Beausoleil Championships Explained

Beausoleil Championships Championnats Beausoleil
Type:	defunct
Location:	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Venue:	La Festa Country Club Monte Carlo Country Club

The Beausoleil Championships^[1] or Championnats Beausoleil also known as the Monte Carlo (Third Meeting) ^[2] or Monte Carlo (troisième réunion) or Monte Carlo Easter Tournament or Tournoi de Pâques de Monte-Carlo was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1910. The tournament was played at the La Festa Country Club,^[3] Hyères, France as part of the French Riviera Circuit. It was played annually until 1970 when it was discontinued.

History

The first Beausoleil Championships were played between 18 and 30 March 1921 at the La Festa Country Club, Monte Carlo, Monaco.^[2] In 1929 the La Festa Country Club changed its name to the Monte Carlo Country Club. It was staged annually until 1970 when it was discontinued.

The first winner of the men's singles title was England's Jack Hillyard.^[2] The first winner of the women's singles was the French international Suzanne Lenglen. The finals men's singles champion was France's Georges Goven,^[2] and the final women's singles champion was Hungary's Katalin Borka.

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete Roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1921		Charles Aeschlimann	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2
1922	Charles Aeschlimann	Alain Gerbault	4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1923	Brame Hillyard	Charles Aeschlimann	8–6, 6–8, 6–0, 8–6
1924	Charles Aeschlimann (2)	Brame Hillyard	6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3
1925	Henry Mayes	Brame Hillyard	6–1, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1926	Umberto De Morpurgo	Brame Hillyard	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1927	Erik Worm	Charles Aeschlimann	6–4, 6–1, 6–4
1928	René Lacoste	Henry Mayes	5–7, 2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6
1929	Erik Worm (2)	Wilbur Coen	6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
1930	Bill Tilden II	Jean Lesueur	6–1, 6–3, 6–3
1931	Jiro Sato	Marcel Bernard	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1932	Benny Berthet	George Lyttleton Rogers	4–6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1933	Jiro Sato (2)	Ryosuke Nunoi	0–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1934	Wilmer Moore Hines	Max Ellmer	6–4, 6–4, 7–5
1935	Jack Crawford	Vivian McGrath	3-1 sets
1936	Valentino Taroni	Paul Féret	6–2, 5–7, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5
1937	Adam Baworowski	Marcel Bernard	6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3
1938	Bernard Destremau	Jacques Jamain	6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1939	Paul Féret	Bernard Destremau	6–1, 6–3, 8–6
1942	Yvon Petra	Robert Abdesselam	6–4, 1–6, 10–8
1943/1945	Not held (due to world war two)
1946	Yvon Petra (2)	Raphaël Patorni	6–0, 6–2
1947	Yvon Petra (3)	Gianni Cucelli	3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1948		Fred Kovaleski	1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1951		Jean Borotra	6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1957	Jacques Brichant	István Gulyás	6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1961		Boro Jovanović	6–4, 6–4
↓ Open era ↓
1969	Georges Goven	François Jauffret	7–5, 7–5, 6–3
1970	Georges Goven (2)	Daniel Contet	5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles

(Incomplete Roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1921	Suzanne Lenglen	Phyllis Satterthwaite	6–1, 6–0
1922	Suzanne Lenglen (2)	Eleanor Goss	6–0, 6–0
1923	Lilí Álvarez	Phyllis Satterthwaite	6–3, 7–5
1924		Lilí Álvarez	5–7, 6–3, 6–1
1925	Phyllis Satterthwaite	Domini Elliadi Crosfield	6–1, 6–4
1926	Lilí Álvarez (2)	Phyllis Satterthwaite	w.o.
1927	Lilí Álvarez (3)	Phyllis Satterthwaite	6–0, 6–2
1928	Lilí Álvarez (4)	Phyllis Satterthwaite	6–2, 7–5
1929	Simone Passermard Mathieu	Sylvia Jung Lafaurie	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1930	Lilí Álvarez (5)	Josane Sigart	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
1931			6–1, 6–4
1932	Lolette Payot	Simone Passermard Mathieu	5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1933	Sylvie Jung Henrotin	Cilly Aussem	6–2, 8–10, 6–3
1934	Sylvie Jung Henrotin (2)	Dorothy Andrus Burke	6–1, 6–1
1935	Simone Passermard Mathieu (2)	Lilí Álvarez	6–4, 6–1
1936	Simone Passermard Mathieu (3)	Edith Belliard	6–4, 6–1
1937	Alice Weiwers	Colette Rosambert Boegner	8–6, 6–1
1938	Simone Passermard Mathieu (4)	Alice Weiwers	6–4, 6–0
1939	Simone Passermard Mathieu (5)		6–0, 6–0
1942	Alice Weiwers (2)	Aimée Charpenel	6–2, 6–3
1943/1945	Not held (due to world war two)
1951	Angela Mortimer	Althea Gibson	7–5, 6–3
1954	Shirley Bloomer	Joan Curry	8–6, 6–0
↓ Open era ↓
1969	Peaches Bartkowicz	Vlasta Vopičková	6–0, 6–3
1970		Marijke Schaar	6–4, 6–2

Notes and References

News: The Riviera: Week by Week: Interesting players entered in the Beausoleil Championships for the first time at La Festa Club. . 24 July 2023 . The Bystander . British Newspaper Archive . 25 April 1923 . London, England . 24. subscription.
Web site: Tournaments:Beausoleil Championships -Monte Carlo Third Meeting. The Tennis Base . Tennismem SL . July 24, 2023. subscription.
News: RIVIERA LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENTS The International Lawn Tennis Tournaments on the Riviera this season are as follows . 24 July 2023 . Pall Mall Gazette . British Newspaper Archive . 23 January 1912 . London, England . 11. subscription.