The Caribbean Circuit[1] also known as the Caribbean Sunshine Circuit[2] or Caribbean Tennis Tour[3] was a series tour of tennis tournaments and part of the larger ILTF Central American & Caribbean Circuit held in the Caribbean region usually over a period of two to three months between January and March each year. The circuit began in the mid-1920s reaching prominence during the 1950s and 1960s. It declined in importance in the early 1970s due to an increase in indoor tournaments being staged,.[4] and was eventually phased out.
History edit
The Caribbean Circuit[5] which was a major sub-circuit of the worldwide ILTF Circuit that began in the early 1920s reaching prominence during the 1950s and 1960s. Officials from the participating regional and national tennis associations, together with tournament organisers usually met in the summer of the preceding year to agree a schedule of events, and draw up a list of players they wished to invite to participate in the circuit. This was normally announced in December each year. The circuit declined in importance in the early 1970s as a direct result in a rise in prestige of new indoor tennis tournaments at the time.[6]
Circuit tournaments edit
Additional notes edit
Not all tournaments listed were staged simultaneously a schedule of usually eight to twelve tournaments participated each year over a period of two months,[3] during the peak decades of the 1950s and 1960s though this varied.
References edit
- ^ Brown, Gene (1979). The New York Times Encyclopedia of Sports: Tennis. New York: Arno Press. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-405-12626-0.
- ^ Djata, Sundiata (30 January 2006). Blacks at the Net: Black Achievement in the History of Tennis, Volume One. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-8156-0818-9.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Deford, Frank (10 May 1965). "NET GAINS ON THE COCONUT BEAT". Sports Illustrated Vault. New York City: Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ Collins, Bud (28 May 1990). My Life with the Pros. New York: Penguin Publishing Group. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-525-48578-0.
- ^ Kirkpatrick, Curry (25 August 1969). "THE RUMANIANS ARE COMING!". Spors Illustrated Vault. New York City: Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ Collins, Bud (1990)