Tennis tournament
Cannes Championships Championnats de Cannes Tour ILTF Circuit Founded 1897; 127 years ago (1897 ) Abolished 1975; 49 years ago (1975 ) Location Cannes , FranceVenue Beau Site TC (1897–1939) Cannes LTC (1944–1975) Surface Clay
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 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 Hotel Beau Site Cannes in 1900 venue for the championships
Men's singlesIn 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]
Reginald Doherty
M.G. Gongoltz
6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1901[ 1]
Laurence Doherty
George Hillyard
6–3, 6–3, ret.
1904[ 1]
Laurence Doherty (2)
Major Ritchie
6–1, 6–4, 6–1
1905[ 1]
Major Ritchie
Laurence Doherty
w.o.
1906[ 6]
Anthony Wilding
Wilberforce Eaves
6-2 6-1 6-3
1907[ 1]
Major Ritchie (2)
Dunstan Rhodes
6-4, 6-2 ret.
1908[ 1]
Anthony Wilding (2)
Major Ritchie
6–3, 6–4, 6–0
1909[ 1]
Major Ritchie (3)
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1910[ 1]
Major Ritchie (4)
Max Decugis
4–6, 4–6, 8–6 ret.
1911[ 7]
Anthony Wilding (3)
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1912[ 1]
Max Decugis
Maurice Germot
6–1, 6–2, 6–4
1913[ 1]
Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe
Robert Kleinschroth
6–3, 6–2, 1–6 3–6, 6-0
↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓
1914[ 8]
Anthony Wilding (4)
Norman Brookes
6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1915/1918
Not held (due to world war one)
Cannes Championships
1919[ 1]
Nicolae Mishu
Max Decugis
6–8, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1920[ 1]
Harry Lewis-Barclay
Frank Fisher
6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 7–9, 6–1
1921[ 1]
Mino Balbi Di Robecco
Alain L. A. Resuge
6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5
1922[ 1]
Jean Borotra
D.L. Morgan
7–5, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6, 7–5
1923[ 1]
Henry George Mayes
Jack Hillyard
6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
1924[ 1]
Henri Cochet
René Lacoste
7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1926[ 1]
Charles Aeschlimann
Gordon Lowe
6-1, 6-2
1927[ 1]
Henry George Mayes (2)
Charles Aeschlimann
3–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–1
1928[ 1]
Henry George Mayes (3)
Henri Cochet
w.o.
1929[ 1]
Emmanuel du Plaix
Paul Féret
7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
1930[ 1]
Bill Tilden
Wilbur Coen
divided title
1931[ 1]
Hyotaro Sato
George Lyttleton-Rogers
3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6
1932[ 1]
George Lyttleton-Rogers
Louis Haensch
2–6, 6–4, 1–6, 8–6, 9–7
1933[ 1]
Franz Matejka
George Lyttleton-Rogers
8–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1934[ 1]
Giorgio de Stefani
Max Ellmer
3–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–2
1935[ 1]
Max Ellmer
Franz Matejka
6–2, 6–1, 6–3
1936[ 1]
Fred Perry
Max Ellmer
6–2, 6–4, 6–8, 6–3
1937[ 1]
Adam Baworowski
Max Ellmer
5–7, 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–1
1938[ 1]
George Lyttleton-Rogers (2)
Kalle Schröder
6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1939[ 1]
Adam Baworowski (2)
Jean Lesueur
6–3, 4–6, 6–8, 6–1, 6–1
1940/1943
Not held (due to world war one)
1944[ 1]
Pierre Pellizza
Jacques Peten
8-6, 6-4
1946[ 1]
Henri Cochet (2)
Gianni Cucelli
6–4, 4–6, 9–7, 7–5
Cannes International Championships
1947[ 1]
Vinicius Rurac
Cristea Caralulis
6–1, 6–4, 6–3
1948[ 1]
József Asbóth
Sidney Wood
6–3, 6–1, 6–0
1949[ 1]
Władysław Skonecki
Bengt Axelsson
6–0, 6–3, 6–2
1950[ 1]
Philippe Chatrier
Gheorghe Michel Sturdza
6–3, 1–6, 6–3
1951
Paul Rémy
Milan Branović
4–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1952
Pierre Paccard
Jaime Bartrolí
6-4, 6-4
1953
József Asbóth (2)
Armando Vieira
7–5, 2–6, 6–1, 6–3
1954
Donald Black
Peter Molloy [ 9]
6-3 6-4
1955
Tony Vincent
Jean-Noël Grinda
2–6, 7–5, 6–4
1956
Budge Patty
Hugh Stewart
6–4, 6–2, 0–6, 6–3
1957
Andrés Gimeno
András Ádám-Stolpa
6-3, 6-1
1958
Jaroslav Drobný
Paul Rémy
6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 9–7
1959
Jacques Brichant
Billy Knight
6–4, 3–6, 0–6, 6–3, 6–3
1960
Barry Phillips-Moore
Jean Pierre Bergerat [ 10]
6-1, 6-1
1961
Pato Álvarez
Alan Mills
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1962
István Gulyás
Robin Sanders [ 11]
6-2 4-6 7-5 6-1
1963
István Gulyás (2)
Barry Geraghty
6-4, 6-0
1964
Ron McKenzie
Andrzej Licis
6-4, 6-3
1965
István Gulyás (3)
Colin Stubs
6–2, 1–6, 6–0, 6–1
1966
John Brown
Jean-Loup Rouyer
7-5, 6-4
1967
Jan Kodeš
Ilie Năstase
6-0, 6-1
1968
Ion Țiriac
Alex Metreveli
6-1, 6-3
↓ Open era ↓
↓ ILTF Independent Circuit ↓
1972[ 1]
Attila Korpás
Géza Varga
6-4, 7-5
1973[ 1]
Barry Phillips-Moore
Patrice Beust
6-4, 6-4
1975[ 1]
János Benyik
Róbert Machán
6–2, 3–6, 8–6
Women's singles(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
Ruth Winch
Clara von der Schulenburg
6-2, 7-5
1905
Connie Wilson
Clara von der Schulenburg
6-3, 6-3
1906
Toupie Lowther
Antonie Kusenberg Popp
6-4, 6-4
1907
Ruth Winch
Toupie Lowther
6-0, 6-1
1908
Dorothea Douglass Chambers
Melita Dillon
6-1, 6-4
1909
Clara von der Schulenburg
Ruth Winch
w.o.
