The Bahamas International Championships or Bahamas Championships was a men's tennis tournament founded in 1922. It was played on outdoor clay courts at the New Colonial Hotel Courts, Nassau, Bahamas until 1936.
History In 1922 a Bahamas International Championships was founded and financed by the American banker William Henry Crocker,Kingston Gleaner (1934) and was played on outdoor clay courts at the New Colonial Hotel Courts, Nassau, Bahamas.Kingston Gleaner (1934) The first Bahamas International tournament was part of the Caribbean Circuit and staged though till 1936 when it was discontinued.
In 1972 a second Bahamas International Open tournament was established in Nassau, but this time it was played on outdoor hard courts. In 1975 the tournament was moved to Freeport for one edition only before returning to Nassau from 1976 until 1980 when the tournament was discontinued.
Past finals Incomplete roll YearChampionsRunners-upScore1922 G. Carlton Shafer William Rosenbaum6-3, 5–7, 6–1, 6-41923 Beals Wright G. Carlton Shafer7-5, 6–1, 6-41929 E.A. Boyce Charles Warren6-1, 6–3, 6-11930 Washington Evening Star. Washington, DC: Newspaper Archives. 16 February 1930. p. 69. Alexander Henderson Cedric Woodward7-5, 6–8, 6–2, 6-11931 E.A. Boyce Charles Warren6-1, 6–2, 6-11936 J. Gilbert Hall Ricardo Morales7-5, 5–7, 6–1, 6-1
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