Italian Riviera Championships
| Italian Riviera Championships | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Founded | 1903 |
| Abolished | 1964 |
| Location | San Remo, Liguria, Northern Italy |
| Venue | Tennis Club Sanremo |
| Surface | Clay |
The Italian Riviera Championships[1] also known as the San Remo International [2] was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1903 at San Remo, Liguria, Northern Italy. The tournament was staged at the Tennis Club Sanremo (f.1897) until 1964, and was part of the Italian Riviera circuit of tennis tournaments.
History
The Italian Riviera Championships (San Remo) [3] were established in 1903. The championships were on regularly occasions the opening event at the start of the Italian clay court season. From 1956 until 1962 it was staged only twice. In 1964 the tournament was discontinued due to funding issues.
Former winners of the men's singles included; Major Ritchie (1903), Anthony Wilding (1908, 1912), Erik Worm (1927, 1930), Jean Lesueur (1931, 1933–1934), Gottfried von Cramm (1940), Dick Savitt (1951) Jaroslav Drobný (1955), and Nicola Pietrangeli (1960, 1963). The women's single was previously won by Dorothy Holman (1925), Elizabeth Ryan (1924, 1928), Lucia Valerio (1929, 1932), Pauline Betz (1947), Doris Hart (1951) Shirley Bloomer (1955), and Almut Sturm (1964).
Venue
The Italian Riviera Championships was held at the Tennis and Bridge Club San Remo, (f.1897) today known as Tennis Sanremo.[4]
Finals
Men's singles
(incomplete roll)[5]
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | Major Ritchie | Roy Allen | 6–3, 6–1, 6–3 | |
| 1908 | Anthony Wilding | M. Turton | 6–0, 6–0, 6–1 | |
| 1909 | Artemas Holmes | George S. Smythe | 6–3, 6–3, 6–1 | |
| 1910 | Artemas Holmes (2) | Herbert Bird Routledge | 6–0, 6–1, 6–0 | |
| 1911 | Anthony Wilding (2) | Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe | 6-4, 2-,6 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 | |
| 1912 | Roy Allen | Mark Hick | 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 | |
| 1913 | Roy Allen (2) | Arthur Wallis Myers | 6–1, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 | |
| 1914 | Gordon Lowe | Craig Biddle | 6-4, 6-3 | |
| 1915/1918 | Not held (due to World War I) | |||
| 1924 | George William Grounsell | Pietro Malone | 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 | |
| 1927 | Erik Worm | Sri-Krishna Prasada | 7–5, 6–3, 0–6, 7–5 | |
| 1928 | Placido Gaslini | Erik Worm | 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 4–6, 7–5 | |
| 1929 | Pat Hughes | Eric Peters | 6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 | |
| 1930 | Erik Worm (2) | Pat Hughes | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | |
| 1931 | Jean Lesueur | Benny Berthet | 8–6, 7–5, 1–6, 3–6, 6–2 | |
| 1932 | Béla von Kehrling | George Lyttleton Rogers | 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 | |
| 1933 | Jean Lesueur (2) | Giovanni Palmieri | 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1 | |
| 1934 | Jean Lesueur (3) | Wilmer Hines | 6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 | |
| 1935 | Augusto Rado | Josef Caska | 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, ret. | |
| 1936 | Giovanni Palmieri | Augusto Rado | 6–2, 6–3, 8–6 | |
| 1937 | Vojtěch Vodička | Józef Hebda | 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 6–1 | |
| 1939 | Franjo Punčec | Giorgio de Stefani | 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 | |
| 1940 | Gottfried von Cramm | Francesco Romanoni | 3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–2 | |
| 1941/1946 | Not held (due to World War II) | |||
| 1947 | József Asbóth | Marcello del Bello | 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 | |
| 1948 | Pedro Masip | Henri Cochet | 6–1, 6–4, 9–7 | |
| 1949 | Gianni Cucelli | Frank Parker | 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 7–5 | |
| 1950 | Rolando Del Bello | Torsten Johansson | 8–6, 6–2, 1–6, 7–5 | |
| 1951 | Dick Savitt | Budge Patty | 6–4, 9–7, 4–6, 6–3 | |
| 1952 | Jaroslav Drobný | Milan Branović | 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 | |
| 1953 | Władysław Skonecki | Gianni Cucelli | 6–3, 6–1, 6–3 | |
| 1954 | Fausto Gardini | Enrique Morea | 6–1, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 | |
