Hungarian International Championships

The Hungarian International Championships[1] or Magyar Nemzetközi Bajnokság was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament first established in 1903.

Hungarian International Championships
Magyar Nemzetközi Bajnokság
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit (1913–75)
Founded1903 (1903)
Abolished1975 (1975)
LocationBudapest, Hungary
SurfaceClay

History

In 1894, the Hungarian National Tennis Championships were established. In 1903, the first Hungarian international competition was held in Budapest and then part of Austria-Hungary. In the beginning, the national tournament did accept foreign entries, but it did not carry the denomination of international championships. In 1921, the international event became a standalone championship in its own right. After 1924, the Hungarian International Championships served as a fully open international event, while only Hungarian players could possibly go for the national title.[2] After World War II, the international tournament continued through till 1975 when it was discontinued.

Finals

Men Singles

(Incomplete roll)

International Championships
Year Champion Runner-up Score
1903 Major Ritchie Rolf Kinzl6–2, 6–3, 5–0, ret.[1]
1921 Béla von Kehrling Kamill Fittler3–6, 6–0, 6–1, 6–0
1922 Béla Von Kehrling (2) Oscar Kreuzer ?
1923 Béla von Kehrling (3) Friedrich Rohrer6–2, 6–2, 6–1
1924 Béla Von Kehrling (4) Luis Maria Heyden6–1, 6–3, 6–2[3]
1925 Béla von Kehrling (5) Georg Demasius6–3, 6–?, 4–6, 7–5[4]
1926 Béla Von Kehrling (6) Kurt Bergmann6–3, 6–3, retired [5]
1927 Béla von Kehrling (7) Leonce J. Aslangul2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4[6]
1929[f] Béla Von Kehrling (8) Roderich Menzel7–5, 4–6, 6–3 ret.[7]
1930 Roderich Menzel Béla Von Kehrling4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1,[8]
1931 Béla Von Kehrling (9) Hyotaro Sato6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2[9]
1932 Béla Von Kehrling (10) Emil Gabrovitz[e][10]
1933 Roderich Menzel (2) Emil Gábori[11]
1934 Ladislav Hecht Ignacy Tłoczyński[12][13]
1935 Ladislav Hecht (2) Emil Gábori6–3, 6–4, 7–5[14]
1936 Ottó Szigeti Vojtech Vodicka6–4, 6–1, 6–4
1937[1] Kho Sin-Kie Adam Baworowski7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3[15]
1938 Ottó Szigeti (2) Jean Lesueur6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 1–6, 5–5 ret.[16]
1939 Emil Gábori Gottfried von Cramm[17]
1942 József Asbóth Emil Gábori[18]
1943 József Asbóth (2) Ottó Szigeti7–5, 6–2, 6–1[19]
1944 József Asbóth (3)[20]
1945 Dragutin Mitić József Asbóth3–10, 6–1, 6–3, 1–6, ret.[21]
1946 József Asbóth (3) Kalman Feher6–1, 6–1, 6–4[1]
1947 Dragutin Mitić (2) József Asbóth2–6, 6–4, 6–4[1]
1948 József Asbóth (5) Jan Krajcik?[1]
1949 Władysław Skonecki József Asbóth1–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–1, 9–7[1]
1953 András Ádám-Stolpa Zoltán Katona6–1, 6–3, 6–2[1]
1956 Antal Jancsó Zoltán Katona6–0, 0–6, 6–3, 6–1[1]
1957 Władysław Skonecki (2) Gheorghe Viziru4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–2[1]
1958 Neale Fraser István Gulyás5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 8–6[1]
1959 Peter Scholl István Gulyás5–7, 1–6, 0–5, ret.[1]
1960 Ian Vermaak Boro Jovanović7–5, 6–2, 6–2[1]
1962 Jiří Javorský István Gulyás5–7, 6–4, 6–1, 6–1[1]
1964 István Gulyás Torben Ulrich6–3, 6–3, 6–1[1]
1966 István Gulyás (2) Péter Szőke6–2, 6–0, 6–2[1]
1967 István Gulyás (3) Péter Szőke6–4, 7–5, 6–2[1]
Open era
1968 Ilie Năstase Patricio Rodríguez8–6, 6–3, 6–3[1]
1969 Ilie Năstase (2) István Gulyás9–7, 6–4, 6–2[1]
1970 Harald Elschenbroich Géza Varga4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–1[1]
1971 István Gulyás (4) Tadeusz Nowicki8–6, 2–6, 1–6, 8–6, 7–5[1]

