Los Angeles Metropolitan Championships

The Los Angeles Metropolitan Championships also known as the Los Angeles Municipal Tournament or Los Angeles Metropolitan Tournament was an international men's and women's hard court tennis tournament founded in 1913 as the Los Angeles City Championships. It was first played at the public Griffith Riverside Tennis Facility at Griffith Park, Los Angeles, United States. This international tournament was part of the ILTF World Circuit until 1973 when it was discontinued from that tour.
The event however still exists today as Los Angeles Metro Tennis Championships.

History

In 1913 the Los Angeles City Championships were first established. In 1933 the tournament was renamed as the Los Angeles Metropolitan Championships. The tournament was organized by the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and the Southern California Tennis Association and was played on outdoor public hard courts at the Griffith Riverside Tennis Facility, Griffith Park, Los Angeles, United States. The combined tournament was played until 1973 as part of the ILTF World Circuit from 1925. In 1970 the men's event became part of ILTF Independent Tour, the women's event joined the same tour in 1974 following the creation of the WTA Tour. The women's event was held for one season on the ILTF tour before it too was discontinued. Today the tournament is still operating as a local event with multiple age group divisions.