Nice International Winter Championships

The Nice International Winter Championships [1] or Championnats Internationaux d'Hiver de Nice was a men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1922 as the Nice Lawn Tennis Club Winter Cup[2] also known as the Parc Imperial Winter Tournament or Nice Winter Tournament. It was organised by the Nice Lawn Tennis Club , Nice, France and played on clay courts until 1974 as part of the ILTF Independent Circuit.[2]

Nice International Winter Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
(1922–72)
ILTF Independent Circuit (1973–74)
Founded1922 (1922)
Abolished1974 (1974)
LocationNice, France
VenueNice Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceClay (outdoors)

History

The tournament was founded in 1922 as the Nice Lawn Tennis Club Winter Cup.[2] The tournament was usually played in February, though occasionally staged the first week of March. Following World War II the tournament was branded as the Nice International Winter Championships and informally called the Parc Imperial Winter Tournament.[2] The tournament was part of French Riviera circuit until 1942 a sub tennis circuit of the ILTF European Circuit itself part of the ILTF World Circuit when it became part of the ILTF Independent Circuit (tournaments not part of the ILTF Grand Prix Circuit or WTA Tour) from 1973 through to 1974 when it was discontinued.[2]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Nice LTC Winter Cup
Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1922Russia Mikhail Sumarokov-ElstonFrance Alain Gerbault6–1, 6–3, 6–4.[2]
1926France Jacques BrugnonRepublic of Ireland George Lyttleton Rogers6–2, 6–0, 6–2.[2]
1932Switzerland Charles AeschlimannMonaco Vladimir Landau1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3.[2]
1933Republic of Ireland George Lyttleton RogersFrance Jean Rouillot6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3.[2]
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1947United States Budge PattyMonaco Alexandre-Athenase Noghès6–2, 6–2.[2]
1950France Pierre PaccardUnited States George Scherbatoff6–3, 7–5.[2]
1951Monaco Georges PasquierAustria Franz Weisz10–8, 0–6, 6–1.[2]
1953United Kingdom John HornUnited Kingdom Anthony (Tony) Starte[3]6–4, 0–6, 6–4.[2]
1954Australia Pat MolloyUnited Kingdom Philip Wooldridge6–2, 7–9, 6–4.[2]
1957Czechoslovakia Jan FoldinaUnited Kingdom Gordon Mudge6–3, 7–5.[2]
1959Colombia Hernando Salas[4]Soviet Union Yuri Shcherbakov6–2, 6–1.[2]
1961United Kingdom Charles (Charlie) Applewhaite[5]United Kingdom Trevor Adamson[6]6–0, 3–6, 6–1.[2]
1962Italy Oscar EbnerFrance Jean Paul Frances6–2, 3–6, 6–4.[2]
1963Italy Oscar Ebner (2)United States Robert Sherman[7]2–6, 6–1, 8–6.[2]
1965United Kingdom Gerald BattrickUnited Kingdom David Lloyd9–7, 6–1.[2]
1966United Kingdom Geoff BluettUnited Kingdom John Crump6–3, 6–2.[2]
1967West Germany Bernd Kube[8]France Daniel Moreau6–3, 6–2.[2]
1968Netherlands Roy Den HoedFrance Jacques Jaujou6–4, 6–3.[2]
↓  Open era  ↓
1970France Jean-François CaujolleFrance Bernard Tapin6–4, 6–3.[2]
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1974France Patrice BeustFrance Christophe Casa6–2, 6–2.[2]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Parc Imperial/Nice Winter Tournament
Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1922United Kingdom Molly SmailesUnited Kingdom Jessie Tripp6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1923France Suzanne LenglenUnited States Elizabeth Ryandefault
1924France Suzanne Lenglen (2)United Kingdom Dorothy Shepherd Barron6–0, 6–1
1925France Suzanne Lenglen (3)United Kingdom Margaret Tripp6–0, 6–1
1926France Suzanne Lenglen (2)France Jeanne Franke6–1, 6–3
1927United Kingdom Eileen BennettUnited Kingdom Betty Nuthall6–3, 6–2
1928United States Elizabeth RyanUnited Kingdom Eileen Bennett6–4, 6–2
1932France Simonne MathieuFrance Colette Rosambert6–3, 6–3
1933United Kingdom Sheila HewittUnited Kingdom Muriel Thomas6–4, 6–3
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1946Luxembourg Alice WeiwersBelgium Yvonne Vincart6–4, 6–2
1955United Kingdom Shirley BloomerUnited States Pat Ward6–1, 6–0
1961United Kingdom Elizabeth StarkieFrance Nicole Broccardo6–1, 6–1
1965France Jacqueline Rees-LewisUnited Kingdom Winnie Shaw6–0, 6–0
1966France Jacqueline Rees-Lewis (2)France Denise Magnan6–1, 6–1
1967France Jacqueline Rees-Lewis Vives (2)France C. Leca6–1, 6–3
↓  Open era  ↓
1970United States Pam AustinUnited Kingdom Marilyn Greenwood6–4, 6–3
1971West Germany Katja EbbinghausFrance Odile de Roubin8–6, 6–4

References
  1. "Pam Austin Wins Tennis Title". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky: The Wikipedia Library - newspapers.com. 16 Feb 1970. p. 8. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. "Tournaments: Nice International Winter Championships". The Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  3. "Anthony Starte: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  4. "Hernando Salas: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. "Charles Applewhaite: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  6. "Trevor Adamson: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  7. "Robert Sherman : Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  8. "Bernd Kube: Overview". ATP Tour. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
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