The Surrey Hard Court Championships were first staged in 1914 at the Roehampton Club.
From 1951 through until 1979 when the championships ended the event was held either at Guildford, Roehampton or Sutton.
Between 1970 and 1976 the event was known as the Rothmans Surrey Hard Court Championships for sponsorship reasons.
[4][5] Former notable of winners of the men's singles event include; Gerald Patterson (1919), Pat Spence, (1925), Yoshiro Ota[6] (1929), Daniel Prenn (1935), Norcross Tilney[7] (1936), Eric Sturgess, (1948), Kurt Nielsen (1954), Bob Howe (1956, 1962), Robert Bédard (1957), Dick Crealy (1969) and Kim Warwick (1972).
[8] The women's singles seemed to attract more notable players, former winners included; Dorothy Holman (1914), Elizabeth Ryan (1919–1921), Kay Stammers (1932–1934, 1936), Christine Truman (1957), Margaret Smith Court (1970), Evonne Goolagong (1971–1972),[9][10] and Dianne Fromholtz (1976).