Monaco Championships

Last updated
Championnats de Monaco
Championnats Monégasques
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour ILTF Circuit
Founded1922;102 years ago (1922)
Abolished1982;42 years ago (1982)
Location Monte Carlo, Monaco
VenueLa Festa Country Club (1922-28)
Monte Carlo Country Club (1929-30)
La Condamine Club (1931-60)
Surface Clay

The Monaco Championships [1] or Monaco International Championships [2] also known as the Monegasque Championships [3] was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament first established in 1922. The championships were first held on courts at the La Festa Country Club in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The tournament ran until 1982.

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History

In 1922 the Monaco Championships were established at the La Festa Country Club in Monte Carlo, Monaco, with the event being played in late December or early January as part of the French Riviera Winter Circuit. It remained at the same venue through till 1928. In 1929 the tournament was moved to the Monte Carlo Country Club until 1930. In 1931 the tournaments names was changed to the Monegasque Championships, and was moved to a new venue the La Condamine Club where it remained until 1982.

Previous winners of the men's singles title included; Jacques Brugnon, Henry George Mayes, [4] Uberto De Morpurgo, Bill Tilden, Enrique Maier, Vladimir Landau, Kho Sin-Kie, Jean Borotra and Bernard Balleret.

Finals

Men's singles

(Incomplete Roll)

Monaco Championships
YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1924 [5] British Raj Red Ensign.svg Charles J. Brierley Flag of the United States.svg Arthur M. Lovibond6–2, 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
1925 [5] Flag of France.svg Jacques Brugnon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Donald Greig 6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1926 [5] Flag of France.svg Jacques Brugnon (2) Flag of Denmark.svg Erik Worm 6–1, 6–1, 4–6, 4–6, 6–1
1927 [5] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Henry Mayes Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Charles Aeschlimann 6–1, 6–1, 9–7
1928Not held
1929 [5] Flag of Italy.svg Umberto De Morpurgo Flag of France.svg Jacques Brugnon 6–3, 6–2, 6–2
1930 [5] Flag of the United States.svg Bill Tilden II Flag of Ireland.svg George Lyttleton Rogers 7–5, 6–1, 6–8, 6–0
Monegasque Championships
1931 [5] Flag of Spain.svg Enrique Maier Flag of Austria.svg Hermann Artens 6–2, 5–7, 6–1, 6–3
1932 [5] Flag of Ireland.svg George Lyttleton Rogers Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Max Ellmer 6–4, 2–6, 9–7, 6–2
1933 [5] Flag of Monaco.svg Vladimir Landau Flag of France.svg Edmond Edouard Lotanw.o.
1934 [5] Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Charles Aeschlimann Flag of Monaco.svg Vladimir Landau6–4, 6–0, 6–4
1935 [5] Flag of Monaco.svg Vladimir Landau (2) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gaby Mercier-Odier5–7, 6–3, 6–0, 6–4
1936 [5] Flag of Monaco.svg Gaston Médécin Flag of Monaco.svg Vladimir Landau8–10, 6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2
1937 [5] Flag of the Republic of China.svg Kho Sin-Kie Flag of Monaco.svg Gaston Médécin6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1938 [5] Flag of the Republic of China.svg Kho Sin-Kie (2) Flag of Monaco.svg Gaston Médécin6–1 6–0 6–3
1939 [5] Flag of France.svg Jean Borotra Flag of Romania.svg Constantin Tănăsescu 6–3, 11–9
1940 [5] Flag of France.svg Jean Borotra (2) Flag of Yugoslavia (1918-1943).svg Dragutin Mitić 6–1, 6–8, 7–5
1943 [5] Flag of Monaco.svg Alexandre-Athenase Noghès Flag of Monaco.svg Gaston Médécin6–1, 6–8, 7–5
1944 [5] Flag of Monaco.svg Alexandre-Athenase Noghès (2) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacques Peten 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
1950 [5] Flag of Monaco.svg Alexandre-Athenase Noghès (3) Flag of Monaco.svg Georges Pasquier6–3, 6–0, 6–0
1953 [5] Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Josip Palada Flag of France.svg Pierre Forget2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1956 [5] Flag of Tunisia.svg Mustapha Belkhodja Flag of France.svg Gil de Kermadec 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–0
1960 [5] Flag of Monaco.svg Georges Pasquier Flag of Monaco.svg Roland Borghini 6–4, 5–7, 6–0, 7–5
↓  Open era  ↓
1981 [5] Flag of Monaco.svg Jacques Vincileoni Flag of Monaco.svg Eric Carlier6–4, 7–6, 6–1
1982 [5] Flag of Monaco.svg Bernard Balleret Flag of Monaco.svg Louis Borfiga6–3, 6–4, 6–3

