The French Covered Court Championships[2] its original name or Championnats de France sur Court Couvert also known as the French Covered Court Open Championships[3] and the French Indoors[4] was a tennis event held from 1895 through 1971 in Paris, France and Lyon, France.
French Covered Court Championships Championnats de France sur Court Couvert
The French Covered Court Championships was played at the Tennis Club de Paris the original location was Rue de Civry in the 16th arrondissement of Paris[5] shortly before the beginning of the 1st World War it changed location to Port de Saint Cloud until shortly after the 2nd World War when it moved again to its current location at 91 Boulevard Exelmans, Auteuil, Paris, France. The club still exists today, it originally had four very fast Indoor (Oak Parquet Wood) courts[6] and five Outdoor Clay courts. The tournament was one of earliest events open to international players for the indoor event the staging of the tournament tended to fluctuate between February, April and November annually the men's competition ceased in 1969 but the women's continued until 1971, it ran for 69 editions and was an early predecessor of the current Paris Masters.
Championsedit
Notes: Challenge round: The final round of a tournament, in which the winner of a single-elimination phase faces the previous year's champion, who plays only that one match. The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis (from 1877 through 1921) in some tournaments not all. (c) Indicates challenger
Paris Masters – successor to the French Covered Court Championships
Notesedit
^Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis : a cultural history (Repr. ed.). London: Leicester University Press. p. 364. ISBN9780718501952.
^"Return to Form French Tennis Star". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 35, 11 February 1936. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^"Tennis: The French Championships". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXII, Issue 8346, 19 April 1911. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^Willecoq, Guillaume. "Legends:Budge Patty: I decided to live in Paris as a tourist". Roland Garros, 15 April 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis : a cultural history (Repr. ed.). London: Leicester University Press. p. 364. ISBN9780718501952.
^Gillmeister, Heiner (1998). Tennis : a cultural history (Repr. ed.). London: Leicester University Press. p. 364. ISBN9780718501952.
^"Tennis: The Worlds Champion Beaten". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8383, 18 March 1907. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^"Lawn Tennis French Covered Court Championships". Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney Morning Herald, 14 May 1907. 14 May 1907. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
^"1877 to 2012 Finals Results: 1908". stevegtennis.com. Steve G Tennis. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
^"1877 to 2012 Finals Results: 1909". stevegtennis.com. Steve G Tennis. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
^"Tennis: The French Championships". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXII, Issue 8346, 19 April 1911. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^"Hard Court Tennis". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 33, 7 March 1922. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
^"Covered Court Tennis Championship of France". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18343, 8 March 1923. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
^"1877 to 2012 Finals Results: 1924". stevegtennis.com. Steve G Tennis. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
^"Golf Credited for Comeback of Net Champ". news.google.com. St. Petersburg Times, Feb 15, 1925. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^"Overnight Sports". news.google.com. Reading Eagle, Feb 10, 1936. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^"French Prospects". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 0, 10 April 1937. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^Willecoq, Guillaume. "Legends:Budge Patty: I decided to live in Paris as a tourist". Roland Garros, 15 April 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
^Willecoq, Guillaume. "Legends:Budge Patty: I decided to live in Paris as a tourist". Roland Garros, 15 April 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
Lowe's Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia, Lowe, Sir F. Gordon, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, UK.
