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Tennis tournament
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.
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 .
(Incomplete Roll)
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
1921[ 2]
Jack Montagu Hillyard
Charles Aeschlimann
6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2
1922[ 2]
Charles Aeschlimann
Alain Gerbault
4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1923[ 2]
Brame Hillyard
Charles Aeschlimann
8–6, 6–8, 6–0, 8–6
1924[ 2]
Charles Aeschlimann (2)
Brame Hillyard
6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3
1925[ 2]
Henry Mayes
Brame Hillyard
6–1, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1926[ 2]
Umberto De Morpurgo
Brame Hillyard
6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1927[ 2]
Erik Worm
Charles Aeschlimann
6–4, 6–1, 6–4
1928[ 2]
René Lacoste
Henry Mayes
5–7, 2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6
1929[ 2]
Erik Worm (2)
Wilbur Coen
6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
1930[ 2]
Bill Tilden II
Jean Lesueur
6–1, 6–3, 6–3
1931[ 2]
Jiro Sato
Marcel Bernard
6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1932[ 2]
Benny Berthet
George Lyttleton Rogers
4–6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1933[ 2]
Jiro Sato (2)
Ryosuke Nunoi
0–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1934[ 2]
Wilmer Moore Hines
Max Ellmer
6–4, 6–4, 7–5
1935[ 2]
Jack Crawford
Vivian McGrath
3-1 sets
1936[ 2]
Valentino Taroni
Paul Féret
6–2, 5–7, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5
1937[ 2]
Adam Baworowski
Marcel Bernard
6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3
1938[ 2]
Bernard Destremau
Jacques Jamain
6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1939[ 2]
Paul Féret
Bernard Destremau
6–1, 6–3, 8–6
1942[ 2]
Yvon Petra
Robert Abdesselam
6–4, 1–6, 10–8
1943/1945
Not held (due to world war two)
1946[ 2]
Yvon Petra (2)
Raphaël Patorni
6–0, 6–2
1947[ 2]
Yvon Petra (3)
Gianni Cucelli
3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1948[ 2]
Budge Patty
Fred Kovaleski
1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1951[ 2]
Jaroslav Drobný
Jean Borotra
6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1957[ 2]
Jacques Brichant
István Gulyás
6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1961[ 2]
Nicola Pietrangeli
Boro Jovanović
6–4, 6–4
↓ Open era ↓
1969[ 2]
Georges Goven
François Jauffret
7–5, 7–5, 6–3
1970[ 2]
Georges Goven (2)
Daniel Contet
5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
(Incomplete Roll)
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
1921
Suzanne Lenglen
Phyllis Satterthwaite
6–1, 6–0
1922
Suzanne Lenglen (2)
Eleanor Goss
6–0, 6–0
1923
Lilí Álvarez
Phyllis Satterthwaite
6–3, 7–5
1924
Phyllis Howkins Covell
Lilí Álvarez
5–7, 6–3, 6–1
1925
Phyllis Satterthwaite
Domini Elliadi Crosfield
6–1, 6–4
1926
Lilí Álvarez (2)
Phyllis Satterthwaite
w.o.
1927
Lilí Álvarez (3)
Phyllis Satterthwaite
6–0, 6–2
1928
Lilí Álvarez (4)
Phyllis Satterthwaite
6–2, 7–5
1929
Simone Passermard Mathieu
Sylvia Jung Lafaurie
6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1930
Lilí Álvarez (5)
Josane Sigart
3–6, 6–2, 7–5
1931
Cilly Aussem
Lilí Álvarez
6–1, 6–4
1932
Lolette Payot
Simone Passermard Mathieu
5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1933
Sylvie Jung Henrotin
Cilly Aussem
6–2, 8–10, 6–3
1934
Sylvie Jung Henrotin (2)
Dorothy Andrus Burke
6–1, 6–1
1935
Simone Passermard Mathieu (2)
Lilí Álvarez
6–4, 6–1
1936
Simone Passermard Mathieu (3)
Edith Belliard
6–4, 6–1
1937
Alice Weiwers
Colette Rosambert Boegner
8–6, 6–1
1938
Simone Passermard Mathieu (4)
Alice Weiwers
6–4, 6–0
1939
Simone Passermard Mathieu (5)
Iris Hutchings
6–0, 6–0
1942
Alice Weiwers (2)
Aimée Charpenel
6–2, 6–3
1943/1945
Not held (due to world war two)
1951
Angela Mortimer
Althea Gibson
7–5, 6–3
1954
Shirley Bloomer
Joan Curry
8–6, 6–0
↓ Open era ↓
1969
Peaches Bartkowicz
Vlasta Vopičková
6–0, 6–3
1970
Katalin Borka
Marijke Schaar
6–4, 6–2
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