Riviera Championships

The Riviera Championships [1] also known as the Championship of the Riviera [2] or the French Riviera Championships[3] or Menton International was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club,[4] Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on clay courts from 1902 until 1976 and again in 1978.

Riviera Championships
Menton International
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit (1913–1972)
ILTF Independent Circuit (1973–, 76, 1978)
Founded1902
Abolished1976
LocationMenton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
VenueMenton Lawn Tennis Club,
Surfaceoutdoor (clay)

History

The Riviera Championships also known as the Championship of the Riviera was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club, Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on clay courts. The first edition was inaugurated on 22 March 1902, the tournament ran until 1975. In 1904 a mixed doubles event was scheduled.

The tournament was part of the French Riviera circuit tennis tour, which was series of international amateur tennis events held on the French Riviera, usually starting at the end of the preceding year around late December, through until the end of April. The tournament was known as the Riviera Championships until 1942. Following World War II the event was suspended until 1950 after which it took on the denomination as the Menton International Championships or simply Menton International.

Finals

Men's singles

Incomplete Roll
Riviera Championships
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1902Belgium William le Maire de Warzée d'HermalleUnited Kingdom Charles Gladstone Allen3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 7–5
1903United Kingdom Roy Allen ? ?
1904United Kingdom Major RitchieUnited Kingdom Roy Allen6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1905United Kingdom Major Ritchie (2)United Kingdom Roy Allen6–2, 4–6, 6–4, ret.
1906[5]New Zealand Anthony WildingUnited Kingdom Major Ritchie6–1, 6–4, 6–0
1907United Kingdom Major Ritchie (3)England George Simond6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1908 [6]United Kingdom Major Ritchie (4)New Zealand Anthony Wilding1–6, 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 8–6
1909[6]United States Fred AlexanderUnited Kingdom Major Ritchie6–4, 6–2, 3–0, ret.
1910[6]United States Max DecugisUnited Kingdom Major Ritchie4-2, ret.
1911[6]New Zealand Anthony Wilding (2)France Max Decugis6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3
1912United Kingdom Roy AllenUnited KingdomArthur Wallis Myers6–0, 3–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–0
1913 [7][6]New Zealand Anthony Wilding (3)Germany Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1914[8][6]New Zealand Anthony Wilding (4)United Kingdom Gordon Lowe6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1915/1918Not held (due to world war one)
1919Romania Nicolae MishuFrance Max Decugis6–3, 6–2, 10–12, 2–6, 7-5
1920Romania Nicolae Mishu (2)United Kingdom Gordon Lowe4-3, ret.
1921[6]United Kingdom Gordon LoweFrance Alain Gerbault6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1922Australia Rupert WertheimUnited Kingdom P. Marsden6–2, 6–1, 6–4
1923[6]United Kingdom Gordon Lowe (2)United Kingdom F. R. L. Crawford6–2, 6–3, 7–5
1924[6]United Kingdom Gordon Lowe (3)Italy Uberto De Morpurgo6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 6–2
1925[6]United Kingdom Gordon Lowe (4)Italy Uberto De Morpurgo6–2, 6–0, 4–6, 7–5
1926[6]France Henri CochetHungary Béla von Kehrling6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 3–6, 8–6
1927[6]Italy Uberto De MorpurgoHungary Béla von Kehrling6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1928[6]Hungary Béla von KehrlingDenmark Erik Worm6–1, 8–6, 1–6, 6–3
1929[6]Hungary Béla von Kehrling (2)Austria Franz-Wilhelm Matejka6–4, 7–5, 6–1
1930[6]United States Bill TildenFrance Jacques Brugnon10–8, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–1
1931[6]Hungary Béla von Kehrling (3)Brazil E. Garcia6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1932[6]Czechoslovakia Roderich MenzelFrance André Merlin6–3, 6–0, 4–6, 6–4
1933France André Martin-LegeayNazi Germany Gottfried von Cramm4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1934[6]Italy Giorgio de StefaniFrance André Martin-Legeay8–6, 6–2, 6–2
1935Czechoslovakia Josef CaskaUnited States Wilmer Hines3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1936France Jean LesueurUnited States Norcross S. Tilney6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 5–7, 6–1
1937[6]Sweden Kalle SchröderPoland Kazimierz Tarlowski8–6, 6–2, 6–4
1938[6]Sweden Kalle Schröder (2)Italy Valentino Taroni6–3, 6–2, 6–1
1939[9]Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo PunčecAustria Hans Redl11–9, 6–2, 6–0
1940/1945Not held (due to world war two)
Menton International Championships
1954Uruguay Eduardo ArgonMonaco Alexandre-Athenase Noghès6–3, 6–4, 9–7
1955[6]Poland Władysław SkoneckiFrance Paul Rémy6–1, 6–1, 6–3
1957Spain Andrés GimenoItaly Sergio Jacobini6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1958[6]Belgium Jacques BrichantFrance Paul Rémy6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1959[6]United Kingdom Billy KnightHungary István Gulyás6-4, 6-2
1960[6]Belgium Jacques Brichant (2)France Robert Haillet5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
1961[6]Belgium Jacques Brichant (3)Italy Antonio Maggi6–4, 6–2, 6–2
Menton International
1964[6]France Pierre DarmonHungary István Gulyás6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1968[6]Soviet Union Alex MetreveliCzechoslovakia Milan Holeček7–5, 6–4, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969Hungary Géza VargaItaly Giuseppe Merlo6–0, 7–5
1975Sweden Bengt LundstedtFrance Patrice Beust6–4, 2–6, 6–3
French Riviera Invitation
1978Sweden Bjorn BorgArgentina Guillermo Vilas6–4, 6–3

