Championnats de Monaco Championnats Monégasques | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Tour | ILTF Circuit |
Founded | 1922 |
Abolished | 1982 |
Location | Monte Carlo, Monaco |
Venue | La 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.
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.
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Monaco Championships | ||||
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | |
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1924 [5] | Charles J. Brierley | Arthur M. Lovibond | 6–2, 1–6, 7–5, 6–3 | |
1925 [5] | Jacques Brugnon | Donald Greig | 6–4, 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |
1926 [5] | Jacques Brugnon (2) | Erik Worm | 6–1, 6–1, 4–6, 4–6, 6–1 | |
1927 [5] | Henry Mayes | Charles Aeschlimann | 6–1, 6–1, 9–7 | |
1928 | Not held | |||
1929 [5] | Umberto De Morpurgo | Jacques Brugnon | 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 | |
1930 [5] | Bill Tilden II | George Lyttleton Rogers | 7–5, 6–1, 6–8, 6–0 | |
Monegasque Championships | ||||
1931 [5] | Enrique Maier | Hermann Artens | 6–2, 5–7, 6–1, 6–3 | |
1932 [5] | George Lyttleton Rogers | Max Ellmer | 6–4, 2–6, 9–7, 6–2 | |
1933 [5] | Vladimir Landau | Edmond Edouard Lotan | w.o. | |
1934 [5] | Charles Aeschlimann | Vladimir Landau | 6–4, 6–0, 6–4 | |
1935 [5] | Vladimir Landau (2) | Gaby Mercier-Odier | 5–7, 6–3, 6–0, 6–4 | |
1936 [5] | Gaston Médécin | Vladimir Landau | 8–10, 6–4, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 | |
1937 [5] | Kho Sin-Kie | Gaston Médécin | 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 | |
1938 [5] | Kho Sin-Kie (2) | Gaston Médécin | 6–1 6–0 6–3 | |
1939 [5] | Jean Borotra | Constantin Tănăsescu | 6–3, 11–9 | |
1940 [5] | Jean Borotra (2) | Dragutin Mitić | 6–1, 6–8, 7–5 | |
1943 [5] | Alexandre-Athenase Noghès | Gaston Médécin | 6–1, 6–8, 7–5 | |
1944 [5] | Alexandre-Athenase Noghès (2) | Jacques Peten | 2–6, 6–2, 6–4 | |
1950 [5] | Alexandre-Athenase Noghès (3) | Georges Pasquier | 6–3, 6–0, 6–0 | |
1953 [5] | Josip Palada | Pierre Forget | 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |
1956 [5] | Mustapha Belkhodja | Gil de Kermadec | 2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–0 | |
1960 [5] | Georges Pasquier | Roland Borghini | 6–4, 5–7, 6–0, 7–5 | |
↓ Open era ↓ | ||||
1981 [5] | Jacques Vincileoni | Eric Carlier | 6–4, 7–6, 6–1 | |
1982 [5] | Bernard Balleret | Louis Borfiga | 6–3, 6–4, 6–3 |
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