Riviera Championships

Riviera Championships Menton International
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF World Circuit (1913–1972) ILTF Independent Circuit (1973–, 76, 1978)
Founded	1902
Abolished	1976
Location	Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Venue	Menton Lawn Tennis Club,
Surface	outdoor (clay)

The Riviera Championships [1] also known as the Championship of the Riviera [2] or the French Riviera Championships[3] or Menton International was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club,[4] Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on clay courts from 1902 until 1976 and again in 1978.

History

The Riviera Championships also known as the Championship of the Riviera was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club, Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on clay courts. The first edition was inaugurated on 22 March 1902, the tournament ran until 1975. In 1904 a mixed doubles event was scheduled.

The tournament was part of the French Riviera circuit tennis tour, which was series of international amateur tennis events held on the French Riviera, usually starting at the end of the preceding year around late December, through until the end of April. The tournament was known as the Riviera Championships until 1942. Following World War II the event was suspended until 1950 after which it took on the denomination as the Menton International Championships or simply Menton International.

Finals

Men's singles

Incomplete Roll

Riviera Championships
Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1902	William le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle	Charles Gladstone Allen	3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 7–5
1903	Roy Allen	?	?
1904	Major Ritchie	Roy Allen	6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1905	Major Ritchie (2)	Roy Allen	6–2, 4–6, 6–4, ret.
1906[5]	Anthony Wilding	Major Ritchie	6–1, 6–4, 6–0
1907	Major Ritchie (3)	George Simond	6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1908 [6]	Major Ritchie (4)	Anthony Wilding	1–6, 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 8–6
1909[6]	Fred Alexander	Major Ritchie	6–4, 6–2, 3–0, ret.
1910[6]	Max Decugis	Major Ritchie	4-2, ret.
1911[6]	Anthony Wilding (2)	Max Decugis	6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3
1912	Roy Allen	Arthur Wallis Myers	6–0, 3–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–0
1913 [7][6]	Anthony Wilding (3)	Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1914[8][6]	Anthony Wilding (4)	Gordon Lowe	6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1915/1918	Not held (due to world war one)
1919	Nicolae Mishu	Max Decugis	6–3, 6–2, 10–12, 2–6, 7-5
1920	Nicolae Mishu (2)	Gordon Lowe	4-3, ret.
1921[6]	Gordon Lowe	Alain Gerbault	6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1922	Rupert Wertheim	P. Marsden	6–2, 6–1, 6–4
1923[6]	Gordon Lowe (2)	F. R. L. Crawford	6–2, 6–3, 7–5
1924[6]	Gordon Lowe (3)	Uberto De Morpurgo	6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 6–2
1925[6]	Gordon Lowe (4)	Uberto De Morpurgo	6–2, 6–0, 4–6, 7–5
1926[6]	Henri Cochet	Béla von Kehrling	6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 3–6, 8–6
1927[6]	Uberto De Morpurgo	Béla von Kehrling	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1928[6]	Béla von Kehrling	Erik Worm	6–1, 8–6, 1–6, 6–3
1929[6]	Béla von Kehrling (2)	Franz-Wilhelm Matejka	6–4, 7–5, 6–1
1930[6]	Bill Tilden	Jacques Brugnon	10–8, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–1
1931[6]	Béla von Kehrling (3)	E. Garcia	6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1932[6]	Roderich Menzel	André Merlin	6–3, 6–0, 4–6, 6–4
1933	André Martin-Legeay	Gottfried von Cramm	4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1934[6]	Giorgio de Stefani	André Martin-Legeay	8–6, 6–2, 6–2
1935	Josef Caska	Wilmer Hines	3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1936	Jean Lesueur	Norcross S. Tilney	6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 5–7, 6–1
1937[6]	Kalle Schröder	Kazimierz Tarlowski	8–6, 6–2, 6–4
1938[6]	Kalle Schröder (2)	Valentino Taroni	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
1939[9]	Franjo Punčec	Hans Redl	11–9, 6–2, 6–0
1940/1945	Not held (due to world war two)
Menton International Championships
1954	Eduardo Argon	Alexandre-Athenase Noghès	6–3, 6–4, 9–7
1955[6]	Władysław Skonecki	Paul Rémy	6–1, 6–1, 6–3
1957	Andrés Gimeno	Sergio Jacobini	6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1958[6]	Jacques Brichant	Paul Rémy	6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1959[6]	Billy Knight	István Gulyás	6-4, 6-2
1960[6]	Jacques Brichant (2)	Robert Haillet	5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
1961[6]	Jacques Brichant (3)	Antonio Maggi	6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1962[6]	Juan Manuel Couder	William Álvarez	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
1963[6]	István Gulyás	Pierre Barthès	8–6, 6–2, 6–4
Menton International
1964[6]	Pierre Darmon	István Gulyás	6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1965[6]	István Gulyás (2)	Bob Carmichael	6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1966[6]	István Gulyás (3)	Patrick Hombergen	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1967[6]	Dieter Schultheiss	Bernd Kube	3-0 sets
1968[6]	Alex Metreveli	Milan Holeček	7–5, 6–4, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Géza Varga	Giuseppe Merlo	6–0, 7–5
1975	Bengt Lundstedt	Patrice Beust	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
French Riviera Invitation
1978	Bjorn Borg	Guillermo Vilas	6–4, 6–3

