The Riviera Championships[1] also known as the Championship of the Riviera[2] or the French Riviera Championships[3] or Menton International was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club,[4]Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on clay courts from 1902 until 1976 and again in 1978.
The Riviera Championships also known as the Championship of the Riviera was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club, Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on clay courts. The first edition was inaugurated on 22 March 1902, the tournament ran until 1975. In 1904 a mixed doubles event was scheduled.
The tournament was part of the French Riviera circuit tennis tour, which was series of international amateur tennis events held on the French Riviera, usually starting at the end of the preceding year around late December, through until the end of April. The tournament was known as the Riviera Championships until 1942. Following World War II the event was suspended until 1950 after which it took on the denomination as the Menton International Championships or simply Menton International.
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^American Lawn Tennis. New York: American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company. 1939. p. 39.
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The Riviera Championships 1 also known as the Championship of the Riviera 2 or the French Riviera Championships 3 or Menton International was an open men s and women s international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club 4 Menton Provence Alpes Cote d Azur France on clay courts from 1902 until 1976 and again in 1978 Riviera ChampionshipsMenton InternationalDefunct tennis tournamentTourILTF World Circuit 1913 1972 ILTF Independent Circuit 1973 76 1978 Founded1902Abolished1976LocationMenton Provence Alpes Cote d Azur FranceVenueMenton Lawn Tennis Club Surfaceoutdoor clay Contents 1 History 2 Finals 2 1 Men s singles 2 2 Men s doubles 2 3 Women s singles 2 4 Mix Doubles 3 References 4 SourcesHistory editThe Riviera Championships also known as the Championship of the Riviera was an open men s and women s international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club Menton Provence Alpes Cote d Azur France on clay courts The first edition was inaugurated on 22 March 1902 the tournament ran until 1975 In 1904 a mixed doubles event was scheduled The tournament was part of the French Riviera circuit tennis tour which was series of international amateur tennis events held on the French Riviera usually starting at the end of the preceding year around late December through until the end of April The tournament was known as the Riviera Championships until 1942 Following World War II the event was suspended until 1950 after which it took on the denomination as the Menton International Championships or simply Menton International Finals editMen s singles edit Incomplete Roll Riviera Championships Year Champions Runners up Score 1902 nbsp William le Maire de Warzee d Hermalle