Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1881, seven years before the Lawn Tennis Association of Great Britain was founded. Although it is called a 'club', it is actually the lawn tennis association of the whole of the University of Cambridge , representing the university as a whole, the thirty-one colleges , and other institutions which are part of the university.
5-692: The Doherty Cup , also known as Cambridge University Tournament , is men's closed grass court tennis tournament founded in 1881 as the Cambridge University LTC Tournament , and held in Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club , Cambridge , Cambridgeshire, England. The Cambridge University LTC Tournament was originally founded in the 19th century, and first staged in May 1881, at the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club (f.1881), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. This tournament
10-764: Is directly affiliated to the Lawn Tennis Association of Great Britain and has a representative on the council and on the board of the association. The president and former chairman of the club, Sir Geoffrey Cass , was president of the Lawn Tennis Association and Chairman of the L.T.A. Council 1997–1999. He is currently president of the British Tennis Foundation . The university and colleges give considerable support to British tennis by making available their administrative and playing facilities. CULTC regularly arranges for County Week groups to be held on college grounds. The university's annual fixture list
15-520: Is one of the strongest in Britain. It usually includes matches against many different countries, as well as several of Britain's leading lawn tennis clubs; also half-a-dozen universities, and a dozen other clubs and teams. Most of the club's annual fixtures are home matches, which means that in a typical year nearly 30 tennis teams from all over Britain are entertained for a day in Cambridge at Fenner's . Until
20-474: The Second World War , after which lawn tennis became less of an amateur pursuit, Cambridge Blues won no less than 28 Wimbledon Championships in singles and doubles. Cambridge University versus Oxford University Varsity Match results: The original Cambridge University Tournament was founded as the Cambridge University LTC Tournament in 1881. The winners of gentleman's singles event from 1920
25-607: Was an open event for students of the University, but closed to other outside players. The first winner of the men's singles was Britain's Barclay Fowell Buxton . the men's event was known as the Doherty Cup from 1920 onward. The 1924 edition was won by Donald Ross Ruttnam who defeated the American player Jimmy Van Alen . In 2021 Michal Kaminski of Poland defeated Krishna Amin of India. Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club CULTC
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