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Cannes Championships

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Cannes Championships
Championnats de Cannes
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit
Founded1897; 127 years ago (1897)
Abolished1975; 49 years ago (1975)
LocationCannes, France
VenueBeau Site TC (1897–1939)
Cannes LTC (1944–1975)
SurfaceClay

The Cannes Championships or Championnats de Cannes also known as the Championships of Cannes was a tennis event held from 1897 originally played on outside tennis courts at the Beau Site Tennis Club at the Hôtel Beau Site in Cannes, France, following World War II it was moved to the Cannes Lawn Tennis Club due the hotel being sold for redevelopment. From 1947 the tournament occasionally carried the joint denomination of Cannes International Championships or just Cannes International the tournament ran until 1975.[1] It was one of the main tournaments of the French Riviera tennis circuit.

History

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In 1868 the Hôtel Beau Site was opened it was owned by George Henri Gougoltz the original courts were grass. In 1880/1881 Renshaw brothers Ernest and William would train during the winter at the hotel.[2] The Renshaws persuaded the owner of the Beau-Site to let them redesign the court in order to protect the lawn from the wear and tear that came with their constant play,[3] and new clay tennis courts were also installed in the grounds of Hôtel Beau Site.[4] In 1897 Championships of Cannes were established. From 1897 through 1939 it was originally played on outside tennis courts at the Beau Site Tennis Club at the Hôtel Beau Site in Cannes, France, following World War II it was moved to the Cannes Lawn Tennis Club due the hotel being sold for redevelopment.[5] It continued to be held annually until 1975.

Finals

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Hotel Beau Site Cannes in 1900 venue for the championships

Men's singles

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In 1936 the Beau Site Tennis Club staged two Cannes Championships (for men) the first from 23 to 29 March and the second from 30 March to 5 April.

(incomplete list)

Championships of Cannes
Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  French Riviera Circuit  ↓
1897[1] United Kingdom Reginald Doherty France M.G. Gongoltz 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1901[1] United Kingdom Laurence Doherty United Kingdom George Hillyard 6–3, 6–3, ret.
1904[1] United Kingdom Laurence Doherty (2) United Kingdom Major Ritchie 6–1, 6–4, 6–1
1905[1] United Kingdom Major Ritchie United Kingdom Laurence Doherty w.o.
1906[6] New Zealand Anthony Wilding United Kingdom Wilberforce Eaves 6-2 6-1 6-3
1907[1] United Kingdom Major Ritchie (2) United Kingdom Dunstan Rhodes 6-4, 6-2 ret.
1908[1] New Zealand Anthony Wilding (2) United Kingdom Major Ritchie 6–3, 6–4, 6–0
1909[1] United Kingdom Major Ritchie (3) Germany Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1910[1] United Kingdom Major Ritchie (4) France Max Decugis 4–6, 4–6, 8–6 ret.
1911[7] New Zealand Anthony Wilding (3) Germany Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1912[1] France Max Decugis France Maurice Germot 6–1, 6–2, 6–4
1913[1] Germany Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe Germany Robert Kleinschroth 6–3, 6–2, 1–6 3–6, 6-0
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1914[8] New Zealand Anthony Wilding (4) Australia Norman Brookes 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1915/1918 Not held (due to world war one)
Cannes Championships
1919[1] Romania Nicolae Mishu France Max Decugis 6–8, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1920[1] Australia Harry Lewis-Barclay Australia Frank Fisher 6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 7–9, 6–1
1921[1] Italy Mino Balbi Di Robecco France Alain L. A. Resuge 6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5
