matches together in 1929 and 1930 8 They also combined in major tournaments and made the finals of both the Australian Championship and Wimbledon in 1929 Collins and Gregory lost to Jack Crawford and Harry Hopman in the Australian final 6 1 6 8 4 6 6 1 6 3 but beat them in the 1930 Davis Cup They narrowly lost the Wimbledon final in another five setter to Wilmer Allison and John Van Ryn 6 4 5 7 6 3 10 12 6 4 Collins was also a mixed doubles finalist in the 1929 Wimbledon Championship and again in 1931 As a singles player Collins had his best showing in 1930 when he reached the fourth round before being eliminated by Bunny Austin The following year he had the best win of his career when he defeated number one seed Henri Cochet in the second round of the 1931 Wimbledon Championship 6 2 8 6 0 6 6 3 9 Winnie Shaw 1947 1992 was the French Open finalist in both Mixed Doubles and Women s Doubles Australian Open semi finalist in Singles Wimbledon semi finalist in Women s Doubles and quarter finalist in Singles George Kelly took up tennis after his retirement from association football Kelly started playing Tennis with Johnny King and the pair almost made the 1970 Wimbledon Championships 10 Robin Welsh 1869 1934 is another example of a Scottish tennis player better known for another sport in this case curling With partner John Paish John Clifton was a doubles runner up at Newport Wales in 1971 11 12 Clifton also made the second round of the singles at the 1971 Wimbledon Championships and the third round of the men s doubles at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships with Stanley Matthews 11 21st century Edit First Minister Alex Salmond right presents Andy Murray left with his commemorative stamp in 2012 By the 21st century Scottish tennis was greatly advanced thanks partly to the efforts of Judy Murray in training up her sons Andy and Jamie Murray to international standard However it is notable that neither of the Murray brothers came up through the Scottish tennis system nor indeed the British tennis system and trained abroad in Spain and the USA Ukrainian born Elena Baltacha moved to Scotland as a small child and is a four time winner of the Aegon Award she was also a long term British number 1 a position she held intermittently from 2002 to 2012 13 However due to her absence from competition due to knee surgery 14 as of 17 June 2013 she holds a current world ranking of number 185 and domestic ranking of British number 4 Her career high ranking of world number 49 was achieved on 13 September 2010 15 In September 2016 the 2016 Davis Cup World Group semifinal was held at the Commonwealth Arena in Glasgow the Great Britain Davis Cup team losing 2 3 to Argentina Era of success 2010 s Edit Singles success Edit As of 2022 Andy has won three Grand Slam singles titles Wimbledon in 2013 and 2016 and US Open in 2012 and is the only player to win two Olympic Gold medals 2012 and 2016 After he beat Novak Djokovic to win his first ATP World Tour Finals title in 2012 Andy displaced Djokovic to become number one in the ATP world rankings 16 Doubles success Edit His brother Jamie has won seven Grand Slam titles two mens doubles and five mixed doubles His honours list includes the 2016 Australian and 2016 US Open doubles titles and the 2007 and 2017 Wimbledon and 2017 2018 and 2019 US Open mixed doubles titles Davis Cup success Edit Great Britain won the Davis Cup in 2015 the nations first success in 79 years since the 1936 tournament During the competition Andy won 11 of his 12 rubbers which included three doubles wins with Jamie 17 Wheelchair tennis Edit Gordon Reid has been hugely successful as a wheelchair tennis player In 2016 Reid win the Australian Open Wimbledon and Paralympic Games singles titles In addition he has won 19 Grand Slams in mens wheelchair doubles and three other Paralympic medals 18 19 Clubs EditThere are currently 71 tennis clubs in Scotland 20 List of tennis clubs in Scotland by region 21 Aberdeenshire 6 Angus 3 Argyll 2 Ayrshire 6 Dumfriesshire 2 Dunbartonshire 3 East Lothian 1 Fife 7 Inverness shire 1 Lanarkshire 7 Midlothian 15 Moray 2 Peeblesshire 1 Perthshire 5 Renfrewshire 4 Ross shire 1 Stirlingshire 3 West Lothian 2 Current Tournaments EditThe Tennis Scotland TS Open Tour 2022 leaderboard was introduced in 2018 allowing players to accumulate ranking points and climb the tables whilst competing at events on the circuit throughout the year 22 In addition to the frontrunners being crowned leaderboard champions individuals occupying the top 12 spots on the men s and women s rankings also earn the chance to compete at the TS Open Tour Masters event in December 23 Ayrshire Open British Tour Glasgow British Your Giffnock Open East Lothian Open Moir