The Stourbridge Open also known as the Trophee Pernod Stourbridge for sponsorship reasons, was a men's and women's grass court tennis tournament founded in September 1887 as the Stourbridge Lawn Tennis Tournament , and first staged at the Stourbridge Cricket Club (f.1888) grounds, Stourbridge in what was then Worcestershire, but is now part of the West Midlands , England . This tournament has not had a continual history, being established then discontinued on four occasions. The last tournament took place in 1981.
8-700: The first Stourbridge Lawn Tennis Tournament organised by the Stourbridge Cricket Club was held in September 1887 and ran until 1907. In 1919 a second Stourbridge Open lawn tennis tournament was established by the North Worcestershire Lawn Tennis Club (f.1919), and continued until 1959. In 1969 the North Worcestershire Lawn Tennis Club and the Stourbridge Old Edwardian Lawn Tennis Club (f.1926) merged to create
16-741: A new club called the Stourbridge Lawn Tennis and Squash Club. The new club then staged a third Stourbridge tournament called the Stourbridge Open. In 1971 the tournament was incorporated into the Bio-Strath Circuit under the sponsorship name of the Bio-Strath Stourbridge Open or simply the Bio-Strath Stourbridge , where it was the ninth leg of the circuit that year. The tournament continued until 1974 as part of
24-590: The ILTF circuit. In 1979 a fourth Stourbridge tournament was revived as an ITF Satellite tournament called the Pernod Trophy Stourbridge, and played at the current Stourbridge Tennis Club until 1991. There has been four versions of the Stourbridge Open staged by three different clubs. The first tournament was organised by the Stourbridge Cricket and Lawn Tennis Club. The venue for the second version of
32-668: The circuit was extended to include two new North West England tournaments at Lytham St Annes , and The Bio-Strath Northern at Manchester, one new tournament in South Yorkshire the Bio-Strath Sheffield Tournament at Sheffield , another new event Another new tournament was added for London the Bio-Strath Cumberland Hard Courts, In South Wales the Bio-Strath Cardiff tournament was added to
40-607: The circuit, and another new event for North East England , the Bio-Strath Sunderland and Durham tournament The same year the Edgbaston tournament in the West Midlands was withdrawn, and replaced by the Bio-Strath Stourbridge tournament. In October 1971 Bio-Strath AG decided not to renew its sponsorship agreement with tournaments, due to disagreements of prize money and the circuit was discontinued. The Bio-Strath Circuit
48-604: The event was the North Worcestershire Lawn Tennis Club (f.1919). The venue for third version was the current Stourbridge Lawn Tennis and Squash Club (f.1969). Bio-Strath Circuit The Bio-Strath Circuit was a series tour of British tennis tournaments sponsored by the Swiss company Bio-Strath AG, a producer natural food supplements for sports people from 1970 to 1971. The circuit usually began in mid spring in April and ended in late summer in early August. The Bio-Strath tennis circuit
56-456: Was a series tour of British tennis tournaments that was sponsored by the Swiss company Bio-Strath AG. the circuit was inaugurated in May 1970 with six Midland tournaments, and one South East tournament. Each tournament being a particular leg on the circuit beginning with the 1st leg, that usually started around early April, and ending with the 10th and final leg around the first week of August. In 1971
64-646: Was part of the 1970 British Tournament Season. It began on 4 May in Birmingham , West Midlands , England with the first leg being the Bio-Strath Tally Ho event, and ended on 8 August with the tenth and final being the Bio-Strath West Warwickshire Open at Solihull . The Bio-Strath Circuit was part of the 1971 British Tournament Season. The first leg of the circuit began on 9 April with the Bio-Strath Tally Ho event, and ended on 7 August with
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