The Slazenger Torquay Open[1] was an indoor tennis tournament originally founded as the Palace Hotel Covered Courts in 1936 that was sponsored by the Dunlop Company for that year only.
In 1968 the Scottish whisky company John Dewar & Sons became sponsors of the event,[3] and it was rebranded as the Dewar Cup Torquay until 1972 when sponsorship ended causing the 1973 edition not being held.
The Palace Hotel Covered Courts tournament was founded in 1936, and was sponsored by the Dunlop Company for the first edition.
In 1960 the tournament was rebranded as the Palace Hotel Covered Courts Championships through till 1967.
It was played on indoor courts at the Palace Hotel, Torquay, Devon, England From 1968 to 1974 it was part of the fourth leg of Dewar Cup Circuit of indoor tournaments.