Men's doubles

Incomplete Roll
Riviera Championships
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1908United Kingdom Major Ritchie
United Kingdom George Simond
France George de Bray
Germany Monsieur Jermoloff
6–0, 6–1, 6–1

Women's singles

Riviera Championships
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1902United Kingdom V. HenshawFrance Miss Tomer6-3, 6-1
1903United Kingdom Mildred Brooksmith ? ?
1904United Kingdom V. Henshaw (2)United Kingdom Miss Rooke5–7, 6–2, 6–1
1905United Kingdom Amy RansomeUnited States Vera Warden7-5, 8-6
1906United States Vera WardenUnited Kingdom Amy Ransome8-6, 6-3
1907United Kingdom Rosamund SalusburyUnited Kingdom Miss Hampshire7-5, 6-0
1908United Kingdom Maud DillonUnited Kingdom Evelyn Dillonw.o.
1909United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury (2)England Alice Greenew.o.
1910United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury (3)United Kingdom Evelyn M. Froude Bellew6-3, 6-2
1911United Kingdom Jessie TrippUnited Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury6–2, 6–8, 7–5
1912Germany Mieken RieckUnited Kingdom Margaret Tripp1–6, 7–5, 6–3
1913Germany Dagmar von KrohnUnited Kingdom Madeline Fisher O'Neill4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1914United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass ChambersUnited States Elizabeth Ryan6-2, 6-1
1915/1918Not held (due to world war one)
1919France Suzanne LenglenFrance A. Doublet6-0, 6-1
1920United Kingdom Geraldine Ramsey BeamishSweden Sigrid Frenckell Fick6–1, 4–6, 6–2
1921United States Elizabeth RyanUnited Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite6-4, 6-3
1922United States Elizabeth Ryan (2)United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite6-3, 6-3
1923France Suzanne Lenglen (2)United Kingdom Kathleen McKane6-2, 7-5
1924France Suzanne Lenglen (3)United States Elizabeth Ryan7-5, 6-1
1925United States Elizabeth Ryan (3)United Kingdom Honor Woolrych3–6, 6–0, 6–2
1926United States Helen WillsSpain Lili de Alvarez6-4, 6-4
1927United States Elizabeth Ryan (4)United Kingdom Dorothy Shaw6-4, 7-5
1928Spain Lili de AlvarezItaly Lucia Valerio6-4, 7-5
1929United Kingdom Phyllis Howkins CovellGermany Cilly Aussem6-4, 9-7
1930Germany Cilly AussemFrance Simonne Mathieu9-7, 6-2
1931United Kingdom Phyllis SatterthwaiteFrance Simonne Mathieu7-5, 6-4
1932France Simonne MathieuItaly Lucia Valerio6-2, 6-3
1933France Simonne Mathieu (2)United Kingdom Peggy Scriven6-3, 6-2
1934France Sylvie Jung HenrotinItaly Lucia Valerio3–6, 6–3, 6–0
1935France Simonne Mathieu (3)France Edith Belliard6-2, 6-1
1936Poland Jadwiga JędrzejowskaFrance Edith Belliard6-2, 6-1
1937Chile Anita LizanaPoland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska6–8, 8–6, 1–1 retired
1938Poland Jadwiga JędrzejowskaSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hella Kovac4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1939France Simone Iribarne LafargueFrance Simonne Mathieu2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1940/1950Not held (due to World War II) and women's event not held