External linksedit
Tennisarchives.com – French Covered Court Championships Roll of Honour
January 01, 1970
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The French Covered Court Championships 2 its original name or Championnats de France sur Court Couvert also known as the French Covered Court Open Championships 3 and the French Indoors 4 was a tennis event held from 1895 through 1971 in Paris France and Lyon France French Covered Court ChampionshipsChampionnats de France sur Court CouvertDefunct tennis tournamentTourPre open era 1877 1967 Founded1895 1 Abolished1971Editions69LocationParis FranceVenueTennis Club de Paris 1895 1946 1951 60 1962 1964 1967 71 Lyon 1947 48 1961 1963 1968SurfaceWood indoor Contents 1 History 2 Champions 2 1 Men s singles 2 2 Women s singles 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe French Covered Court Championships was played at the Tennis Club de Paris the original location was Rue de Civry in the 16th arrondissement of Paris 5 shortly before the beginning of the 1st World War it changed location to Port de Saint Cloud until shortly after the 2nd World War when it moved again to its current location at 91 Boulevard Exelmans Auteuil Paris France The club still exists today it originally had four very fast Indoor Oak Parquet Wood courts 6 and five Outdoor Clay courts The tournament was one of earliest events open to international players for the indoor event the staging of the tournament tended to fluctuate between February April and November annually the men s competition ceased in 1969 but the women s continued until 1971 it ran for 69 editions and was an early predecessor of the current Paris Masters Champions editNotes Challenge round The final round of a tournament in which the winner of a single elimination phase faces the previous year s champion who plays only that one match The challenge round was used in the early history of tennis from 1877 through 1921 in some tournaments not all c Indicates challenger Men s singles edit Year Champions Runners up Score Championnats de France sur Court Couvert 1895 7 nbsp Andre Vacherot nbsp Paul Ayme 6 3 6 3 6 3 1896 8 nbsp Manliffe Goodbody nbsp George Simond 7 5 6 3 6 4 1897 9 nbsp Manliffe Goodbody nbsp Frank Riseley 6 3 6 1 6 0 1898 10 nbsp George Simond nbsp Paul Ayme 9 7 2 6 7 5 retired 1899 11 nbsp Major Ritchie nbsp Paul Ayme 4 6 6 3 6 3 6 4 1900 nbsp George Caridia nbsp Harold Mahony 3 6 11 9 6 3 1901 12 nbsp George Simond nbsp Max Decugis 6 0 7 5 6 1 1902 nbsp Major Ritchie nbsp Max Decugis 5 7 7 9 6 3 6 2 6 3 1903 nbsp Max Decugis nbsp Major Ritchie 7 5 6 1 5 7 8 6 1904 nbsp Max Decugis nbsp Robert Baldwin Hough 5 7 6 2 6 2 6 3 1905 nbsp Major Ritchie nbsp John Mason Flavelle 6 4 10 8 6 4 1906 13 nbsp Anthony Wilding nbsp Major Ritchie 6 2 6 1 6 1 1907 14 nbsp Anthony Wilding nbsp Max Decugis 4 6 6 1 1 6 4 1 retired 1908 15 nbsp Major Ritchie nbsp Max Decugis 8 6 6 4 1 6 6 4 1909 16 nbsp Max Decugis nbsp Arthur Lowe 6 0 6 3 3 6 6 3 1910 nbsp Max Decugis nbsp Arthur Lowe 0 6 6 1 6 2 6 2 1911 17 nbsp William Laurentz nbsp Anthony Wilding 4 6 4 6 6 1 13 11 8 6 1912 nbsp Andre Gobert nbsp Maurice Germot 6 4 6 4 6 2 1913 nbsp Andre Gobert nbsp William Laurentz 6 3 4 6 6 2 6 4 1914 nbsp Gordon Lowe nbsp Felix Poulin 6 3 6 1 6 2 1914 1919 Not held due to World War I 1920 nbsp Andre Gobert nbsp Jacques Brugnon 6 0 6 2 6 1 1921 nbsp Jacques Brugnon nbsp Marcel Dupont 6 1 6 3 6 2 1922 18 nbsp Jean Borotra nbsp Jacques Brugnon 6 1 6 2 2 6 6 1 1923 