1922[1] France Jean Borotra United Kingdom D.L. Morgan 7–5, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6, 7–5
1923[1] Canada Henry George Mayes United Kingdom Jack Hillyard 6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
1924[1] France Henri Cochet France René Lacoste 7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1926[1] Switzerland Charles Aeschlimann United Kingdom Gordon Lowe 6-1, 6-2
1927[1] Canada Henry George Mayes (2) Switzerland Charles Aeschlimann 3–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–1
1928[1] Canada Henry George Mayes (3) France Henri Cochet w.o.
1929[1] France Emmanuel du Plaix France Paul Féret 7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
1930[1] United States Bill Tilden United States Wilbur Coen divided title
1931[1] Japan Hyotaro Sato Republic of Ireland George Lyttleton-Rogers 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6
1932[1] Republic of Ireland George Lyttleton-Rogers Weimar Republic Louis Haensch 2–6, 6–4, 1–6, 8–6, 9–7
1933[1] Austria Franz Matejka Republic of Ireland George Lyttleton-Rogers 8–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1934[1] Italy Giorgio de Stefani Switzerland Max Ellmer 3–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–2
1935[1] Switzerland Max Ellmer Austria Franz Matejka 6–2, 6–1, 6–3
1936[1] United Kingdom Fred Perry Switzerland Max Ellmer 6–2, 6–4, 6–8, 6–3
1937[1] Austria Adam Baworowski Switzerland Max Ellmer 5–7, 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–1
1938[1] Republic of Ireland George Lyttleton-Rogers (2) Sweden Kalle Schröder 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1939[1] Poland Adam Baworowski (2) France Jean Lesueur 6–3, 4–6, 6–8, 6–1, 6–1
1940/1943 Not held (due to world war one)
1944[1] France Pierre Pellizza Belgium Jacques Peten 8-6, 6-4
1946[1] France Henri Cochet (2) Italy Gianni Cucelli 6–4, 4–6, 9–7, 7–5
Cannes International Championships
1947[1] Romania Vinicius Rurac Romania Cristea Caralulis 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
1948[1] Hungary József Asbóth United States Sidney Wood 6–3, 6–1, 6–0
1949[1] Poland Władysław Skonecki Sweden Bengt Axelsson 6–0, 6–3, 6–2
1950[1] France Philippe Chatrier Romania Gheorghe Michel Sturdza 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
1951 France Paul Rémy Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milan Branović 4–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1952 France Pierre Paccard Spain Jaime Bartrolí 6-4, 6-4
1953 Hungary József Asbóth (2) Brazil Armando Vieira 7–5, 2–6, 6–1, 6–3
1954 Southern Rhodesia Donald Black Australia Peter Molloy[9] 6-3 6-4
1955 United States Tony Vincent France Jean-Noël Grinda 2–6, 7–5, 6–4
1956 United States Budge Patty United States Hugh Stewart 6–4, 6–2, 0–6, 6–3
1957 Spain Andrés Gimeno Hungary András Ádám-Stolpa 6-3, 6-1
1958 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný France Paul Rémy 6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 9–7
1959 Belgium Jacques Brichant United Kingdom Billy Knight 6–4, 3–6, 0–6, 6–3, 6–3
1960 Australia Barry Phillips-Moore France Jean Pierre Bergerat[10] 6-1, 6-1
1961 Colombia Pato Álvarez United Kingdom Alan Mills 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1962 Hungary István Gulyás South Africa Robin Sanders[11] 6-2 4-6 7-5 6-1
1963 Hungary István Gulyás (2) Australia Barry Geraghty 6-4, 6-0
1964 New Zealand Ron McKenzie Poland Andrzej Licis 6-4, 6-3
1965 Hungary István Gulyás (3) Australia Colin Stubs 6–2, 1–6, 6–0, 6–1
1966 Australia John Brown France Jean-Loup Rouyer 7-5, 6-4
1967 Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš Romania Ilie Năstase 6-0, 6-1
1968 Romania Ion Țiriac Soviet Union Alex Metreveli 6-1, 6-3
↓  Open era  ↓
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1972[1] West Germany Attila Korpás Hungary Géza Varga 6-4, 7-5
1973[1] Australia Barry Phillips-Moore France Patrice Beust 6-4, 6-4
1975[1] Hungary János Benyik Hungary Róbert Machán 6–2, 3–6, 8–6

