Moroccan International Championships Explained

Moroccan International Championships
Championnats Internationaux Marocains
Type:Defunct
Tour:ILTF Circuit (1924-1974)
Location:Morocco

The Moroccan International Championships[1] or Championnats Internationaux Marocains was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1925 as the Moroccan Championships or Championnats du Maroc. The tournament first held in Casablanca, Morocco. It was held annually until 1974 when it was discontinued as part of the worldwide ILTF Circuit.

History

In 1924 the Moroccan Championships were first held in Casablanca, Morocco. The tournament continued to staged annually through to the second world war then was suspended. In 1950 the tournament resumed under a new brand name the Moroccan International Championships. The tournament was mainly held in Casablanca, but was also staged in Rabat in 1933, 1937, 1939 and 1950. The championships ran annually through till 1974 when they were discontinued as part of the worldwide ILTF Circuit.

Finals

Men's singles

Notes: two versions of the tournament was held in * February (59) & April (62) ** November (59, 62).[2] [3]

(Incomplete roll)

Moroccan Championships
1930 Christian Boussus Maxime "Max" Combemale6-2 6-3
1936[4] Christian Boussus Jean Lesueur6-4, 6–0, 6-2
1937 Christian Boussus Kalle Schröder4-6 6-3 6-4 6-8 6-2
1939 Mr. Lasson Kalle Schröder7-5 6-2 6-0
1940/1945Not held (due to World War II)
Moroccan International Championships
1950 Geoffrey Brown Fred Kovaleski5-7 6-1 6-4
1951 Paul Rémy Maurice Bendayan6-2 6-0 7-5
1956 Henri Chabance[5] Pierre Forget8-6 6-4 6-2
1957 Pierre Forget[6] Jean Pierre Bergerat[7] 6-3 3-6 6-2 10-8
1959* Mike Davies Robert Haillet6-3 1-6 7-5
1959** Nicola Pietrangeli Gérard Pilet6-4 6-3 6-4
1960[8] Manuel Santana Giuseppe Merlo1-6 6-4 6-4 6-4
1961 Wilhelm Bungert7-5 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-2
1962* István Gulyás Ingo Buding10-8 6-4 6-2
1962** Lahcen Chadli Mohammed-Haibabi Bouchaib[9] 6-1 6-0 6-2
1963 Roy Emerson Ingo Buding6-8 7-5 6-3 6-4
1964 Martin Mulligan István Gulyás6-4 6-2 6-3
1965 Ben Ali Ahmed Ali Laroussi[10] 1-6 6-4 7-5 4-6 7-5
1968 Nicholas Kalogeropoulos Allan Stone6-1 4-6 6-3 6-4
1968 Michel Leclercq Daniel Contet2-6 7-5 6-2
Open era
1969 Željko Franulović Barry Phillips-Moore2-6 6-1 6-2 6-3
1970 Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Ali Laroussi[11] 6-3 6-4 6-2
1971 Ion Țiriac François Jauffret7-6 6-0 6-3
1974 Éric Deblicker Jean-Claude Barclay7-5 6-1 6-3

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Moroccan Championships
1925[12] Mme Neville Mme Rebourseau 6-1, 3–6, 6-1
1933 Mlle Matia Mme Lannefranque 6-2, 6-1
1939 Mme Follweider Mme Lannefranque 6-4, 6-2
1940/1945Not held (due to World War II)
Moroccan International Championships
1951 Ruth Nathan Kaufmann Mlle Pilon Fleury 6-3, 3–6, 8-6
1954 Maud Galtier Michelle Bourbonnais6-3, 6-2
1956 Mlle Roy 6-1, 6-1
1959 Jacqueline Morales 5-7, 6–2, 6-3
1960[13] Jacqueline Rees-Lewis6-0, 6-2
1961 Silvana Lazzarino Helga Schultze6-2, 6-3
1962 Lea Pericoli Silvana Lazzarino10-8, 3–6, 6-1
1963 Jan Lehane Maria Bueno6-3, 6-2
1964 Françoise Dürr Robyn Ebbern6-4, 6-3
1968 Gail Sherriff Alice Tym6-1, 6-4
Open era
1969 Alice Tym Graciela Morán6-3, 6-1
1970 Jacqueline Morales Lecaillon (2) Jenny Staley Hoad3-6, 7–5, 6-0
1971 Wendy Gilchrist Michèle Gurdal6-2, 7-5

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: SPORTS IN SHORT: BRITONS Gerald Battrick and John Paish opened with straightset victories in the Moroccan International Championships in Casablance. Battrick had a 6-2, 6-1 win over Morocco's Ali Laroussi and Paish beat Frenchman Jacques Thamin.. 12 April 2023 . Coventry Evening Telegraph . British Newspaper Archive . 24 November 1971 . Warwickshire, England . 30. subscription.
  2. Web site: Tournament – Casablanca – Moroccan International Championships . www.tennisarchives.com . Tennis Archives . 12 April 2023.
  3. Web site: Tournament – Moroccan International . www.tennisarchives.com . Tennis Archives . 12 April 2023.
  4. News: OUT OF ENGLAND: More travel tales . The Tatler . British Newspaper Archive . 24 April 1936 . London, England . 44.
  5. Web site: Henri Chabance: Overview . ATP Tour . ATP . 12 April 2023.
  6. Book: The International Who's Who, 1997-98 . 1997 . Europa Publications . Brussels . 978-1-85743-022-6 . 495 . en . G: Guy Forget.
  7. Web site: Jean Pierre Bergerat: Overview . ATP Tour . ATP . 12 April 2023.
  8. News: Easy win for British girl Ann Haydon . 12 April 2023 . Daily Mirror . British Newspaper Archive . 31 October 1960 . London, England . 27. subscription.
  9. Web site: Player Profile: Mohammed-Haibabi Bouchaib . www.itftennis.com . ITF . 13 April 2023.
  10. Web site: Ali Laroussi: Overview . ATP Tour . ATP . 12 April 2023.
  11. Web site: Player Profile: Ali Laroussi . www.itftennis.com . ITF . 12 April 2023.
  12. News: Foreign News and Sports: The Moroccan War and Tennis . 12 April 2023 . Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) . British Newspaper Archive . 7 October 1925 . Lahore, Pakistan . 3. subscription.
  13. Daily Mirror (1960)