Genoa International

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Genoa International
Internazionale di Genova
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1928;95 years ago (1928)
Abolished1968;55 years ago (1968)
Location Genoa, Liguria, Italy.
Surface Clay

The Genoa International [1] or Internazionale di Genova at times also known as the Genoa Championships or Campionati di Genova was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1959. It was played at the Tennis Club Genova, Genoa, Liguria, Italy. [2] The tournament ran until 1968. [3]

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History

In April 1928 Tennis Club Genova in Genoa, established an open international tennis tournament for men and women. [4] The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts in Liguria, Italy. The event was part of the Italian Riviera circuit of tennis tournaments. During the 1930s the tournament was branded as the Genoa Championships or Campionati di Genova. The 1940 edition was held in conjunction with the Coppa Federazione Fascista. The tournament was staged till 1968. [5]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll) included: [6]

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1928 Flag of Italy.svg Uberto De Morpurgo Flag of Italy.svg Emanuele Sertorio 6–2, 8–6, 6–1
1930 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Pat Hughes Flag of Italy.svg Roberto Bocciardo6–3, 6–1, 6–0
1931 Flag of Japan.svg Hyotaro Sato Flag of Italy.svg Augusto Rado 6–3, 3–6, 3-,6 6–4, 6–3
1932 Flag of Italy.svg Augusto Rado Flag of France.svg Georges Mitaranga6–0, 6–1, 6–3
1933 Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg Jack O'Shea Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Bonzi?
1934 Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Palmieri Flag of the United States.svg Wilmer Hines [7] 4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1936 Flag of Italy.svg Giovanni Palmieri (2) Flag of Italy.svg Augusto Rado 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
1939 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Cucelli Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vojtech Vodicka 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1940 Flag of Hungary.svg József Asbóth Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Franjo Punčec 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1942 Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Romanoni Flag of Italy.svg Marcello Del Bellofinal suspended
1945 Flag of Italy.svg Marcello del Bello Flag of Italy.svg Rolando Del Bello 6–2, 6–3, 6–8, 6–2
1954 Flag of Argentina.svg Enrique Morea Flag of Italy.svg Fausto Gardini 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1955 [8] Flag of Italy.svg Fausto Gardini Flag of the United States.svg Art Larsen 6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–2.
1956 Flag of Chile.svg Luis Alberto Ayala Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg Jaroslav Drobný 6–2, 6–2, 6–1. [9]
1968 Flag of Romania.svg Ion Țiriac Flag of Italy.svg Pietro Marzano 8–6, 6–2

Men's doubles

(incomplete roll)

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1928 Flag of Italy.svg Mino Balbi Di Robecco
Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Bocciardo
Flag of Italy.svg Uberto De Morpurgo
Flag of Italy.svg Mr. Abbiati
6–2 6–3 2–6 5–7 7–5

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1930 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Satterthwaite Flag of Italy.svg Ada Pradadefault
1933 Flag of Germany.svg Edith Sander Flag of the United States.svg Dorothy Burke6–2, 6–3
1939 Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Klara Beutter-Hammer Flag of Italy.svg Wally San Donnino6–1, 6–2
1940 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Hella Kovac Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Anneliese Ullstein 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
1954 Flag of Germany.svg Totta Zehden Flag of Italy.svg Nicla Migliori 6–3, 1–6, 6–2
1956 [10] Flag of the United States.svg Althea Gibson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thelma Long 6–3, 6–4
1968 Flag of Italy.svg Lea Pericoli Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ingrid Loeys 8–6, 6–2

Mixed doubles

(incomplete roll)

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1939 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Cucell
Flag of Germany (1935-1945).svg Klara Beutter-Hammer
Flag of Italy.svg Augusto Rado
Flag of Italy.svg Giuliana Grioni
6–2, 4–6, 6–0
1940 Flag of Italy.svg Gino Vido
Flag of Italy.svg Vittoria Tonolli
Flag of Hungary.svg József Asbóth
Flag of Hungary.svg Klára Somogyi
6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1954 Flag of Italy.svg Orlando Sirola
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elaine Watson
Flag of Italy.svg Fausto Gardini
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Pat Ward
3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1956 Flag of Italy.svg Orlando Sirola (2)
Flag of the United States.svg Althea Gibson
Flag of Chile.svg Luis Ayala
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thelma Long
6–4, 1–2, ret.

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