Men's doubles

Incomplete Roll

Riviera Championships
Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1908	Major Ritchie George Simond	George de Bray Monsieur Jermoloff	6–0, 6–1, 6–1

Women's singles

Riviera Championships
Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1902	V. Henshaw	Miss Tomer	6-3, 6-1
1903	Mildred Brooksmith	?	?
1904	V. Henshaw (2)	Miss Rooke	5–7, 6–2, 6–1
1905	Amy Ransome	Vera Warden	7-5, 8-6
1906	Vera Warden	Amy Ransome	8-6, 6-3
1907	Rosamund Salusbury	Miss Hampshire	7-5, 6-0
1908	Maud Dillon	Evelyn Dillon	w.o.
1909	Rosamund Salusbury (2)	Alice Greene	w.o.
1910	Rosamund Salusbury (3)	Evelyn M. Froude Bellew	6-3, 6-2
1911	Jessie Tripp	Rosamund Salusbury	6–2, 6–8, 7–5
1912	Mieken Rieck	Margaret Tripp	1–6, 7–5, 6–3
1913	Dagmar von Krohn	Madeline Fisher O'Neill	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
1914	Dorothea Douglass Chambers	Elizabeth Ryan	6-2, 6-1
1915/1918	Not held (due to world war one)
1919	Suzanne Lenglen	A. Doublet	6-0, 6-1
1920	Geraldine Ramsey Beamish	Sigrid Frenckell Fick	6–1, 4–6, 6–2
1921	Elizabeth Ryan	Phyllis Satterthwaite	6-4, 6-3
1922	Elizabeth Ryan (2)	Phyllis Satterthwaite	6-3, 6-3
1923	Suzanne Lenglen (2)	Kathleen McKane	6-2, 7-5
1924	Suzanne Lenglen (3)	Elizabeth Ryan	7-5, 6-1
1925	Elizabeth Ryan (3)	Honor Woolrych	3–6, 6–0, 6–2
1926	Helen Wills	Lili de Alvarez	6-4, 6-4
1927	Elizabeth Ryan (4)	Dorothy Shaw	6-4, 7-5
1928	Lili de Alvarez	Lucia Valerio	6-4, 7-5
1929	Phyllis Howkins Covell	Cilly Aussem	6-4, 9-7
1930	Cilly Aussem	Simonne Mathieu	9-7, 6-2
1931	Phyllis Satterthwaite	Simonne Mathieu	7-5, 6-4
1932	Simonne Mathieu	Lucia Valerio	6-2, 6-3
1933	Simonne Mathieu (2)	Peggy Scriven	6-3, 6-2
1934	Sylvie Jung Henrotin	Lucia Valerio	3–6, 6–3, 6–0
1935	Simonne Mathieu (3)	Edith Belliard	6-2, 6-1
1936	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	Edith Belliard	6-2, 6-1
1937	Anita Lizana	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	6–8, 8–6, 1–1 retired
1938	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	Hella Kovac	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
1939	Simone Iribarne Lafargue	Simonne Mathieu	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1940/1950	Not held (due to World War II) and women's event not held
Menton International Championships
1951	Hella Strecker	Vittoria Tonolli	8–10, 9–7, 10-8
1952	Joan Curry	Silvana Lazzarino	6-1, 6-0
1953	Inge Pohmann	Joan Curry	6-4, 6-1
1954	Joan Curry (2)	Shirley Bloomer	6-3, 6-4
1955	Shirley Bloomer	Pat Ward	6-3, 7-5
1956	Shirley Bloomer (2)	Ilse Buding	7-5, 6-4
1957	Lucia Bassi	Susanah Prettejohn	11-9, 6-0
1958	Zsuzsa Körmöczy	Lucia Bassi	6-4, 6-1
1959	Flo de la Courtie	Lucia Bassi	7-5, 6-1
1960	Zsuzsa Körmöczy	Flo de la Courtie	6-2, 6-3
Menton International
1961	Mimi Arnold	Elizabeth Starkie	5–7, 6–4, 6–0
1962	Francesca Gordigiani	Hilde Schildknecht	7–9, 9–7, 6–4
1963	Jacqueline Rees-Lewis	Carole Rosser	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
1964	Jacqueline Rees-Lewis (2)	Christiane Mercelis	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
1965	Gail Sherriff	Virginia Wade	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1966	Jill Blackman	Jacqueline Rees-Lewis	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1967	Jacqueline Rees-Lewis Vives (3)	Roberta Beltrame	6-1, 6-3
1968	Gail Sherriff (2)	Vlasta Vopičková	6-1, 6-0
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Johanne Venturino	Ana Maria Cavadini	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1970	Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (3)	Corinne Molesworth	6-1, 6-2
1971	Helga Niessen Masthoff	Corinne Molesworth	7-5 2-6 7-5
1972	Judith Szorenyi	Margareta Strandberg	8-6, 6-3
1973	Odile de Roubin	Monique Salfati-Di Maso	7-5, 6-3
1975	Elly Appel	Brigitte Simon	4–6, 6–2, 6–0
1976	Monique van Haver	Sabina Simmonds	6–4, 5–7, 6–2

