Madrid International

For the successor tournament held in Madrid from 1976 only, see Madrid Tennis Grand Prix.

Madrid International
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Madrid Championships (1906-1934) Puerta de Hierro International (1950-1964) Championships of Madrid (1965) Madrid Puerta de Hierro International (1966-1969) Madrid International (1970-1975)
Tour	ILTF World Circuit
Founded	1906
Abolished	1975
Location	Madrid Spain
Venue	Real Club Puerta de Hierro
Surface	Clay / outdoors

The Madrid International ^[1] was a combined clay court tennis tournament founded in 1906, ^[2] as the Madrid Championships, that event was held intermittently until the early 1930s then ended due to the Spanish Civil War and World War II. In 1950 the event was revived as the Madrid Puerta de Hierro International ^[3] and was played continually at the Real Club Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain, until 1975 when it was last branded under its last title name.

History

Founded in 1906 as the Madrid Championships it first ran till the mid-1930s then stopped due the Spanish Civil War. In 1950 it was revived and rebranded as the Madrid International. This event was usually played in the Spring in April and by the earlier 1970s had the ATP Tour designation Madrid 1. ^[4]

In 1973 a second Madrid International II was established that was initially played at the Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo in October annually. ^[5] In 1974 that event was rebranded as the Madrid Open or by its sponsored name Melia Trophy. In 1975 the original Madrid International this tournament ended, ^[6] and the October the Madrid 2 event moved dates in the calendar to the vacant slot in April 1976 and assumed the original title name, ^[7] this event later became known as the Madrid Tennis Grand Prix.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll) included: ^[8]

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1906	Sidney Head	José Beristaín	6–1, 6–1
1907	José Beristaín	Marcelino José Azlor	def.
1910	Luis de Uhagon	Vicente Bertrán	6–1, 1–6, 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1913	Max Decugis	Ludwig Von Salm	6–4, 6–3, 6–2
1920	Otto Froitzheim	Manuel Alonso Areizaga	6-4, 6–4, 6–3
1923 [9]	Eduardo Flaquer	Manuel de Gomar	def.
1925	Rene Lacoste	Eduardo Flaquer	6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
1934	Jean Lesueur	Enrique Maier	6–1, 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
1936/1949	Not held
1950 [10]	Jaroslav Drobny	Felicisimo Ampon	3–6, 6–0, 6–2, 6–4
1953	Jaroslav Drobny (2)	Sven Davidson	8–6, 6–4 3–7, 7–6
1958	Andres Gimeno	Reynaldo Garrido	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
1960	Luis Ayala	Andres Gimeno	0–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3
1961	Juan Manuel Couder	Neil Gibson	6–1, 7–5, 6–3
1962	Manuel Santana	Roy Emerson	5–7, 6–4, 9–7, 6–8, 6–4
1963	Manuel Santana (2)	Juan Manuel Couder	6–1, 6–0, 6–3
1964	Manuel Santana (3)	Rafael Osuna	6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1965	Manuel Santana (4)	Juan Manuel Couder	6–1, 4–6, 0–6, 6–4, 6–3
1966	Thomaz Koch	José Edison Mandarino	8–6, 6–1
1967	Jan-Erik Lundqvist	Roy Emerson	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1968 [11]	Manuel Santana (5)	Herb Fitzgibbon	6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
↓  Open Era  ↓
1969	Manuel Santana (6)	Arthur Ashe	9–11, 6–4, 8–6, 6–1
1970 [12]	Manuel Santana (7)	Lew Hoad	6–3, 8–10, 6–3, 6–0
1971 [13]	Ion Tiriac	Ilie Năstase	7–5, 6–1, 6–0
1972 [14]	Ilie Năstase	František Pála	6–0, 6–0, 6–1
1973 [15]	Ilie Năstase (2)	Adriano Panatta	6–3, 7–6, 5–7, 6–1
1975 [16]	Ilie Năstase (3)	Manuel Orantes	7–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3

Men's doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1972	Ilie Năstase Stan Smith	Andrés Gimeno Manuel Orantes	6–3, 6–4, 6–4

Women's singles

(incomplete roll) two editions of the women's event was held in 1967

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1911	Maria de Irujo	Luisa Carvajal	6-3, 5–7, 6–3
1912	Carmen Witty	Luisa Carvajal	6-1, 6–3
1913	Elizabeth Ryan	Marie Decugis	6-1, 6–2
1916	Maria Rospide	Carmen Portago	8-6, 4–6, 6–4
1923	Lilí Álvarez	Phyllis Covell	6-1 3-6 6–4
1924	Lilí Álvarez	Cosette Saint-Omer-Roy	6-3, 7–5
1950	Mary Terán de Weiss	Pilar Barril	7-5, 4–6, 6–2
1960	Ana María Estalella	Rosie Reyes Darmon	6-1, 2–6, 6–3
1961	Nora Somoza	Mabel Bove	6-4, 6–3
1962	Edda Buding	Heidi Schildknecht	6-3, 6–3
1964	Jacqueline Rees-Lewis	Heidi Schildknecht	6-4, 6–2
1965	Helga Schultze	Edda Buding	3-6, 6–0, 6–3
1966	Frances MacLennan	Eva Lundqvist	4-6, 6–2, 6–0
1967	Eva Lundqvist	Alice Tym	6-2, 0-6 6–1
1967	Ana Maria Estalella	Sue Alexander	6-2 6–4
1968	Helga Niessen	Frances MacLennan	6-1, 6–3
↓  Open Era  ↓
1970	Helga Schultze	Carmen Mandarino	6-2, 6–0
1971	Winnie Shaw	Lesley Hunt	5-7, 6–1, 6–1
1972	Linda Tuero	Alena Palmeova West	6-3, 6–1

Event names

Official

• Madrid Championships (1906–1934)
• Puerta de Hierro International (1950–1964)
• Championships of Madrid (1965, 1967 II)
• Madrid Puerta de Hierro International (1966–1969)
• Madrid International (1970–1975)

Sponsored

• Melia Trophy International (1972)
• Rothmans Madrid International (1973) ^[17]

See also

• Madrid Tennis Grand Prix (1973–94) successor event to Madrid International.
• Madrid Open (2002-current) successor event to Madrid Grand Prix.

References

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2. "Tournament - Search - Madrid (Puerta de Hierro)". Tennis Archives. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
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12. The Sydney Morning Herald (5 May 1970) p.10.
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16. "ATP Scores: Madrid-1 - Madrid,Spain | 21-27 Apr, 1975". ATP Tour. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
17. https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/rothmans-madrid/esp/1973/m-gp-esp-02a-1973/