19 nbsp Rene Lacoste nbsp Max Hirsch 5 7 11 9 6 3 6 0 1924 20 nbsp Jean Borotra nbsp Henri Cochet 6 2 9 7 5 7 6 4 1925 21 nbsp Rene Lacoste nbsp Andre Gobert 3 6 6 1 6 1 3 6 6 4 1926 nbsp Jean Couiteas de Faucamberge nbsp Jean Rebois 6 3 6 0 6 4 1927 nbsp Jean Borotra nbsp Pierre Henri Landry 2 6 6 1 6 4 6 1 1928 nbsp Rene de Buzelet nbsp Pierre Henri Landry 6 4 4 6 3 6 6 3 7 5 1929 nbsp Jean Borotra nbsp Roger George 6 2 6 2 6 4 1930 nbsp Jean Borotra nbsp Christian Boussus 6 2 6 4 6 1 1931 nbsp Jean Borotra nbsp Jean Lesueur 6 3 11 9 5 7 6 4 1932 nbsp Jean Borotra nbsp Marcel Bernard 1 6 6 3 4 6 6 3 6 4 1933 nbsp Jean Borotra nbsp Rene de Buzelet 6 2 4 6 6 2 6 1 1934 nbsp Andre Merlin nbsp Paul Feret 6 2 3 6 5 7 6 0 6 2 1935 nbsp Jean Borotra nbsp Daniel Prenn 6 2 6 2 6 4 1936 22 nbsp Jean Borotra nbsp Bernard Destremau 8 6 8 6 6 2 1937 23 nbsp Marcel Bernard nbsp Bernard Destremau 6 4 6 4 1 6 3 6 9 7 1938 nbsp Yvon Petra nbsp Karl Schroder 9 7 7 5 3 6 9 7 1939 nbsp Pierre Pellizza nbsp Roderich Menzel 4 6 6 2 6 2 6 1 1940 1945 Not held due to World War II 1946 nbsp Lennart Bergelin nbsp Yvon Petra 4 6 5 7 6 4 6 4 6 4 1947 nbsp Jean Borotra nbsp Torsten Johansson 6 4 9 7 5 7 3 6 6 4 1948 nbsp Pedro Masip nbsp Henri Cochet 7 5 6 4 2 6 2 6 6 1949 nbsp Frank Parker nbsp Marcel Bernard 6 1 4 6 6 3 6 2 1950 nbsp Sven Davidson nbsp Torsten Johansson 6 2 7 5 6 3 1951 nbsp Jaroslav Drobny nbsp Marcel Bernard 8 6 6 3 6 4 1952 nbsp Kurt Nielsen nbsp Jaroslav Drobny 8 6 6 4 6 4 1953 nbsp Budge Patty nbsp Art Larsen 6 3 4 6 7 5 6 4 1954 nbsp Torben Ulrich nbsp Wladyslaw Skonecki 6 2 6 3 6 3 1955 24 nbsp Budge Patty nbsp Hugh Stewart 6 3 7 5 6 3 1956 25 nbsp Budge Patty nbsp Sven Davidson 6 2 3 6 6 3 6 0 1957 nbsp Sven Davidson nbsp Torben Ulrich 6 3 4 6 6 3 6 4 1958 nbsp Kurt Nielsen nbsp Jaroslav Drobny 7 5 6 3 6 2 1959 nbsp Kurt Nielsen nbsp Jean Claude Molinari 10 8 3 6 6 3 6 3 1960 nbsp Jorgen Ulrich nbsp Billy Knight 2 6 6 4 6 4 6 4 1961 nbsp Jorgen Ulrich nbsp Billy Knight 7 5 4 6 8 10 6 3 6 4 1962 nbsp Jan Erik Lundqvist nbsp Pierre Darmon 3 6 8 10 6 2 6 3 6 4 1963 nbsp Jan Erik Lundqvist nbsp Jean Claude Barclay 6 4 8 6 6 2 1964 nbsp Bobby Wilson nbsp Nikola Pilic 10 8 6 2 6 4 1965 nbsp Bobby Wilson nbsp Roger Taylor 6 4 6 4 6 3 1966 nbsp Jan Erik Lundqvist nbsp Bobby Wilson 6 4 6 4 6 4 1967 nbsp Tom Okker nbsp Jan Kodes 6 2 3 6 6 3 6 4 Open era 1968 nbsp Milan Holecek nbsp Bob Carmichael 6 4 10 8 3 6 6 3 1969 26 nbsp Jean Pierre Courcol nbsp Graham Stilwell 10 8 6 8 6 0 10 8 Women s singles edit Notes The women s tournament of 1968 were played twice in Paris and Lyon incomplete roll Year Champions Runners up Score Championnats de France sur Court Couvert 1895 nbsp Adine Masson nbsp Mrs Underwoods 6 3 6 2 1895 nbsp Adine Masson 1896 nbsp Adine Masson nbsp Phoebe Riseley Hausburg 7 5 6 4 1897 nbsp Adine Masson nbsp Suzanne Girod 1902 nbsp Blanche Duddell nbsp Marie Louise de Pfeffel 6 0 6 2 1903 nbsp Kate Gillou nbsp Marie Louise de Pfeffel 4 6 6 4 6 2 1905 nbsp Vera Warden 1906 nbsp Vera Warden nbsp Miss Andrews 6 3 6 2 1907 nbsp Gladys Eastlake Smith nbsp Marie Louise de Pfeffel 7 5 6 1 1908 nbsp Adine Masson nbsp Abeille Villard Gallay 6 1 6 2 1909 nbsp Adine Masson nbsp Jeanne Matthey 6 3 6 2 1910 nbsp Marguerite Broquedis nbsp Daisy Speranza 11 9 7 5 1911 nbsp Germaine Regnier nbsp Madeline Fisher O Neill 6 8 6 2 6 4 1912 nbsp Marie Conquet nbsp Jeanne Matthey 1 6 6 4 10 8 1913 nbsp Marguerite Broquedis nbsp Marie Danet 6 2 6 1 1914 nbsp Marie