Bordeaux International

The Bordeaux International[1] or Bordeaux Internationale also known as the Villa Primrose Cup or Coupe de la Villa Primrose was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1897. The tournament was played at the La Festa Country Club, Bordeaux, France. It was played annually until 1969 when it was discontinued.

Bordeaux International
Bordeaux Internationale
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1897 (1897)
Abolished1969 (1969)
LocationBordeaux, France
VenueVilla Primrose Bordeaux
SurfaceClay

History

In May 1897 the Société Athlétique de la Villa Primrose was founded.[2] In the summer that year it staged its first tennis tournament.[3] This first tournament was a club championship open to members only.[3]

In 1907 the club championship became an open international tournament.[1] The tournament attracted top players Frenchman Max Decugis, was the inaugural winner of the men's singles event.[1] The prestigious Coupe de la Primrose was also offered for the first time in 1907. The first winner of the women's singles was France's Marguerite Broquedis.

The final men's singles champion was Chilean player Patricio Rodríguez,[1] and the final women's singles champion was Belgium's Christiane Mercelis. In 1979 after a period of ten years a new main tour event for men was revived at Villa Primrose called the Bordeaux Open that ran until 1995 when it was abolished. In 2008 the Association of Tennis Professionals established a new challenger tournament for men at the same venue called the BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux that is still held today.[4][5]

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete Roll) included:[6]

Villa Primrose Athletic Society Tennis Championship
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1897 Paul Robert Marcel Devès Paul Lebreton3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 8–6, 6–3
1901 Paul Robert Marcel Devès (2) Mr. Schroeder6–0, 6–1
1902 Daniel Édouard Lawton[7] Paul Robert Marcel Devès6–4, 6–4
1906 Max Decugis Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 8–6

(Incomplete Roll)

Bordeaux International/Coupe de la Primrose
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1907[1] Max Decugis Jean Montariol2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1908[1] Anthony Wilding Daniel Édouard Lawton6–2, 6–0, 6–1
1909[1] Max Decugis (2) Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6
1910[1] Jean Montariol Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh?
1911[1] Maurice Germot François Blanchy6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 8–6
1912[1] Max Decugis (3) Jean Montariol6–3, 6–3, 6–0
1913[1] Max Decugis (4) Maurice Germot6–8, 6–1, 6–0, 8–6
1914/1918Tournament not held due to World War I
1920[1] Nicolae Mishu Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten6–4, 4–6, 8–6, 6–3
1922[1] Jean Borotra Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh6–3, 7–5 3–6 6–2
1923[1] René Lacoste Jean Borotra7–9, 6–2, 8–6
1924[1] François Blanchy Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
1925[1] Jean Borotra (2) Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh6–0, 6–2, 6–2
1926[1] Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh François Blanchy8–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1927[1] Antoine Gentien Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh8–6, 6–0, 6–2
1928[1] Guillermo Robson Ronaldo Boyd3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1929[1] Antoine Gentien (2) Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh6–8, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1930[1] Antoine Gentien (3) Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh6–2, 6–2
1931[1] Roger George Christian Boussus1–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–4
1932[1] Roland Journu Alexandre Goldryn6–1, 3–6, 7–5, 6–2
1933[1] André Martin-Legeay Roland Journu6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1934[1] André Martin-Legeay (2) Jean Lesueur6–2, 8–6, 6–4
1936[1] André Martin-Legeay (3) Enrique Maier6–3, 7–5, 9–7
1937[1] Paul Féret Jean Lesueur1–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1939[1] Roland Journu (2) Christian Boussus8–6, 3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1952[1] Irvin Dorfman Jean Ducos de la Haille3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
1954[1] Rex Hartwig Neale Fraser6–1, 6–2
1955[1] Jean-Claude Molinari Jean-Noël Grinda3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1957[1] Bernard Destremau Alain Lemyze6–4, 6–0
1958[1] Alain Bresson Georges Deniau6–2, 8–6, 6–3
1963[1] François Jauffret Mustapha Belkhodja6–2, 6–2
1964[1] Jean-Claude Barclay Patricio Rodríguez6–2, 7–5, 6–1
1967[1] Thomaz Koch José Edison Mandarino6–4, 5–6, 6–2, 7–5
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[1] Patricio Rodríguez Nicholas Kalogeropoulos0–6, 9–7, 6–4, 6–4
For the successor men's event see Bordeaux Open

Women's singles
Bordeaux International/Coupe de la Primrose
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1907 Marguerite Broquedis? ?
1911 Marguerite Broquedis (2) Mme Flouch6–2, 6–1
1912 Marie Decugis Jeanne Liebrechts8–6, 6–2
1913 Elizabeth Ryan Marie Decugis6–2, 6–1
1914/1918Tournament not held due to World War I
1920 Hélène Contostavlos Germaine Bourgeois Pigueron8–6, 6–2
1921 Phyllis Satterthwaite Sylvia Henrotin6–3, 6–4
1922 Germaine Bourgeois Pigueron Mlle Flouch6–1, 6–1
1923 Marguerite Broquedis-Billout (3) Mlle de Luze6–0, 6–3
1924 Yvonne Bourgeois Marguerite Broquedis-Billout6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1925 Marguerite Broquedis-Billout (4) Yvonne Bourgeois7–5, 7–5
1926 Nelly Neppach Margethe Kahler6–1, 6–0
1927 Marguerite Broquedis-Billout (5) Yvonne Bourgeois9–7, 6–2
1928 Marguerite Broquedis-Billout (6) Germaine Leconte6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1929 Marguerite Broquedis-Billout (7) Jacqueline Gallay6–3, 6–4
1930 Simone Marre Marguerite Broquedis-Billout6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1931 Isabela Dutton de Pons Simone Marre6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1932 Isabela Dutton de Pons Lucia Valerio7–5, 4–6, 6–4
1933 Simone Passermard Mathieu Sylvia Henrotin3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1934 Simone Passermard Mathieu (2) Ida Adamoff7–5, 6–2
1935 Lilí Álvarez Dorothy Andrus Burke6–3, 9–7
1936 Simone Passermard Mathieu (3) Simone Iribarne3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1937 Simone Passermard Mathieu (4) Susan Noel6–2, 6–3
1938 Susan Noel Lolette Payot4–6, 10–8, 6–3
1939 Jeanne Peyré Simone Iribarne Lafargue6–1, 2–6, 6–3
1951 Patricia Ward Manuela Bologna6–4, 6–3
1952 Anita Lizana Melita Ramírez4–6, 7–5, 6–3
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Christiane Mercelis Almut Sturm0–6, 6–2, 6–4

Venue

The Villa Primrose Tennis Club still operates today. It covers approximately 27,081m2 and has 10 outdoor clay courts, 2 outdoor green-set courts, 5 indoor clay courts, 3 mini tennis courts and 1 practice wall.[8]

Tournament statistics

Men's singles

Women's singles

References
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