Genoa International

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]

Genoa International
Internazionale di Genova
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1928 (1928)
Abolished1968 (1968)
LocationGenoa, Liguria, Italy.
SurfaceClay

History

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]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll) included:[6]

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1928Italy Uberto De MorpurgoItaly Emanuele Sertorio6–2, 8–6, 6–1
1930United Kingdom Pat HughesItaly Roberto Bocciardo6–3, 6–1, 6–0
1931Japan Hyotaro SatoItaly Augusto Rado6–3, 3–6, 3-,6 6–4, 6–3
1932Italy Augusto RadoFrance Georges Mitaranga6–0, 6–1, 6–3
1933South Africa Jack O'SheaItaly Leonardo Bonzi?
1934Italy Giovanni PalmieriUnited States Wilmer Hines[7]4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1936Italy Giovanni Palmieri (2)Italy Augusto Rado6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
1939Italy Gianni CucelliCzechoslovakia Vojtech Vodicka6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1940Hungary József AsbóthSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1942Italy Francesco RomanoniItaly Marcello Del Bellofinal suspended
1945Italy Marcello del BelloItaly Rolando Del Bello6–2, 6–3, 6–8, 6–2
1954Argentina Enrique MoreaItaly Fausto Gardini6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1955[8]Italy Fausto GardiniUnited States Art Larsen6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–2.
1956Chile Luis Alberto AyalaEgypt Jaroslav Drobný6–2, 6–2, 6–1.[9]
1968Romania Ion ȚiriacItaly Pietro Marzano8–6, 6–2

Men's doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1928Italy Mino Balbi Di Robecco
Italy Giacomo Bocciardo		Italy Uberto De Morpurgo
Italy Mr. Abbiati		6–2 6–3 2–6 5–7 7–5

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1930United Kingdom Phyllis SatterthwaiteItaly Ada Pradadefault
1933Germany Edith SanderUnited States Dorothy Burke6–2, 6–3
1939Germany Klara Beutter-HammerItaly Wally San Donnino6–1, 6–2
1940Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hella KovacGermany Anneliese Ullstein3–6, 6–3, 6–0
1954Germany Totta ZehdenItaly Nicla Migliori6–3, 1–6, 6–2
1956[10]United States Althea GibsonAustralia Thelma Long6–3, 6–4
1968Italy Lea PericoliBelgium Ingrid Loeys8–6, 6–2

Mixed doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1939Italy Gianni Cucell
Germany Klara Beutter-Hammer		Italy Augusto Rado
Italy Giuliana Grioni		6–2, 4–6, 6–0
1940Italy Gino Vido
Italy Vittoria Tonolli		Hungary József Asbóth
Hungary Klára Somogyi		6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1954Italy Orlando Sirola
United Kingdom Elaine Watson		Italy Fausto Gardini
United Kingdom Pat Ward		3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1956Italy Orlando Sirola (2)
United States Althea Gibson		Chile Luis Ayala
Australia Thelma Long		6–4, 1–2, ret.

References
  1. "TENNIS DROBNY SHOCK:Defeat yesterday ended in tears yesterday as the outsider Luis Ayala Chile beat him 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 in the men's singles final of the Genoa International tennis tournament". Nottingham Guardian. Nottinghamshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. p. 7. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. "Storia Tennis Club Genova 1893 – Centenary Tennis Clubs". tennisclubgenova.it. Genova, Italy: Tennis Club Genova. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. Tennis Club Genova
  4. Tennis Club Genova
  5. Tennis Club Genova
  6. "Tournament – Genoa". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  7. "Obituary for Wilmer Moore Mines - Newspapers.com". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. 4 February 1960. p. 32. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  8. "Larsen Suspended After Report He Hit Ball Boy At Genoa Match". Pacific Stars And Stripes. Los Angeles, United States: Newspaper Archives. 26 April 1955. p. 24. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  9. Nottingham Guardian (April 1956)
  10. "Sports in Brief". Lawton Constitution. Lawton, Oklahoma, United States: Newspaper Archives. 23 April 1956. p. 8. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
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