The Championships of Hyères or Championnats de Hyères was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1910. The tournament was played at the Hyères Lawn Tennis Club, Hyères, France, as part of the French Riviera Circuit. It was played annually until 1930 when it was discontinued.
History The first Championships of Hyères were played between 31 March and 6 April 1910 at the Hyères Lawn Tennis Club located within the Golf Hôtel, Hyères, France. The championships continued to be held annually at the Hyères LTC until 1927 when it was relocated to the Hyères New Courts Tennis Club for the duration of its run in 1930 when it was discontinued.
The first winner of the men's singles title was Englands's John Mason Flavelle. The first winner of the women's singles was the Greek then later French international Régine Lidoriki Vlasto. The finals men's singles champion was Germany's Johann Philip Buss, and the final women's singles champion was France's Doris Metaxa
Finals Men's singles (incomplete list) YearChampionRunner-upScore1910 John Mason Flavelle Antoine P. Vlasto6–2, 6–4 ret.1911 Fredric Samuel Warburg Pierre Blanchenayw.o.1912 Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten Henri Armand Resuge8–6, 6–4, 6–21913 Hope Crisp Alain Léon André Resuge6–0, 6–11914 Francis Gordon Lowe Arthur Wallis Myersw.o.1915/1919Not held (due to world war one)1920 Francis Gordon Lowe (2) Alain Gerbault6–4, 6–0, 6–11921 Francis Gordon Lowe (3) Jack Montagu Hillyard 6–1, 6–0, 4–0, ret.1922 Alain Léon André Resuge Jack Montagu Hillyard 6–1, 6–4, 8–61923 Jack Montagu Hillyard Brame Hillyard4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–31924 Jack Montagu Hillyard (2) Ernest Talbot Thomas Lamb4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–41925 Jean-Bernard Jauréguiberry Eric Harvey6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–3, 6–31926Not held1928 Jacques Brugnon Franz-Wilhelm Matejka5–7, 4–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–21929 Johann Philip Buss Henri Reynaud5–7, 6–2, 6–4, 6–21930 Johann Philip Buss (2) Henri Reynaud5–7, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
Women's singles (incomplete list) YearChampionRunner-upScore 1910 Régine Lidoriki Vlasto Mrs J.B. Perrett4–6, 6–3, 6–1 1911 Emmeline Ward Warburg Régine Lidoriki Vlasto6–4, 4–6, 6–2 1912 Mrs J.B. Perrett Helen Reckitt Flavelle6–4, 6–2 1913 E.M. White M. Towler6–2, 6–4 1914 E.M. White (2) Elizabeth Ryan5–1, retd.1915/1919Not held (due to world war one) 1920 Geraldine Beamish Mary Macartney 6–0, 6–0 1921 Blanche Colston Phyllis Satterthwaitedefault 1922 Phyllis Satterthwaite Madeline Fisher O'Neill6–2, 6–1 1923 Phyllis Satterthwaite (2) Lesley Cadle6–0, 6–1 1924 Phyllis Satterthwaite (3) Phyllis Howkins Covell6–3, 6–1 1925 Cosette Saint-Omer-Roy Claude Garfit 6–3, 6–11926Not held 1927 Mary Harland Betty Lewis6–1, 6–1 1928 Esna Boyd Phyllis Satterthwaite8–6 ret. 1929 Doris Metaxa Régine Vlasto 6–3, 3–6, 6–2
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