Côte d'Azur Championships explained

Côte d'Azur Championships
Championnats de la Côte d'Azur
Type:defunct
Tour:Mens Amateur Tour (1877–1912)
Founded:1910
Ended:1939
Location:Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Venue:Cannes Lawn tennis Club
Surface:Clay (outdoor)

The Côte d'Azur Championships[1] or Championnats de la Côte d'Azur also called the Championship of the Côte d'Azur[2] was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament held at the Cannes Lawn Tennis Club, Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France from 1910 through to 1939. It was one of the main tournaments on the French Riviera tennis circuit.

History

Cannes Lawn Tennis Club, was formally established in 1907.[3] In 1910 it began to host the Côte d'Azur Championships an international clay court tennis tournament that was staged until the start of World War II. It was one of the main tournaments that formed part of the French Riviera circuit.

Finals

Men's Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1910 Artimus Holmes George Henry Nettleton 4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–4
1911 Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe Rodney Heath6–4, 6–4, 7–9, 6–4
1912 Ferdinand Bölling Arthur Wallis Myers4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–4
1913 Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe (2) Robert Kleinschroth6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1914 Anthony Wilding Gordon Lowe6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1915/19Not held (due to World War One)
1920[4] Ambrose Dudley3–6, 6–0, 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
1921 Mino Balbi Di Robecco Félix Poulin6–2, 9–11, 6–3, 6–1
1922 D.L. Morgan8–6, 6–4, 6–2
1923 Alfred C. Hunter6–3, 6–2, 6–0
1924 Brame Hillyard6–2, 6–1, 6–2
1925 Gordon Lowe3–6, 6–0, 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
1926 Henri Cochet (2) Charles Aeschlimann6–4, 6–3, 6–0
1927 Henry Mayes (3) Otto Froitzheim1–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 2–0 ret.
1928 Henri Cochet (4) Otto Froitzheimw.o.
1929 Fritz Kuhlmann Sr8–6, 6–2, 9–7
1930 Giorgio de Stefani6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1931 George Lyttleton Rogers Charles Aeschlimann1-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 9-7
1932 Giorgio de Stefaniw.o.
1933 Ignacy Tłoczyński0–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1934 Franz Wilhelm Matejka6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–3
1935 Giorgio de Stefani6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1936 Josef Siba Christian Boussus6–3, 6–8, 6–2
1937 Kazimierz Tarlowski Karl Schroder6–2, 3–6, 9–7, 6–4
1938 Adam Baworowski Karl Schroder2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1939[5] Yvon Petra Adam Baworowski7–5, 7–5, 6–2

Women's Singles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1910 Eveline Maude Froude-Bellew6–4, 6–3
1911 Margaret Tripp6-0 6-2
1912 Mrs Perrett6-2 6-4
1913 Dagmar von Krohn4-6 6-2 6-0
1914 Elizabeth Ryan (2) M. Ward6-4 6-0
1915/19Not held (due to World War One)
1920 Elizabeth Ryan (3) Geraldine Ramsey Beamish4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1921 Elizabeth Ryan (4) 7–5, 6–2
1922 Elizabeth Ryan (5) Geraldine Ramsey Beamish6–4, 6–3
1923 Geraldine Ramsey Beamish8–6, 6–4
1924 Elizabeth Ryan (6)6–3, 6–3
1925 Cristobel Hardie6–0, 6–2
1926 Joan Ridleydefault
1927 Lili de Alvarez (2) Hélène Contostavlos6–3, 6–3
1928 Cilly Aussem Elizabeth Barber Corbiere6–3, 6–0
1929 Lili de Alvarez (3) Paula von Reznicek6–4, 6–1
1930 Cilly Aussem (2) Violet Owen6–0, 6–0
1931 Phyllis Satterthwaite (2) Lolette Payot6–0, 6–0
1932 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Muriel Thomas6–3, 6–2
1933 Lolette Payot Grete Deutschova6–2, 6–3
1934 Simonne Mathieu6–4, 6–4
1935 Kay Stammers6–1, 2–6, 6–0
1936 Simonne Mathieu (2) Jadwiga Jędrzejowska6–0, 5–7, 7–5
1937 Anita Lizana Jadwiga Jędrzejowska7–5, 5–7, 6–1
1938 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (2) 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
1939 Simonne Mathieu (3) Simone Iribarne Lafargue8–6, 6–3

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Albert Lejeune, ed. (March 31, 1930). "Tennis sur la Cote D'Azur" [Tennis at the Cote D'Azur]. Le Petit Niçois (in French). Vol. 51, no. 90. Nice, France. p. 2.
  2. Book: Steinhart . J. . Le Voyageur en France . 1925 . French Government Tourist Office . Paris . 3 . en.
  3. Web site: Cannes Tennis Club . TenX Tennis Directory . Tenx Pro . 13 October 2022 . North Sydney, NSW, Australia.
  4. Web site: Staff Writers . 1877 to 2012 Finals Results . Steve G Tennis . stevegtennis.com . 13 October 2022.
  5. Book: American Lawn Tennis . 1939 . American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company . New York . 10 . en.