Nice International Winter Championships

The Nice International Winter Championships [1] or Championnats Internationaux d'Hiver de Nice was a men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1922 as the Nice Lawn Tennis Club Winter Cup[2] also known as the Parc Imperial Winter Tournament or Nice Winter Tournament. It was organised by the Nice Lawn Tennis Club , Nice, France and played on clay courts until 1974 as part of the ILTF Independent Circuit.[2]

Nice International Winter Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
(1922–72)
ILTF Independent Circuit (1973–74)
Founded1922 (1922)
Abolished1974 (1974)
LocationNice, France
VenueNice Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceClay (outdoors)

History

The tournament was founded in 1922 as the Nice Lawn Tennis Club Winter Cup.[2] The tournament was usually played in February, though occasionally staged the first week of March. Following World War II the tournament was branded as the Nice International Winter Championships and informally called the Parc Imperial Winter Tournament.[2] The tournament was part of French Riviera circuit until 1942 a sub tennis circuit of the ILTF European Circuit itself part of the ILTF World Circuit when it became part of the ILTF Independent Circuit (tournaments not part of the ILTF Grand Prix Circuit or WTA Tour) from 1973 through to 1974 when it was discontinued.[2]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Nice LTC Winter Cup
Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1922 Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston Alain Gerbault6–1, 6–3, 6–4.[2]
1926 Jacques Brugnon George Lyttleton Rogers6–2, 6–0, 6–2.[2]
1932 Charles Aeschlimann Vladimir Landau1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3.[2]
1933 George Lyttleton Rogers Jean Rouillot6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3.[2]
Nice International Winter Championships
1947 Budge Patty Alexandre-Athenase Noghès6–2, 6–2.[2]
1950 Pierre Paccard George Scherbatoff6–3, 7–5.[2]
1951 Georges Pasquier Franz Weisz10–8, 0–6, 6–1.[2]
1953 John Horn Anthony (Tony) Starte[3]6–4, 0–6, 6–4.[2]
1954 Pat Molloy Philip Wooldridge6–2, 7–9, 6–4.[2]
1957 Jan Foldina Gordon Mudge6–3, 7–5.[2]
1959 Hernando Salas[4] Yuri Shcherbakov6–2, 6–1.[2]
1961 Charles (Charlie) Applewhaite[5] Trevor Adamson[6]6–0, 3–6, 6–1.[2]
1962 Oscar Ebner Jean Paul Frances6–2, 3–6, 6–4.[2]
1963 Oscar Ebner (2) Robert Sherman[7]2–6, 6–1, 8–6.[2]
1965 Gerald Battrick David Lloyd9–7, 6–1.[2]
1966 Geoff Bluett John Crump6–3, 6–2.[2]
1967 Bernd Kube[8] Daniel Moreau6–3, 6–2.[2]
1968 Roy Den Hoed Jacques Jaujou6–4, 6–3.[2]
↓  Open era  ↓
1970 Jean-François Caujolle Bernard Tapin6–4, 6–3.[2]
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1974 Patrice Beust Christophe Casa6–2, 6–2.[2]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Parc Imperial/Nice Winter Tournament
Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1922 Molly Smailes Jessie Tripp6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1923 Suzanne Lenglen Elizabeth Ryandefault
1924 Suzanne Lenglen (2) Dorothy Shepherd Barron6–0, 6–1
1925 Suzanne Lenglen (3) Margaret Tripp6–0, 6–1
1926 Suzanne Lenglen (4) Jeanne Franke6–1, 6–3
1927 Eileen Bennett Betty Nuthall6–3, 6–2
1928 Elizabeth Ryan Eileen Bennett6–4, 6–2
1932 Simonne Mathieu Colette Rosambert6–3, 6–3
1933 Sheila Hewitt Muriel Thomas6–4, 6–3
Nice International Winter Championships
1946 Alice Weiwers Yvonne Vincart6–4, 6–2
1955 Shirley Bloomer Pat Ward6–1, 6–0
1961 Elizabeth Starkie Nicole Broccardo6–1, 6–1
1965 Jacqueline Rees-Lewis Winnie Shaw6–0, 6–0
1966 Jacqueline Rees-Lewis (2) Denise Magnan6–1, 6–1
1967 Jacqueline Rees-Lewis Vives (3) C. Leca6–1, 6–3
↓  Open era  ↓
1970 Pam Austin Marilyn Greenwood6–4, 6–3
1971 Katja Ebbinghaus Odile de Roubin8–6, 6–4

References
  1. "Pam Austin Wins Tennis Title". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky: The Wikipedia Library - newspapers.com. 16 Feb 1970. p. 8. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  2. "Tournaments: Nice International Winter Championships". The Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  3. "Anthony Starte: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  4. "Hernando Salas: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. "Charles Applewhaite: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  6. "Trevor Adamson: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  7. "Robert Sherman : Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  8. "Bernd Kube: Overview". ATP Tour. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
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