Riviera Championships

The Riviera Championships [1] also known as the Championship of the Riviera [2] or the French Riviera Championships[3] or Menton International was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club,[4] Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on clay courts from 1902 until 1976 and again in 1978.

Riviera Championships
Menton International
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit (1913–1972)
ILTF Independent Circuit (1973–, 76, 1978)
Founded1902
Abolished1976
LocationMenton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
VenueMenton Lawn Tennis Club,
Surfaceoutdoor (clay)

History

The Riviera Championships also known as the Championship of the Riviera was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club, Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on clay courts. The first edition was inaugurated on 22 March 1902, the tournament ran until 1975. In 1904 a mixed doubles event was scheduled.

The tournament was part of the French Riviera circuit tennis tour, which was series of international amateur tennis events held on the French Riviera, usually starting at the end of the preceding year around late December, through until the end of April. The tournament was known as the Riviera Championships until 1942. Following World War II the event was suspended until 1950 after which it took on the denomination as the Menton International Championships or simply Menton International.

Finals

Men's singles
Incomplete Roll
Riviera Championships
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1902 William le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle Charles Gladstone Allen3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 7–5
1903 Roy Allen ? ?
1904 Major Ritchie Roy Allen6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1905 Major Ritchie (2) Roy Allen6–2, 4–6, 6–4, ret.
1906[5] Anthony Wilding Major Ritchie6–1, 6–4, 6–0
1907 Major Ritchie (3) George Simond6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1908 [6] Major Ritchie (4) Anthony Wilding1–6, 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 8–6
1909[6] Fred Alexander Major Ritchie6–4, 6–2, 3–0, ret.
1910[6] Max Decugis Major Ritchie4-2, ret.
1911[6] Anthony Wilding (2) Max Decugis6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3
1912 Roy AllenArthur Wallis Myers6–0, 3–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–0
1913 [7][6] Anthony Wilding (3) Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1914[8][6] Anthony Wilding (4) Gordon Lowe6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1915/1918Not held (due to world war one)
1919 Nicolae Mishu Max Decugis6–3, 6–2, 10–12, 2–6, 7-5
1920 Nicolae Mishu (2) Gordon Lowe4-3, ret.
1921[6] Gordon Lowe Alain Gerbault6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1922 Rupert Wertheim P. Marsden6–2, 6–1, 6–4
1923[6] Gordon Lowe (2) F. R. L. Crawford6–2, 6–3, 7–5
1924[6] Gordon Lowe (3) Uberto De Morpurgo6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 6–2
1925[6] Gordon Lowe (4) Uberto De Morpurgo6–2, 6–0, 4–6, 7–5
1926[6] Henri Cochet Béla von Kehrling6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 3–6, 8–6
1927[6] Uberto De Morpurgo Béla von Kehrling6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1928[6] Béla von Kehrling Erik Worm6–1, 8–6, 1–6, 6–3
1929[6] Béla von Kehrling (2) Franz-Wilhelm Matejka6–4, 7–5, 6–1
1930[6] Bill Tilden Jacques Brugnon10–8, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–1
1931[6] Béla von Kehrling (3) E. Garcia6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1932[6] Roderich Menzel André Merlin6–3, 6–0, 4–6, 6–4
1933 André Martin-Legeay Gottfried von Cramm4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1934[6] Giorgio de Stefani André Martin-Legeay8–6, 6–2, 6–2
1935 Josef Caska Wilmer Hines3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1936 Jean Lesueur Norcross S. Tilney6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 5–7, 6–1
1937[6] Kalle Schröder Kazimierz Tarlowski8–6, 6–2, 6–4
1938[6] Kalle Schröder (2) Valentino Taroni6–3, 6–2, 6–1
1939[9] Franjo Punčec Hans Redl11–9, 6–2, 6–0
1940/1945Not held (due to world war two)
Menton International Championships
1954 Eduardo Argon Alexandre-Athenase Noghès6–3, 6–4, 9–7
1955[6] Władysław Skonecki Paul Rémy6–1, 6–1, 6–3
1957 Andrés Gimeno Sergio Jacobini6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1958[6] Jacques Brichant Paul Rémy6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1959[6] Billy Knight István Gulyás6-4, 6-2
1960[6] Jacques Brichant (2) Robert Haillet5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
1961[6] Jacques Brichant (3) Antonio Maggi6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1962[6] Juan Manuel Couder William Álvarez6–3, 2–6, 6–1
1963[6] István Gulyás Pierre Barthès8–6, 6–2, 6–4
Menton International
1964[6] Pierre Darmon István Gulyás6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1965[6] István Gulyás (2) Bob Carmichael6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1966[6] István Gulyás (3) Patrick Hombergen6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1967[6] Dieter Schultheiss Bernd Kube3-0 sets
1968[6] Alex Metreveli Milan Holeček7–5, 6–4, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Géza Varga Giuseppe Merlo6–0, 7–5
1975 Bengt Lundstedt Patrice Beust6–4, 2–6, 6–3
French Riviera Invitation
1978 Bjorn Borg Guillermo Vilas6–4, 6–3

