The Blue Gray Championships was a men's and women's open international tennis tournament was founded in 1949.
[2] In 1984 it was revived as team only competition called the Blue Gray National Tennis Classic that is still active.
[1] The tournament was conceived by Jack Bushman the President of the Southern Lawn Tennis Association.
[1] The inaugural winners of the singles events were Jack Tuero (men) and Elinor Shaw (women).
In 1983 the format for the tournament was a changed to become team only competition to be played as a lead up event to the NCAA Championships.