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Alassio International

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Alassio International
Internazionale di Alassio
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1925; 99 years ago (1925)
Abolished1940; 84 years ago (1940)
LocationAlassio, Liguria, Northern Italy
VenueHanbury Tennis Club
SurfaceClay

The Alassio International[1] or Internazionale di Alassio was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1925 at Alassio, Liguria, Northern Italy. The tournament was staged at the Hanbury Tennis Club (f.1923) until 1940, and was part of the Italian Riviera circuit of tennis tournaments.

History

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In 1923 Daniel Hanbury founded the "Hanbury Tennis Club" with a historic Club House, opened by the great tennis player Henry Lacoste. The Alassio International tennis tournament[2] was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1925 at Savona, Liguria, Northern Italy. The tournament was staged until 1940.[3]

This tournament held two versions of the event the most important being the spring edition usually held in April, and a second but brief Alassio International Summer Tournament held a few times in the early 1930s. The tournament was staged until 1940 when it ended due to World War II.

Former winners of the men's singles included; Placido Gaslini (1925), Jacques Brugnon (1929), Pat Hughes (1930), Béla von Kehrling (1932), Giovanni Palmieri (1933–1936), Vojtěch Vodička (1937) and Francesco Romanoni (1940). The women's single was previously won by Dorothy Holman (1925), Lucia Valerio (1928, 1930), Dorothy Andrus (1932), Cilly Aussem (1934) and Gracyn Wheeler (1939).

Venue

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The Alassio International was held at the Hanbury Tennis Club (f.1923) by Daniel Hanbury. It encompasses twelve thousand square meters of greenery surrounding the 7 tennis courts, the elegant colonial-style club house.[4]

Finals

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Men's singles

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(* denotes spring edition ** denotes summer edition)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1925 Italy Placido Gaslini Italy Roberto Bocciardo 6–3, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1926 United Kingdom W. Cumming United Kingdom Daniel Hanbury 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1927 United Kingdom J. Davidson United Kingdom Mr. Jonides 6–3, 7–5, 6–1
1928 * Switzerland Mr. du Peloux Italy Mario Sertorio 6–3, 7–9, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
1928 ** Italy Placido Gaslini (2) Italy Roberto Bocciardo 6–1 , 6–3, 7–9, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
1929 France Jacques Brugnon United Kingdom Pat Hughes 6–3, 6–4, 6–1
1930 United Kingdom Pat Hughes India Hira-Lal Soni 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1931 Italy Roberto Bocciardo United Kingdom George William Grounsell 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–1
1932 Hungary Bela Von Kehrling Republic of Ireland George Lyttleton Rogers 6–2, 6–1, 6–2
1933 * United Kingdom Jimmy Jones Italy Ferruccio Quintavalle 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1933 ** Italy Giovanni Palmieri Italy Giuseppe Bacigalupo 6–1, 6–4, 8–6
1934 * Italy Giovanni Palmieri (2) Italy Emanuele Sertorio 6–4, 6–0, 6–2
1934 ** Italy Placido Gaslini (3) Italy Roberto Bocciardo 6–3, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1935 Italy Giovanni Palmieri (3) Italy Augusto Rado 4–6, 6–0, 6–1, 6–0
1936 Italy Giovanni Palmieri (4) Germany Kay Lund 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1937 Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Vodička Czechoslovakia E. Ambros 6–3, 6–3, 11–9
1938 Hungary Emil Gabori Switzerland Boris Maneff 6–8, 6–4, 6–1, 6–8, 6–1
1939 Italy Gianni Cucelli Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec 8–6, 7–5, 6–4
1940 Italy Francesco Romanoni Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Josip Palada 6–0, 6–2, 6–4

Women's singles

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(* denotes spring edition ** denotes summer edition)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1925 United Kingdom Dorothy Holman United Kingdom Coela Pryce-Harrison 6–3, 6–4
1927 Italy Ida Quintavalle Italy Carla Isotta 9–7, 6–3
1928 Italy Lucia Valerio United Kingdom Claire Beckingham 6–1, 6–3
1929 United Kingdom N. Hunt Italy S. de la Prynne 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1930 * Italy Lucia Valerio (2) United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–1, 6–2
1930 ** Italy J. Ionides Italy Miss Bettramine 0–6, 7–5, 9–7
1932 United States Dorothy Andrus Burke Germany Ilse Weihermann Friedleben 6–0, 9–7
1933 United States Elizabeth Ryan Italy Ucci Manzutto 6–2, 6–0
1934 Germany Cilly Aussem United States Elizabeth Ryan 6–3, 6–4
1935 France Edith Belliard Germany Cilly Aussem 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
1936 Czechoslovakia Minni Hein Muller Austria Trude Wolf 6–1, 7–9, 6–1
1938 Czechoslovakia Minni Hein Muller (2) Germany Klara Hammer Beutter 6–4, 5–7, 6–2
1939 United States Gracyn Wheeler Hungary Klara Somogyi 6–3, 6–2
1940 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hella Kovac Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Alice Florian 6–2, 7–5

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis Wins Abroad: Miss Mary Whitmarsh and Miss Edwards won the women's doubles the international tournament at Alassio (Italy). Miss Whitmarsh. partnered by B Maneff. the Swiss No. 1 player, has reached the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles. —Reuter". Daily Herald. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 2 April 1938. p. 16. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  2. ^ Daily Herald. (Saturday 02 April 1938) page. 16.
  3. ^ Tennis Archives
  4. ^ "Tennis Club Hanbury – Alassio" (in Italian). Hanbury Tennis Club. Retrieved 19 February 2023.