Beausoleil Championships

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.

Beausoleil Championships
Championnats Beausoleil
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1921 (1921)
Abolished1970 (1970)
LocationMonte Carlo, Monaco
VenueLa Festa Country Club
Monte Carlo Country Club
SurfaceClay

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[2]United Kingdom Jack Montagu HillyardSwitzerland Charles Aeschlimann6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2
1922[2]Switzerland Charles AeschlimannFrance Alain Gerbault4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1923[2]United Kingdom Brame HillyardSwitzerland Charles Aeschlimann8–6, 6–8, 6–0, 8–6
1924[2]Switzerland Charles Aeschlimann (2)United Kingdom Brame Hillyard6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3
1925[2]Canada Henry MayesUnited Kingdom Brame Hillyard6–1, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1926[2]Italy Umberto De MorpurgoUnited Kingdom Brame Hillyard6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1927[2]Denmark Erik WormSwitzerland Charles Aeschlimann6–4, 6–1, 6–4
1928[2]France René LacosteCanada Henry Mayes5–7, 2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6
1929[2]Denmark Erik Worm (2)United States Wilbur Coen6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
1930[2]United States Bill Tilden IIFrance Jean Lesueur6–1, 6–3, 6–3
1931[2]Japan Jiro SatoFrance Marcel Bernard6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1932[2]France Benny BerthetRepublic of Ireland George Lyttleton Rogers4–6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1933[2]Japan Jiro Sato (2)Japan Ryosuke Nunoi0–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1934[2]United States Wilmer Moore HinesSwitzerland Max Ellmer6–4, 6–4, 7–5
1935[2]Australia Jack CrawfordAustralia Vivian McGrath3-1 sets
1936[2]Italy Valentino TaroniFrance Paul Féret6–2, 5–7, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5
1937[2]Austria Adam BaworowskiFrance Marcel Bernard6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3
1938[2]France Bernard DestremauFrance Jacques Jamain6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1939[2]France Paul FéretFrance Bernard Destremau6–1, 6–3, 8–6
1942[2]France Yvon PetraFrance Robert Abdesselam6–4, 1–6, 10–8
1943/1945Not held (due to world war two)
1946[2]France Yvon Petra (2)France Raphaël Patorni6–0, 6–2
1947[2]France Yvon Petra (3)Italy Gianni Cucelli3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1948[2]United States Budge PattyUnited States Fred Kovaleski1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1951[2]Egypt Jaroslav DrobnýFrance Jean Borotra6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1957[2]Belgium Jacques BrichantHungary István Gulyás6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1961[2]Italy Nicola PietrangeliSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović6–4, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[2]France Georges GovenFrance François Jauffret7–5, 7–5, 6–3
1970[2]France Georges Goven (2)France Daniel Contet5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles

(Incomplete Roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1921France Suzanne LenglenUnited Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite6–1, 6–0
1922France Suzanne Lenglen (2)United States Eleanor Goss6–0, 6–0
1923Spain Lilí ÁlvarezUnited Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite6–3, 7–5
1924United Kingdom Phyllis Howkins CovellSpain Lilí Álvarez5–7, 6–3, 6–1
1925United Kingdom Phyllis SatterthwaiteUnited Kingdom Domini Elliadi Crosfield6–1, 6–4
1926Spain Lilí Álvarez (2)United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaitew.o.
1927Spain Lilí Álvarez (3)United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite6–0, 6–2
1928Spain Lilí Álvarez (4)United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite6–2, 7–5
1929France Simone Passermard MathieuFrance Sylvia Jung Lafaurie6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1930Spain Lilí Álvarez (5)Belgium Josane Sigart3–6, 6–2, 7–5
1931Germany Cilly AussemSpain Lilí Álvarez6–1, 6–4
1932Switzerland Lolette PayotFrance Simone Passermard Mathieu5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1933France Sylvie Jung HenrotinGermany Cilly Aussem6–2, 8–10, 6–3
1934France Sylvie Jung Henrotin (2)United States Dorothy Andrus Burke6–1, 6–1
1935France Simone Passermard Mathieu (2)Spain Lilí Álvarez6–4, 6–1
1936France Simone Passermard Mathieu (3)France Edith Belliard6–4, 6–1
1937Luxembourg Alice WeiwersFrance Colette Rosambert Boegner8–6, 6–1
1938France Simone Passermard Mathieu (4)Luxembourg Alice Weiwers6–4, 6–0
1939France Simone Passermard Mathieu (5)United Kingdom Iris Hutchings6–0, 6–0
1942Luxembourg Alice Weiwers (2)France Aimée Charpenel6–2, 6–3
1943/1945Not held (due to world war two)
1951United Kingdom Angela MortimerUnited States Althea Gibson7–5, 6–3
1954United Kingdom Shirley BloomerUnited Kingdom Joan Curry8–6, 6–0
↓  Open era  ↓
1969United States Peaches BartkowiczCzechoslovakia Vlasta Vopičková6–0, 6–3
1970Hungary Katalin BorkaNetherlands Marijke Schaar6–4, 6–2

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