- Source: Championship Tennis
Championship Tennis is a Canadian sports television series which aired on CBC Television in 1968.
Premise
Episodes consisted of round-robin tennis tournaments among amateur players from six nations. Games were edited and condensed to fit a one-hour time slot.
Colour commentary was provided by Robert Bédard with Bob McDevitt providing other play commentary. Alex Trebek was the series host.
The first episode featured a match between Ramanathan Krishnan (India) and Mike Belkin (Canada). Belkin faced Manuel Santana (Spain) on 19 October. Thomaz Koch (Brazil) and Tom Okker (Netherlands) competed in the 7 December 1968 episode.
Production
The series was recorded in Quebec City at the Civil Employees Tennis Club (club de tennis des employs civils).
Scheduling
This hour-long series was broadcast Saturdays at 1 p.m. from 7 September to 28 December 1968.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Soft Tenis
- Kveta Hrusakova
- Monte-Carlo Masters
- Kim Young-mi (tenis meja)
- Lamar Hunt
- Jozka Veselska
- Nikita Madjaroglou
- Hans Hartinger
- Helly Reitzer
- Edit Sági
- US Open (tennis)
- Wimbledon Championships
- French Open
- World Tennis Championship
- History of tennis
- World Championship Tennis
- Championship Tennis
- Open Era tennis records – Men's singles
- NCAA Men's Tennis Championship
- NCAA Women's Tennis Championship
