| Czechoslovakian International Championships | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Tour | ILTF Circuit (1920-1968) |
| Founded | 1920 |
| Abolished | 1985 |
| Location | Prague (1920-64, 1966, 1968) Bratislava (1965, 1967, 1969-73, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985) Ostrava (1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982) Prerov (1984) |
| Venue | Various |
| Current champions | |
| Men's singles |  Miloslav Mecir |
The Czechoslovakian International Championships was a tennis tournament held between 1920 and 1985.
The tournament began soon after Czechoslovakia began as a country (there were tournaments before that such as the Bohemian Crown Lands Championships). The tournament had many winners from overseas, including winners of Grand Slam singles titles Henri Cochet, [1] Fred Perry, [1] Don Budge, [1] József Asbóth, [1] Nicola Pietrangeli, [1] and Tony Roche. [1] Also, Czechoslovakian players that won Grand Slam singles titles Jaroslav Drobný, [1] Jan Kodeš [1] and Ivan Lendl [1] also won the title.
The tournament was held on clay courts and was typically held in June or July, but sometimes as early as April or as late as September.
From 1939 to May 1945 Czechoslovakia ceased to exist. Bohemia and Moravia became a Protectorate overseen by Nazi Germany. The Czechoslovakian International Championships resumed in July 1945.
When the Grand Prix circuit began in the 1970s, the tournament was not part of it. The tournament was held exclusively in Prague until the mid-1960s and then was held in other cities such as Bratislava and Ostrava (and one year in Prerov). A Czech Grand Prix tournament, the Prague Grand Prix, was held from 1987 to 1989. When the ATP Tour began, they had the Czechoslovak Open, which became the Czech Open, which was held throughout the 1990s.
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | S. Zemla [1] | | |
| 1921 | S. Zemla [1] | | |
| 1922 | Karel Ardelt [1] | | |
| 1923 | S. Zemla [1] | | |
| 1924 |  Charles Aeschlimann [1] | Pavel Macenauer | 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 0–6, 7–5 |
| 1925 | Jan Koželuh [1] | František Soyka | 6–1, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1926 | Jan Koželuh [1] | Friedrich Rohrer | 6–1, 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1927 | Jan Koželuh [1] | Roderich Menzel | 6–1, 4–1 rtd. |
| 1928 | Jan Koželuh [1] | Franz Matejka | 7–5, 4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 1929 |  Henri Cochet [1] | Christian Boussus | 2–6, 6–8, 6–2, 7–5, 8–6 |
| 1930 | Josef Maleček [1] |  Franjo Šefer | 4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–1 |
| 1931 |  Hyotaro Sato [1] | Minoru Kawachi | 5–7, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1932 |  Uberto De Morpurgo [1] | Pavel Macenauer | 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 |
| 1933 | Roderich Menzel [1] | Ladislav Hecht | 6–3, 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1934 | Roderich Menzel [1] |  Gottfried von Cramm | 3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1935 | Roderich Menzel [1] | Giovanni Palmieri | 6–2, 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1936 |  Fred Perry [1] | Ladislav Hecht | 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1 |
| 1937 | Roderich Menzel [1] | Giovanni Palmieri | 6–1, 6–0, 6–3 |
| 1938 |  Don Budge [1] | Ladislav Hecht | 6–1, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1939-44 [a] | No competition [1] | ||
| 1945 | Jaroslav Drobný [1] | Vojtěch Vodička | 6–1, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1946 | Jaroslav Drobný [1] | Marcel Bernard | 8–6, 11–9, 6–3 |
| 1947 | Jaroslav Drobný [1] | Tom Brown | 6–0, 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1948 | Jaroslav Drobný [1] |  András Ádám-Stolpa | 6–4, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1949 | Jaroslav Drobný [1] |  Władysław Skonecki | |
| 1950 | József Asbóth [1] | Władysław Skonecki | 9–7, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 9–7 |
| 1951-54 | No competition [1] | ||
| 1955 [2] | Jiří Javorský | András Ádám-Stolpa | 6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6–2 |
| 1956 [3] |  Don Candy [1] | Pierre Darmon | 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1957 [4] | Jiří Javorský [1] | Richard Schonborn | 6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–3 |
