Championship Tennis is a Canadian sports television series which aired on CBC Television in 1968.

Championship Tennis
Genresports
Presented byAlex Trebek
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes16
Production
ProducerRonald Corey
Production locationQuebec City
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release7 September (1968-09-07) –
28 December 1968 (1968-12-28)

Premise

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Episodes consisted of round-robin tennis tournaments among amateur players from six nations. Games were edited and condensed to fit a one-hour time slot.[1]

Colour commentary was provided by Robert Bédard with Bob McDevitt providing other play commentary. Alex Trebek was the series host.[2]

The first episode featured a match between Ramanathan Krishnan (India) and Mike Belkin (Canada).[3] Belkin faced Manuel Santana (Spain) on 19 October.[4] Thomaz Koch (Brazil) and Tom Okker (Netherlands) competed in the 7 December 1968 episode.[2]

Production

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The series was recorded in Quebec City at the Civil Employees Tennis Club (club de tennis des employs civils).[2]

Scheduling

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This hour-long series was broadcast Saturdays at 1 p.m. from 7 September to 28 December 1968.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Allan, Blaine. "Championship Tennis" (PDF). CBC Television Series, 1952-1982. Queen's University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "CBOT Highlights". Ottawa Journal. 7 December 1968. p. 52. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Weekend TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 7 September 1968. p. 46. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  4. ^ "CBOT Highlights". Ottawa Journal. 19 October 1968. p. 50. Retrieved 11 November 2020.