Riviera Championships

Riviera Championships
Menton International
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit (1913–1972)
ILTF Independent Circuit (1973–, 76, 1978)
Founded1902
Abolished1976
LocationMenton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
VenueMenton Lawn Tennis Club,
Surfaceoutdoor (clay)

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.

History

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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.

Finals

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Men's singles

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Incomplete Roll
Riviera Championships
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1902 Belgium William le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle United Kingdom Charles Gladstone Allen 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 7–5
1903 United Kingdom Roy Allen ? ?
1904 United Kingdom Major Ritchie United Kingdom Roy Allen 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1905 United Kingdom Major Ritchie (2) United Kingdom Roy Allen 6–2, 4–6, 6–4, ret.
1906[5] New Zealand Anthony Wilding United Kingdom Major Ritchie 6–1, 6–4, 6–0
1907 United Kingdom Major Ritchie (3) England George Simond 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1908 [6] United Kingdom Major Ritchie (4) New Zealand Anthony Wilding 1–6, 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 8–6
1909[6] United States Fred Alexander United Kingdom Major Ritchie 6–4, 6–2, 3–0, ret.
1910[6] United States Max Decugis United Kingdom Major Ritchie 4-2, ret.
1911[6] New Zealand Anthony Wilding (2) France Max Decugis 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3
1912 United Kingdom Roy Allen United KingdomArthur Wallis Myers 6–0, 3–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–0
1913 [7][6] New Zealand Anthony Wilding (3) Germany Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1914[8][6] New Zealand Anthony Wilding (4) United Kingdom Gordon Lowe 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1915/1918 Not held (due to world war one)
1919 Romania Nicolae Mishu France Max Decugis 6–3, 6–2, 10–12, 2–6, 7-5
1920 Romania Nicolae Mishu (2) United Kingdom Gordon Lowe 4-3, ret.
1921[6] United Kingdom Gordon Lowe France Alain Gerbault 6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1922 Australia Rupert Wertheim United Kingdom P. Marsden 6–2, 6–1, 6–4
1923[6] United Kingdom Gordon Lowe (2) United Kingdom F. R. L. Crawford 6–2, 6–3, 7–5
1924[6] United Kingdom Gordon Lowe (3) Italy Uberto De Morpurgo 6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 6–2
1925[6] United Kingdom Gordon Lowe (4) Italy Uberto De Morpurgo 6–2, 6–0, 4–6, 7–5
1926[6] France Henri Cochet Hungary Béla von Kehrling 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 3–6, 8–6
1927[6] Italy Uberto De Morpurgo Hungary Béla von Kehrling 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1928[6] Hungary Béla von Kehrling Denmark Erik Worm 6–1, 8–6, 1–6, 6–3
1929[6] Hungary Béla von Kehrling (2) Austria Franz-Wilhelm Matejka 6–4, 7–5, 6–1
1930[6] United States Bill Tilden France Jacques Brugnon 10–8, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–1
1931[6] Hungary Béla von Kehrling (3) Brazil E. Garcia 6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1932[6] Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel France André Merlin 6–3, 6–0, 4–6, 6–4
1933 France André Martin-Legeay Nazi Germany Gottfried von Cramm 4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1934[6] Italy Giorgio de Stefani France André Martin-Legeay 8–6, 6–2, 6–2
1935 Czechoslovakia Josef Caska United States Wilmer Hines 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1936 France Jean Lesueur United States Norcross S. Tilney 6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 5–7, 6–1
1937[6] Sweden Kalle Schröder Poland Kazimierz Tarlowski 8–6, 6–2, 6–4
1938[6] Sweden Kalle Schröder (2) Italy Valentino Taroni 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
1939[9] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec Austria Hans Redl 11–9, 6–2, 6–0
1940/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
Menton International Championships
1954 Uruguay Eduardo Argon Monaco Alexandre-Athenase Noghès 6–3, 6–4, 9–7
1955[6] Poland Władysław Skonecki France Paul Rémy 6–1, 6–1, 6–3
1957 Spain Andrés Gimeno Italy Sergio Jacobini 6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1958[6] Belgium Jacques Brichant France Paul Rémy 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1959[6] United Kingdom Billy Knight Hungary István Gulyás 6-4, 6-2
1960[6] Belgium Jacques Brichant (2) France Robert Haillet 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
1961[6] Belgium Jacques Brichant (3) Italy Antonio Maggi 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1962[6] Spain Juan Manuel Couder Colombia William Álvarez 6–3, 2–6, 6–1
1963[6] Hungary István Gulyás France Pierre Barthès 8–6, 6–2, 6–4
Menton International
1964[6] France Pierre Darmon Hungary István Gulyás 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1965[6] Hungary István Gulyás (2) Australia Bob Carmichael 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1966[6] Hungary István Gulyás (3) Belgium Patrick Hombergen 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1967[6] Austria Dieter Schultheiss West Germany Bernd Kube 3-0 sets
1968[6] Soviet Union Alex Metreveli Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček 7–5, 6–4, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Hungary Géza Varga Italy Giuseppe Merlo 6–0, 7–5
1975 Sweden Bengt Lundstedt France Patrice Beust 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
French Riviera Invitation
1978 Sweden Bjorn Borg Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6–4, 6–3