nbsp Charles Gladstone Allen 3 6 6 2 6 4 7 5 1903 nbsp Roy Allen 1904 nbsp Major Ritchie nbsp Roy Allen 6 4 6 2 6 1 1905 nbsp Major Ritchie 2 nbsp Roy Allen 6 2 4 6 6 4 ret 1906 5 nbsp Anthony Wilding nbsp Major Ritchie 6 1 6 4 6 0 1907 nbsp Major Ritchie 3 nbsp George Simond 6 2 6 2 6 4 1908 6 nbsp Major Ritchie 4 nbsp Anthony Wilding 1 6 6 2 7 5 2 6 8 6 1909 6 nbsp Fred Alexander nbsp Major Ritchie 6 4 6 2 3 0 ret 1910 6 nbsp Max Decugis nbsp Major Ritchie 4 2 ret 1911 6 nbsp Anthony Wilding 2 nbsp Max Decugis 6 2 6 3 3 6 5 7 6 3 1912 nbsp Roy Allen nbsp Arthur Wallis Myers 6 0 3 6 6 1 6 8 6 0 1913 7 6 nbsp Anthony Wilding 3 nbsp Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 6 2 6 3 6 1 1914 8 6 nbsp Anthony Wilding 4 nbsp Gordon Lowe 6 1 6 4 6 2 1915 1918 Not held due to world war one 1919 nbsp Nicolae Mishu nbsp Max Decugis 6 3 6 2 10 12 2 6 7 5 1920 nbsp Nicolae Mishu 2 nbsp Gordon Lowe 4 3 ret 1921 6 nbsp Gordon Lowe nbsp Alain Gerbault 6 1 6 3 6 4 1922 nbsp Rupert Wertheim nbsp P Marsden 6 2 6 1 6 4 1923 6 nbsp Gordon Lowe 2 nbsp F R L Crawford 6 2 6 3 7 5 1924 6 nbsp Gordon Lowe 3 nbsp Uberto De Morpurgo 6 3 6 1 3 6 2 6 6 2 1925 6 nbsp Gordon Lowe 4 nbsp Uberto De Morpurgo 6 2 6 0 4 6 7 5 1926 6 nbsp Henri Cochet nbsp Bela von Kehrling 6 4 3 6 7 5 3 6 8 6 1927 6 nbsp Uberto De Morpurgo nbsp Bela von Kehrling 6 4 6 4 6 4 1928 6 nbsp Bela von Kehrling nbsp Erik Worm 6 1 8 6 1 6 6 3 1929 6 nbsp Bela von Kehrling 2 nbsp Franz Wilhelm Matejka 6 4 7 5 6 1 1930 6 nbsp Bill Tilden nbsp Jacques Brugnon 10 8 7 5 3 6 4 6 6 1 1931 6 nbsp Bela von Kehrling 3 nbsp E Garcia 6 2 6 3 6 1 1932 6 nbsp Roderich Menzel nbsp Andre Merlin 6 3 6 0 4 6 6 4 1933 nbsp Andre Martin Legeay nbsp Gottfried von Cramm 4 6 7 5 6 4 6 4 1934 6 nbsp Giorgio de Stefani nbsp Andre Martin Legeay 8 6 6 2 6 2 1935 nbsp Josef Caska nbsp Wilmer Hines 3 6 6 4 6 2 6 2 1936 nbsp Jean Lesueur nbsp Norcross S Tilney 6 2 6 1 5 7 5 7 6 1 1937 6 nbsp Kalle Schroder nbsp Kazimierz Tarlowski 8 6 6 2 6 4 1938 6 nbsp Kalle Schroder 2 nbsp Valentino Taroni 6 3 6 2 6 1 1939 9 nbsp Franjo Puncec nbsp Hans Redl 11 9 6 2 6 0 1940 1945 Not held due to world war two Menton International Championships 1954 nbsp Eduardo Argon nbsp Alexandre Athenase Noghes 6 3 6 4 9 7 1955 6 nbsp Wladyslaw Skonecki nbsp Paul Remy 6 1 6 1 6 3 1957 nbsp Andres Gimeno nbsp Sergio Jacobini 6 3 6 1 6 2 1958 6 nbsp Jacques Brichant nbsp Paul Remy 6 1 6 4 6 2 1959 6 nbsp Billy Knight nbsp Istvan Gulyas 6 4 6 2 1960 6 nbsp Jacques Brichant 2 nbsp Robert Haillet 5 7 6 3 6 4 1 6 6 1 1961 6 nbsp Jacques Brichant 3 nbsp Antonio Maggi 6 4 6 2 6 2 1962 6 nbsp Juan Manuel Couder nbsp William Alvarez 6 3 2 6 6 1 1963 6 nbsp Istvan Gulyas nbsp Pierre Barthes 8 6 6 2 6 4 Menton International 1964 6 nbsp Pierre Darmon nbsp Istvan Gulyas 6 2 6 2 6 4 1965 6 nbsp Istvan Gulyas 2 nbsp Bob Carmichael 6 4 6 1 6 3 1966 6 nbsp Istvan Gulyas 3 nbsp Patrick Hombergen 6 2 6 2 6 2 1967 6 nbsp Dieter Schultheiss nbsp Bernd Kube 3 0 sets 1968 6 nbsp Alex Metreveli nbsp Milan Holecek 7 5 6 4 6 4 Open era 1969 nbsp Geza