French Riviera circuit

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The '''French Riviera circuit''' was a series of international amateur tennis tournaments held on the [[French Riviera]] in the beginning of the year from late December through the end of April. These tournaments began with the Beau Site tournament in [[Cannes]] in 1890 and were continued by the [[South of France Championships]] in [[Nice]] from 1895, the [[Monte Carlo]] tournament from 1897, the [[Menton]] tournament from 1902, and many others. They arose from leading British tennis players [[Ernest Renshaw|Ernest]] and [[William Renshaw]] regularly travelling to the Riviera beginning in 1880 to have the opportunity to play tennis in the winter at a time of year when it was too cold to play outdoors in Britain. Many other British players followed suit, including [[Reginald Doherty|Reginald]] and [[Laurence Doherty]]. In time, international tournaments began to be held weekly on the Riviera. Although they were held in France, the bulk of the players participating were British and the language of these tournaments was English.

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