The North of Scotland Championships and later known as the Gleaner Oils North of Scotland Championships for sponsorship reasons was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament first established by the Broughty Ferry Lawn Tennis Club, Broughty Ferry, Dundee in 1889 as Championship of the North Scotland.
In 1892 it was branded as the North of Scotland Championships and was at this time staged at the Magdalen Yard Lawn Tennis Club.
In 1919 the tournament was abandoned again,[6] then reinstated at Elgin in 1920 as the North of Scotland Championships until 1969 .
In 1970 the tournament was renamed as the North of Scotland Open Championships.
[7] The event returned to its original name as no sponsors were found until 1988, when the company Gleaner Oils took over sponsorship until 1989.