The Côte d'Azur ChampionshipsAlbert Lejeune, ed. (March 31, 1930). "Tennis sur la Cote D'Azur" [Tennis at the Cote D'Azur]. Le Petit Niçois (in French). Vol. 51, no. 90. Nice, France. p. 2. or Championnats de la Côte d'Azur also called the Championship of the Côte d'Azur was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament held at the Cannes Lawn Tennis Club, Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France from 1910 through to 1939. It was one of the main tournaments on the French Riviera tennis circuit.
History Cannes Lawn Tennis Club, was formally established in 1907. In 1910 it began to host the Côte d'Azur Championships an international clay court tennis tournament that was staged until the start of World War II. It was one of the main tournaments that formed part of the French Riviera circuit.
Finals Men's Singles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1910 Artimus Holmes George Henry Nettleton 4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–41911 Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe Rodney Heath6–4, 6–4, 7–9, 6–41912 Ferdinand Bölling Arthur Wallis Myers4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–41913 Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe (2) Robert Kleinschroth6–3, 6–4, 6–21914 Anthony Wilding Gordon Lowe6–3, 6–2, 6–41915/19Not held (due to World War One)1920 Major Ritchie Ambrose Dudley3–6, 6–0, 6–4, 5–7, 6–11921 Mino Balbi Di Robecco Félix Poulin6–2, 9–11, 6–3, 6–11922 Henri Cochet D.L. Morgan8–6, 6–4, 6–21923 Henry Mayes Alfred C. Hunter6–3, 6–2, 6–01924 Charles Aeschlimann Brame Hillyard6–2, 6–1, 6–21925 René Lacoste Gordon Lowe3–6, 6–0, 6–4, 5–7, 6–11926 Henri Cochet (2) Charles Aeschlimann6–4, 6–3, 6–01927 Henry Mayes (3) Otto Froitzheim1–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 2–0 ret.1928 Henri Cochet (4) Otto Froitzheimw.o.1929 Emmanuelle du Plaix Fritz Kuhlmann Sr8–6, 6–2, 9–71930 Bill Tilden Giorgio de Stefani6–4, 6–3, 6–41931 George Lyttleton Rogers Charles Aeschlimann1-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 9-71932 Ignacy Tłoczyński Giorgio de Stefaniw.o.1933 Józef Hebda Ignacy Tłoczyński0–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–31934 Giorgio de Stefani Franz Wilhelm Matejka6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–31935 Jacques Brugnon Giorgio de Stefani6–4, 6–3, 6–41936 Josef Siba Christian Boussus6–3, 6–8, 6–21937 Kazimierz Tarlowski Karl Schroder6–2, 3–6, 9–7, 6–41938 Adam Baworowski Karl Schroder2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–31939 Yvon Petra Adam Baworowski7–5, 7–5, 6–2
Women's Singles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1910 Clara von der Schulenburg Eveline Maude Froude-Bellew6–4, 6–31911 Hedwig Neresheimer Margaret Tripp6-0 6-21912 Blanche Duddell Colston Mrs Perrett6-2 6-41913 Elizabeth Ryan Dagmar von Krohn4-6 6-2 6-01914 Elizabeth Ryan (2) M. Ward6-4 6-01915/19Not held (due to World War One)1920 Elizabeth Ryan (3) Geraldine Ramsey Beamish4–6, 6–2, 6–21921 Elizabeth Ryan (4) Phyllis Satterthwaite 7–5, 6–21922 Elizabeth Ryan (5) Geraldine Ramsey Beamish6–4, 6–31923 Phyllis Satterthwaite Geraldine Ramsey Beamish 8–6, 6–41924 Elizabeth Ryan (6) Lili de Alvarez 6–3, 6–31925 Lili de Alvarez Cristobel Hardie6–0, 6–21926 Helen Wills Joan Ridley default1927 Lili de Alvarez (2) Hélène Contostavlos6–3, 6–31928 Cilly Aussem Elizabeth Barber Corbiere6–3, 6–01929 Lili de Alvarez (3) Paula von Reznicek6–4, 6–11930 Cilly Aussem (2) Violet Owen6–0, 6–01931 Phyllis Satterthwaite (2) Lolette Payot6–0, 6–01932 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska Muriel Thomas6–3, 6–21933 Lolette Payot Grete Deutschova6–2, 6–31934 Nancy Lyle Simonne Mathieu6–4, 6–41935 Simonne Mathieu Kay Stammers6–1, 2–6, 6–01936 Simonne Mathieu (2) Jadwiga Jędrzejowska6–0, 5–7, 7–51937 Anita Lizana Jadwiga Jędrzejowska7–5, 5–7, 6–11938 Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (2) Alice Weiwers 6–2, 5–7, 6–41939 Simonne Mathieu (3) Simone Iribarne Lafargue8–6, 6–3
References
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