The West of Scotland Championships[1] and later known as the Lang's West of Scotland Championships for sponsorship reasons was a combined men's and women's grass court tennis tournament first established in 1882.
The last decade of the championships were held at Newlands Lawn Tennis Club, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland until 1983.
In 1972 the whisky company Hepburn & Ross who make the Red Hackle whisky brand took over sponsorship of the event and it was called the Red Hackle West of Scotland Championships till 1980.
[4][5] In 1981 the Glasgow based distilling firm Robertson & Baxter Group took over sponsorship of the event,[6] and the tournaments was marketed as the Lang's West of Scotland Championships until 1983.
The championships are still being held today as part of the Scottish Lawn Tennis Association circuit now called Tennis Scotland under the brand name the West of Scotland Open Championships.