Varga nbsp Giuseppe Merlo 6 0 7 5 1975 nbsp Bengt Lundstedt nbsp Patrice Beust 6 4 2 6 6 3 French Riviera Invitation 1978 nbsp Bjorn Borg nbsp Guillermo Vilas 6 4 6 3 Men s doubles edit Incomplete Roll Riviera Championships Year Champions Runners up Score 1908 nbsp Major Ritchie nbsp George Simond nbsp George de Bray nbsp Monsieur Jermoloff 6 0 6 1 6 1 Women s singles edit Riviera Championships Year Champions Runners up Score 1902 nbsp V Henshaw nbsp Miss Tomer 6 3 6 1 1903 nbsp Mildred Brooksmith 1904 nbsp V Henshaw 2 nbsp Miss Rooke 5 7 6 2 6 1 1905 nbsp Amy Ransome nbsp Vera Warden 7 5 8 6 1906 nbsp Vera Warden nbsp Amy Ransome 8 6 6 3 1907 nbsp Rosamund Salusbury nbsp Miss Hampshire 7 5 6 0 1908 nbsp Maud Dillon nbsp Evelyn Dillon w o 1909 nbsp Rosamund Salusbury 2 nbsp Alice Greene w o 1910 nbsp Rosamund Salusbury 3 nbsp Evelyn M Froude Bellew 6 3 6 2 1911 nbsp Jessie Tripp nbsp Rosamund Salusbury 6 2 6 8 7 5 1912 nbsp Mieken Rieck nbsp Margaret Tripp 1 6 7 5 6 3 1913 nbsp Dagmar von Krohn nbsp Madeline Fisher O Neill 4 6 6 2 6 4 1914 nbsp Dorothea Douglass Chambers nbsp Elizabeth Ryan 6 2 6 1 1915 1918 Not held due to world war one 1919 nbsp Suzanne Lenglen nbsp A Doublet 6 0 6 1 1920 nbsp Geraldine Ramsey Beamish nbsp Sigrid Frenckell Fick 6 1 4 6 6 2 1921 nbsp Elizabeth Ryan nbsp Phyllis Satterthwaite 6 4 6 3 1922 nbsp Elizabeth Ryan 2 nbsp Phyllis Satterthwaite 6 3 6 3 1923 nbsp Suzanne Lenglen 2 nbsp Kathleen McKane 6 2 7 5 1924 nbsp Suzanne Lenglen 3 nbsp Elizabeth Ryan 7 5 6 1 1925 nbsp Elizabeth Ryan 3 nbsp Honor Woolrych 3 6 6 0 6 2 1926 nbsp Helen Wills nbsp Lili de Alvarez 6 4 6 4 1927 nbsp Elizabeth Ryan 4 nbsp Dorothy Shaw 6 4 7 5 1928 nbsp Lili de Alvarez nbsp Lucia Valerio 6 4 7 5 1929 nbsp Phyllis Howkins Covell nbsp Cilly Aussem 6 4 9 7 1930 nbsp Cilly Aussem nbsp Simonne Mathieu 9 7 6 2 1931 nbsp Phyllis Satterthwaite nbsp Simonne Mathieu 7 5 6 4 1932 nbsp Simonne Mathieu nbsp Lucia Valerio 6 2 6 3 1933 nbsp Simonne Mathieu 2 nbsp Peggy Scriven 6 3 6 2 1934 nbsp Sylvie Jung Henrotin nbsp Lucia Valerio 3 6 6 3 6 0 1935 nbsp Simonne Mathieu 3 nbsp Edith Belliard 6 2 6 1 1936 nbsp Jadwiga Jedrzejowska nbsp Edith Belliard 6 2 6 1 1937 nbsp Anita Lizana nbsp Jadwiga Jedrzejowska 6 8 8 6 1 1 retired 1938 nbsp Jadwiga Jedrzejowska nbsp Hella Kovac 4 6 6 4 6 2 1939 nbsp Simone Iribarne Lafargue nbsp Simonne Mathieu 2 6 6 4 6 3 1940 1950 Not held due to World War II and women s event not held Menton International Championships 1951 nbsp Hella Strecker nbsp Vittoria Tonolli 8 10 9 7 10 8 1952 nbsp Joan Curry nbsp Silvana Lazzarino 6 1 6 0 1953 nbsp Inge Pohmann nbsp Joan Curry 6 4 6 1 1954 nbsp Joan Curry 2 nbsp Shirley Bloomer 6 3 6 4 1955 nbsp Shirley Bloomer nbsp Pat Ward 6 3 7 5 1956 nbsp Shirley Bloomer 2 nbsp Ilse Buding 7 5 6 4 1957 nbsp Lucia Bassi nbsp Susanah Prettejohn 11 9 6 0 1958 nbsp Zsuzsa Kormoczy nbsp Lucia Bassi 6 4 6 1 1959 nbsp Flo de la Courtie nbsp Lucia Bassi 7 5 6 1 1960 nbsp Zsuzsa Kormoczy nbsp Flo de la Courtie 6 2 6 3 Menton International 1961 nbsp Mimi Arnold nbsp Elizabeth Starkie 