The Pau Championships or Championnats de Pau was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament was founded in 1890 as the Pau International Tournament and also known as the Tournoi International de Pau. The tournament was first played in Trinquet Club de Beaumont, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. It was played annually till 1927.
History In 1887 the Lawn Tennis Trinquet Club de Beaumont (later renamed as the Pau Tennis Club).City of Pau Pau Pyrénées Tourisme (2016) History of the Pau Tennis Club. In 1890 it organised and open international tennis event then called the Pau International Tournament. In 1902 the tournaments name was changed to the Pyrenees Championships. In 1906 the events name was altered again to the Basses-Pyrénées Championships. by the late 1920s the tournament was branded under the name Championnats de Pau or Pau Championships. In 1920 the Trinquet Club de Beaumont to Tennis Club Pau.City of Pau Pau Pyrénées Tourisme (2016) The tournament was held in various locations such as Billère, Pau, and Tarbes.
Successor tournaments being held in Pau include and the most recent being an ATP Challenger event founded in 2019 called the Teréga Open Pau–Pyrénées for sponsorship reasons, or simply known as the Pau–Pyrénées Open.
Finals Men's singles (incomplete roll) YearChampionsRunners-upScore1894 Victor Voss Manliffe Goodbody6–4, 7–5.1897 Albert F. Philippe de Luze Paul Lebreton6–3, 2–6, 6–1.1909 Jean Cintrat Édouard Derazey6–3, 6–1.1912 Max Decugis Jean Montariol2–6, 6–4, 6–4.1921 Nicolae Mishu Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh6–3, 6–1.
Women's singles (incomplete roll) YearChampionsRunners-upScore1890 Edith Austin May Gearydef 1903 Mrs Russell-Davies Mlle. d'Elva6–2, 6–0 1905 Mlle. d'Elva Mme. Donne6–0, 6–0 1906 Mlle. d'Elva Mlle. Vansittart6–2 6–1 1927 Marguerite Broquedis Bella Pons6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Mixed doubles (incomplete roll) YearChampionsRunners-upScore1905 Albert F. Philippe de Luze Mlle. d'Elva Jose de Olozabal Comtesse de Miramon6–3, 6–3, 6–2.1906 André Jousselin Comtesse de Miramon Pierre Portes Mlle. d'Elva6–3, 6–3, 6–2.
Event names In French Tournoi International de Pau (1890-1899) Championnat dés Pyrénées (1901–05, 1907–11) Championnat dés Basses-Pyrénées (1906) Championnats de Pau (1912–27)
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