| 1958 [5] | Nicola Pietrangeli [1] |  Mario Llamas | 1–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1959 [6] | Jiří Javorský [1] | Don Candy | 6–4, 4–6, 6–0, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 1960 [7] | Jiří Javorský [1] |  Peter Scholl | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1961 [8] | István Gulyás [1] | Karol Safarik | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1962 | Władysław Skonecki [1] | Jiří Javorský | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 |
| 1963 | Ken Fletcher [1] | John Fraser | 6–3, 6–2, 7–5 |
| 1964 | Jiří Javorský [1] | Štěpán Koudelka | 7–5, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1965 | Patricio Rodriguez | István Gulyás | 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1966 | Tony Roche [1] | Bill Bowrey | 7–9, 6–3, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1967 | Jan Kodeš |  Ion Tiriac | 1–6, 13–11, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1968 | Milan Holeček [1] | František Pála | 6–3, 6–1, 5–7, 7–5 |
| 1969 | István Gulyás [1] | Christian Kuhnke | 6–1, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 1970 | Jan Kodeš [1] | Milan Holeček | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–5 |
| 1971 | Jan Kodeš [1] | Szabolcz Baranyi | 4–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1972 | No competition | ||
| 1973 | František Pála [1] | János Benyik | 8–6, 5–7, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1974 | Vladimír Zedník | Jan Kodeš | 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 rtd. |
| 1975 | František Pála | Jiri Hrebec | 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–0 |
| 1976 | Tomáš Šmíd | Pavel Huťka | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 1977 | Jiří Hřebec | František Pála | 1–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1978 | Ivan Lendl | Vladimír Zedník | 6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1979 | Ivan Lendl | Pavel Složil | 6–2, 7–6, 6–3 |
| 1980 | Ivan Lendl | Stanislav Birner | 6–3, 6–2, 7–6 |
| 1981 | Tomáš Šmíd | Pavel Složil | 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 |
| 1982 | Pavel Složil | Tomáš Šmíd | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 1983 | Miloslav Mečíř | Libor Pimek | 6–1, 4–6, 1–6, 7–6, 7–5 |
| 1984 | Miloslav Mečíř | Tomáš Šmíd | 1–6, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1985 | Miloslav Mečíř | Libor Pimek | 7–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Year | Champion |
|---|---|
| 1920 | M. Lindová [1] |
| 1921 | E. Völker [1] |
| 1922 | Nelly Neppach [1] |
| 1923 | No competition [1] |
| 1924 | H. Šindelárová [1] |
| 1925 | H. Šindelárová [1] |
| 1926 | A. Varady [1] |
| 1927 | K. Rezničková [1] |
| 1928 | Greta Deutschová [1] |
| 1929 | M. Kozeluhova [1] |
| 1930 | Greta Deutschová [1] |
| 1931 | Hilde Krahwinkel [1] |
| 1932 | V. Hammerová [1] |
| 1933 | Greta Deutschová [1] |
| 1934 | Elizabeth Ryan [1] |
| 1935 |  Bobbie Heine Miller [1] |
| 1936 | Margrethe Käppel [1] |
| 1937 | Margrethe Käppel [1] |
| 1938 | Bobbie Heine Miller [1] |
| 1939-44 | No competition [1] |
| 1945 | Helena Straubeová [1] |
| 1946 | Magda Rurac [1] |
| 1947 | Zsuzsa Körmöczy [1] |
| 1948 | M. Erdödy [1] |
| 1949 | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska [1] |
| 1950 | Zsuzsa Körmöczy [1] |
| 1951-54 | No competition [1] |
| 1955 | Zsuzsa Körmöczy [2] |
| 1956 | Erika Vollmer [1] |
| 1957 | Vera Puzejová [1] |
| 1958 | Vera Puzejová [1] |
| 1959 | Vera Puzejová [1] |
| 1960 | Vera Puzejová [1] |
| 1961 | Jan Lehane [1] |
| 1962 |  Anna Dmitrieva [1] |
| 1963 | Vera Puzejová Suková [1] |
| 1964 | Vera Puzejová Suková [1] |
| 1965 | Vlasta Vopičková |
| 1966 | Kerry Melville [1] |
| 1967 | Vlasta Vopičková |
| 1968 | Helen Gourlay [1] |
| 1969 | Vlasta Vopičková [1] |
| 1970 | Vlasta Vopičková [1] |
| 1971 | Marie Neumannová [1] |
| 1972 | No competition [1] |
| 1973 | Evonne Goolagong [1] |
| 1974 | Renáta Tomanová |
| 1975 | Regina Maršiková |
| 1976 | Renáta Tomanová |
| 1977 | Regina Maršiková |
| 1978 | Regina Maršiková |
| 1979 | |
| 1980 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1984 | |
| 1985 | |
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