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Italian Riviera Championships

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Italian Riviera Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1903; 121 years ago (1903)
Abolished1964; 60 years ago (1964)
LocationSan Remo, Liguria, Northern Italy
VenueTennis Club Sanremo
SurfaceClay

The Italian Riviera Championships[1] also known as the San Remo International [2] was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1903 at San Remo, Liguria, Northern Italy. The tournament was staged at the Tennis Club Sanremo (f.1897) until 1964, and was part of the Italian Riviera circuit of tennis tournaments.

History

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The Italian Riviera Championships (San Remo) [3] were established in 1903. The championships were on regularly occasions the opening event at the start of the Italian clay court season. From 1956 until 1962 it was staged only twice. In 1964 the tournament was discontinued due to funding issues.

Former winners of the men's singles included; Major Ritchie (1903), Anthony Wilding (1908, 1912), Erik Worm (1927, 1930), Jean Lesueur (1931, 1933–1934), Gottfried von Cramm (1940), Dick Savitt (1951) Jaroslav Drobný (1955), and Nicola Pietrangeli (1960, 1963). The women's single was previously won by Dorothy Holman (1925), Elizabeth Ryan (1924, 1928), Lucia Valerio (1929, 1932), Pauline Betz (1947), Doris Hart (1951) Shirley Bloomer (1955), and Almut Sturm (1964).

Venue

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The Italian Riviera Championships was held at the Tennis and Bridge Club San Remo, (f.1897) today known as Tennis Sanremo.[4]

Finals

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Men's singles

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(incomplete roll)[5]

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1903 United Kingdom Major Ritchie United Kingdom Roy Allen 6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1908 New Zealand Anthony Wilding United Kingdom M. Turton 6–0, 6–0, 6–1
1909 United States Artemas Holmes United Kingdom George S. Smythe 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1910 United States Artemas Holmes (2) United Kingdom Herbert Bird Routledge 6–0, 6–1, 6–0
1911 New Zealand Anthony Wilding (2) Germany Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 6-4, 2-,6 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1912 United Kingdom Roy Allen United Kingdom Mark Hick 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1913 United Kingdom Roy Allen (2) United Kingdom Arthur Wallis Myers 6–1, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1914 United Kingdom Gordon Lowe United States Craig Biddle 6-4, 6-3
1915/1918 Not held (due to World War I)
1924 United Kingdom George William Grounsell Italy Pietro Malone 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1927 Denmark Erik Worm India Sri-Krishna Prasada 7–5, 6–3, 0–6, 7–5
1928 Italy Placido Gaslini Denmark Erik Worm 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 4–6, 7–5
1929 United Kingdom Pat Hughes United Kingdom Eric Peters 6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2
1930 Denmark Erik Worm (2) United Kingdom Pat Hughes 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1931 France Jean Lesueur France Benny Berthet 8–6, 7–5, 1–6, 3–6, 6–2
1932 Hungary Béla von Kehrling Republic of Ireland George Lyttleton Rogers 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1933 France Jean Lesueur (2) Italy Giovanni Palmieri 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1
1934 France Jean Lesueur (3) United States Wilmer Hines 6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1935 Italy Augusto Rado Czechoslovakia Josef Caska 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, ret.
1936 Italy Giovanni Palmieri Italy Augusto Rado 6–2, 6–3, 8–6
1937 Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Vodička Poland Józef Hebda 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 6–1
1939 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec Italy Giorgio de Stefani 6–3, 6–3, 6–2
1940 Germany Gottfried von Cramm Italy Francesco Romanoni 3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–2
1941/1946 Not held (due to World War II)
1947 Hungary József Asbóth Italy Marcello del Bello 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1948 Spain Pedro Masip France Henri Cochet 6–1, 6–4, 9–7
1949 Italy Gianni Cucelli United States Frank Parker 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 7–5
1950 Italy Rolando Del Bello Sweden Torsten Johansson 8–6, 6–2, 1–6, 7–5
1951 United States Dick Savitt United States Budge Patty 6–4, 9–7, 4–6, 6–3
1952 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný Croatia Milan Branović 6–3, 6–3, 6–2
1953 Poland Władysław Skonecki Italy Gianni Cucelli 6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1954 Italy Fausto Gardini Argentina Enrique Morea 6–1, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2
1955 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný (2) United States Budge Patty 5–7, 6–2, 13–11, 6-2
1958 Mexico Mario Llamas Poland Władysław Skonecki 6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4
1960 Italy Nicola Pietrangeli Italy Giuseppe Merlo 3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
1963 Italy Nicola Pietrangeli (2) Belgium Jacques Brichant 6–2, 7–5, 7–5
1964 Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist Italy Nicola Pietrangeli 11–9, 6–2, 6–4

