The Riviera Championships also known as the Championship of the Riviera or the French Riviera Championships or Menton International was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club,Town and Country (1937) 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 ChampionshipsYearChampionsRunners-upScore1902 William le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle Charles Gladstone Allen3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 7–51903 Roy Allen ? ?1904 Major Ritchie Roy Allen 6–4, 6–2, 6–11905 Major Ritchie (2) Roy Allen6–2, 4–6, 6–4, ret.1906 Anthony Wilding Major Ritchie 6–1, 6–4, 6–01907 Major Ritchie (3) George Simond 6–2, 6–2, 6–41908 Major Ritchie (4) Anthony Wilding1–6, 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 8–61909 Fred Alexander Major Ritchie 6–4, 6–2, 3–0, ret.1910 Max Decugis Major Ritchie4-2, ret.1911 Anthony Wilding (2) Max Decugis6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 6–31912 Roy Allen Arthur Wallis Myers6–0, 3–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–01913 Anthony Wilding (3) Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe6–2, 6–3, 6–11914The Northern Times. Carnarvon, WA: National Library of Australia. 14 March 1914. p. 7. Anthony Wilding (4) Gordon Lowe6–1, 6–4, 6–21915/1918Not held (due to world war one)1919 Nicolae Mishu Max Decugis 6–3, 6–2, 10–12, 2–6, 7-51920 Nicolae Mishu (2) Gordon Lowe 4-3, ret.1921 Gordon Lowe Alain Gerbault 6–1, 6–3, 6–41922 Rupert Wertheim P. Marsden 6–2, 6–1, 6–41923 Gordon Lowe (2) F. R. L. Crawford 6–2, 6–3, 7–51924 Gordon Lowe (3) Uberto De Morpurgo 6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 6–21925 Gordon Lowe (4) Uberto De Morpurgo 6–2, 6–0, 4–6, 7–5 1926 Henri Cochet Béla von Kehrling6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 3–6, 8–61927 Uberto De Morpurgo Béla von Kehrling 6–4, 6–4, 6–41928 Béla von Kehrling Erik Worm6–1, 8–6, 1–6, 6–3 1929 Béla von Kehrling (2) Franz-Wilhelm Matejka 6–4, 7–5, 6–11930 Bill Tilden Jacques Brugnon10–8, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–11931 Béla von Kehrling (3) E. Garcia 6–2, 6–3, 6–11932 Roderich Menzel André Merlin6–3, 6–0, 4–6, 6–41933 André Martin-Legeay Gottfried von Cramm4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–41934 Giorgio de Stefani André Martin-Legeay 8–6, 6–2, 6–21935 Josef Caska Wilmer Hines3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–21936 Jean Lesueur Norcross S. Tilney6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 5–7, 6–11937 Kalle Schröder Kazimierz Tarlowski 8–6, 6–2, 6–41938 Kalle Schröder (2) Valentino Taroni 6–3, 6–2, 6–11939 Franjo Punčec Hans Redl11–9, 6–2, 6–01940/1945Not held (due to world war two)Menton International Championships1954 Eduardo Argon Alexandre-Athenase Noghès 6–3, 6–4, 9–71955 Władysław Skonecki Paul Rémy 6–1, 6–1, 6–31957 Andrés Gimeno Sergio Jacobini 6–3, 6–1, 6–21958 Jacques Brichant Paul Rémy 6–1, 6–4, 6–21959 Billy Knight István Gulyás6-4, 6-21960 Jacques Brichant (2) Robert Haillet5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–11961 Jacques Brichant (3) Antonio Maggi 6–4, 6–2, 6–21962 Juan Manuel Couder William Álvarez 6–3, 2–6, 6–11963 István Gulyás Pierre Barthès8–6, 6–2, 6–4Menton International1964 Pierre Darmon István Gulyás 6–2, 6–2, 6–41965 István Gulyás (2) Bob Carmichael 6–4, 6–1, 6–31966 István Gulyás (3) Patrick Hombergen6–2, 6–2, 6–21967 Dieter Schultheiss Bernd Kube3-0 sets1968 Alex Metreveli Milan Holeček 7–5, 6–4, 6–4↓  Open era  ↓1969 Géza Varga Giuseppe Merlo6–0, 7–51975 Bengt Lundstedt Patrice Beust 6–4, 2–6, 6–3French Riviera Invitation1978 Bjorn Borg Guillermo Vilas 6–4, 6–3

Men's doubles Incomplete Roll Riviera ChampionshipsYearChampionsRunners-upScore1908 Major Ritchie George Simond George de Bray Monsieur Jermoloff 6–0, 6–1, 6–1

