History
The first South African Championships were played in 1891 and took place in Port Elizabeth. The tournament was held at and organized by the Port Elizabeth Lawn Tennis Club. This inaugural edition consisted of a men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles event. In 1905 the women's doubles competition was added. The first men's singles winner was Lionel Richardson from Bloemfontein. After the formation of the South African Lawn Tennis Union in 1903 the location of the tournament circulated between Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth, East London, Bloemfontein, Kimberly and Pretoria. In 1931 Ellis Park in Johannesburg became the permanent venue for the championships.
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