The Hexham Tournament was a late 19th century tennis event first staged around August 1881 at Priors Flat Cricket Grounds, Hexham, Northumberland, England.
[2] The first winner of the men's singles was England's Jasper Gibson.
In 1888 the Tynedale Lawn Tennis Club,[4] and Tynedale Cricket Club were founded and staged events on the land leased by the Tyndale Athletic Association.
Its success led to acquiring the leasehold of Prior's Flat with a contract to lay turf on the tennis courts.
[5] Tynedale Lawn Tennis Club’ itself was founded in 1888 and moved to its present-day location on Prior's Flat in 1889.