Alassio International

The Alassio International^[1] or Internazionale di Alassio was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1925 at Alassio, Liguria, Northern Italy. The tournament was staged at the Hanbury Tennis Club (f.1923) until 1940, and was part of the Italian Riviera circuit of tennis tournaments.

Alassio International Internazionale di Alassio
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1925; 99 years ago (1925)
Abolished	1940; 84 years ago (1940)
Location	Alassio, Liguria, Northern Italy
Venue	Hanbury Tennis Club
Surface	Clay

History

In 1923 Daniel Hanbury founded the "Hanbury Tennis Club" with a historic Club House, opened by the great tennis player Henry Lacoste. The Alassio International tennis tournament^[2] was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1925 at Savona, Liguria, Northern Italy. The tournament was staged until 1940.^[3]

This tournament held two versions of the event the most important being the spring edition usually held in April, and a second but brief Alassio International Summer Tournament held a few times in the early 1930s. The tournament was staged until 1940 when it ended due to World War II.

Former winners of the men's singles included; Placido Gaslini (1925), Jacques Brugnon (1929), Pat Hughes (1930), Béla von Kehrling (1932), Giovanni Palmieri (1933–1936), Vojtěch Vodička (1937) and Francesco Romanoni (1940). The women's single was previously won by Dorothy Holman (1925), Lucia Valerio (1928, 1930), Dorothy Andrus (1932), Cilly Aussem (1934) and Gracyn Wheeler (1939).

Venue

The Alassio International was held at the Hanbury Tennis Club (f.1923) by Daniel Hanbury. It encompasses twelve thousand square meters of greenery surrounding the 7 tennis courts, the elegant colonial-style club house.^[4]

Finals

Men's singles

(* denotes spring edition ** denotes summer edition)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1925	Placido Gaslini	Roberto Bocciardo	6–3, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1926	W. Cumming	Daniel Hanbury	6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1927	J. Davidson	Mr. Jonides	6–3, 7–5, 6–1
1928 *	Mr. du Peloux	Mario Sertorio	6–3, 7–9, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
1928 **	Placido Gaslini (2)	Roberto Bocciardo	6–1 , 6–3, 7–9, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
1929	Jacques Brugnon	Pat Hughes	6–3, 6–4, 6–1
1930	Pat Hughes	Hira-Lal Soni	6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1931	Roberto Bocciardo	George William Grounsell	7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–1
1932	Bela Von Kehrling	George Lyttleton Rogers	6–2, 6–1, 6–2
1933 *	Jimmy Jones	Ferruccio Quintavalle	6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1933 **	Giovanni Palmieri	Giuseppe Bacigalupo	6–1, 6–4, 8–6
1934 *	Giovanni Palmieri (2)	Emanuele Sertorio	6–4, 6–0, 6–2
1934 **	Placido Gaslini (3)	Roberto Bocciardo	6–3, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1935	Giovanni Palmieri (3)	Augusto Rado	4–6, 6–0, 6–1, 6–0
1936	Giovanni Palmieri (4)	Kay Lund	6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1937	Vojtěch Vodička	E. Ambros	6–3, 6–3, 11–9
1938	Emil Gabori	Boris Maneff	6–8, 6–4, 6–1, 6–8, 6–1
1939	Gianni Cucelli	Franjo Punčec	8–6, 7–5, 6–4
1940	Francesco Romanoni	Josip Palada	6–0, 6–2, 6–4

Women's singles

(* denotes spring edition ** denotes summer edition)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1925	Dorothy Holman	Coela Pryce-Harrison	6–3, 6–4
1927	Ida Quintavalle	Carla Isotta	9–7, 6–3
1928	Lucia Valerio	Claire Beckingham	6–1, 6–3
1929	N. Hunt	S. de la Prynne	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1930 *	Lucia Valerio (2)	Phyllis Satterthwaite	6–1, 6–2
1930 **	J. Ionides	Miss Bettramine	0–6, 7–5, 9–7
1932	Dorothy Andrus Burke	Ilse Weihermann Friedleben	6–0, 9–7
1933	Elizabeth Ryan	Ucci Manzutto	6–2, 6–0
1934	Cilly Aussem	Elizabeth Ryan	6–3, 6–4
1935	Edith Belliard	Cilly Aussem	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
1936	Minni Hein Muller	Trude Wolf	6–1, 7–9, 6–1
1938	Minni Hein Muller (2)	Klara Hammer Beutter	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
1939	Gracyn Wheeler	Klara Somogyi	6–3, 6–2
1940	Hella Kovac	Alice Florian	6–2, 7–5

References

1. "Tennis Wins Abroad: Miss Mary Whitmarsh and Miss Edwards won the women's doubles the international tournament at Alassio (Italy). Miss Whitmarsh. partnered by B Maneff. the Swiss No. 1 player, has reached the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles. —Reuter". Daily Herald. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 2 April 1938. p. 16. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
2. Daily Herald. (Saturday 02 April 1938) page. 16.
3. Tennis Archives
4. "Tennis Club Hanbury – Alassio" (in Italian). Hanbury Tennis Club. Retrieved 19 February 2023.