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]
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]
(incomplete roll) included:[6]
Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
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1928 | 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 | Wilmer Hines[7] | 4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 | |
1936 | Giovanni Palmieri (2) | 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 | |
1939 | 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 | ||
1940 | 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 | ||
1942 | Francesco Romanoni | Marcello Del Bello | final suspended |
1945 | Marcello del Bello | 6–2, 6–3, 6–8, 6–2 | |
1954 | Enrique Morea | 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 | |
1955[8] | Fausto Gardini | 6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–2. | |
1956 | Luis Alberto Ayala | 6–2, 6–2, 6–1.[9] | |
1968 | Ion Țiriac | 8–6, 6–2 | |
(incomplete roll)
(incomplete roll)
Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
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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 | 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 |
(incomplete roll)
Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
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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 | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 | |
1956 | Orlando Sirola (2) Althea Gibson | Luis Ayala Thelma Long | 6–4, 1–2, ret. |