The Montreal Cup also known as the Montreal Cup Tennis Championships was a men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1890. It was last held at the Mount Royal Lawn Tennis Club, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Montreal Gazette It ran annually as part of the CLTA Circuit from 1895 to 1912 then as part of ILTF Circuit from 1913 to 1970 when it was dropped from that circuit.
History In 1890 the first edition of the Montreal Cup was held at the McGill Lawn Tennis Club with McGill University the men's singles was won by C.F. Martin who defeated Cecil Wheatley Yarker. The tournament was not always held on a permanent basis until 1920. At the 1936 edition of the tournament Wimbledon champion Fred Perry played an exhibition singles and doubles event. the event was hosted a different venues including the Concordia Tennis Club, the Monkland Tennis Club, Mount Royal Lawn Tennis Club (f.1907), the Outremont Lawn Tennis Club, the University of Montreal courts, It ran annually as part of the CLTA Circuit from 1890 then as part of ILTF Circuit from 1913 to 1970 when it was dropped from that circuit.
Finals Men's singles (incomplete roll) YearWinnersRunners-upScore1890 C.F. Martin Cecil Wheatley Yarker6-1, 6–2, 6–3.1908 Thomas Yeo Sherwell Hedley Massey Suckling?1920 William Leroy Rennie Arthur John Veysey4-6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–2.1921 Jack A. Wright Leon De Turenne6–4, 6–3, 6–0.1923 Jack A. Wright (2) Willard Frederick Crocker6–2, 6–4, 6–1.1936 Bob Murray Roger Durivage6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 4–2, retd.1939 Malcolm Laird Watt Roger Durivage6–2, 6–0, 6–0. 1940 Malcolm Laird Watt (2) Louis MacAdam Duff6–4, 6–0, 6–0. 1951 Jack Spencer Jean Richer6–1, 6–4, 6–4. 1952 Robert Bedard Jack Spencer? 1962 Val Harit Roland Godin6–0, 6–2, 6–1. 1969 Robert Bedard Mike Belkin6–3, 6–3, 6–3.
Men's doubles (incomplete roll) YearWinnersRunners-upScore1936 Malcolm Laird Watt Bob Murray Charlie Leslie Dave Morrice6–2, 9–11, 2–6, 9–7, 6–4.1951 Malcolm Laird Watt (2) George Morrison Gordie MacNeil Edgar Lanthier6–3, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 8–6.The Montreal Star (1951)
Women's singles (incomplete roll) YearWinnersRunners-upScore1939Montreal Gazette (1941) p.14. Simone Bernadete Rene Bolte4–6, 6–3, 7–5. 1940 Pauline Bolte Françoise Lacasse6–2, 6–4. 1951 Patrica Macken Mariette Laframboise6–3, 6–4.
Women's doubles (incomplete roll) YearWinnersRunners-upScore1940 Pauline Bolte Françoise Lacasse Mariette Boivin Mrs A.R. Porte6–4, 4–6, 6–4.1951 Patrica Macken Kae Otton Joyce Smallwood Mary Lang10–8, 6–4.
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