Cannes Championships

Cannes Championships
Championnats de Cannes
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit
Founded1897 (1897)
Abolished1975 (1975)
LocationCannes, France
VenueBeau Site TC (1897–1939)
Cannes LTC (1944–1975)
SurfaceClay

The Cannes Championships or Championnats de Cannes also known as the Championships of Cannes was a tennis event held from 1897 originally played on outside tennis courts at the Beau Site Tennis Club at the Hôtel Beau Site in Cannes, France, following World War II it was moved to the Cannes Lawn Tennis Club due the hotel being sold for redevelopment. From 1947 the tournament occasionally carried the joint denomination of Cannes International Championships or just Cannes International the tournament ran until 1975.[1] It was one of the main tournaments of the French Riviera tennis circuit.

History

In 1868 the Hôtel Beau Site was opened it was owned by George Henri Gougoltz the original courts were grass. In 1880/1881 Renshaw brothers Ernest and William would train during the winter at the hotel.[2] The Renshaws persuaded the owner of the Beau-Site to let them redesign the court in order to protect the lawn from the wear and tear that came with their constant play,[3] and new clay tennis courts were also installed in the grounds of Hôtel Beau Site.[4] In 1897 Championships of Cannes were established. From 1897 through 1939 it was originally played on outside tennis courts at the Beau Site Tennis Club at the Hôtel Beau Site in Cannes, France, following World War II it was moved to the Cannes Lawn Tennis Club due the hotel being sold for redevelopment.[5] It continued to be held annually until 1975.

Finals

Men's singles

In 1936 the Beau Site Tennis Club staged two Cannes Championships (for men) the first from 23 to 29 March and the second from 30 March to 5 April.

(incomplete list)