Conquet nbsp Germaine Regnier Golding 6 3 6 4 1914 1918 Not held due to World War I 1919 nbsp Mlle Amblard nbsp Jeanne Vaussard 6 0 6 2 1920 nbsp Germaine Regnier Golding nbsp Jeanne Vaussard 6 8 6 3 6 1 1921 nbsp Germaine Regnier Golding nbsp Daisy Speranza 6 2 6 2 1922 nbsp Marguerite Broquedis nbsp Marie Conquet 7 9 7 5 6 1 1923 nbsp Germaine Regnier Golding nbsp Jeanne Vaussard 6 2 6 2 1924 nbsp Germaine Regnier Golding nbsp Suzanne Deve 6 2 6 4 1925 nbsp Marguerite Broquedis Billout nbsp Marie Conquet 4 6 6 3 6 1 1926 nbsp Germaine Regnier Golding nbsp Jeanne Vaussard 6 3 2 6 6 3 1927 nbsp Marguerite Broquedis Bordes nbsp Germaine Regnier Golding 6 2 6 3 1928 nbsp Suzanne Deve nbsp Germaine Regnier Golding 1 6 12 10 8 6 1929 nbsp Simone Kleinadel nbsp Germaine Regnier Golding 8 6 6 4 1930 nbsp Paula von Reznicek nbsp Marguerite Bordes 6 2 6 2 1931 nbsp Germaine Regnier Golding nbsp Arlette Neufeld 6 2 2 6 6 0 1932 nbsp Lolette Payot nbsp Yvonne Kleinadel 6 4 6 0 1933 nbsp Jacqueline Goldschmidt nbsp Mme Michel Bernard 6 1 6 3 1934 nbsp Colette Rosambert nbsp Yvonne Kleinadel 6 2 3 6 6 3 1935 nbsp Lolette Payot nbsp Ida Adamoff 1 6 6 3 6 4 1936 nbsp Nelly Adamson nbsp Simone Lafargue 2 6 7 5 6 2 1937 nbsp Suzanne Pannetier nbsp Yvonne Kleinadel 6 2 6 0 1938 nbsp Suzanne Pannetier nbsp Arlette Neufeld Halff 7 5 6 4 1939 nbsp Suzanne Pannetier nbsp Gracyn Wheeler 4 6 6 2 6 2 1940 1945 Not held due to World War II 1946 nbsp Nelly Adamson Landry 1947 nbsp Nelly Adamson Landry nbsp Colette Rosambert Boegner 6 0 6 2 1948 nbsp Nelly Adamson Landry nbsp Colette Rosambert Boegner 3 6 6 3 6 3 1949 nbsp Maud Galtier nbsp Jacqueline Saladin Boutin 0 6 6 1 6 3 1950 nbsp Anne Marie Seghers nbsp Arlette Neufeld Halff 6 1 6 2 1951 nbsp Jean Quertier nbsp Joan Curry 6 3 1 6 8 6 1952 nbsp Jean Quertier nbsp Nelly Adamson Landry 9 7 7 5 1953 nbsp Susan Partridge nbsp Suzanne Schmitt 8 6 7 5 1954 nbsp Maud Galtier nbsp Jacqueline Kermina 6 3 6 4 1955 nbsp Patricia Ward nbsp Susan Chatrier 7 5 6 4 1956 nbsp Althea Gibson nbsp Angela Buxton 6 2 8 6 1957 nbsp Thelma Coyne Long nbsp Angela Buxton 6 1 1 6 6 2 1958 nbsp Christiane Mercelis nbsp Patricia Ward 6 3 7 9 8 6 1959 nbsp Angela Mortimer nbsp Flo de la Courtie 6 2 6 1 1960 nbsp Angela Mortimer nbsp Marian Craig Smith 7 5 7 5 1961 nbsp Angela Mortimer nbsp Shirley Bloomer 2 6 6 3 6 0 1962 nbsp Ann Haydon nbsp Rosie Reyes Darmon 6 3 6 1 1963 nbsp Ann Haydon Jones nbsp Janine Lieffrig 8 6 6 1 1964 nbsp Janine Lieffrig nbsp Christine Truman 6 4 8 6 1965 nbsp Ann Haydon Jones nbsp Elizabeth Starkie 6 3 6 8 6 2 1966 nbsp Ann Haydon Jones nbsp Frances MacLennan 6 2 6 2 1967 nbsp Monique Salfati nbsp Winnie Shaw 6 2 10 8 Open era 1968 27 nbsp Nell Truman nbsp Evelyne Terras 7 5 7 5 1968 nbsp Rosie Reyes Darmon nbsp Daniele Wild Bouteleux 6 1 1 6 9 7 1969 nbsp Betty Stove nbsp Janine Lieffrig 6 3 6 2 1970 nbsp Odile de Roubin nbsp Gail Sherriff Chanfreau 6 2 6 2 1971 nbsp Marilyn Greenwood nbsp Odile de Roubin 6 2 6 4See also editFederation Francaise de Tennis Paris Masters successor to the French Covered Court ChampionshipsNotes edit Gillmeister Heiner 1998 Tennis a cultural history Repr ed London Leicester University Press p 364 ISBN 9780718501952 Return to Form French Tennis Star paperspast natlib govt nz Auckland Star Volume LXVII Issue 35 11 February 1936 Retrieved 17 September 2016 Tennis The French Championships paperspast natlib govt nz Ashburton Guardian Volume XXXII Issue 8346 19 April 1911 Retrieved 17 