Championship Tennis
Championship Tennis | |
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Genre | sports |
Presented by | Alex Trebek |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 16 |
Production | |
Producer | Ronald Corey |
Production location | Quebec City |
Original release | |
Network | CBC Television |
Release | 7 September 28 December 1968 | –
Championship Tennis is a Canadian sports television series which aired on CBC Television in 1968.
Premise
[edit]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.[1]
Colour commentary was provided by Robert Bédard with Bob McDevitt providing other play commentary. Alex Trebek was the series host.[2]
The first episode featured a match between Ramanathan Krishnan (India) and Mike Belkin (Canada).[3] Belkin faced Manuel Santana (Spain) on 19 October.[4] Thomaz Koch (Brazil) and Tom Okker (Netherlands) competed in the 7 December 1968 episode.[2]
Production
[edit]The series was recorded in Quebec City at the Civil Employees Tennis Club (club de tennis des employs civils).[2]
Scheduling
[edit]This hour-long series was broadcast Saturdays at 1 p.m. from 7 September to 28 December 1968.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Allan, Blaine. "Championship Tennis" (PDF). CBC Television Series, 1952-1982. Queen's University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "CBOT Highlights". Ottawa Journal. 7 December 1968. p. 52. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Weekend TV Previews". The Gazette. Montreal. 7 September 1968. p. 46. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "CBOT Highlights". Ottawa Journal. 19 October 1968. p. 50. Retrieved 11 November 2020.