Hungarian International Championships

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Hungarian International Championships
Magyar Nemzetközi Bajnokság
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit (1913–75)
Founded1903; 121 years ago (1903)
Abolished1975; 49 years ago (1975)
LocationBudapest, Hungary
SurfaceClay

The Hungarian International Championships[1] or Magyar Nemzetközi Bajnokság was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament first established in 1903.

History[edit]

In 1894, the Hungarian National Tennis Championships were established. In 1903, the first Hungarian international competition was held in Budapest and then part of Austria-Hungary. In the beginning, the national tournament did accept foreign entries, but it did not carry the denomination of international championships. In 1921, the international event became a standalone championship in its own right. After 1924, the Hungarian International Championships served as a fully open international event, while only Hungarian players could possibly go for the national title.[2] After World War II, the international tournament continued through till 1975 when it was discontinued.

Finals[edit]

Men Singles[edit]

(Incomplete roll)

International Championships
Year Champion Runner-up Score
1903 United Kingdom Major Ritchie Austria-Hungary Rolf Kinzl 6–2, 6–3, 5–0, ret.[1]
1921 Hungary Béla von Kehrling Hungary Kamill Fittler 3–6, 6–0, 6–1, 6–0
1922 Hungary Béla Von Kehrling (2) Weimar Republic Oscar Kreuzer ?
1923 Hungary Béla von Kehrling (3) Czechoslovakia Friedrich Rohrer 6–2, 6–2, 6–1
1924 Hungary Béla Von Kehrling (4) Weimar Republic Luis Maria Heyden 6–1, 6–3, 6–2[3]
1925 Hungary Béla von Kehrling (5) Weimar Republic Georg Demasius 6–3, 6–?, 4–6, 7–5[4]
1926 Hungary Béla Von Kehrling (6) Weimar Republic Kurt Bergmann 6–3, 6–3, retired [5]
1927 Hungary Béla von Kehrling (7) France Leonce J. Aslangul 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4[6]
1929[f] Hungary Béla Von Kehrling (8) Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 ret.[7]
1930 Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel Hungary Béla Von Kehrling 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1,[8]
1931 Hungary Béla Von Kehrling (9) Empire of Japan Hyotaro Sato 6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2[9]
1932 Hungary Béla Von Kehrling (10) Hungary Emil Gabrovitz[e] [10]
1933 Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel (2) Hungary Emil Gábori [11]
1934 Czechoslovakia Ladislav Hecht Poland Ignacy Tłoczyński [12][13]
1935 Czechoslovakia Ladislav Hecht (2) Hungary Emil Gábori 6–3, 6–4, 7–5[14]
1936 Hungary Ottó Szigeti Czechoslovakia Vojtech Vodicka 6–4, 6–1, 6–4
1937[1] Republic of China (1912–1949) Kho Sin-Kie Austria Adam Baworowski 7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3[15]
1938 Hungary Ottó Szigeti (2) France Jean Lesueur 6–3, 4–6, 6–3, 1–6, 5–5 ret.[16]
1939 Hungary Emil Gábori Germany Gottfried von Cramm [17]
1942 Hungary József Asbóth Hungary Emil Gábori [18]
1943 Hungary József Asbóth (2) Hungary Ottó Szigeti 7–5, 6–2, 6–1[19]
1944 Hungary József Asbóth (3) [20]
1945 Independent State of Croatia Dragutin Mitić Hungary József Asbóth 3–10, 6–1, 6–3, 1–6, ret.[21]
1946 Hungary József Asbóth (3) Hungary Kalman Feher 6–1, 6–1, 6–4[1]
1947 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Dragutin Mitić (2) Hungary József Asbóth 2–6, 6–4, 6–4[1]
1948 Hungary József Asbóth (5) Czechoslovakia Jan Krajcik ?[1]
1949 Poland Władysław Skonecki Hungary József Asbóth 1–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–1, 9–7[1]
1953 Hungary András Ádám-Stolpa Hungary Zoltán Katona 6–1, 6–3, 6–2[1]
1956 Hungary Antal Jancsó Hungary Zoltán Katona 6–0, 0–6, 6–3, 6–1[1]
1957 Poland Władysław Skonecki (2) Romania Gheorghe Viziru 4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–2[1]
1958 Australia Neale Fraser Hungary István Gulyás 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 8–6[1]
1959 West Germany Peter Scholl Hungary István Gulyás 5–7, 1–6, 0–5, ret.[1]
1960 South Africa Ian Vermaak Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović 7–5, 6–2, 6–2[1]
1962 Czechoslovakia Jiří Javorský Hungary István Gulyás 5–7, 6–4, 6–1, 6–1[1]
1964 Hungary István Gulyás Denmark Torben Ulrich 6–3, 6–3, 6–1[1]
1966 Hungary István Gulyás (2) Hungary Péter Szőke 6–2, 6–0, 6–2[1]
1967 Hungary István Gulyás (3) Hungary Péter Szőke 6–4, 7–5, 6–2[1]
Open era
1968 Romania Ilie Năstase Chile Patricio Rodríguez 8–6, 6–3, 6–3[1]
1969 Romania Ilie Năstase (2) Hungary István Gulyás 9–7, 6–4, 6–2[1]
1970 West Germany Harald Elschenbroich Hungary Géza Varga 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–1[1]
1971 Hungary István Gulyás (4) Poland Tadeusz Nowicki 8–6, 2–6, 1–6, 8–6, 7–5[1]

