Tropical Championships

The Tropical Championships[1] also called the Tropical Sectional Championships[2] was a men's open tennis tournament founded in 1887 as the St. Augustine Lawn Tennis Club Tournament.

In March 1887 the St. Augustine Lawn Tennis Tournament was inaugurated at the St. Augustine Lawn Tennis Club, St. Augustine, Florida, United States,[4] The first was held at the Villa Zorayda owned by a local business magnet Mr. Franklin W. Smith and was played on indoor wood courts.

[6][3] In 1889 the tournament was moved to the Alcazar Hotel and Casino in St. Augustine where the tournament was then played on outdoor hard asphalt courts and remained there for its duration.

The tournament was mainly won by American players except for 1892 when the English tennis player Charles Walder Grinstead won the event.

In 1894 the championships were discontinued the final singles champion was Oliver Campbell.