The Lawn Tennis Association of Great Britain (LTA), the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and Tennis Europe have announced that the 2013 European Beach Tennis Championships will be staged in Brighton, on the south coast of England.
The sixth edition of the event will be played during the weekend of 9-11 August, and will be visiting the country for the first time.
The European Championships is a closed event at which teams from Tennis Europe’s 49 member nations compete for mens', womens' and mixed doubles titles. Italian teams have dominated the event since it was first held in 2007, and have accounted for all silverware so far, reflecting Italy's dominance of the ITF Beach Tennis rankings.
Over 120 players from 19 countries took part in the most recent edition of the tournament, which was held in San Marino in August 2012.
The official circular and entry forms will be send to national federations in due course.