Genoa International

The Genoa International^[1] or Internazionale di Genova at times also known as the Genoa Championships or Campionati di Genova was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1959. It was played at the Tennis Club Genova, Genoa, Liguria, Italy.^[2] The tournament ran until 1968.^[3]

Genoa International Internazionale di Genova
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded	1928; 96 years ago (1928)
Abolished	1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Location	Genoa, Liguria, Italy.
Surface	Clay

History

In April 1928 Tennis Club Genova in Genoa, established an open international tennis tournament for men and women.^[4] The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts in Liguria, Italy. The event was part of the Italian Riviera circuit of tennis tournaments. During the 1930s the tournament was branded as the Genoa Championships or Campionati di Genova. The 1940 edition was held in conjunction with the Coppa Federazione Fascista. The tournament was staged till 1968.^[5]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll) included:^[6]

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1928	Uberto De Morpurgo	Emanuele Sertorio	6–2, 8–6, 6–1
1930	Pat Hughes	Roberto Bocciardo	6–3, 6–1, 6–0
1931	Hyotaro Sato	Augusto Rado	6–3, 3–6, 3-,6 6–4, 6–3
1932	Augusto Rado	Georges Mitaranga	6–0, 6–1, 6–3
1933	Jack O'Shea	Leonardo Bonzi	?
1934	Giovanni Palmieri	Wilmer Hines^[7]	4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1936	Giovanni Palmieri (2)	Augusto Rado	6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
1939	Gianni Cucelli	Vojtech Vodicka	6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1940	József Asbóth	Franjo Punčec	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1942	Francesco Romanoni	Marcello Del Bello	final suspended
1945	Marcello del Bello	Rolando Del Bello	6–2, 6–3, 6–8, 6–2
1954	Enrique Morea	Fausto Gardini	6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1955^[8]	Fausto Gardini	Art Larsen	6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–2.
1956	Luis Alberto Ayala	Jaroslav Drobný	6–2, 6–2, 6–1.^[9]
1968	Ion Țiriac	Pietro Marzano	8–6, 6–2

Men's doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1928	Mino Balbi Di Robecco   Giacomo Bocciardo	Uberto De Morpurgo   Mr. Abbiati	6–2 6–3 2–6 5–7 7–5

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1930	Phyllis Satterthwaite	Ada Prada	default
1933	Edith Sander	Dorothy Burke	6–2, 6–3
1939	Klara Beutter-Hammer	Wally San Donnino	6–1, 6–2
1940	Hella Kovac	Anneliese Ullstein	3–6, 6–3, 6–0
1954	Totta Zehden	Nicla Migliori	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
1956^[10]	Althea Gibson	Thelma Long	6–3, 6–4
1968	Lea Pericoli	Ingrid Loeys	8–6, 6–2

Mixed doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1939	Gianni Cucell   Klara Beutter-Hammer	Augusto Rado   Giuliana Grioni	6–2, 4–6, 6–0
1940	Gino Vido   Vittoria Tonolli	József Asbóth   Klára Somogyi	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1954	Orlando Sirola   Elaine Watson	Fausto Gardini   Pat Ward	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1956	Orlando Sirola (2)   Althea Gibson	Luis Ayala   Thelma Long	6–4, 1–2, ret.

References

1. "TENNIS DROBNY SHOCK:Defeat yesterday ended in tears yesterday as the outsider Luis Ayala Chile beat him 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 in the men's singles final of the Genoa International tennis tournament". Nottingham Guardian. Nottinghamshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. p. 7. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
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7. "Obituary for Wilmer Moore Mines - Newspapers.com". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. 4 February 1960. p. 32. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
8. "Larsen Suspended After Report He Hit Ball Boy At Genoa Match". Pacific Stars And Stripes. Los Angeles, United States: Newspaper Archives. 26 April 1955. p. 24. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
9. Nottingham Guardian (April 1956)
10. "Sports in Brief". Lawton Constitution. Lawton, Oklahoma, United States: Newspaper Archives. 23 April 1956. p. 8. Retrieved 28 February 2023.