Alexandria International Championships

Alexandria International Championships
International Championships of Alexandria
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1914 (1914)
Abolished1975 (1975)
LocationAlexandria, Egypt
VenueAlexandria Sporting Club
SurfaceClay

The Alexandria International Championships[1] or International Championships of Alexandria[2] was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1914. It was played at the Alexandria Sporting Club (f. 1890), Alexandria, Egypt. The tournament ran until 1975.[3]

Seven editions of this event were valid as the International Championships of Egypt at Alexandria.

History

The Alexandria International Championships was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1914 and played at the Alexandria Sporting Club,[4] Alexandria, Egypt. The championships were staged until 1975. For the years 1937 '39 '46 '50 '52 '53 '55 the editions were valid as "International Championships of Egypt" when played in Alexandria. That tournament was mainly held Gezireh Sporting Club, Cairo.[5]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
Alexandria International Championships
1914 Augustos Zerlendis H.J. Pailhé 6-3, 6-3
1934 Pat Hughes Franjo Punčec 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1935 Roderich Menzel Hermann Artens 6-4 6-0 6-0
1936 Roderich Menzel (2) Henner Henkel 3–6, 6–2, 5–7, 6–0, 6–4
International Championships of Egypt
1937 Gottfried von Cramm Henner Henkel 6–1, 6–2, 6–4
Alexandria International Championships
1938 Kho Sin-Khie Dragutin Mitić 6–2, 6–4, 10-8
International Championships of Egypt
1939 Gottfried von Cramm (2) Don McNeill 7–5, 6–2, 6–8, 6–2
1940/1945 Not held (due to World War II)
Alexandria International Championships
1947 Henri Cochet Robert Abdesselam 6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 8–6
1948 Robert Abdesselam Philippe Washer 3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1
1949 Frank Parker Pedro Masip
International Championships of Egypt
1950 Gottfried von Cramm (3) Jaroslav Drobný 8–6, 6–3, 9–11, 6-4
Alexandria International Championships
1951[6] Jaroslav Drobný Irvin Dorfman 6–1, 12–10, 6-2
International Championships of Egypt
1952 Jaroslav Drobný Władysław Skonecki 7–5, 6–3, 6–3
1953 Jaroslav Drobný (2) George Worthington 6–4, 7–5, 6–2
Alexandria International Championships
1954 Enrique Morea Fausto Gardini 6–2, 6–0, 5–7, 6–3
International Championships of Egypt
1955 Fausto Gardini Giuseppe Merlo 8–6, 6–0, 8–6
Alexandria International Championships
1956[7] Lew Hoad Fred Kovaleski
1957[8] Sven Viktor Davidson Władysław Skonecki 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1958 Barry MacKay (tennis) Orlando Garrido 6–4, 7–5, 6–2
1959 Giuseppe Merlo Nicola Pietrangeli 4–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1960 Boro Jovanović Bobby Wilson 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1961 Nicola Pietrangeli Barry Phillips-Moore 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1962 Jan-Erik Lundqvist Boro Jovanović 6–2, 2–6, 2–6, 7–5, 6–4
1963 Jan-Erik Lundqvist (2) Wilhelm Bungert 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1964 Martin Mulligan Jan-Erik Lundqvist 8–10, 6–3, 6–0, 6–3
1965 István Gulyás Martin Mulligan 4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 9–7
1966 Ion Țiriac Marty Riessen 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
1967 Jaime Pinto Bravo Ilie Năstase 9–7, 2–6, 6–8, 6–3, 7–5
↓ Open Era ↓
1968 Vladimir Korotkov Milan Holeček 4–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–2, 6–3
1969 István Gulyás (2) Ismail El Shafei 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1970 Wieslaw Gasiorek Harald Elschenbroich
1971 Ibrahim Mahmoud Vladimir Korotkov 3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–1
1972 Alexander Metreveli Ian Fletcher 9–7, 6–2, 6–4
1973 Patrice Dominguez Tadeusz Nowicki 6–3, 9–7, 5–7, 6–2
1974 Teimuraz Kakulia János Benyik 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
1975 Balázs Taróczy Anatoli Volkov w.o.