Construction Tayside Open North East Championships Indoors Scottish Clay Court Championships Scottish Indoor Championships Scottish National Championships St Andrew s University Open Stirling University Open South of Scotland Championships Tennis Championships of the Highlands The North East of Scotland Championships VMH Solicitors East of Scotland Waverley ROGY Open West Highland Championships West of Scotland Open Championships Whitecraigs Easter TournamentFormer tennis tournaments EditNotes This is a list of former tennis tournaments held in Scotland Source Tennis Archives 24 Aberdeen Cup Exhibition 2005 2006 Ayrshire 1947 1966 Banff 1951 1958 Border Championships 1898 1964 Broughty 1886 1888 Bothesay 1886 1887 Carnoustie 1947 1960 Castle Wemyss Cup 1888 1899 Central District Open 1949 1954 Clyde Coast 1964 Craighelen 1963 1970 Dewar Cup Edinburgh 1968 1972 Dewar Cup Perth 1968 1969 Dirleton Castle LTC Tournament Dirleton 1880 1885 East Lothian 1928 1964 25 East of Scotland Championships St Andrews Edinburgh 1887 1989 Edinburgh Cup 1971 1974 Edinburgh Hydropathic Tournament 1905 Edinburgh International Exhibition Tournament 1886 Edinburgh University LTC Tournament 1886 1896 Four Courts Championship 1947 1951 Galashiels 1886 1887 Glasgow Exhibition 1954 Grantown on Spey 1947 1964 Inverkip Rovers 1887 Inverness 1951 Liberton 1904 1906 Melrose 1887 Montrose 1947 1956 Newton Stewart 1957 North Angus 1957 1964 North Berwick 1905 North of Forth 1947 1951 North of Scotland Championships 1889 1989 North East of Scotland Championships 1953 1957 Pitlochry 1905 Renfrewshire Championships Paisley 1947 1954 Scottish Championships 1877 1994 26 Scottish Central Championships 1910 1954 27 Scottish Central District Open 1955 1965 Scottish Covered Courts Championships 1962 1970 Scottish Covered Courts Tennis Championships 1971 84 Scottish Grass Courts 1947 1960 Scottish Hard Court Championships 1923 1994 25 Scottish Highland Championships 1896 1981 Scottish Lowlands Championships 1933 1949 Scottish Midlands Championships 1947 1963 Scottish Northern Championships Elgin 1892 1962 South of Scotland Championships Moffat 1882 1967 Stanraer 1893 Stonehaven 1948 1964 West of Scotland Championships 1882 1982 Whitehouse Tennis Tournament Edinburgh 1884 1899 WTA Doubles Championships Edinburgh 1995 1997 References Edit Scottish tennis is to get a 5 8million boost to capitalise on Andy Murray s Wimbledon success 9 July 2013 Lake Robert J 3 October 2014 A Social History of Tennis in Britain Oxford Routledge p 62 ISBN 978 1 134 44557 8 Contact Information lta org uk LTA Tennis Scotland Retrieved 18 January 2023 Thomas Dickson Accounts of the Treasurer of Scotland vol 1 Edinburgh 1877 p 386 THE ROYAL TENNIS COURT AT FALKLAND PALACE Scotland org Retrieved 30 October 2021 David Randall 31 January 2010 Scotland s only winner of a Grand Slam So far The Independent Archived from the original on 2022 05 27 Retrieved 2 April 2012 a b Monty Python s Flying Circus Just the Words Episode 7 Ian Collins GBR Davis Cup Official Website Ian Glen Collins Tennis Archive Archived from the original on 2011 07 16 Matthews Tony 1994 The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City Lion Press ISBN 0 9524151 0 0 a b ATP World Tour Profile ITF Pro Circuit Profile Jago Richard 2 October 2002 Mystery bug half Baltacha s march guardian co uk Retrieved 6 June 2011 Numbers rise at Elena Baltacha Tennis Academy EADT 1 September 2012 Retrieved 19 September 2012 Elena Baltacha breaks into women s top 50 rankings BBC Sport 14 September 2010 Retrieved 16 September 2010 Andy Murray The Man Who Ended The Big Three s No 1 Reign ATP Tour 16 October 2020 Retrieved 12 July 2022 Davis Cup final 2015 Heroic Murray lands Great Britain glory Wimbledon com 29 November 2015 Retrieved 12 July 2022 Gordon Reid 9 Group Retrieved 12 July 2022 Gordon Reid Paralympics GB Retrieved 12 July 2022 Tennis Scotland Clubs in your area lta org uk LTA Retrieved 31 July 2016 Tennis Clubs in Scotland tennishub co uk The Tennis Hub Retrieved 31 July 2016 Tennis Scotland Open Tour 2022 Lawn Tennis Association LTA Retrieved 18 January 2023 LTA Scotland Tournaments tennisarchives com Tennis Archives Retrieved 31 July 2016 a b The Game in Scotland Comments on Scottish Championships and August Tournaments news google com The Glasgow Herald 25 July 1934 Retrieved 17 August 2016 SCOTLAND CH Roll of Honour thetennisbase com The Tennis Base Retrieved 31 July 2016 The Scottish Central Championships Marred by Rain news google com The Glasgow Herald 26 July 1926 Retrieved 17 August 2016 External links Edithttp www3 lta org uk in your area scotland http www tennisarchives com https thetennisbase com tournaments http 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