The Lagos Lawn Tennis Club (established 1895) is the oldest club in Nigeria. The Club which occupies approximately 14,000 square meters, is located at 12, Tafawa Balewa Square, in Lagos Island. [1] [2][3][4]

The Lagos Lawn Tennis Club plays host to several tennis tournaments with the Governor's Cup Lagos Tennis Championship[5] (GCLT), an annual ITF Pro-Circuit competition with $100,000 prize money,[6] being the most reputable.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lagos Lawn Tennis Club". Nigerianinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Margaret Peil (1991). Lagos: The City is the People. Belhaven (University of Michigan). ISBN 978-1-852-9310-32.
  3. ↑ The News. Vol. 22. Independent Communications Network Limited. 2004.
  4. ↑ "Eighty Years of Charity". Newswatch. 2006. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  5. ↑ "540 World Stars to Storm Lagos for Governor's Cup Tennis - THISDAYLIVE". THISDAYLIVE. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Governor's Cup Tennis prize money now $100,000". Punch Newspapers. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  7. ↑ Nigeria, Guardian (29 January 2023). "Players storm Lagos for Central Bank tennis tournament". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. Retrieved 8 October 2023.


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