Genoa International

The Genoa International[1] or Internazionale di Genova at times also known as the Genoa Championships or Campionati di Genova was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1959. It was played at the Tennis Club Genova, Genoa, Liguria, Italy.[2] The tournament ran until 1968.[3]

Genoa International
Internazionale di Genova
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1928 (1928)
Abolished1968 (1968)
LocationGenoa, Liguria, Italy.
SurfaceClay

History

In April 1928 Tennis Club Genova in Genoa, established an open international tennis tournament for men and women.[4] The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts in Liguria, Italy. The event was part of the Italian Riviera circuit of tennis tournaments. During the 1930s the tournament was branded as the Genoa Championships or Campionati di Genova. The 1940 edition was held in conjunction with the Coppa Federazione Fascista. The tournament was staged till 1968.[5]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll) included:[6]

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1928 Uberto De Morpurgo Emanuele Sertorio6–2, 8–6, 6–1
1930 Pat Hughes Roberto Bocciardo6–3, 6–1, 6–0
1931 Hyotaro Sato Augusto Rado6–3, 3–6, 3-,6 6–4, 6–3
1932 Augusto Rado Georges Mitaranga6–0, 6–1, 6–3
1933 Jack O'Shea Leonardo Bonzi?
1934 Giovanni Palmieri Wilmer Hines[7]4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1936 Giovanni Palmieri (2) Augusto Rado6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
1939 Gianni Cucelli Vojtech Vodicka6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1940 József Asbóth Franjo Punčec6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1942 Francesco Romanoni Marcello Del Bellofinal suspended
1945 Marcello del Bello Rolando Del Bello6–2, 6–3, 6–8, 6–2
1954 Enrique Morea Fausto Gardini6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1955[8] Fausto Gardini Art Larsen6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–2.
1956 Luis Alberto Ayala Jaroslav Drobný6–2, 6–2, 6–1.[9]
1968 Ion Țiriac Pietro Marzano8–6, 6–2

Men's doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1928 Mino Balbi Di Robecco
Giacomo Bocciardo		 Uberto De Morpurgo
Mr. Abbiati		6–2 6–3 2–6 5–7 7–5

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1930 Phyllis Satterthwaite Ada Pradadefault
1933 Edith Sander Dorothy Burke6–2, 6–3
1939 Klara Beutter-Hammer Wally San Donnino6–1, 6–2
1940 Hella Kovac Anneliese Ullstein3–6, 6–3, 6–0
1954 Totta Zehden Nicla Migliori6–3, 1–6, 6–2
1956[10] Althea Gibson Thelma Long6–3, 6–4
1968 Lea Pericoli Ingrid Loeys8–6, 6–2

Mixed doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1939 Gianni Cucell
Klara Beutter-Hammer		 Augusto Rado
Giuliana Grioni		6–2, 4–6, 6–0
1940 Gino Vido
Vittoria Tonolli		 József Asbóth
Klára Somogyi		6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1954 Orlando Sirola
Elaine Watson		 Fausto Gardini
Pat Ward		3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1956 Orlando Sirola (2)
Althea Gibson		 Luis Ayala
Thelma Long		6–4, 1–2, ret.

References
  1. "TENNIS DROBNY SHOCK:Defeat yesterday ended in tears yesterday as the outsider Luis Ayala Chile beat him 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 in the men's singles final of the Genoa International tennis tournament". Nottingham Guardian. Nottinghamshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. p. 7. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. "Storia Tennis Club Genova 1893 – Centenary Tennis Clubs". tennisclubgenova.it. Genova, Italy: Tennis Club Genova. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. Tennis Club Genova
  4. Tennis Club Genova
  5. Tennis Club Genova
  6. "Tournament – Genoa". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  7. "Obituary for Wilmer Moore Mines - Newspapers.com". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. 4 February 1960. p. 32. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  8. "Larsen Suspended After Report He Hit Ball Boy At Genoa Match". Pacific Stars And Stripes. Los Angeles, United States: Newspaper Archives. 26 April 1955. p. 24. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  9. Nottingham Guardian (April 1956)
  10. "Sports in Brief". Lawton Constitution. Lawton, Oklahoma, United States: Newspaper Archives. 23 April 1956. p. 8. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
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