The Doherty Cup,[1] also known as Cambridge University Tournament, is men's closed grass court tennis tournament founded in 1881 as the Cambridge University LTC Tournament,[2] and held in Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.
History
The Cambridge University LTC Tournament was originally founded in the 19th century, and first staged in May 1881,[2] at the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club (f.1881),[3] Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England.[2][4] This tournament was an open event for students of the University, but closed to other outside players. The first winner of the men's singles was Britain's Barclay Fowell Buxton.[2] the men's event was known as the Doherty Cup from 1920 onward.[5] The 1924 edition was won by Donald Ross Ruttnam who defeated the American player Jimmy Van Alen.[5] In 2021 Michal Kaminski of Poland defeated Krishna Amin of India.
^"Light Blues' Lawn Tennis.In the Doherty Cup final in the Cambridge University lawn tennis tournament yesterday D. R. Rutnam beat J. H. van Alen 6-3, 6-2, 0-6, 9-11, 6-4". Daily Mirror. London, England: The British Newspaper Archive. 30 May 1924. p. 14.
^"35TH Cambridge University Tournament. Seventy-seven competitors entered for the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club Tournament, which concluded yesterday". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. Leeds, Yorkshire, England: The British Newspaper Archive. 1 May 1920. p. 20.