Menton International Championships
1951Austria Hella StreckerItaly Vittoria Tonolli8–10, 9–7, 10-8
1952United Kingdom Joan CurryItaly Silvana Lazzarino6-1, 6-0
1953West Germany Inge PohmannUnited Kingdom Joan Curry6-4, 6-1
1954United Kingdom Joan Curry (2)United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer6-3, 6-4
1955United Kingdom Shirley BloomerUnited Kingdom Pat Ward6-3, 7-5
1956United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer (2)West Germany Ilse Buding7-5, 6-4
1957Italy Lucia BassiUnited Kingdom Susanah Prettejohn11-9, 6-0
1958Hungary Zsuzsa KörmöczyItaly Lucia Bassi6-4, 6-1
1959France Flo de la CourtieItaly Lucia Bassi7-5, 6-1
1960Hungary Zsuzsa KörmöczyFrance Flo de la Courtie6-2, 6-3
Menton International
1961United States Mimi ArnoldUnited Kingdom Elizabeth Starkie5–7, 6–4, 6–0
1962Italy Francesca GordigianiWest Germany Hilde Schildknecht7–9, 9–7, 6–4
1963France Jacqueline Rees-LewisUnited Kingdom Carole Rosser6–3, 4–6, 7–5
1964France Jacqueline Rees-Lewis (2)Belgium Christiane Mercelis4–6, 7–5, 6–3
1965Australia Gail SherriffUnited Kingdom Virginia Wade6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1966Australia Jill BlackmanFrance Jacqueline Rees-Lewis3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1967France Jacqueline Rees-Lewis Vives (3)Italy Roberta Beltrame6-1, 6-3
1968Australia Gail Sherriff (2)Czechoslovakia Vlasta Vopičková6-1, 6-0
↓  Open era  ↓
1969France Johanne VenturinoArgentina Ana Maria Cavadini3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1970France Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (3)United Kingdom Corinne Molesworth6-1, 6-2
1971West Germany Helga Niessen MasthoffUnited Kingdom Corinne Molesworth7-5 2-6 7-5
1972Hungary Judith SzorenyiSweden Margareta Strandberg8-6, 6-3
1973France Odile de RoubinFrance Monique Salfati-Di Maso7-5, 6-3
1975Netherlands Elly AppelFrance Brigitte Simon4–6, 6–2, 6–0
1976Belgium Monique van HaverItaly Sabina Simmonds6–4, 5–7, 6–2

Mix Doubles

Incomplete Roll
Riviera Championships
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1904United Kingdom Charles Gladstone Allen
France Miss Bournd
United Kingdom Roy Allen
United Kingdom Miss Powell
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1906New Zealand Anthony Wilding
United Kingdom Amy Ransome
United Kingdom Charles Gladstone Allen
England Agnes Morton
6–3, 6–1
1907United Kingdom Major Ritchie
United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury
France George de Bray
France Mlle Kraminski
6-0, 6-1

References

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  4. Town and Country (1937)
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Sources

  • American Lawn Tennis. (1939). New York: American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company.
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