Championships of Hyères

Championships of Hyères
Championnats de Hyères
Defunct tennis tournament
TourFrench Riviera Circuit
Founded1910 (1910)
Abolished1930 (1930)
LocationHyères, France
VenueHyères Lawn Tennis Club, Hyères New Courts Tennis Club
SurfaceClay

The Championships of Hyères [1] or Championnats de Hyères was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1910. The tournament was played at the Hyères Lawn Tennis Club,[2] Hyères, France as part of the French Riviera Circuit. It was played annually until 1930 when it was discontinued.

History

The first Championships of Hyères were played between 31 March and 6 April 1910 at the Hyères Lawn Tennis Club located within the Golf Hôtel, Hyères, France.[3] The championships continued to be held annually at the Hyères LTC until 1927 when it was relocated to the Hyères New Courts Tennis Club for the duration of its run in 1930 when it was discontinued.

The first winner of the men's singles title was Englands's John Mason Flavelle.[3] The first winner of the women's singles was the Greek then later French international Régine Lidoriki Vlasto. The finals men's singles champion was Germany's Johann Philip Buss,[3] and the final women's singles champion was France's Doris Metaxa

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete list)

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1910[3] John Mason Flavelle Antoine P. Vlasto 6–2, 6–4 ret.
1911[3] Fredric Samuel Warburg Pierre Blanchenay w.o.
1912[3] Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten Henri Armand Resuge 8–6, 6–4, 6–2
1913[3] Hope Crisp Alain Léon André Resuge 6–0, 6–1
1914[3] Francis Gordon Lowe Arthur Wallis Myers w.o.
1915/1919 Not held (due to world war one)
1920[3] Francis Gordon Lowe (2) Alain Gerbault 6–4, 6–0, 6–1
1921[3] Francis Gordon Lowe (3) Jack Montagu Hillyard 6–1, 6–0, 4–0, ret.
1922[3] Alain Léon André Resuge Jack Montagu Hillyard 6–1, 6–4, 8–6
1923[3] Jack Montagu Hillyard Brame Hillyard 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1924[3] Jack Montagu Hillyard (2) Ernest Talbot Thomas Lamb 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1925[3] Jean-Bernard Jauréguiberry Eric Harvey 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
1926 Not held
1928[3] Jacques Brugnon Franz-Wilhelm Matejka 5–7, 4–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–2
1929[3] Johann Philip Buss Henri Reynaud 5–7, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1930[3] Johann Philip Buss (2) Henri Reynaud 5–7, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2

Women's singles

(incomplete list)

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1910 Régine Lidoriki Vlasto Mrs J.B. Perrett 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1911 Emmeline Ward Warburg Régine Lidoriki Vlasto 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1912 Mrs J.B. Perrett Helen Reckitt Flavelle 6–4, 6–2
1913 E.M. White M. Towler 6–2, 6–4
1914 E.M. White (2) Elizabeth Ryan 5–1, retd.
1915/1919 Not held (due to world war one)
1920 Geraldine Beamish Mary Macartney 6–0, 6–0
1921 Blanche Colston Phyllis Satterthwaite default
1922 Phyllis Satterthwaite Madeline Fisher O'Neill 6–2, 6–1
1923 Phyllis Satterthwaite (2) Lesley Cadle 6–0, 6–1
1924 Phyllis Satterthwaite (3) Phyllis Howkins Covell 6–3, 6–1
1925 Cosette Saint-Omer-Roy Claude Garfit 6–3, 6–1
1926 Not held
1927 Mary Harland Betty Lewis 6–1, 6–1
1928 Esna Boyd Phyllis Satterthwaite 8–6 ret.
1929 Doris Metaxa Régine Vlasto 6–3, 3–6, 6–2

References

  1. ^ "Amateur Sports Fixtures". Town & Country. New York: Hearst Corporation. 1927. p. 20.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Tournaments:Championships of Hyères". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
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