Beausoleil Championships

The Beausoleil Championships[1] or Championnats Beausoleil also known as the Monte Carlo (Third Meeting) [2] or Monte Carlo (troisième réunion) or Monte Carlo Easter Tournament or Tournoi de Pâques de Monte-Carlo 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.

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

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 Aeschlimann6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2
1922[2] Charles Aeschlimann Alain Gerbault4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1923[2] Brame Hillyard Charles Aeschlimann8–6, 6–8, 6–0, 8–6
1924[2] Charles Aeschlimann (2) Brame Hillyard6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3
1925[2] Henry Mayes Brame Hillyard6–1, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1926[2] Umberto De Morpurgo Brame Hillyard6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1927[2] Erik Worm Charles Aeschlimann6–4, 6–1, 6–4
1928[2] René Lacoste Henry Mayes5–7, 2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6
1929[2] Erik Worm (2) Wilbur Coen6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
1930[2] Bill Tilden II Jean Lesueur6–1, 6–3, 6–3
1931[2] Jiro Sato Marcel Bernard6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1932[2] Benny Berthet George Lyttleton Rogers4–6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1933[2] Jiro Sato (2) Ryosuke Nunoi0–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1934[2] Wilmer Moore Hines Max Ellmer6–4, 6–4, 7–5
1935[2] Jack Crawford Vivian McGrath3-1 sets
1936[2] Valentino Taroni Paul Féret6–2, 5–7, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5
1937[2] Adam Baworowski Marcel Bernard6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3
1938[2] Bernard Destremau Jacques Jamain6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1939[2] Paul Féret Bernard Destremau6–1, 6–3, 8–6
1942[2] Yvon Petra Robert Abdesselam6–4, 1–6, 10–8
1943/1945Not held (due to world war two)
1946[2] Yvon Petra (2) Raphaël Patorni6–0, 6–2
1947[2] Yvon Petra (3) Gianni Cucelli3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1948[2] Budge Patty Fred Kovaleski1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1951[2] Jaroslav Drobný Jean Borotra6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1957[2] Jacques Brichant István Gulyás6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1961[2] Nicola Pietrangeli Boro Jovanović6–4, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[2] Georges Goven François Jauffret7–5, 7–5, 6–3
1970[2] Georges Goven (2) Daniel Contet5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles

(Incomplete Roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1921 Suzanne Lenglen Phyllis Satterthwaite6–1, 6–0
1922 Suzanne Lenglen (2) Eleanor Goss6–0, 6–0
1923 Lilí Álvarez Phyllis Satterthwaite6–3, 7–5
1924 Phyllis Howkins Covell Lilí Álvarez5–7, 6–3, 6–1
1925 Phyllis Satterthwaite Domini Elliadi Crosfield6–1, 6–4
1926 Lilí Álvarez (2) Phyllis Satterthwaitew.o.
1927 Lilí Álvarez (3) Phyllis Satterthwaite6–0, 6–2
1928 Lilí Álvarez (4) Phyllis Satterthwaite6–2, 7–5
1929 Simone Passermard Mathieu Sylvia Jung Lafaurie6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1930 Lilí Álvarez (5) Josane Sigart3–6, 6–2, 7–5
1931 Cilly Aussem Lilí Álvarez6–1, 6–4
1932 Lolette Payot Simone Passermard Mathieu5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1933 Sylvie Jung Henrotin Cilly Aussem6–2, 8–10, 6–3
1934 Sylvie Jung Henrotin (2) Dorothy Andrus Burke6–1, 6–1
1935 Simone Passermard Mathieu (2) Lilí Álvarez6–4, 6–1
1936 Simone Passermard Mathieu (3) Edith Belliard6–4, 6–1
1937 Alice Weiwers Colette Rosambert Boegner8–6, 6–1
1938 Simone Passermard Mathieu (4) Alice Weiwers6–4, 6–0
1939 Simone Passermard Mathieu (5) Iris Hutchings6–0, 6–0
1942 Alice Weiwers (2) Aimée Charpenel6–2, 6–3
1943/1945Not held (due to world war two)
1951 Angela Mortimer Althea Gibson7–5, 6–3
1954 Shirley Bloomer Joan Curry8–6, 6–0
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Peaches Bartkowicz Vlasta Vopičková6–0, 6–3
1970 Katalin Borka Marijke Schaar6–4, 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. "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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