Beausoleil Championships

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

The Beausoleil Championships[1] also known as the Monte Carlo Third Meeting [2] or Monte Carlo Easter Tournament 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.

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] Jack Montagu Hillyard Charles Aeschlimann 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2
1922[2] Charles Aeschlimann Alain Gerbault 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1923[2] Brame Hillyard Charles Aeschlimann 8–6, 6–8, 6–0, 8–6
1924[2] Charles Aeschlimann (2) Brame Hillyard 6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3
1925[2] Henry Mayes Brame Hillyard 6–1, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1926[2] Umberto De Morpurgo Brame Hillyard 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1927[2] Erik Worm Charles Aeschlimann 6–4, 6–1, 6–4
1928[2] René Lacoste Henry Mayes 5–7, 2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6
1929[2] Erik Worm (2) Wilbur Coen 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
1930[2] Bill Tilden II Jean Lesueur 6–1, 6–3, 6–3
1931[2] Jiro Sato Marcel Bernard 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1932[2] Benny Berthet George Lyttleton Rogers 4–6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1933[2] Jiro Sato (2) Ryosuke Nunoi 0–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1934[2] Wilmer Moore Hines Max Ellmer 6–4, 6–4, 7–5
1935[2] Jack Crawford Vivian McGrath 3-1 sets
1936[2] Valentino Taroni Paul Féret 6–2, 5–7, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5
1937[2] Adam Baworowski Marcel Bernard 6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3
1938[2] Bernard Destremau Jacques Jamain 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1939[2] Paul Féret Bernard Destremau 6–1, 6–3, 8–6
1942[2] Yvon Petra Robert Abdesselam 6–4, 1–6, 10–8
1943/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1946[2] Yvon Petra (2) Raphaël Patorni 6–0, 6–2
1947[2] Yvon Petra (3) Gianni Cucelli 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1948[2] Budge Patty Fred Kovaleski 1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1951[2] Jaroslav Drobný Jean Borotra 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1957[2] Jacques Brichant István Gulyás 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1961[2] Nicola Pietrangeli Boro Jovanović 6–4, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[2] Georges Goven François Jauffret 7–5, 7–5, 6–3
1970[2] Georges Goven (2) Daniel Contet 5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles

(Incomplete Roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1921 Suzanne Lenglen Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–1, 6–0
1922 Suzanne Lenglen (2) Eleanor Goss 6–0, 6–0
1923 Lilí Álvarez Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–3, 7–5
1924 Phyllis Howkins Covell Lilí Álvarez 5–7, 6–3, 6–1
1925 Phyllis Satterthwaite Domini Elliadi Crosfield 6–1, 6–4
1926 Lilí Álvarez (2) Phyllis Satterthwaite w.o.
1927 Lilí Álvarez (3) Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–0, 6–2
1928 Lilí Álvarez (4) Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–2, 7–5
1929 Simone Passermard Mathieu Sylvia Jung Lafaurie 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1930 Lilí Álvarez (5) Josane Sigart 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
1931 Cilly Aussem Lilí Álvarez 6–1, 6–4
1932 Lolette Payot Simone Passermard Mathieu 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1933 Sylvie Jung Henrotin Cilly Aussem 6–2, 8–10, 6–3
1934 Sylvie Jung Henrotin (2) Dorothy Andrus Burke 6–1, 6–1
1935 Simone Passermard Mathieu (2) Lilí Álvarez 6–4, 6–1
1936 Simone Passermard Mathieu (3) Edith Belliard 6–4, 6–1
1937 Alice Weiwers Colette Rosambert Boegner 8–6, 6–1
1938 Simone Passermard Mathieu (4) Alice Weiwers 6–4, 6–0
1939 Simone Passermard Mathieu (5) Iris Hutchings 6–0, 6–0
1942 Alice Weiwers (2) Aimée Charpenel 6–2, 6–3
1943/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1951 Angela Mortimer Althea Gibson 7–5, 6–3
1954 Shirley Bloomer Joan Curry 8–6, 6–0
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Peaches Bartkowicz Vlasta Vopičková 6–0, 6–3
1970 Katalin Borka Marijke Schaar 6–4, 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "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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