Boulogne International Championship

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Boulogne International
Championnat international de Boulogne
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour ILTF Circuit (1913-69)
Founded1887;136 years ago (1887)
Abolished1938;85 years ago (1938)
Location Boulogne-sur-Mer
France
VenueTennis Club Boulogne-sur-Mer

The Boulogne International Championship [1] or Championnat international de Boulogne or simply called the Boulogne International [2] was a combined men's and women's open clay court tennis tournament established in 1887 and was first played at the Tennis Club Boulogne-sur-Mer, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. The tournament became part of ILTC Circuit and was staged until 1938.

History

In 1885 the Tennis Club Boulogne-sur-Mer was founded by Lady Kate Wood, [3] wife of General Sir Henry Hastings Affleck Wood. [4] In 1887, the lawn tennis club inaugurated a major international tournament. [5] Winners of the tournament was at first dominated by players from the British Isles with the most successful men's players being Wilberforce Vaughan Eaves, Roy Allen and Francis Gordon Lowe. [6] The first non British men's player to win was the German player Robert Kleinschroth [7] in 1908. He was the brother of Heinrich Kleinschroth who also played tennis.

The first French men's player to win the Boulogne International Championship [8] was Georges Octave Manset in 1913. [9] The ladies tournament was similarly dominated by British players in its early years by Aurea Farrington Edgington, Lottie Paterson, Henrietta Govey and Jane Corder. Following World War I the first French woman to win the title was Suzanne Lenglen in 1920. From the beginning of the 1920s until the tournament was discontinued due to World War II it was monopolized by winning players from France. Following the second world war the tournament was resumed but never regained its initial prestige in attracting notable international players. The tournament, however, is still being held today. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "LAWN TENNIS FIXTURES. SEPTEMBER" . The Sportsman. No. 1 September 1909. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. p. 8. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT AT BOULOGNE" . Sporting Life. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 26 August 1910. p. 8. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "L'histoire du TCB". www.tennisclubboulognesurmer.ne (in Canadian French). Tennis Club Boulogne-sur-Mer. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Archives, The National. "Wood, Sir Henry Hastings Affleck, (1826-1904), Knight General". The Discovery Service. Kew: HM Government. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Tennis Club Boulogne-sur-Mer
  6. ↑ "Tournament –Boulogne". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "0130523 - ROBERT KLEINSCHROTH. Kleinschroth, Robert - Tennis player, Germany Full length in tennis outfit - Photographer: Yva - Published by: 'Uhu' 7/1930". Granger Historical Picture Archive. New York, N.Y. United States: The Granger Collection Ltd. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  8. ↑ Holt Thomas, George (1906). "Coming Lawn Tennis Tournaments: International Championships". The Bystander: An Illustrated Weekly, Devoted to Travel, Literature, Art, the Drama, Progress, Locomotion. London, England: The Illustrated London News. 11: 28.
  9. ↑ Tennis Archives
  10. ↑ Tennis Club Boulogne-sur-Mer
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