5 7 6 4 6 0 1962 nbsp Francesca Gordigiani nbsp Hilde Schildknecht 7 9 9 7 6 4 1963 nbsp Jacqueline Rees Lewis nbsp Carole Rosser 6 3 4 6 7 5 1964 nbsp Jacqueline Rees Lewis 2 nbsp Christiane Mercelis 4 6 7 5 6 3 1965 nbsp Gail Sherriff nbsp Virginia Wade 6 4 4 6 6 2 1966 nbsp Jill Blackman nbsp Jacqueline Rees Lewis 3 6 6 3 6 4 1967 nbsp Jacqueline Rees Lewis Vives 3 nbsp Roberta Beltrame 6 1 6 3 1968 nbsp Gail Sherriff 2 nbsp Vlasta Vopickova 6 1 6 0 Open era 1969 nbsp Johanne Venturino nbsp Ana Maria Cavadini 3 6 6 2 6 4 1970 nbsp Gail Sherriff Chanfreau 3 nbsp Corinne Molesworth 6 1 6 2 1971 nbsp Helga Niessen Masthoff nbsp Corinne Molesworth 7 5 2 6 7 5 1972 nbsp Judith Szorenyi nbsp Margareta Strandberg 8 6 6 3 1973 nbsp Odile de Roubin nbsp Monique Salfati Di Maso 7 5 6 3 1975 nbsp Elly Appel nbsp Brigitte Simon 4 6 6 2 6 0 1976 nbsp Monique van Haver nbsp Sabina Simmonds 6 4 5 7 6 2 Mix Doubles edit Incomplete Roll Riviera Championships Year Champions Runners up Score 1904 nbsp Charles Gladstone Allen nbsp Miss Bournd nbsp Roy Allen nbsp Miss Powell default 1906 nbsp Anthony Wilding nbsp Amy Ransome nbsp Charles Gladstone Allen nbsp Agnes Morton 6 3 6 1 1907 nbsp Major Ritchie nbsp Rosamund Salusbury nbsp George de Bray nbsp Mlle Kraminski 6 0 6 1References edit Town amp Country New York United States Hearst Corporation 1932 p 63 Le voyageur en France a monthly bulletin of official information concerning travel in France Paris France Office national du tourisme 1923 p 3 Paret Jahial Parmly Allen J P Alexander Frederick B Hardy Samuel from old catalog 1906 The Riviera Tournaments Spalding s tennis annual New York American sports publishing company p 157 Town and Country 1937 Personal Notes from London Auckland Star 4 May 1906 p 2 Retrieved 10 October 2022 via National Library of New Zealand a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af Staff Writers 1877 to 2012 Finals Results Steve G Tennis stevegtennis com Retrieved 10 October 2022 Lawn Tennis The Press Newspaper National Library of New Zealand 25 April 1913 p 4 Retrieved 10 October 2022 The Northern Times Carnarvon WA National Library of Australia 14 March 1914 p 7 American Lawn Tennis New York American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company 1939 p 39 Sources editAmerican Lawn Tennis 1939 New York American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company Auckland Star National Library of New Zealand 4 May 1906 Paret Jahial Parmly Allen J P Alexander Frederick B Hardy Samuel 1906 Spalding s tennis annual New York American sports publishing company The Press Newspaper National Library of New Zealand 25 April 1913 The Northern Times Carnarvon WA National Library of Australia The Press Newspaper National Library of New Zealand 25 April 1913 Town amp Country New York United States Hearst Corporation 1932 Writers Staff 1877 to 2012 Finals Results Steve G Tennis stevegtennis com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Riviera Championships amp oldid 1212117568, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