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
Alexandria International Championships
1914 R. Aighton Mrs Adamson 0–6, 8–6, 10-8
1936 Billie Yorke Rosl Kraus 6-1, 6-3
1937 Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling Simonne Mathieu 6-2, 6-3
1938 Gracyn Wheeler Gaby Curtis 6-2, 6-0
1939 Gaby Curtis Josephine Harman 6-2, 6-4
1940/1945 Not held (due to World War II)
International Championships of Egypt
1946 Simonne Mathieu Vera Mattar 6-1, 6-1
Alexandria International Championships
1947 Annalisa Bossi Suzanne Pannetier 5–7, 7–5, 6–2
1948 Nelly Landry Alice Weiwers 6-1, 6-0
1949 Nelly Landry (2) Joy Gannon 6-1, 6-0
International Championships of Egypt
1950 Pat Canning Todd Gussie Moran 1–6, 6–3, 6–0
Alexandria International Championships
1951 Doris Hart Louise Brough 7-5, 6-2
Egypt International Championships
1952 Betsy Abbas Suzanne Mathieu 6-1, 6-4
1953 Dottie Head Knode Patricia Ward 6-0, 6-2
Alexandria International Championships
1954 Betsy Abbas (2) Totta Zehden 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
International Championships of Egypt
1955 Silvana Lazzarino Angela Mortimer w.o.
Alexandria International Championships
1956[9] Angela Mortimer Althea Gibson 6-3, 6-4
1957 Edda Buding Ilse Buding 6–4, 1–0, ret.
1958[10] Dottie Head Knode Andrea Eid 6-1, 6-0
1959 Věra Pužejová Eva Mannschatz Johannes 6-1, 6-0
1960 Margaret Hellyer X. Vassiliadis 6-3, 6-4
1961 Věra Pužejová (2) Margaret Hellyer 6-1, 6-3
1962 Donna Floyd Lorna Cornell Cawthorn 9–7, 7–9, 6–2
1963 Jill Blackman Rita Bentley 6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1964 Jan Lehane Helga Schultze 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1965 Madonna Schacht Gail Sherriff 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
1966 Galina Baksheeva Carole Caldwell Graebner 7-5, 6-2
1967 Helga Schultze Anna Dmitrieva 4–6, 6–1, 8–6
↓ Open Era ↓
1968 Anna Dmitrieva Robin Blakelock-Lloyd 6-0, 6-3
1969 Nell Truman Olga Morozova 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1970 Olga Morozova Marcela Barochova 6-4, 6-0
1971 Alena Palmeová-West Yelena Gorina Granaturova 6-4, 6-4
1972 Alena Palmeová-West (2) Nathalie Fuchs 6–3, 1–6, 6–1
1973 Nathalie Fuchs Odile de Roubin 6-2, 6-0
1974 Marina Chuvirina Marie Neumannova 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
1975 Sue Barker Jackie Fayter 5–7, 7–5, 6–3

See also

References

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  2. ^ Robertson, Max (1974). "Egypt". The Encyclopedia of Tennis. New York City: Viking Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-670-29408-4.
  3. ^ Tennis Club Genova
  4. ^ Haag, Michael (2008). Vintage Alexandria: Photographs of the City, 1860–1960. Cairo: American Univ in Cairo Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-977-416-192-6.
  5. ^ Robertson (1974)
  6. ^ Abilene Reporter News. Newspaper Archives. March 26, 1951. Page 16.
  7. ^ "Alexandria – Egypt (UP)". New Castle News. New Castle, Pennsylvania: Newspaper Archives. 26 March 1956. p. 19. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Alexandria (UP)". Amarillo Daily News. Amarillo, Texas, United States: Newspaper Archives. 1 April 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Women's Singles Title For Angela Mortimer". Madison Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin, United States: Newspaper Archives. 25 March 1956. p. 37. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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