Victorian Championships

Victorian Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	Pre-open era (1877–1967) Open era (1968–71)
Founded	1880
Abolished	1971
Editions	86
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground LTC (1879–1933, ) Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club (1934–71)
Surface	Hard/Asphalt/Outdoor Grass/Outdoor

The Victorian Championships its original name until 1968 it was then known as the Victorian Open Grass Court Championships was a tennis event held from 1879 through 1971 it was originally played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Lawn Tennis Club, until 1933 the venue changed to Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club Australia for the remainder of its run.

The Victorian Championships tournament began in 1879 it was originally held on hard asphalt courts from 1879 to 1891 before changing to a grass court tournament. The dates the tournament was held was normally in November. until its move to Kooyong when it was staged during the last week of November and first week of December in 1968 the event schedule changed again to January it survived for a period of 86 years until 1971.

Notes: Challenge Round: The Final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) in some tournaments not all. * Indicates challenger

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