Championships of Cannes
Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  French Riviera Circuit  ↓
1897[1] Reginald Doherty M.G. Gongoltz 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1901[1] Laurence Doherty George Hillyard 6–3, 6–3, ret.
1904[1] Laurence Doherty (2) Major Ritchie 6–1, 6–4, 6–1
1905[1] Major Ritchie Laurence Doherty w.o.
1906[6] Anthony Wilding Wilberforce Eaves 6-2 6-1 6-3
1907[1] Major Ritchie (2) Dunstan Rhodes 6-4, 6-2 ret.
1908[1] Anthony Wilding (2) Major Ritchie 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
1909[1] Major Ritchie (3) Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1910[1] Major Ritchie (4) Max Decugis 4–6, 4–6, 8–6 ret.
1911[7] Anthony Wilding (3) Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1912[1] Max Decugis Maurice Germot 6–1, 6–2, 6–4
1913[1] Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe Robert Kleinschroth 6–3, 6–2, 1–6 3–6, 6-0
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1914[8] Anthony Wilding (4) Norman Brookes 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1915/1918 Not held (due to world war one)
Cannes Championships
1919[1] Nicolae Mishu Max Decugis 6–8, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1920[1] Harry Lewis-Barclay Frank Fisher 6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 7–9, 6–1
1921[1] Mino Balbi Di Robecco Alain L. A. Resuge 6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5
1922[1] Jean Borotra D.L. Morgan 7–5, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6, 7–5
1923[1] Henry George Mayes Jack Hillyard 6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
1924[1] Henri Cochet René Lacoste 7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1926[1] Charles Aeschlimann Gordon Lowe 6-1, 6-2
1927[1] Henry George Mayes (2) Charles Aeschlimann 3–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–1
1928[1] Henry George Mayes (3) Henri Cochet w.o.
1929[1] Emmanuel du Plaix Paul Féret 7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
1930[1] Bill Tilden Wilbur Coen divided title
1931[1] Hyotaro Sato George Lyttleton-Rogers 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6
1932[1] George Lyttleton-Rogers Louis Haensch 2–6, 6–4, 1–6, 8–6, 9–7
1933[1] Franz Matejka George Lyttleton-Rogers 8–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1934[1] Giorgio de Stefani Max Ellmer 3–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–2
1935[1] Max Ellmer Franz Matejka 6–2, 6–1, 6–3
1936[1] Fred Perry Max Ellmer 6–2, 6–4, 6–8, 6–3
1937[1] Adam Baworowski Max Ellmer 5–7, 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–1
1938[1] George Lyttleton-Rogers (2) Kalle Schröder 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1939[1] Adam Baworowski (2) Jean Lesueur 6–3, 4–6, 6–8, 6–1, 6–1
1940/1943 Not held (due to world war one)
1944[1] Pierre Pellizza Jacques Peten 8-6, 6-4
1946[1] Henri Cochet (2) Gianni Cucelli 6–4, 4–6, 9–7, 7–5
Cannes International Championships
1947[1] Vinicius Rurac Cristea Caralulis 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
1948[1] József Asbóth Sidney Wood 6–3, 6–1, 6–0
1949[1] Władysław Skonecki Bengt Axelsson 6–0, 6–3, 6–2
1950[1] Philippe Chatrier Gheorghe Michel Sturdza 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
1951 Paul Rémy Milan Branović 4–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1952 Pierre Paccard Jaime Bartrolí 6-4, 6-4
1953 József Asbóth (2) Armando Vieira 7–5, 2–6, 6–1, 6–3
1954 Donald Black Peter Molloy[9] 6-3 6-4
1955 Tony Vincent Jean-Noël Grinda 2–6, 7–5, 6–4
1956 Budge Patty Hugh Stewart 6–4, 6–2, 0–6, 6–3
1957 Andrés Gimeno András Ádám-Stolpa 6-3, 6-1
1958 Jaroslav Drobný Paul Rémy 6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 9–7
1959 Jacques Brichant Billy Knight 6–4, 3–6, 0–6, 6–3, 6–3
1960 Barry Phillips-Moore Jean Pierre Bergerat[10] 6-1, 6-1
1961 Pato Álvarez Alan Mills 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1962 István Gulyás Robin Sanders[11] 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-1
1963 István Gulyás (2) Barry Geraghty 6-4, 6-0
1964 Ron McKenzie Andrzej Licis 6-4, 6-3
1965 István Gulyás (3) Colin Stubs 6–2, 1–6, 6–0, 6–1
1966 John Brown Jean-Loup Rouyer 7-5, 6-4
1967 Jan Kodeš Ilie Năstase 6-0, 6-1
1968 Ion Țiriac Alex Metreveli 6-1, 6-3
↓  Open era  ↓
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1972[1] Attila Korpás Géza Varga 6-4, 7-5
1973[1] Barry Phillips-Moore Patrice Beust 6-4, 6-4
1975[1] János Benyik Róbert Machán 6–2, 3–6, 8–6

Women's singles

(incomplete list)
In 1951 the Cannes Lawn Tennis Club staged two Cannes International Championships (for women) the first in March denoted as (*) and the second in April denoted as (**).

