Nice International Winter Championships

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Nice International Winter Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour ILTF World Circuit
(1922–72)
ILTF Independent Circuit (1973–74)
Founded1922;101 years ago (1922)
Abolished1974;49 years ago (1974)
Location Nice, France
Venue Nice Lawn Tennis Club
Surface Clay (outdoors)

The Nice International Winter Championships [1] or Championnats Internationaux d'Hiver de Nice was a men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1922 as the Nice Lawn Tennis Club Winter Cup [2] also known as the Parc Imperial Winter Tournament or Nice Winter Tournament. It was organised by the Nice Lawn Tennis Club , Nice, France and played on clay courts until 1974 as part of the ILTF Independent Circuit. [2]

Contents

History

The tournament was founded in 1922 as the Nice Lawn Tennis Club Winter Cup. [2] The tournament was usually played in February, though occasionally staged the first week of March. Following World War II the tournament was branded as the Nice International Winter Championships and informally called the Parc Imperial Winter Tournament. [2] The tournament was part of French Riviera circuit until 1942 a sub tennis circuit of the ILTF European Circuit itself part of the ILTF World Circuit when it became part of the ILTF Independent Circuit (tournaments not part of the ILTF Grand Prix Circuit or WTA Tour) from 1973 through to 1974 when it was discontinued. [2]

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Nice LTC Winter Cup
YearChampionRunner-upScore
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1922 Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Sumarokov-Elston Flag of France.svg Alain Gerbault 6–1, 6–3, 6–4. [2]
1926 Flag of France.svg Jacques Brugnon Flag of Ireland.svg George Lyttleton Rogers 6–2, 6–0, 6–2. [2]
1932 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Charles Aeschlimann Flag of Monaco.svg Vladimir Landau 1–6, 7–5, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3. [2]
1933 Flag of Ireland.svg George Lyttleton Rogers Flag of France.svg Jean Rouillot 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3. [2]
Nice International Winter Championships
1947 Flag of the United States.svg Budge Patty Flag of Monaco.svg Alexandre-Athenase Noghès 6–2, 6–2. [2]
1950 Flag of France.svg Pierre Paccard Flag of the United States.svg George Scherbatoff6–3, 7–5. [2]
1951 Flag of Monaco.svg Georges Pasquier Flag of Austria.svg Franz Weisz10–8, 0–6, 6–1. [2]
1953 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Horn Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony (Tony) Starte [3] 6–4, 0–6, 6–4. [2]
1954 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pat Molloy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Philip Wooldridge6–2, 7–9, 6–4. [2]
1957 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Foldina Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gordon Mudge6–3, 7–5. [2]
1959 Flag of Colombia.svg Hernando Salas [4] Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yuri Shcherbakov6–2, 6–1. [2]
1961 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Charles (Charlie) Applewhaite [5] Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Trevor Adamson [6] 6–0, 3–6, 6–1. [2]
1962 Flag of Italy.svg Oscar Ebner Flag of France.svg Jean Paul Frances6–2, 3–6, 6–4. [2]
1963 Flag of Italy.svg Oscar Ebner (2) Flag of the United States.svg Robert Sherman [7] 2–6, 6–1, 8–6. [2]
1965 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gerald Battrick Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Lloyd 9–7, 6–1. [2]
1966 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Geoff Bluett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Crump 6–3, 6–2. [2]
1967 Flag of Germany.svg Bernd Kube [8] Flag of France.svg Daniel Moreau6–3, 6–2. [2]
1968 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Roy Den Hoed Flag of France.svg Jacques Jaujou6–4, 6–3. [2]
↓  Open era  ↓
1970 Flag of France.svg Jean-François Caujolle Flag of France.svg Bernard Tapin6–4, 6–3. [2]
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1974 Flag of France.svg Patrice Beust Flag of France.svg Christophe Casa 6–2, 6–2. [2]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Parc Imperial/Nice Winter Tournament
YearChampionRunner-upScore
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1922 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Molly Smailes Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jessie Tripp6–3, 3–6, 6–2
1923 Flag of France.svg Suzanne Lenglen Flag of the United States.svg Elizabeth Ryan default
1924 Flag of France.svg Suzanne Lenglen (2) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dorothy Shepherd Barron 6–0, 6–1
1925 Flag of France.svg Suzanne Lenglen (3) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Margaret Tripp6–0, 6–1
1926 Flag of France.svg Suzanne Lenglen (4) Flag of France.svg Jeanne Franke6–1, 6–3
1927 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eileen Bennett Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Betty Nuthall 6–3, 6–2
1928 Flag of the United States.svg Elizabeth Ryan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eileen Bennett 6–4, 6–2
1932 Flag of France.svg Simonne Mathieu Flag of France.svg Colette Rosambert6–3, 6–3
1933 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sheila Hewitt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Muriel Thomas6–4, 6–3
Nice International Winter Championships
1946 Flag of Luxembourg.svg Alice Weiwers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Yvonne Vincart6–4, 6–2
1955 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Shirley Bloomer Flag of the United States.svg Pat Ward6–1, 6–0
1961 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Elizabeth Starkie Flag of France.svg Nicole Broccardo6–1, 6–1
1965 Flag of France.svg Jacqueline Rees-Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Winnie Shaw 6–0, 6–0
1966 Flag of France.svg Jacqueline Rees-Lewis (2) Flag of France.svg Denise Magnan6–1, 6–1
1967 Flag of France.svg Jacqueline Rees-Lewis Vives (3) Flag of France.svg C. Leca6–1, 6–3
↓  Open era  ↓
1970 Flag of the United States.svg Pam Austin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marilyn Greenwood6–4, 6–3
1971 Flag of Germany.svg Katja Ebbinghaus Flag of France.svg Odile de Roubin 8–6, 6–4

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