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Beausoleil Championships

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Beausoleil Championships
Championnats Beausoleil
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1921; 103 years ago (1921)
Abolished1970; 54 years ago (1970)
LocationMonte Carlo, Monaco
VenueLa Festa Country Club
Monte Carlo Country Club
SurfaceClay

The Beausoleil Championships[1] or Championnats Beausoleil also known as the Monte Carlo (Third Meeting) [2] or Monte Carlo (troisième réunion) or Monte Carlo Easter Tournament or Tournoi de Pâques de Monte-Carlo was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1910. The tournament was played at the La Festa Country Club,[3] Hyères, France as part of the French Riviera Circuit. It was played annually until 1970 when it was discontinued.

History

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The first Beausoleil Championships were played between 18 and 30 March 1921 at the La Festa Country Club, Monte Carlo, Monaco.[2] In 1929 the La Festa Country Club changed its name to the Monte Carlo Country Club. It was staged annually until 1970 when it was discontinued.

The first winner of the men's singles title was England's Jack Hillyard.[2] The first winner of the women's singles was the French international Suzanne Lenglen. The finals men's singles champion was France's Georges Goven,[2] and the final women's singles champion was Hungary's Katalin Borka.

Finals

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Men's singles

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(Incomplete Roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1921[2] United Kingdom Jack Montagu Hillyard Switzerland Charles Aeschlimann 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2
1922[2] Switzerland Charles Aeschlimann France Alain Gerbault 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1923[2] United Kingdom Brame Hillyard Switzerland Charles Aeschlimann 8–6, 6–8, 6–0, 8–6
1924[2] Switzerland Charles Aeschlimann (2) United Kingdom Brame Hillyard 6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3
1925[2] Canada Henry Mayes United Kingdom Brame Hillyard 6–1, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1926[2] Italy Umberto De Morpurgo United Kingdom Brame Hillyard 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1927[2] Denmark Erik Worm Switzerland Charles Aeschlimann 6–4, 6–1, 6–4
1928[2] France René Lacoste Canada Henry Mayes 5–7, 2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6
1929[2] Denmark Erik Worm (2) United States Wilbur Coen 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
1930[2] United States Bill Tilden II France Jean Lesueur 6–1, 6–3, 6–3
1931[2] Japan Jiro Sato France Marcel Bernard 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1932[2] France Benny Berthet Republic of Ireland George Lyttleton Rogers 4–6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1933[2] Japan Jiro Sato (2) Japan Ryosuke Nunoi 0–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1934[2] United States Wilmer Moore Hines Switzerland Max Ellmer 6–4, 6–4, 7–5
1935[2] Australia Jack Crawford Australia Vivian McGrath 3-1 sets
1936[2] Italy Valentino Taroni France Paul Féret 6–2, 5–7, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5
1937[2] Austria Adam Baworowski France Marcel Bernard 6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3
1938[2] France Bernard Destremau France Jacques Jamain 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1939[2] France Paul Féret France Bernard Destremau 6–1, 6–3, 8–6
1942[2] France Yvon Petra France Robert Abdesselam 6–4, 1–6, 10–8
1943/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1946[2] France Yvon Petra (2) France Raphaël Patorni 6–0, 6–2
1947[2] France Yvon Petra (3) Italy Gianni Cucelli 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1948[2] United States Budge Patty United States Fred Kovaleski 1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1951[2] Egypt Jaroslav Drobný France Jean Borotra 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1957[2] Belgium Jacques Brichant Hungary István Gulyás 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1961[2] Italy Nicola Pietrangeli Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović 6–4, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[2] France Georges Goven France François Jauffret 7–5, 7–5, 6–3
1970[2] France Georges Goven (2) France Daniel Contet 5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles

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(Incomplete Roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1921 France Suzanne Lenglen United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–1, 6–0
1922 France Suzanne Lenglen (2) United States Eleanor Goss 6–0, 6–0
1923 Spain Lilí Álvarez United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–3, 7–5
1924 United Kingdom Phyllis Howkins Covell Spain Lilí Álvarez 5–7, 6–3, 6–1
1925 United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite United Kingdom Domini Elliadi Crosfield 6–1, 6–4
1926 Spain Lilí Álvarez (2) United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite w.o.
1927 Spain Lilí Álvarez (3) United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–0, 6–2
1928 Spain Lilí Álvarez (4) United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–2, 7–5
1929 France Simone Passermard Mathieu France Sylvia Jung Lafaurie 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1930 Spain Lilí Álvarez (5) Belgium Josane Sigart 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
1931 Germany Cilly Aussem Spain Lilí Álvarez 6–1, 6–4
1932 Switzerland Lolette Payot France Simone Passermard Mathieu 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1933 France Sylvie Jung Henrotin Germany Cilly Aussem 6–2, 8–10, 6–3
1934 France Sylvie Jung Henrotin (2) United States Dorothy Andrus Burke 6–1, 6–1
1935 France Simone Passermard Mathieu (2) Spain Lilí Álvarez 6–4, 6–1
1936 France Simone Passermard Mathieu (3) France Edith Belliard 6–4, 6–1
1937 Luxembourg Alice Weiwers France Colette Rosambert Boegner 8–6, 6–1
1938 France Simone Passermard Mathieu (4) Luxembourg Alice Weiwers 6–4, 6–0
1939 France Simone Passermard Mathieu (5) United Kingdom Iris Hutchings 6–0, 6–0
1942 Luxembourg Alice Weiwers (2) France Aimée Charpenel 6–2, 6–3
1943/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1951 United Kingdom Angela Mortimer United States Althea Gibson 7–5, 6–3
1954 United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer United Kingdom Joan Curry 8–6, 6–0
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 United States Peaches Bartkowicz Czechoslovakia Vlasta Vopičková 6–0, 6–3
1970 Hungary Katalin Borka Netherlands Marijke Schaar 6–4, 6–2

References

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  1. ^ "The Riviera: Week by Week: Interesting players entered in the Beausoleil Championships for the first time at La Festa Club". The Bystander. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 25 April 1923. p. 24. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "Tournaments:Beausoleil Championships -Monte Carlo Third Meeting". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  3. ^ "RIVIERA LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENTS The International Lawn Tennis Tournaments on the Riviera this season are as follows". Pall Mall Gazette. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 23 January 1912. p. 11. Retrieved 24 July 2023.