Men's doubles

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Incomplete Roll
Riviera Championships
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1908 United Kingdom Major Ritchie
United Kingdom George Simond
France George de Bray
Germany Monsieur Jermoloff
6–0, 6–1, 6–1

Women's singles

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Riviera Championships
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1902 United Kingdom V. Henshaw France Miss Tomer 6-3, 6-1
1903 United Kingdom Mildred Brooksmith ? ?
1904 United Kingdom V. Henshaw (2) United Kingdom Miss Rooke 5–7, 6–2, 6–1
1905 United Kingdom Amy Ransome United States Vera Warden 7-5, 8-6
1906 United States Vera Warden United Kingdom Amy Ransome 8-6, 6-3
1907 United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury United Kingdom Miss Hampshire 7-5, 6-0
1908 United Kingdom Maud Dillon United Kingdom Evelyn Dillon w.o.
1909 United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury (2) England Alice Greene w.o.
1910 United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury (3) United Kingdom Evelyn M. Froude Bellew 6-3, 6-2
1911 United Kingdom Jessie Tripp United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury 6–2, 6–8, 7–5
1912 Germany Mieken Rieck United Kingdom Margaret Tripp 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
1913 Germany Dagmar von Krohn United Kingdom Madeline Fisher O'Neill 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1914 United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass Chambers United States Elizabeth Ryan 6-2, 6-1
1915/1918 Not held (due to world war one)
1919 France Suzanne Lenglen France A. Doublet 6-0, 6-1
1920 United Kingdom Geraldine Ramsey Beamish Sweden Sigrid Frenckell Fick 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
1921 United States Elizabeth Ryan United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 6-4, 6-3
1922 United States Elizabeth Ryan (2) United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 6-3, 6-3
1923 France Suzanne Lenglen (2) United Kingdom Kathleen McKane 6-2, 7-5
1924 France Suzanne Lenglen (3) United States Elizabeth Ryan 7-5, 6-1
1925 United States Elizabeth Ryan (3) United Kingdom Honor Woolrych 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
1926 United States Helen Wills Spain Lili de Alvarez 6-4, 6-4
1927 United States Elizabeth Ryan (4) United Kingdom Dorothy Shaw 6-4, 7-5
1928 Spain Lili de Alvarez Italy Lucia Valerio 6-4, 7-5
1929 United Kingdom Phyllis Howkins Covell Germany Cilly Aussem 6-4, 9-7
1930 Germany Cilly Aussem France Simonne Mathieu 9-7, 6-2
1931 United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite France Simonne Mathieu 7-5, 6-4
1932 France Simonne Mathieu Italy Lucia Valerio 6-2, 6-3
1933 France Simonne Mathieu (2) United Kingdom Peggy Scriven 6-3, 6-2
1934 France Sylvie Jung Henrotin Italy Lucia Valerio 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
1935 France Simonne Mathieu (3) France Edith Belliard 6-2, 6-1
1936 Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska France Edith Belliard 6-2, 6-1
1937 Chile Anita Lizana Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6–8, 8–6, 1–1 retired
1938 Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hella Kovac 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1939 France Simone Iribarne Lafargue France 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 Austria Hella Strecker Italy Vittoria Tonolli 8–10, 9–7, 10-8
1952 United Kingdom Joan Curry Italy Silvana Lazzarino 6-1, 6-0
1953 West Germany Inge Pohmann United Kingdom Joan Curry 6-4, 6-1
1954 United Kingdom Joan Curry (2) United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer 6-3, 6-4