Women's singles[edit]

(Incomplete roll)

International Championships
Year Champion Runner-up Score
1903 Austria-Hungary Margit Madarász Austria-Hungary Katalin Cséry default.
1921 Czechoslovakia Margarete Janotta Austria Mrs D. Mayer 6-0, 2-6 ret.
1922 Hungary Ilona Váradi Hungary Médi Krencsey 6-2, 6-2
1923 Czechoslovakia Margarete Janotta (2) Hungary Médi Krencsey 6-4, 6-3
1924 Germany Nelly Bamberger Neppach Hungary Ilona Péteriné 8-6, 6-1
1925 Germany Ilse Friedleben Hungary Ilona Péteriné 6-3, 6-1
1926 Hungary Ilona Péteriné (2) Hungary Magda Baumgarten 6-1, 6-0
1927 Germany Nelly Neppach Hungary Mrs Schréderné 6-0, 6-2
1928 Germany Irmgard Rost Germany Nelly Gassmann Stephanus 6-2, 6-3
1929 Germany Hilde Krahwinkel Germany Ellen Hoffmann 6-4, 6-1
1930 Germany Hilde Krahwinkel (2) Germany Anne Peitz 6–4, 2–6, 8–6
1931 Germany Klara Hammer Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 3–6, 6–3, 9–7
1932 Germany Klara Hammer (2) Germany Toni Schomburgk 6-4, 6-2
1933 Germany Hilde Krahwinkel (3) Germany Cilly Aussem 6-2, 6-3
1934 Germany Toni Schomburgk Austria Rosl Kraus 6-2, 6-2
1935 Germany Klara Hammer (3) Hungary Lili Sárkány 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1936 Hungary Márta Sass Hungary Lili Sárkány 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
1937 Germany Anneliese Ullstein Hungary Magda Baumgarten 6-1, 6-4
1938 Germany Marie-Louise Horn Kingdom of Yugoslavia Hella Kovac 3–6, 7–5, retd.
1939 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Aliz Flórián Kingdom of Yugoslavia Hella Kovac 2-6, 6-, 4–5, 15–40, retd.
1940 Hungary Suzy Körmöczy Hungary Klára Somogyi 6-2, 6-2
1941 Womens event not held
1942 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Aliz Flórián (2) Italy Annelies Ullstein Bossi w.o.
1943 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Aliz Flórián (3) Hungary Ilona Jusits 6-1, 6-4
1944 Kingdom of Yugoslavia Aliz Flórián (3) Hungary Zsuzsa Vad 6-2, 6-2
1945 Womens event not held
1946 Hungary Márta Popp Hungary Suzy Körmöczy 6–0, 5–7, 7–5
1947 Austria Hilda Walterová Hungary Márta Popp 6-4, 8-6
1948 Hungary Erzsébet Bárd Hungary Ilona Siposs Hidassyné 6-4, 6-2
1949 Czechoslovakia Olga Miskova Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1950/1952 Womens event not held
1953 Hungary Suzy Körmöczy (2) Hungary Mária Jávori 1–6, 6–3, 6–2
1954/1955 Womens event not held
1956 Czechoslovakia Vera Puzejova Hungary Márta Popp 6-1, 6-3
1957 Hungary Suzy Körmöczy (3) France Jacqueline Kermina 6-3, 6-2
1958 Hungary Suzy Körmöczy (4) Czechoslovakia Vera Puzejova 6-3, 6-3
1959 Hungary Suzy Körmöczy (5) Hungary Zsófia Broszmann 6-3, 6-2
1960 Hungary Suzy Körmöczy (6) United Kingdom Ann Haydon 1–6, 8–6, 8–6
1961 Womens event not held
1962 Hungary Suzy Körmöczy (7) Soviet Union Anna Dmitrieva 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
1963 Womens event not held
1964 Czechoslovakia Alena Palmeova China Tsen Tsu Sun 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1965 Womens event not held
1966 Poland Miss Wieczorkowna East Germany H. Magdeburg 6-2, 6-1
1967/1968 Womens event not held
Open era
1969 Australia Helen Gourlay Soviet Union Marina Chuvirina 6-4, 6-4
1970 Womens event not held
1971 Hungary Judith Szörényi Hungary Éva Szabó 6-2, 6-2

Tournament records[edit]

Most men's singles titles. Hungary Béla Von Kehrling (10)
Most women's singles titles. Hungary Suzy Körmöczy (7)

References[edit]

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