1910
Rosamund Salusbury
Ruth Winch
6-1, 6-4
1911
Hedwig Neresheimer
Rosamund Salusbury
6–4, 8–10, 7-5
1912
Jessie Tripp
Mieken Rieck
6-3, 6-1
1913
Jessie Tripp (2)
Miss. E. White
6–3, 4–1, ret.
↓ ILTF World Circuit ↓
1914
Elizabeth Ryan
Jessie Tripp
6-2, 6-1
1915/1918
Not held (due to world war one)
Cannes Championships
1919
Suzanne Lenglen
Elisabeth d'Ayen
6-0,6-0
1920
Elizabeth Ryan (2)
Geraldine Beamish
6-2, 6-2
1921
Phyllis Howkins
Phyllis Satterthwaite
2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1922
Elizabeth Ryan (3)
Geraldine Beamish
6-4, 6-4
1923
Kitty Mckane
Geraldine Beamish
6-2, 6-2
1924
Elizabeth Ryan (4)
Lili de Alvarez
default
1925
Abandoned (due to rain)
1926
Lili de Alvarez
Heather Woolrych
6-4, 6-2
1927
Lili de Alvarez (2)
Hélène Contostavlos
6-2, 6-3
1928
Elizabeth Ryan (5)
Cilly Aussem
6-0, 6-2
1929
Sylvia Jung Lafaurie
Phyllis Satterthwaite
6-3, 6-3
1930
Elizabeth Ryan (6)
Paula von Reznicek
divided title
1931
Cilly Aussem
Lolette Payot
6-3, 6-3
1932
Lolette Payot
Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
9-7, 7-5
1933
Lolette Payot (2)
Simonne Mathieu
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1934
Jacqueline Goldschmidt
Simonne Mathieu
6-4, 11-9
1935
Simonne Mathieu
Kay Stammers
6-3, 6-3
1936
Simonne Mathieu (2)
Paulette M. de Saint-Ferreol
6-3, 6-1
1937
Alice Weiwers
Grete Deutschova
6-0, 6-1
1938
Jadwiga Jędrzejowska
Alice Weiwers
6-1, 8-6
1939
Simonne Mathieu (3)
Elfi von Kriegs-Au
6-1, 6-2
1942
Alice Weiwers (2)
Cosette Saint-Omer-Roy
6-4, 6-4
1943
Not held (due to world war two)
Cannes International Championships
1947
Magda Rurac
Helena Straubeova
6-3, 4-6, 6-1
1949
Lucia Manfredi
Alice Weiwers
6-3, 6-0
1950
Lucia Manfredi (2)
Gilberte Jamain
2-6, 7-5, 6-4
1951 *
Thelma Coyne Long
Barbara Scofield
6-3, 2-6, 6-2
1951 **
Hella Strecker
Helena Matous
6-1, 6-4
1952
Joan Curry
Susan Partridge
6-3, 6-2
1954
Shirley Bloomer
Joan Curry
4-6, 7-5, 6-0
1954
Anne-Marie Seghers
Annie Soisbault
6-0, 6-2
1955
Ilse Schuh Proxauf
C. Triboullier
5-7, 8-6, 10-8
1956
Shirley Bloomer (2)
Edda Buding
6-4, 4-6, 6-4
1958
Florence de la Courtie-Billat
Christiane Mercelis
6-3, 6-8, 8-6
1959
Suzy Kormozcy
Florence de la Courtie-Billat
7-5, 6-1
1960
Sheila Armstrong
Vivienne Cox
6-4, 6-2
1961
Elizabeth Starkie
Pauline Titchener Roberts
8-6, 6-1
1962
Helga Schultze
Deidre Catt
4-6, 7-5, 6-4
1963
Françoise Dürr
Carole Rosser
1-6, 6-2, 6-2
1964
Jacqueline Rees-Lewis
Roberta Beltrame
6-1, 6-2
1965
Faye Toyne
Trish McClenaughan
8-6, 6-0
1966
Ingrid Loeys
Alex Soady
6-2, 6-2
1967
Winnie Shaw
Johanne Venturino
3-6, 6-3, 6-1
1967
Kathy Harter
Ingrid Lofdahl
6-3, 6-2
1968
Roberta Beltrame
Helen Gourlay
6-2, 6-4
↓ Open era ↓
1969
Marijke Schaar
Betty Stöve
4-6, 6-2, 6-0
1970
Jill Cooper
Veronica Burton
6-3, 6-0
1972
Odile de Roubin
Judith Szorenyi
4-6, 6-0, 6-2
2nd Meeting The Beau Site Tennis Club staged a second Cannes Championships from 30 March to 5 April 1936.[ 12]
Men's singles(incomplete list)
Other Beau Site tournaments 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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