Riviera Championships
The Riviera Championships [1] also known as the Championship of the Riviera [2] and informally known as the French Riviera Championships[3] 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.
| Riviera Championships | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Tour | Mens Amateur Tour (1877–1912) Women Amateur Tour (1877–1912) ILTF Mens Amateur Tour (1913–1967) ILTF Women's Amateur Tour (1913–1967) ITF Independent Tour (1968–1967) |
| Founded | 1902 |
| Abolished | 1976 |
| Location | Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France |
| Venue | Menton Lawn Tennis Club, |
| Surface | outdoor (clay) |
History
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.
Finals
Men's Singles
- Incomplete Roll
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} William le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle |  Charles Gladstone Allen | 3-6, 6–2, 6–4, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1903 | Roy Allen | ? | ? | ||||||
| 1904 | Major Ritchie | Roy Allen | 6-4, 6–2, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1905 | Major Ritchie (2) | Roy Allen | 6-2, 4–6, 6–4, ret. | ||||||
| 1906[5] |  Anthony Wilding | Major Ritchie | 6–1, 6–4, 6–0 | ||||||
| 1907 | Major Ritchie (3) |  George Simond | 6-2, 6–2, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1908 [6] | Major Ritchie (4) | Anthony Wilding | 1-6, 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 8-6 | ||||||
| 1909[6] |  Fred Alexander | Major Ritchie | 6-4, 6–2, 3–0, ret. | ||||||
| 1910[6] | Max Decugis | Major Ritchie | 4-2, ret. | ||||||
| 1911[6] | Anthony Wilding (2) |  Max Decugis | 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3 | ||||||
| 1912 | Roy Allen | Arthur Wallis Myers | 6-0, 3–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6-0 | ||||||
| 1913 [7][6] | Anthony Wilding (3) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe | 6–2, 6–3, 6–1 | ||||||
| 1914[8][6] | Anthony Wilding (4) | Gordon Lowe | 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 | ||||||
| 1915/1918 | Not held (due to world war one) | ||||||||
| 1919 |  Nicolae Mishu | Max Decugis | 6-3, 6–2, 10–12, 2–6, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1920 | Nicolae Mishu (2) | Gordon Lowe | 4-3, ret. | ||||||
| 1921[6] | Gordon Lowe | Alain Gerbault | 6-1, 6–3, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1922 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Rupert Wertheim | P. Marsden | 6-2, 6–1, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1923[6] | Gordon Lowe (2) | F. R. L. Crawford | 6-2, 6–3, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1924[6] | Gordon Lowe (3) |  Uberto De Morpurgo | 6-3, 6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1925[6] | Gordon Lowe (4) | Uberto De Morpurgo | 6-2, 6–0, 4–6, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1926[6] | Henri Cochet |  Bela Von Kehrling | 6-4, 3–6, 7–5, 3–6, 8-6 | ||||||
| 1927[6] | Uberto De Morpurgo | Bela Von Kehrling | 6-4, 6–4, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1928[6] | Bela Von Kehrling |  Erik Worm | 6-1, 8–6, 1–6, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1929[6] | Bela Von Kehrling (2) |  Franz-Wilhelm Matejka | 6-4, 7–5, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1930[6] | Bill Tilden | Jacques Brugnon | 10-8, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1931[6] | Bela Von Kehrling (3) |  E. Garcia | 6-2, 6–3, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1932[6] |  Roderich Menzel | André Merlin | 6-3, 6–0, 4–6, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1933 | André Martin-Legeay | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Gottfried von Cramm | 4-6, 7–5, 6–4, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1934[6] | Giorgio de Stefani | André Martin-Legeay | 8-6, 6–2, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1935 | Josef Caska | Wilmer Hines | 3-6, 6–4, 6–2, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1936 | Jean Lesueur | Norcross S. Tilney | 6-2, 6–1, 5–7, 5–7, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1937[6] |  Kalle Schröder |  Kazimierz Tarlowski | 8-6, 6–2, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1938[6] | Kalle Schröder (2) | Valentino Taroni | 6-3, 6–2, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1939[9] | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Franjo Punčec | Hans Redl | 11-9, 6–2, 6-0 | ||||||
| 1940/1945 | Not held (due to world war two) | ||||||||
| 1954 |  Eduardo Argon |  Alexandre-Athenase Noghès | 6-3, 6–4, 9-7 | ||||||
| 1955[6] | Ladislav Skonecki | Paul Remy | 6-1, 6–1, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1957 |  Andrés Gimeno | Sergio Jacobini | 6-3, 6–1, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1958[6] | Jacques Brichant | Paul Remy | 6-1, 6–4, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1959[6] | Billy Knight | Istvan Gulyas | 6-4, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1960[6] | Jacques Brichant (2) | Robert Haillet | 5-7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1961[6] | Jacques Brichant (3) | Antonio Maggi | 6-4, 6–2, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1964[6] | Pierre Darmon | Istvan Gulyas | 6-2, 6–2, 6-4 | ||||||
| Open era | |||||||||
| 1968[6] |  Alex Metreveli | Milan Holeček | 7-5, 6–4, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1969 | Géza Varga | Giuseppe Merlo | 6-0, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1975 | Bengt Lundstedt | Patrice Beust | 6-4, 2–6, 6-3 | ||||||
Men's Doubles
- Incomplete Roll
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | Major Ritchie George Simond | George de Bray Monsieur Jermoloff | 6-0, 6–1, 6-1 |
Women's Singles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | V. Henshaw | Miss Tomer | 6-3, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1903 | Mildred Brooksmith | ? | ? | ||||||
| 1904 | V. Henshaw (2) | Miss Rooke | 5-7, 6–2, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1905 | Amy Ransome | Vera Warden | 7-5, 8-6 | ||||||