1955 United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer United Kingdom Pat Ward 6-3, 7-5
1956 United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer (2) West Germany Ilse Buding 7-5, 6-4
1957 Italy Lucia Bassi United Kingdom Susanah Prettejohn 11-9, 6-0
1958 Hungary Zsuzsa Körmöczy Italy Lucia Bassi 6-4, 6-1
1959 France Flo de la Courtie Italy Lucia Bassi 7-5, 6-1
1960 Hungary Zsuzsa Körmöczy France Flo de la Courtie 6-2, 6-3
Menton International
1961 United States Mimi Arnold United Kingdom Elizabeth Starkie 5–7, 6–4, 6–0
1962 Italy Francesca Gordigiani West Germany Hilde Schildknecht 7–9, 9–7, 6–4
1963 France Jacqueline Rees-Lewis United Kingdom Carole Rosser 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
1964 France Jacqueline Rees-Lewis (2) Belgium Christiane Mercelis 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
1965 Australia Gail Sherriff United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1966 Australia Jill Blackman France Jacqueline Rees-Lewis 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1967 France Jacqueline Rees-Lewis Vives (3) Italy Roberta Beltrame 6-1, 6-3
1968 Australia Gail Sherriff (2) Czechoslovakia Vlasta Vopičková 6-1, 6-0
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 France Johanne Venturino Argentina Ana Maria Cavadini 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1970 France Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (3) United Kingdom Corinne Molesworth 6-1, 6-2
1971 West Germany Helga Niessen Masthoff United Kingdom Corinne Molesworth 7-5 2-6 7-5
1972 Hungary Judith Szorenyi Sweden Margareta Strandberg 8-6, 6-3
1973 France Odile de Roubin France Monique Salfati-Di Maso 7-5, 6-3
1975 Netherlands Elly Appel France Brigitte Simon 4–6, 6–2, 6–0
1976 Belgium Monique van Haver Italy Sabina Simmonds 6–4, 5–7, 6–2

Mix Doubles

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Incomplete Roll
Riviera Championships
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1904 United Kingdom Charles Gladstone Allen
France Miss Bournd
United Kingdom Roy Allen
United Kingdom Miss Powell
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1906 New Zealand Anthony Wilding
United Kingdom Amy Ransome
United Kingdom Charles Gladstone Allen
England Agnes Morton
6–3, 6–1
1907 United Kingdom Major Ritchie
United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury
France George de Bray
France Mlle Kraminski
6-0, 6-1

References

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  1. ^ Town & Country. New York, United States: Hearst Corporation. 1932. p. 63.
  2. ^ Le voyageur en France: a monthly bulletin of official information concerning travel in France. Paris, France: Office national du tourisme. 1923. p. 3.
  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.
  4. ^ Town and Country (1937)
  5. ^ "Personal Notes from London". Auckland Star. 4 May 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via National Library of New Zealand.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Lawn Tennis". The Press Newspaper. National Library of New Zealand. 25 April 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  8. ^ The Northern Times. Carnarvon, WA: National Library of Australia. 14 March 1914. p. 7.
  9. ^ American Lawn Tennis. New York: American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company. 1939. p. 39.

Sources

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  • American 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 & Country. New York, United States: Hearst Corporation. 1932.
  • Writers, Staff. "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". Steve G Tennis. stevegtennis.com.