South African Open (tennis)
The South African Open – formerly the South African Championships, the Altech NCR South African Open and the Panasonic South African Open – is a defunct Grand Prix Tennis Tour, World Championship Series and ATP Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1891 to 1995. Between 1970 and 1974 the event was part of the Grand Prix Championship Series of tournaments that were the precursors to the current ATP World Tour Masters 1000. It was mainly held in Johannesburg in South Africa, except in 1993, when it was held in Durban, and in 1994, when it was held in Sun City. The tournament was played on outdoor hard courts.
ATP Tour tennis returned to South Africa in 2009 under the banner of the SA Tennis Open. The history of this event, however, is not part of the history of the Open. The Tennis Open, which was part of the 250 series of events, was discontinued in 2011.
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