Men's doubles
Incomplete Roll
Riviera Championships
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1908 Major Ritchie
George Simond		 George de Bray
Monsieur Jermoloff		6–0, 6–1, 6–1

Women's singles
Riviera Championships
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1902 V. Henshaw Miss Tomer6-3, 6-1
1903 Mildred Brooksmith ? ?
1904 V. Henshaw (2) Miss Rooke5–7, 6–2, 6–1
1905 Amy Ransome Vera Warden7-5, 8-6
1906 Vera Warden Amy Ransome8-6, 6-3
1907 Rosamund Salusbury Miss Hampshire7-5, 6-0
1908 Maud Dillon Evelyn Dillonw.o.
1909 Rosamund Salusbury (2) Alice Greenew.o.
1910 Rosamund Salusbury (3) Evelyn M. Froude Bellew6-3, 6-2
1911 Jessie Tripp Rosamund Salusbury6–2, 6–8, 7–5
1912 Mieken Rieck Margaret Tripp1–6, 7–5, 6–3
1913 Dagmar von Krohn Madeline Fisher O'Neill4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1914 Dorothea Douglass Chambers Elizabeth Ryan6-2, 6-1
1915/1918Not held (due to world war one)
1919 Suzanne Lenglen A. Doublet6-0, 6-1
1920 Geraldine Ramsey Beamish Sigrid Frenckell Fick6–1, 4–6, 6–2
1921 Elizabeth Ryan Phyllis Satterthwaite6-4, 6-3
1922 Elizabeth Ryan (2) Phyllis Satterthwaite6-3, 6-3
1923 Suzanne Lenglen (2) Kathleen McKane6-2, 7-5
1924 Suzanne Lenglen (3) Elizabeth Ryan7-5, 6-1
1925 Elizabeth Ryan (3) Honor Woolrych3–6, 6–0, 6–2
1926 Helen Wills Lili de Alvarez6-4, 6-4
1927 Elizabeth Ryan (4) Dorothy Shaw6-4, 7-5
1928 Lili de Alvarez Lucia Valerio6-4, 7-5
1929 Phyllis Howkins Covell Cilly Aussem6-4, 9-7
1930 Cilly Aussem Simonne Mathieu9-7, 6-2
1931 Phyllis Satterthwaite Simonne Mathieu7-5, 6-4
1932 Simonne Mathieu Lucia Valerio6-2, 6-3
1933 Simonne Mathieu (2) Peggy Scriven6-3, 6-2
1934 Sylvie Jung Henrotin Lucia Valerio3–6, 6–3, 6–0
1935 Simonne Mathieu (3) Edith Belliard6-2, 6-1
1936 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Edith Belliard6-2, 6-1
1937 Anita Lizana Jadwiga Jędrzejowska6–8, 8–6, 1–1 retired
1938 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Hella Kovac4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1939 Simone Iribarne Lafargue Simonne Mathieu2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1940/1950Not held (due to World War II) and women's event not held
Menton International Championships
1951 Hella Strecker Vittoria Tonolli8–10, 9–7, 10-8
1952 Joan Curry Silvana Lazzarino6-1, 6-0
1953 Inge Pohmann Joan Curry6-4, 6-1
1954 Joan Curry (2) Shirley Bloomer6-3, 6-4
1955 Shirley Bloomer Pat Ward6-3, 7-5
1956 Shirley Bloomer (2) Ilse Buding7-5, 6-4
1957 Lucia Bassi Susanah Prettejohn11-9, 6-0
1958 Zsuzsa Körmöczy Lucia Bassi6-4, 6-1
1959 Flo de la Courtie Lucia Bassi7-5, 6-1
1960 Zsuzsa Körmöczy Flo de la Courtie6-2, 6-3
Menton International
1961 Mimi Arnold Elizabeth Starkie5–7, 6–4, 6–0
1962 Francesca Gordigiani Hilde Schildknecht7–9, 9–7, 6–4
1963 Jacqueline Rees-Lewis Carole Rosser6–3, 4–6, 7–5
1964 Jacqueline Rees-Lewis (2) Christiane Mercelis4–6, 7–5, 6–3
1965 Gail Sherriff Virginia Wade6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1966 Jill Blackman Jacqueline Rees-Lewis3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1967 Jacqueline Rees-Lewis Vives (3) Roberta Beltrame6-1, 6-3
1968 Gail Sherriff (2) Vlasta Vopičková6-1, 6-0
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Johanne Venturino Ana Maria Cavadini3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1970 Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (3) Corinne Molesworth6-1, 6-2
1971 Helga Niessen Masthoff Corinne Molesworth7-5 2-6 7-5
1972 Judith Szorenyi Margareta Strandberg8-6, 6-3
1973 Odile de Roubin Monique Salfati-Di Maso7-5, 6-3
1975 Elly Appel Brigitte Simon4–6, 6–2, 6–0
1976 Monique van Haver Sabina Simmonds6–4, 5–7, 6–2

