Bristol Cup

The Bristol Cup was a professional men's tennis tournament staged in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Cannes and Menton in France from 1920 to 1932.

History

Before 1930 some tournaments were sometimes labelled "Professional Championships of France": the Bristol Cup, the most important pro tournament in the world in the 1920s, was sometimes referred as the French [Pro Championship|French Pro] as well as the World Pro tournament held at Deauville in 1925. Therefore, two different tournaments were both considered as French Pro Championships in 1925 and from 1930 to 1932.
The tournament was staged at the Beaulieu Lawn Tennis Club that was founded in 1912 by Sir Blundell Maple, on land that belonged to him adjoining the Hotel Bristol which opened in 1899, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France from 1926 to 1927 and again from 1929 to 1932.
In 1928 the Bristol Cup tournament was jointly known as the World Professional Championships or World Pro Championships and was the 4th edition of that event since 1924.