In 1890 the former tournament's name was changed to the Surbiton Open that featured the first Surrey County Championships.
The tournament was first played in Richmond then later in Surbiton, Surrey, England on outdoor grass courts.
It ran for 73 editions from 1890 to 1981 and after a period of 18 years re-emerged as the Surbiton Trophy.
[5] In 1890 the Surbiton Open was held that also featured the first Surrey County Championships.
[6] It was an amateur tournament until the open era of tennis considered an important warm-up event to the Wimbledon Championships and the "first big opener of the grass court season" [7] it attracted many former British and foreign Grand Slam champions post open era the tournament was part of the men's Grand Prix Tour in 1974 and from 1979 to 1980.