Women's singles

Riviera ChampionshipsYearChampionsRunners-upScore1902 V. Henshaw Miss Tomer6-3, 6-11903 Mildred Brooksmith ? ?1904 V. Henshaw (2) Miss Rooke 5–7, 6–2, 6–11905 Amy Ransome Vera Warden7-5, 8-61906 Vera Warden Amy Ransome 8-6, 6-31907 Rosamund Salusbury Miss Hampshire 7-5, 6-01908 Maud Dillon Evelyn Dillon w.o.1909 Rosamund Salusbury (2) Alice Greene w.o.1910 Rosamund Salusbury (3) Evelyn M. Froude Bellew6-3, 6-21911 Jessie Tripp Rosamund Salusbury 6–2, 6–8, 7–51912 Mieken Rieck Margaret Tripp 1–6, 7–5, 6–31913 Dagmar von Krohn Madeline Fisher O'Neill 4–6, 6–2, 6–41914 Dorothea Douglass Chambers Elizabeth Ryan6-2, 6-11915/1918Not held (due to world war one)1919 Suzanne Lenglen A. Doublet6-0, 6-11920 Geraldine Ramsey Beamish Sigrid Frenckell Fick 6–1, 4–6, 6–21921 Elizabeth Ryan Phyllis Satterthwaite6-4, 6-31922 Elizabeth Ryan (2) Phyllis Satterthwaite6-3, 6-31923 Suzanne Lenglen (2) Kathleen McKane6-2, 7-51924 Suzanne Lenglen (3) Elizabeth Ryan7-5, 6-11925 Elizabeth Ryan (3) Honor Woolrych 3–6, 6–0, 6–2 1926 Helen Wills Lili de Alvarez 6-4, 6-41927 Elizabeth Ryan (4) Dorothy Shaw 6-4, 7-51928 Lili de Alvarez Lucia Valerio6-4, 7-5 1929 Phyllis Howkins Covell Cilly Aussem6-4, 9-71930 Cilly Aussem Simonne Mathieu9-7, 6-21931 Phyllis Satterthwaite Simonne Mathieu7-5, 6-41932 Simonne Mathieu Lucia Valerio 6-2, 6-31933 Simonne Mathieu (2) Peggy Scriven6-3, 6-21934 Sylvie Jung Henrotin Lucia Valerio 3–6, 6–3, 6–01935 Simonne Mathieu (3) Edith Belliard6-2, 6-11936 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Edith Belliard 6-2, 6-11937 Anita Lizana Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6–8, 8–6, 1–1 retired1938 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Hella Kovac 4–6, 6–4, 6–21939 Simone Iribarne Lafargue Simonne Mathieu 2–6, 6–4, 6–31940/1950Not held (due to World War II) and women's event not heldMenton International Championships1951 Hella Strecker Vittoria Tonolli8–10, 9–7, 10-81952 Joan Curry Silvana Lazzarino6-1, 6-01953 Inge Pohmann Joan Curry 6-4, 6-11954 Joan Curry (2) Shirley Bloomer6-3, 6-41955 Shirley Bloomer Pat Ward 6-3, 7-51956 Shirley Bloomer (2) Ilse Buding7-5, 6-41957 Lucia Bassi Susanah Prettejohn11-9, 6-01958 Zsuzsa Körmöczy Lucia Bassi6-4, 6-11959 Flo de la Courtie Lucia Bassi7-5, 6-11960 Zsuzsa Körmöczy Flo de la Courtie6-2, 6-3Menton International1961 Mimi Arnold Elizabeth Starkie 5–7, 6–4, 6–01962 Francesca Gordigiani Hilde Schildknecht 7–9, 9–7, 6–41963 Jacqueline Rees-Lewis Carole Rosser 6–3, 4–6, 7–51964 Jacqueline Rees-Lewis (2) Christiane Mercelis 4–6, 7–5, 6–31965 Gail Sherriff Virginia Wade 6–4, 4–6, 6–21966 Jill Blackman Jacqueline Rees-Lewis 3–6, 6–3, 6–41967 Jacqueline Rees-Lewis Vives (3) Roberta Beltrame 6-1, 6-31968 Gail Sherriff (2) Vlasta Vopičková6-1, 6-0↓  Open era  ↓1969 Johanne Venturino Ana Maria Cavadini 3–6, 6–2, 6–41970 Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (3) Corinne Molesworth6-1, 6-21971 Helga Niessen Masthoff Corinne Molesworth7-5 2-6 7-51972 Judith Szorenyi Margareta Strandberg8-6, 6-31973 Odile de Roubin Monique Salfati-Di Maso 7-5, 6-31975 Elly Appel Brigitte Simon 4–6, 6–2, 6–01976 Monique van Haver Sabina Simmonds 6–4, 5–7, 6–2

Mix Doubles Incomplete Roll Riviera ChampionshipsYearChampionsRunners-upScore1904 Charles Gladstone Allen Miss Bournd Roy Allen Miss Powelldefault1906 Anthony Wilding Amy Ransome Charles Gladstone Allen Agnes Morton 6–3, 6–11907 Major Ritchie Rosamund Salusbury George de Bray Mlle Kraminski6-0, 6-1

References

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