| 1906 | Vera Warden | Amy Ransome | 8-6, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1907 | Rosamund Salusbury | Miss Hampshire | 7-5, 6-0 | ||||||
| 1908 | Maud Dillon | Evelyn Dillon | w.o. | ||||||
| 1909 | Rosamund Salusbury (2) | Alice Greene | w.o. | ||||||
| 1910 | Rosamund Salusbury (3) | Evelyn M. Froude Bellew | 6-3, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1911 | Jessie Tripp | Rosamund Salusbury | 6-2, 6–8, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1912 | Mieken Rieck | Margaret Tripp | 1-6, 7–5, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1913 | Dagmar von Krohn | Madeline Fisher O'Neill | 4-6, 6–2, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1914 | Dorothea Douglass Chambers | Elizabeth Ryan | 6-2, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1915/1918 | Not held (due to world war one) | ||||||||
| 1919 | Suzanne Lenglen | A. Doublet | 6-0, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1920 | Geraldine Ramsey Beamish | Sigrid Frenckell Fick | 6–1, 4–6, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1921 | Elizabeth Ryan | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 6-4, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1922 | Elizabeth Ryan (2) | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 6-3, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1923 | Suzanne Lenglen (2) | Kathleen McKane | 6-2, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1924 | Suzanne Lenglen (3) | Elizabeth Ryan | 7-5, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1925 | Elizabeth Ryan (3) | Honor Woolrych | 3-6, 6–0, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1926 | Helen Wills | Lili de Alvarez | 6-4, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1927 | Elizabeth Ryan (4) | Dorothy Shaw | 6-4, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1928 | Lili de Alvarez | Lucia Valerio | 6-4, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1929 | Phyllis Howkins Covell |  Cilly Aussem | 6-4, 9-7 | ||||||
| 1930 | Cilly Aussem | Simonne Mathieu | 9-7, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1931 | Phyllis Satterthwaite | Simonne Mathieu | 7-5, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1932 | Simonne Mathieu | Lucia Valerio | 6-2, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1933 | Simonne Mathieu (2) | Peggy Scriven | 6-3, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1934 | Sylvie Jung Henrotin | Lucia Valerio | 3-6, 6–3, 6-0 | ||||||
| 1935 | Simonne Mathieu (3) | Edith Belliard | 6-2, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1936 | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | Edith Belliard | 6-2, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1937 |  Anita Lizana | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | 6-8, 8–6, 1-1 retired | ||||||
| 1938 | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | Hella Kovac | 4-6, 6–4, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1939 | Simone Iribarne Lafargue | Simonne Mathieu | 2–6, 6–4, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1940/1950 | Not held (due to World War II) and women's event not held | ||||||||
| 1951 | Hella Strecker | Vittoria Tonolli | 8-10, 9–7, 10-8 | ||||||
| 1952 | Joan Curry | Silvana Lazzarino | 6-1, 6-0 | ||||||
| 1953 | Inge Pohmann | Joan Curry | 6-4, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1954 | Joan Curry (2) | Shirley Bloomer | 6-3, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1955 | Shirley Bloomer | Pat Ward | 6-3, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1956 | Shirley Bloomer (2) | Ilse Buding | 7-5, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1957 | Lucia Bassi | S. Prettejohn | 11-9, 6-0 | ||||||
| 1958 | Suzy Kormoczy | Lucia Bassi | 6-4, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1959 | Flo de la Courtie | Lucia Bassi | 7-5, 6-1 | ||||||
| 1960 | Suzy Kormoczy | Flo de la Courtie | 6-2, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1961 | Mimi Arnold | Elizabeth Starkie | 5-7, 6–4, 6-0 | ||||||
| 1962 | Francesca Gordigiani | Hilde Schildknecht | 7-9, 9–7, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1963 | Jacqueline Rees-Lewis | Carole Rosser | 6-3, 4–6, 7-5 | ||||||
| 1964 | Jacqueline Rees-Lewis (2) | Christiane Mercelis | 4-6, 7–5, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1965 | Gail Sherriff | Virginia Wade | 6-4, 4–6, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1966 | Jill Blackman | Jacqueline Rees-Lewis | 3-6, 6–3, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1967 | Jacqueline Rees-Lewis Vives (3) | Roberta Beltrame | 6-1, 6-3 | ||||||
| Open era | |||||||||
| 1968 | Gail Sherriff (2) | Vlasta Vopičková | 6-1, 6-0 | ||||||
| 1969 | Johanne Venturino |  Ana Maria Cavadini | 3-6, 6–2, 6-4 | ||||||
| 1970 | Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (3) | Corinne Molesworth | 6-1, 6-2 | ||||||
| 1971 | Helga Niessen Masthoff | Corinne Molesworth | 7-5 2-6 7-5 | ||||||
| 1972 | Judith Szorenyi | Margareta Strandberg | 8-6, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1973 | Odile de Roubin | Monique Salfati-Di Maso | 7-5, 6-3 | ||||||
| 1975 |  Elly Appel | Brigitte Simon | 4-6, 6–2, 6-0 | ||||||
| 1976 | Monique van Haver | Sabina Simmonds | 6-4, 5–7, 6-2 | ||||||
Mix Doubles
- Incomplete Roll
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Charles Gladstone Allen Miss Bournd | Roy Allen Miss Powell | default |
| 1906 | Anthony Wilding Amy Ransome | Charles Gladstone Allen Agnes Morton | 6–3, 6-1 |
| 1907 | Major Ritchie Rosamund Salusbury | George de Bray Mlle Kraminski | 6-0, 6-1 |
References
- Town & 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. National Library of New Zealand. 4 May 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- 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
- American Lawn Tennis. (1939). New York: American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company.
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- 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 & Country. New York, United States: Hearst Corporation. 1932.
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