The Genoa International or Internazionale di Genova at times also known as the Genoa Championships or Campionati di Genova was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1959. It was played at the Tennis Club Genova, Genoa, Liguria, Italy. The tournament ran until 1968.Tennis Club Genova
History In April 1928 Tennis Club Genova in Genoa, established an open international tennis tournament for men and women.Tennis Club Genova The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts in Liguria, Italy. The event was part of the Italian Riviera circuit of tennis tournaments. During the 1930s the tournament was branded as the Genoa Championships or Campionati di Genova. The 1940 edition was held in conjunction with the Coppa Federazione Fascista. The tournament was staged till 1968.Tennis Club Genova
Finals Men's singles (incomplete roll) included: YearWinnerRunner-upScore 1928 Uberto De Morpurgo Emanuele Sertorio 6–2, 8–6, 6–1 1930 Pat Hughes Roberto Bocciardo6–3, 6–1, 6–0 1931 Hyotaro Sato Augusto Rado6–3, 3–6, 3-,6 6–4, 6–3 1932 Augusto Rado Georges Mitaranga6–0, 6–1, 6–3 1933 Jack O'Shea Leonardo Bonzi ? 1934 Giovanni Palmieri Wilmer Hines 4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 1936 Giovanni Palmieri (2) Augusto Rado 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1 1939 Gianni Cucelli Vojtech Vodicka 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 1940 József Asbóth Franjo Punčec 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 1942 Francesco Romanoni Marcello Del Bellofinal suspended 1945 Marcello del Bello Rolando Del Bello 6–2, 6–3, 6–8, 6–2 1954 Enrique Morea Fausto Gardini 6–3, 7–5, 6–4 1955 Fausto Gardini Art Larsen 6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–2. 1956 Luis Alberto Ayala Jaroslav Drobný 6–2, 6–2, 6–1.Nottingham Guardian (April 1956) 1968 Ion Țiriac Pietro Marzano 8–6, 6–2
Men's doubles (incomplete roll) YearWinnerRunner-upScore1928 Mino Balbi Di Robecco Giacomo Bocciardo Uberto De Morpurgo Mr. Abbiati 6–2 6–3 2–6 5–7 7–5
Women's singles (incomplete roll) YearWinnerRunner-upScore1930 Phyllis Satterthwaite Ada Pradadefault1933 Edith Sander Dorothy Burke6–2, 6–3 1939 Klara Beutter-Hammer Wally San Donnino6–1, 6–21940 Hella Kovac Anneliese Ullstein3–6, 6–3, 6–01954 Totta Zehden Nicla Migliori6–3, 1–6, 6–21956 Althea Gibson Thelma Long6–3, 6–41968 Lea Pericoli Ingrid Loeys8–6, 6–2
Mixed doubles (incomplete roll) YearWinnerRunner-upScore1939 Gianni Cucell Klara Beutter-Hammer Augusto Rado Giuliana Grioni6–2, 4–6, 6–01940 Gino Vido Vittoria Tonolli József Asbóth Klára Somogyi6–4, 3–6, 6–11954 Orlando Sirola Elaine Watson Fausto Gardini Pat Ward 3–6, 6–2, 6–41956 Orlando Sirola (2) Althea Gibson Luis Ayala Thelma Long6–4, 1–2, ret.
References