Women's singles

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(incomplete list)
In 1951 the Cannes Lawn Tennis Club staged two Cannes International Championships (for women) the first in March denoted as (*) and the second in April denoted as (**).

Championships of Cannes
Year Champion Runner-up Score
↓  French Riviera Circuit  ↓
1904 United Kingdom Ruth Winch Germany Clara von der Schulenburg 6-2, 7-5
1905 United Kingdom Connie Wilson Germany Clara von der Schulenburg 6-3, 6-3
1906 United Kingdom Toupie Lowther Germany Antonie Kusenberg Popp 6-4, 6-4
1907 United Kingdom Ruth Winch United Kingdom Toupie Lowther 6-0, 6-1
1908 United Kingdom Dorothea Douglass Chambers United Kingdom Melita Dillon 6-1, 6-4
1909 Germany Clara von der Schulenburg United Kingdom Ruth Winch w.o.
1910 United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury United Kingdom Ruth Winch 6-1, 6-4
1911 Germany Hedwig Neresheimer United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury 6–4, 8–10, 7-5
1912 United Kingdom Jessie Tripp Germany Mieken Rieck 6-3, 6-1
1913 United Kingdom Jessie Tripp (2) United Kingdom Miss. E. White 6–3, 4–1, ret.
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1914 United States Elizabeth Ryan United Kingdom Jessie Tripp 6-2, 6-1
1915/1918 Not held (due to world war one)
Cannes Championships
1919 France Suzanne Lenglen France Elisabeth d'Ayen 6-0,6-0
1920 United States Elizabeth Ryan (2) United Kingdom Geraldine Beamish 6-2, 6-2
1921 United Kingdom Phyllis Howkins United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1922 United States Elizabeth Ryan (3) United Kingdom Geraldine Beamish 6-4, 6-4
1923 United Kingdom Kitty Mckane United Kingdom Geraldine Beamish 6-2, 6-2
1924 United States Elizabeth Ryan (4) Spain Lili de Alvarez default
1925 Abandoned (due to rain)
1926 Spain Lili de Alvarez United Kingdom Heather Woolrych 6-4, 6-2
1927 Spain Lili de Alvarez (2) Greece Hélène Contostavlos 6-2, 6-3
1928 United States Elizabeth Ryan (5) Weimar Republic Cilly Aussem 6-0, 6-2
1929 France Sylvia Jung Lafaurie United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 6-3, 6-3
1930 United States Elizabeth Ryan (6) Weimar Republic Paula von Reznicek divided title
1931 Weimar Republic Cilly Aussem Switzerland Lolette Payot 6-3, 6-3
1932 Switzerland Lolette Payot Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 9-7, 7-5
1933 Switzerland Lolette Payot (2) France Simonne Mathieu 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1934 France Jacqueline Goldschmidt France Simonne Mathieu 6-4, 11-9
1935 France Simonne Mathieu United Kingdom Kay Stammers 6-3, 6-3
1936 France Simonne Mathieu (2) France Paulette M. de Saint-Ferreol 6-3, 6-1
1937 Luxembourg Alice Weiwers Czechoslovakia Grete Deutschova 6-0, 6-1
1938 Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Luxembourg Alice Weiwers 6-1, 8-6
1939 France Simonne Mathieu (3) Austria Elfi von Kriegs-Au 6-1, 6-2
1942 Luxembourg Alice Weiwers (2) France Cosette Saint-Omer-Roy 6-4, 6-4
1943 Not held (due to world war two)
Cannes International Championships
1947 Romania Magda Rurac Czechoslovakia Helena Straubeova 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
1949 Italy Lucia Manfredi Luxembourg Alice Weiwers 6-3, 6-0
1950 Italy Lucia Manfredi (2) France Gilberte Jamain 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
1951 * Australia Thelma Coyne Long United States Barbara Scofield 6-3, 2-6, 6-2
1951 ** Austria Hella Strecker Czechoslovakia Helena Matous 6-1, 6-4
1952 United Kingdom Joan Curry United Kingdom Susan Partridge 6-3, 6-2
1954 United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer United Kingdom Joan Curry 4-6, 7-5, 6-0
1954 France Anne-Marie Seghers France Annie Soisbault 6-0, 6-2
1955 Austria Ilse Schuh Proxauf France C. Triboullier 5-7, 8-6, 10-8
1956 United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer (2) West Germany Edda Buding 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
1958 France Florence de la Courtie-Billat Belgium Christiane Mercelis 6-3, 6-8, 8-6
1959 Hungary Suzy Kormozcy France Florence de la Courtie-Billat 7-5, 6-1
1960 United Kingdom Sheila Armstrong United Kingdom Vivienne Cox 6-4, 6-2
1961 United Kingdom Elizabeth Starkie United Kingdom Pauline Titchener Roberts 8-6, 6-1
1962 West Germany Helga Schultze United Kingdom Deidre Catt 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
1963 France Françoise Dürr United Kingdom Carole Rosser 1-6, 6-2, 6-2
1964 France Jacqueline Rees-Lewis Italy Roberta Beltrame 6-1, 6-2
1965 Australia Faye Toyne Australia Trish McClenaughan 8-6, 6-0
1966 Belgium Ingrid Loeys United Kingdom Alex Soady 6-2, 6-2
1967 United Kingdom Winnie Shaw France Johanne Venturino 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
1967 United States Kathy Harter Sweden Ingrid Lofdahl 6-3, 6-2
1968 Italy Roberta Beltrame Australia Helen Gourlay 6-2, 6-4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Netherlands Marijke Schaar Netherlands Betty Stöve 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
1970 United Kingdom Jill Cooper United Kingdom Veronica Burton 6-3, 6-0
1972 France Odile de Roubin Hungary Judith Szorenyi 4-6, 6-0, 6-2

2nd Meeting

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The Beau Site Tennis Club staged a second Cannes Championships from 30 March to 5 April 1936.[12]

Men's singles

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(incomplete list)

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1936[13] United Kingdom Fred Perry (2) Switzerland Max Ellmer 10–8, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3

Other Beau Site tournaments

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The Hôtel Beau Site also staged other tournaments including the Beau-Site Hotel New Year Meeting or Beau-Site Hotel First Meeting that usually ran December to January, and the Beau-Site Hotel Spring Meeting also called the Beau-Site Hotel Second Meeting that was staged in May.

References

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  2. ^ Phillips, Rowan Ricardo (20 November 2018). "The Ghost in the Dirt". theparisreview.org. The Paris Review. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  3. ^ Phillips, Rowan Ricardo
  4. ^ "Tennis Courts in Cannes Where to play". www.cannestouristinformation.co.uk. Cannes Tourist Information. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  5. ^ Cannes Tourist Information
  6. ^ "Lawn Tennis". Evening Post. 30 June 1906. p. 14.
  7. ^ "TENNIS". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 30 March 1911. p. 9 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Wilding Wins". Port Pirie Recorder and North Western Mail. SA. 1 April 1914. p. 1 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Peter Molloy: Overview". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  10. ^ "Jean Pierre Bergerat: Overview". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Robin Sanders: Overview". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals.
  12. ^ "Tournaments: Cannes Championships 2nd Meeting". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  13. ^ The Tennis Base