Czechoslovakian International Championships

Czechoslovakian International Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF Circuit (1920-1968)
Founded	1920;105 years ago (1920)
Abolished	1985;40 years ago (1985)
Location	Prague (1920–1964, 1966, 1968) Bratislava (1965, 1967, 1969–1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985) Ostrava (1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982) Přerov (1984)
Venue	Various
Current champions
Men's singles	Miloslav Mečíř

The Czechoslovakian International Championships was a tennis tournament held between 1920 and 1985.

History

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, Czechoslovak 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 Přerov). 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.

Past finals

Men's singles

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 [2]	Uberto De Morpurgo [1]	Pavel Macenauer	6–4, 6–4, 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 [3]	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 [4]	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 [5]	Jaroslav Drobný [1]	Tom Brown	6–2, 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 [6]	Jiří Javorský	András Ádám-Stolpa	6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6–2
1956 [7]	Don Candy [1]	Pierre Darmon	6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1957 [8]	Jiří Javorský [1]	Richard Schonborn	6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–3
1958 [9]	Nicola Pietrangeli [1]	Mario Llamas	1–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–0
1959 [10]	Jiří Javorský [1]	Don Candy	6–4, 4–6, 6–0, 3–6, 6–4
1960 [11]	Jiří Javorský [1]	Peter Scholl	6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1961 [12]	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

Women's singles

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 [6]
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

See also

• Category:National and multi-national tennis tournaments

Notes

1. Bohemia-Moravia became a Protectorate of Nazi Germany at the end of the 1930s, so the tournaments of 1939-44 were the Protectorate Championships. From 1941 to 1944 these were national events.

References

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