Women's singles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1908 United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury United Kingdom Evelyn Maude Froude Bellew 11-9, 6-1
1909 No women's event
1910 United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury(2) United Kingdom Amy Ransome 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1911[6] United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury (3) United Kingdom Miss Bridgewater 6-1, 6-0
1912 United Kingdom Jessie Tripp Germany Mieken Rieck 6-1, 7-5
1913 United Kingdom Jessie Tripp (2) United States Elizabeth Ryan 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1914 United Kingdom Jessie Tripp (3) United Kingdom Margaret Tripp default
1915/1918 Not held (due to World War I)
1924 United States Elizabeth Ryan United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 6-3, 6-0
1926 United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite Italy Lucia Valerio 6–4, 4–6, 8–6
1927 United Kingdom Miss Hunt ? ?
1928 United States Elizabeth Ryan (2) Italy Lucia Valerio 6-4, 6-4
1929 Italy Lucia Valerio United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 0–6, 6–3, 6–3
1930 United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite (2) Austria Hilde Eisenmenger 6-0, 6-1
1931 United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite (3) Italy Lucia Valerio 5–7, 6–2, 6–2
1932 Italy Lucia Valerio (2) France Ida Adamoff 6-3, 7-5
1933 Germany Cilly Aussem France Simonne Mathieu 6-4, 6-0
1934 Germany Cilly Aussem (2) Italy Lucia Valerio 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
1935 Germany Cilly Aussem (3) Italy Lucia Valerio 8-6, 6-3
1936 France Ivana Orlandini France Edith Belliard 6–1, 5–7, 7–5
1937 Germany Totta Zehden Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1938 Czechoslovakia Minni Hein Müller Germany Klara Hammer Beutter 6–2, 1–6, 11-9
1939 France Sylvia Jung Henrotin Germany Rosl Kraus 6-4, 6-1
1940 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hella Kovac Germany Anneliese Ullstein 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
1941/1946 Not held (due to World War II)
1947 United States Pauline Betz Czechoslovakia Helena Straubeova 6-2, 6-0
1948 Italy Annalisa Bossi Italy Nicla Migliori 6-0, 6-3
1949 Italy Annalisa Bossi (2) Italy Lucia Manfredi 6-2, 6-2
1950 Italy Annalisa Bossi (3) Italy Nicla Migliori 2–6, 6–2, 6–1
1951 United States Doris Hart Italy Annalisa Bellani 7-5, 6-1
1952 United Kingdom Joan Curry Italy Annalisa Bellani 9-7, 6-3
1953 Italy Silvana Lazzarino United Kingdom Joan Curry 6-3, 6-2
1954 Italy Silvana Lazzarino (2) West Germany Totta Zehden 6–4, 6–1
1955 United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer United Kingdom Elaine Watson 6-2, 6-0
1958 Bermuda Heather Brewer-Segal Mexico Rosie Reyes 6-2, 6-4
1960 Italy Francesca Gordigiani Italy Roberta Beltrame 6-1, 7-5
1963 Italy Silvana Lazzarino (3) West Germany Almut Sturm 6-2, 6-1
1964 West Germany Almut Sturm Italy Annalisa Bellani 4–6, 6–4, 6–4

References

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  1. ^ "LAWN TENNIS AT SAN REMO. Very little was done in the opening events on the opening day of the international tournament. Results:— Gentlemen's Open Singles (Italian Riviera Championships)". Globe. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 14 January 1914. p. 6. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  2. ^ "MOTTRAM BEATEN : Tony Mottram (Britain) was beaten in the San Remo international lawn tennis tournament yesterday by Andrés Gimeno (Spain) who beat him 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals". Coventry Evening Telegraph. Warwickshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 25 February 1955. p. 34. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  3. ^ Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas (1913). The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes. London: Longmans, Green, and Company. p. 221.
  4. ^ "Tennis Sanremo, il circolo". Sanremo Tennis Team (in Italian). Tennis Sanremo, the club. 16 August 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Tournament – San Remo – Italian Riviera championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  6. ^ "LAWN TENNIS AT SAN REMO: Italian Riviera Ladies' Open Singles Championship of San Remo. —Final Round : Miss R. V. Salusbury beat Miss Bridgewater (6-1, 6-0)". Daily Mirror. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 20 February 1911. p. 18. Retrieved 16 May 2023.