Lagos Lawn Tennis Club

The Lagos Lawn Tennis Club (established 1895) is the oldest club in Nigeria. The club, which occupies approximately 14,000 square meters, is located at 12 Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos Island.[1][2][3][4]

The Lagos Lawn Tennis Club plays host to several tennis tournaments, most notably the Lagos Cup (formerly the Governor's Cup Lagos Tennis Championship).[5] This annual ITF Pro-Circuit competition features a $100,000 prize pool,[6] and remains its most prestigious event.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lagos Lawn Tennis Club". Nigerianinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Margaret Peil (1991). Lagos: The City is the People. Belhaven (University of Michigan). ISBN 978-1-852-9310-32.
  3. ↑ The News. Vol. 22. Independent Communications Network Limited. 2004.
  4. ↑ "Eighty Years of Charity". Newswatch. 2006. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "540 World Stars to Storm Lagos for Governor's Cup Tennis - THISDAYLIVE". This Day. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Governor's Cup Tennis prize money now $100,000". The Punch. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Players storm Lagos for Central Bank tennis tournament". The Guardian. Lagos, Nigeria. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2023.


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