Women's singles

(Incomplete Roll)

Monaco Championships
YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1922 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Satterthwaite Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Madeline Fisher O'Neill 7-5, 6-3
1923 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Satterthwaite (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Madeline Fisher O'Neill w.o.
1923 Flag of the United States.svg Elizabeth Ryan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Satterthwaite 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
1924 Flag of Spain.svg Lili de Alvarez Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Satterthwaite 6-0, 6-1
1925 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Satterthwaite (3) Flag of France.svg Elizabeth d'Ayen Macready divided prizes
1926 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Satterthwaite (4) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Madge Slaney 6-4, 6-3
1927 Flag of Spain.svg Lili de Alvarez (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Satterthwaite w.o.
1928Not held
1929 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Esna Boyd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Satterthwaite 7-5, 6-3
1930 Flag of the United States.svg Elizabeth Ryan (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Satterthwaite 6-3, 6-4
Monegasque Championships
1931 Flag of France.svg Simone Passermard Mathieu Flag of Germany.svg Cilly Aussem 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
1932 Flag of the United States.svg Elizabeth Ryan (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Satterthwaite 6-1, 6-3
1933 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Satterthwaite (5) Flag of France.svg Edith Belliard6-4, 7-5
1934 Flag of France.svg Cosette Saint-Omer-Roy Flag of Monaco.svg Mme Lermitte6-3, 7-5
1935 Flag of France.svg Simone Passermard Mathieu Flag of France.svg Paulette de Saint-Ferréol6-0, 6-2
1936 Flag of France.svg Simone Passermard Mathieu (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ida Hutchings6-1, 6-0
1937 Flag of France.svg Simone Passermard Mathieu (3) Flag of Bermuda.svg Gladys Hutchings6-1, 6-3
1938 Flag of France.svg Jeanette Poncelet Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ida Hutchings2-6, 6-3, 6-0
1939 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Alice Weiwers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Iris Hutchings6-0, 6-3
1943 Flag of Monaco.svg Mlle Rebuttati Flag of France.svg Daisy Speranza Wyns 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
1946 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Yvonne Hoyaux Vincart Flag of Italy.svg Manuela Bologna 6–3, 6–2
1950 Flag of Monaco.svg Juliette Martin Borghini Flag of France.svg Daisy Speranza Wyns 6-2, 6-3
1951 Flag of Monaco.svg Juliette Martin Borghini (2) Flag of France.svg Daisy Speranza Wyns 1-6, 6-2, 6-4
1952 Flag of Monaco.svg Juliette Martin Borghini (3) Flag of France.svg Daisy Speranza Wyns 6-2, 6-4
1960 Flag of Monaco.svg Juliette Martin Borghini (4) Flag of Monaco.svg Monique Pasquier 6-0, 3-6, 6-3

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References

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  3. "Lawn Tennis on the Riviera: Mr. Enrique G. Maier Müller (Barcelona), is only twenty years of age. The young Spaniard has already made a furore on the Riviera. He won the Monegasque Championships in a burst of brilliancy, and last week" . Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 7 March 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
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