September 2016 Willecoq Guillaume Legends Budge Patty I decided to live in Paris as a tourist Roland Garros 15 April 2016 Retrieved 21 September 2016 Gillmeister Heiner 1998 Tennis a cultural history Repr ed London Leicester University Press p 364 ISBN 9780718501952 Gillmeister Heiner 1998 Tennis a cultural history Repr ed London Leicester University Press p 364 ISBN 9780718501952 French Covered Courts Championships 1895 tennisarchives com Tennis Archives Retrieved 12 September 2016 French Covered Courts Championships 1896 tennisrachives com Tennis Archives Retrieved 12 September 2016 French Covered Courts Championships 1897 tennisarchives com Tennis Archives Retrieved 12 September 2016 French Covered Courts Championships 1898 tennisrarchives com Tennis Archives Retrieved 16 September 2016 French Covered Courts Championships 1899 tennisrarchives com Tennis Archives Retrieved 16 September 2016 French Covered Courts Championships 1901 tennisrarchives com Tennis Archives Retrieved 16 September 2016 Tennis The Worlds Champion Beaten paperspast natlib govt nz Wairarapa Age Volume XXIX Issue 8383 18 March 1907 Retrieved 17 September 2016 Lawn Tennis French Covered Court Championships Sydney Morning Herald Sydney Morning Herald 14 May 1907 14 May 1907 Retrieved 20 September 2016 1877 to 2012 Finals Results 1908 stevegtennis com Steve G Tennis Retrieved 20 September 2016 1877 to 2012 Finals Results 1909 stevegtennis com Steve G Tennis Retrieved 20 September 2016 Tennis The French Championships paperspast natlib govt nz Ashburton Guardian Volume XXXII Issue 8346 19 April 1911 Retrieved 17 September 2016 Hard Court Tennis paperspast natlib govt nz Auckland Star Volume LIII Issue 33 7 March 1922 Retrieved 19 September 2016 Covered Court Tennis Championship of France paperspast natlib govt nz New Zealand Herald Volume LX Issue 18343 8 March 1923 Retrieved 19 September 2016 1877 to 2012 Finals Results 1924 stevegtennis com Steve G Tennis Retrieved 20 September 2016 Golf Credited for Comeback of Net Champ news google com St Petersburg Times Feb 15 1925 Retrieved 17 September 2016 Overnight Sports news google com Reading Eagle Feb 10 1936 Retrieved 17 September 2016 French Prospects paperspast natlib govt nz Evening Post Volume CXXIII Issue 0 10 April 1937 Retrieved 17 September 2016 Willecoq Guillaume Legends Budge Patty I decided to live in Paris as a tourist Roland Garros 15 April 2016 Retrieved 21 September 2016 Willecoq Guillaume Legends Budge Patty I decided to live in Paris as a tourist Roland Garros 15 April 2016 Retrieved 21 September 2016 French Covered Courts Championships 1969 tennisarchives co Tennis Archives Retrieved 29 September 2016 John Barrett ed 1969 BP Yearbook of World Tennis London Ward Lock p 159 ISBN 978 0706318241 OCLC 502175694 References editAyre s Lawn Tennis Almanack And Tournament Guide A Wallis Myers UK Dunlop Lawn Tennis Almanack and Tournament Guide G P Hughes 1939 to 1958 Published by Dunlop Sports Co Ltd UK Lawn Tennis and Badminton Magazines 1896 1901 Amateur Sports Publishing Co Ltd London UK Lawn Tennis and Croquet Magazines 1901 1920 Amateur Sports Publishing Co Ltd London UK Lowe s Lawn Tennis Annuals and Compendia Lowe Sir F Gordon Eyre amp Spottiswoode London UK External links editTennisarchives com French Covered Court Championships Roll of Honour Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title French Covered Court Championships amp oldid 1211905310, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,