| 1955 | Jaroslav Drobný (2) | Budge Patty | 5–7, 6–2, 13–11, 6-2 | |
| 1958 | Mario Llamas | Władysław Skonecki | 6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4 | |
| 1960 | Nicola Pietrangeli | Giuseppe Merlo | 3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 | |
| 1963 | Nicola Pietrangeli (2) | Jacques Brichant | 6–2, 7–5, 7–5 | |
| 1964 | Jan-Erik Lundqvist | Nicola Pietrangeli | 11–9, 6–2, 6–4 | |
Women's singles
(incomplete roll)
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1908 | Rosamund Salusbury | Evelyn Maude Froude Bellew | 11-9, 6-1 | |
| 1909 | No women's event | |||
| 1910 | Rosamund Salusbury(2) | Amy Ransome | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 | |
| 1911[6] | Rosamund Salusbury (3) | Miss Bridgewater | 6-1, 6-0 | |
| 1912 | Jessie Tripp | Mieken Rieck | 6-1, 7-5 | |
| 1913 | Jessie Tripp (2) | Elizabeth Ryan | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 | |
| 1914 | Jessie Tripp (3) | Margaret Tripp | default | |
| 1915/1918 | Not held (due to World War I) | |||
| 1924 | Elizabeth Ryan | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 6-3, 6-0 | |
| 1926 | Phyllis Satterthwaite | Lucia Valerio | 6–4, 4–6, 8–6 | |
| 1927 | Miss Hunt | ? | ? | |
| 1928 | Elizabeth Ryan (2) | Lucia Valerio | 6-4, 6-4 | |
| 1929 | Lucia Valerio | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 0–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |
| 1930 | Phyllis Satterthwaite (2) | Hilde Eisenmenger | 6-0, 6-1 | |
| 1931 | Phyllis Satterthwaite (3) | Lucia Valerio | 5–7, 6–2, 6–2 | |
| 1932 | Lucia Valerio (2) | Ida Adamoff | 6-3, 7-5 | |
| 1933 | Cilly Aussem | Simonne Mathieu | 6-4, 6-0 | |
| 1934 | Cilly Aussem (2) | Lucia Valerio | 6–4, 1–6, 6–1 | |
| 1935 | Cilly Aussem (3) | Lucia Valerio | 8-6, 6-3 | |
| 1936 | Ivana Orlandini | Edith Belliard | 6–1, 5–7, 7–5 | |
| 1937 | Totta Zehden | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |
| 1938 | Minni Hein Müller | Klara Hammer Beutter | 6–2, 1–6, 11-9 | |
| 1939 | Sylvia Jung Henrotin | Rosl Kraus | 6-4, 6-1 | |
| 1940 | Hella Kovac | Anneliese Ullstein | 4–6, 6–1, 6–1 | |
| 1941/1946 | Not held (due to World War II) | |||
| 1947 | Pauline Betz | Helena Straubeova | 6-2, 6-0 | |
| 1948 | Annalisa Bossi | Nicla Migliori | 6-0, 6-3 | |
| 1949 | Annalisa Bossi (2) | Lucia Manfredi | 6-2, 6-2 | |
| 1950 | Annalisa Bossi (3) | Nicla Migliori | 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 | |
| 1951 | Doris Hart | Annalisa Bellani | 7-5, 6-1 | |
| 1952 | Joan Curry | Annalisa Bellani | 9-7, 6-3 | |
| 1953 | Silvana Lazzarino | Joan Curry | 6-3, 6-2 | |
| 1954 | Silvana Lazzarino (2) | Totta Zehden | 6–4, 6–1 | |
| 1955 | Shirley Bloomer | Elaine Watson | 6-2, 6-0 | |
| 1958 | Heather Brewer-Segal | Rosie Reyes | 6-2, 6-4 | |
| 1960 | Francesca Gordigiani | Roberta Beltrame | 6-1, 7-5 | |
| 1963 | Silvana Lazzarino (3) | Almut Sturm | 6-2, 6-1 | |
| 1964 | Almut Sturm | Annalisa Bellani | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 | |
References
- ^ "LAWN TENNIS AT SAN REMO. Very little was done in the opening events on the opening day of the international tournament. Results:— Gentlemen's Open Singles (Italian Riviera Championships)". Globe. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 14 January 1914. p. 6. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ "MOTTRAM BEATEN : Tony Mottram (Britain) was beaten in the San Remo international lawn tennis tournament yesterday by Andrés Gimeno (Spain) who beat him 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals". Coventry Evening Telegraph. Warwickshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 25 February 1955. p. 34. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas (1913). The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes. London: Longmans, Green, and Company. p. 221.
- ^ "Tennis Sanremo, il circolo". Sanremo Tennis Team (in Italian). Tennis Sanremo, the club. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ "Tournament – San Remo – Italian Riviera championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ^ "LAWN TENNIS AT SAN REMO: Italian Riviera Ladies' Open Singles Championship of San Remo. —Final Round : Miss R. V. Salusbury beat Miss Bridgewater (6-1, 6-0)". Daily Mirror. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 20 February 1911. p. 18. Retrieved 16 May 2023.