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

International Championships
Year Champion Runner-up Score
1903 Margit Madarász Katalin Csérydefault.
1921 Margarete Janotta Mrs D. Mayer6-0, 2-6 ret.
1922 Ilona Váradi Médi Krencsey6-2, 6-2
1923 Margarete Janotta (2) Médi Krencsey6-4, 6-3
1924 Nelly Bamberger Neppach Ilona Péteriné8-6, 6-1
1925 Ilse Friedleben Ilona Péteriné6-3, 6-1
1926 Ilona Péteriné (2) Magda Baumgarten6-1, 6-0
1927 Nelly Neppach Mrs Schréderné6-0, 6-2
1928 Irmgard Rost Nelly Gassmann Stephanus6-2, 6-3
1929 Hilde Krahwinkel Ellen Hoffmann6-4, 6-1
1930 Hilde Krahwinkel (2) Anne Peitz6–4, 2–6, 8–6
1931 Klara Hammer Jadwiga Jędrzejowska3–6, 6–3, 9–7
1932 Klara Hammer (2) Toni Schomburgk6-4, 6-2
1933 Hilde Krahwinkel (3) Cilly Aussem6-2, 6-3
1934 Toni Schomburgk Rosl Kraus6-2, 6-2
1935 Klara Hammer (3) Lili Sárkány4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1936 Márta Sass Lili Sárkány6–1, 3–6, 6–1
1937 Anneliese Ullstein Magda Baumgarten6-1, 6-4
1938 Marie-Louise Horn Hella Kovac3–6, 7–5, retd.
1939 Aliz Flórián Hella Kovac2-6, 6-, 4–5, 15–40, retd.
1940 Suzy Körmöczy Klára Somogyi6-2, 6-2
1941Womens event not held
1942 Aliz Flórián (2) Annelies Ullstein Bossiw.o.
1943 Aliz Flórián (3) Ilona Jusits6-1, 6-4
1944 Aliz Flórián (3) Zsuzsa Vad6-2, 6-2
1945Womens event not held
1946 Márta Popp Suzy Körmöczy6–0, 5–7, 7–5
1947 Hilda Walterová Márta Popp6-4, 8-6
1948 Erzsébet Bárd Ilona Siposs Hidassyné6-4, 6-2
1949 Olga Miskova Jadwiga Jędrzejowska6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1950/1952Womens event not held
1953 Suzy Körmöczy (2) Mária Jávori1–6, 6–3, 6–2
1954/1955Womens event not held
1956 Vera Puzejova Márta Popp6-1, 6-3
1957 Suzy Körmöczy (3) Jacqueline Kermina6-3, 6-2
1958 Suzy Körmöczy (4) Vera Puzejova6-3, 6-3
1959 Suzy Körmöczy (5) Zsófia Broszmann6-3, 6-2
1960 Suzy Körmöczy (6) Ann Haydon1–6, 8–6, 8–6
1961Womens event not held
1962 Suzy Körmöczy (7) Anna Dmitrieva6–1, 4–6, 6–4
1963Womens event not held
1964 Alena Palmeova Tsen Tsu Sun4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1965Womens event not held
1966 Miss Wieczorkowna H. Magdeburg6-2, 6-1
1967/1968Womens event not held
Open era
1969 Helen Gourlay Marina Chuvirina6-4, 6-4
1970Womens event not held
1971 Judith Szörényi Éva Szabó6-2, 6-2

Tournament records

Most men's singles titles. Béla Von Kehrling (10)
Most women's singles titles. Suzy Körmöczy (7)

References

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