Oldest club in South America to disappear

The “Club de Tenis Inglés de Viña del Mar” in Chile, founded in 1882 by English settlers and the oldest tennis club in South America, is no more.

According to EFE Saturday, club officials were waiting to be evicted. The Valparaiso Sporting Club terminated a lease agreement in place since … 1953.

They didn’t go down without a fight – see the sign – and took them to court. But to no avail, the club president said.

The club hosted the opener on the ATP’s South American clay-court swing from 2001-2009, and 2012-14. 

After years of financial struggles, it relocated to Quito, Ecuador.

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