Mix Doubles
Incomplete Roll
Riviera Championships
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1904 Charles Gladstone Allen
Miss Bournd		 Roy Allen
Miss Powell		default
1906 Anthony Wilding
Amy Ransome		 Charles Gladstone Allen
Agnes Morton		6–3, 6–1
1907 Major Ritchie
Rosamund Salusbury		 George de Bray
Mlle Kraminski		6-0, 6-1

References
  1. Town & Country. New York, United States: Hearst Corporation. 1932. p. 63.
  2. Le voyageur en France: a monthly bulletin of official information concerning travel in France. Paris, France: Office national du tourisme. 1923. p. 3.
  3. Paret, Jahial Parmly; Allen, J. P.; Alexander, Frederick B.; Hardy, Samuel [from old catalog] (1906). "The Riviera Tournaments". Spalding's tennis annual . New York: American sports publishing company. p. 157.
  4. Town and Country (1937)
  5. "Personal Notes from London". Auckland Star. 4 May 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via National Library of New Zealand.
  6. Staff Writers. "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". Steve G Tennis. stevegtennis.com. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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  8. The Northern Times. Carnarvon, WA: National Library of Australia. 14 March 1914. p. 7.
  9. American Lawn Tennis. New York: American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company. 1939. p. 39.

Sources
  • American Lawn Tennis. (1939). New York: American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company.
  • Auckland Star. National Library of New Zealand. 4 May 1906.
  • Paret, Jahial Parmly; Allen, J. P.; Alexander, Frederick B.; Hardy, Samuel (1906). Spalding's tennis annual . New York: American sports publishing company.
  • The Press Newspaper. National Library of New Zealand. 25 April 1913.
  • The Northern Times. Carnarvon, WA: National Library of Australia.
  • The Press Newspaper. National Library of New Zealand. 25 April 1913.
  • Town & Country. New York, United States: Hearst Corporation. 1932.
  • Writers, Staff. "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". Steve G Tennis. stevegtennis.com.
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