Championships of Cannes
Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  French Riviera Circuit  ↓
1904 Ruth Winch Clara von der Schulenburg 6-2, 7-5
1905 Connie Wilson Clara von der Schulenburg 6-3, 6-3
1906 Toupie Lowther Antonie Kusenberg Popp 6-4, 6-4
1907 Ruth Winch Toupie Lowther 6-0, 6-1
1908 Dorothea Douglass Chambers Melita Dillon 6-1, 6-4
1909 Clara von der Schulenburg Ruth Winch w.o.
1910 Rosamund Salusbury Ruth Winch 6-1, 6-4
1911 Hedwig Neresheimer Rosamund Salusbury 6–4, 8–10, 7-5
1912 Jessie Tripp Mieken Rieck 6-3, 6-1
1913 Jessie Tripp (2) Miss. E. White 6–3, 4–1, ret.
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1914 Elizabeth Ryan Jessie Tripp 6-2, 6-1
1915/1918 Not held (due to world war one)
Cannes Championships
1919 Suzanne Lenglen Elisabeth d'Ayen 6-0,6-0
1920 Elizabeth Ryan (2) Geraldine Beamish 6-2, 6-2
1921 Phyllis Howkins Phyllis Satterthwaite 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1922 Elizabeth Ryan (3) Geraldine Beamish 6-4, 6-4
1923 Kitty Mckane Geraldine Beamish 6-2, 6-2
1924 Elizabeth Ryan (4) Lili de Alvarez default
1925 Abandoned (due to rain)
1926 Lili de Alvarez Heather Woolrych 6-4, 6-2
1927 Lili de Alvarez (2) Hélène Contostavlos 6-2, 6-3
1928 Elizabeth Ryan (5) Cilly Aussem 6-0, 6-2
1929 Sylvia Jung Lafaurie Phyllis Satterthwaite 6-3, 6-3
1930 Elizabeth Ryan (6) Paula von Reznicek divided title
1931 Cilly Aussem Lolette Payot 6-3, 6-3
1932 Lolette Payot Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 9-7, 7-5
1933 Lolette Payot (2) Simonne Mathieu 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1934 Jacqueline Goldschmidt Simonne Mathieu 6-4, 11-9
1935 Simonne Mathieu Kay Stammers 6-3, 6-3
1936 Simonne Mathieu (2) Paulette M. de Saint-Ferreol 6-3, 6-1
1937 Alice Weiwers Grete Deutschova 6-0, 6-1
1938 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Alice Weiwers 6-1, 8-6
1939 Simonne Mathieu (3) Elfi von Kriegs-Au 6-1, 6-2
1942 Alice Weiwers (2) Cosette Saint-Omer-Roy 6-4, 6-4
1943 Not held (due to world war two)
Cannes International Championships
1947 Magda Rurac Helena Straubeova 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
1949 Lucia Manfredi Alice Weiwers 6-3, 6-0
1950 Lucia Manfredi (2) Gilberte Jamain 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
1951 * Thelma Coyne Long Barbara Scofield 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
1951 ** Hella Strecker Helena Matous 6-1, 6-4
1952 Joan Curry Susan Partridge 6-3, 6-2
1954 Shirley Bloomer Joan Curry 4-6, 7-5, 6-0
1954 Anne-Marie Seghers Annie Soisbault 6-0, 6-2
1955 Ilse Schuh Proxauf C. Triboullier 5-7, 8-6, 10-8
1956 Shirley Bloomer (2) Edda Buding 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
1958 Florence de la Courtie-Billat Christiane Mercelis 6-3, 6-8, 8-6
1959 Suzy Kormozcy Florence de la Courtie-Billat 7-5, 6-1
1960 Sheila Armstrong Vivienne Cox 6-4, 6-2
1961 Elizabeth Starkie Pauline Titchener Roberts 8-6, 6-1
1962 Helga Schultze Deidre Catt 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
1963 Françoise Dürr Carole Rosser 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
1964 Jacqueline Rees-Lewis Roberta Beltrame 6-1, 6-2
1965 Faye Toyne Trish McClenaughan 8-6, 6-0
1966 Ingrid Loeys Alex Soady 6-2, 6-2
1967 Winnie Shaw Johanne Venturino 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
1967 Kathy Harter Ingrid Lofdahl 6-3, 6-2
1968 Roberta Beltrame Helen Gourlay 6-2, 6-4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Marijke Schaar Betty Stöve 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
1970 Jill Cooper Veronica Burton 6-3, 6-0
1972 Odile de Roubin Judith Szorenyi 4-6, 6-0, 6-2

2nd Meeting

The Beau Site Tennis Club staged a second Cannes Championships from 30 March to 5 April 1936.[12]

Men's singles

(incomplete list)

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1936[13] Fred Perry (2) Max Ellmer 10–8, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3

Other Beau Site tournaments

The Hôtel Beau Site also staged other tournaments including the Beau-Site Hotel New Year Meeting or Beau-Site Hotel First Meeting that usually ran December to January, and the Beau-Site Hotel Spring Meeting also called the Beau-Site Hotel Second Meeting that was staged in May.

References

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