Mix Doubles

Incomplete Roll

Riviera Championships
Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1904	Charles Gladstone Allen Miss Bournd	Roy Allen Miss Powell	default
1906	Anthony Wilding Amy Ransome	Charles Gladstone Allen Agnes Morton	6–3, 6–1
1907	Major Ritchie Rosamund Salusbury	George de Bray Mlle Kraminski	6-0, 6-1

References

1. Town & Country. New York, United States: Hearst Corporation. 1932. p. 63.
2. Le voyageur en France: a monthly bulletin of official information concerning travel in France. Paris, France: Office national du tourisme. 1923. p. 3.
3. Paret, Jahial Parmly; Allen, J. P.; Alexander, Frederick B.; Hardy, Samuel [from old catalog] (1906). "The Riviera Tournaments". Spalding's tennis annual . New York: American sports publishing company. p. 157.
4. Town and Country (1937)
5. "Personal Notes from London". Auckland Star. 4 May 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 10 October 2022 – via National Library of New Zealand.
6. Staff Writers. "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". Steve G Tennis. stevegtennis.com. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
7. "Lawn Tennis". The Press Newspaper. National Library of New Zealand. 25 April 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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Sources

• American Lawn Tennis. (1939). New York: American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company.
• Auckland Star. National Library of New Zealand. 4 May 1906.
• Paret, Jahial Parmly; Allen, J. P.; Alexander, Frederick B.; Hardy, Samuel (1906). Spalding's tennis annual . New York: American sports publishing company.
• The Press Newspaper. National Library of New Zealand. 25 April 1913.
• The Northern Times. Carnarvon, WA: National Library of Australia.
• The Press Newspaper. National Library of New Zealand. 25 April 1913.
• Town & Country. New York, United States: Hearst Corporation. 1932.
• Writers, Staff. "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". Steve G Tennis. stevegtennis.com.