Jamaican International Championships
{{Infobox tennis tournament
| name =Jamaican International Championships
| type = defunct
| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1924}}
| ended = {{end date and age|df=yes|1939}}
| editions =
| event name =
| venue =Liguanea Club (1924-37, 1939), Unifruit Co. Club (1938)
| tour =ILTF Circuit
| surface =Hard
}}
The Jamaican International Championships{{cite news |title=Lawn Tennis: Ordered to Rest; Kingston-(Jamaica), Sunday. C. E. Hare, the British Davis Cup player, who complained that he did not feel well during the men ' s singles final in the international tournament here, when he was beaten by the American player Hal Surface.|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/19390213/324/0006 |access-date=9 March 2023 |work=The Scotsman |publisher=British Newspaper Archive |date=13 February 1939 |location=Midlothian, Scotland|page=6|url-access=subscription}} was a men's international tennis tournament founded in 1924 and played on outdoor hard courts at the Liguanea Club, Kingston, Jamaica. The championships were held until 1939.
History
The Jamaican International Championships was a men's international tennis tournament founded in 1924 and played on outdoor hard courts at the Liguanea Club,{{cite web |title=Our History |url=https://theliguaneaclub.com/our-history/ |website=www.theliguaneaclub.com |publisher=The Liguanea Club |access-date=9 March 2023 |location=Kingston, Jamaica}} Kingston, Jamaica. In 1938, the tournament was moved to Unifruit Company Club for one edition only. The championships were held until 1939 when they were discontinued due to World War II. The championships were a stop on the Caribbean Tennis Circuit, that was a winter leg of the ILTF Circuit from the 1920s to the 1930s. This event was succeeded by the Kingston International Championships which did resume after World War Two.
Finals
=Men's Singles=
class="wikitable" | |||
style="width:40px"|Year
!style="width:200px"|Champion !style="width:200px"|Runner-up !style="width:170px"|Score | |||
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1924 | {{flagicon|USA}} Vinnie Richards | {{flagicon|USA}} Harold Throckmorton | 6-2, 9–7, 6-1 |
1925 | {{flagicon|USA}} Vinnie Richards (2) | {{flagicon|JPN}} Takeichi Harada | 6-3, 6–2, 3–6, 6-4 |
1926 | {{flagicon|JPN}} Takeichi Harada | {{flagicon|USA}} Alfred Chapin | 6-3, 3–6, 4–6, 9–7, 6-1 |
1934{{cite news |title=TENNIS IN JAMAICA: English Success in Women's Doubles Final |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003214/19340303/318/0016 |access-date=9 March 2023 |work=Daily News (London) |publisher=British Newspaper Archive |date=3 March 1934 |location=London, England. |page=16|url-access=subscription}} | {{flagicon|USA}} George Lott | {{flagicon|Jamaica|1906}} Donald Leahong | 6-2, 6–1, 6-2 |
1937 | {{flagicon|Jamaica|1906}} Donald Leahong | {{flagicon|CUB}} Ricardo Morales | 12-10, 6–2, 2–6, 3–6, 6-4 |
1938 | {{flagicon|USA}} Arthur Hendrix | {{flagicon|Jamaica|1906}} Donald Leahong | 6-4, 1–6, 9–7, 6-1 |
1939The Scotsman (1939) p.6. | {{flagicon|USA}} Hal Surface | {{flagicon|GBR}} Charles Hare | 8-6, 6-4 |
colspan=4 align=center |Event discontinued |