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Cairo Championships

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Cairo Championships
Championships of Cairo
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1932; 92 years ago (1932)
Abolished1978; 46 years ago (1978)
LocationCairo, Egypt
VenueTawfikiya Tennis Club
Gezira Sporting Club
SurfaceClay

The Cairo Championships[1] or Championships of Cairo was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded circa 1932. It was played in Cairo, Egypt. The tournament ran until 1978 with breaks.

History

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The Cairo Championships or sometimes called Championships of Cairo was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded circa 1932. The championships were first played at the Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt.[2] In the 1950s the tournament was held at Tawfikiya Tennis Club (f. 1896), Cairo, before returning to the Gezira Sporting Club. The tournament was staged until the early 1970s.

For the years 1937, 1939, 1960 1968 1969 it was co-valid as Egyptian International Championships, In 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978 this tournament was co-valid as the Egyptian Open.

Finals

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Men's singles

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Note two editions of the mens event was held in 1968, one in March the other late September early October (incomplete roll)
Year Winner Runner-up Score
1937 Germany Henner Henkel Italy Giorgio de Stefani 7–5, 6–0
1939 Germany Gottfried von Cramm United States Don McNeill 7–5, 6–2, 6–8, 6–2
1948 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec Egypt Adly Shafei 7-5 6-4
1949 United States Frank Parker United States Budge Patty 6-2 9-7 8-6
1954 Egypt Adly Shafei Egypt Daniel Acobas 4-6 7-5 6-3 5-7 6-1
1955 South Africa Trevor Fancutt France Bernard Destremau 6-2 3-6 6-4
1960 Italy Nicola Pietrangeli (3) Italy Giuseppe Merlo 5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
1966 Egypt Fathi Mohammed Ali Egypt Mootaz Sombol 6-3 6-2 3-6 6-4
1968 Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček Egypt Ismail El Shafei 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1968 Egypt Ismail El Shafei Egypt Abdel Ghani Mohammed 6-2 6-3 6-1
Open era
1969 Egypt Ismail El Shafei Hungary István Gulyás 6–4, 7–9, 6–4, 6–4
1972 Egypt Aly El Dawoudi Egypt Ibrahim Mahmoud 7-5 3-6 6-4 6-4
1975 Spain Manuel Orantes France François Jauffret 6–0, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
1977 France François Jauffret West Germany Frank Gebert 6–3, 7–5, 6–4

Women's Singles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1932 Republic of Ireland Lavender Letts-Campbell United Kingdom Mabel Davy Clayton 0-6, 6-1, 7-5
1935 United States Helen Jacobs Austria Liesl Herbst 6-1, 6-2
1937 Denmark Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling France Simone Mathieu 6-2, 6-0
1939[3] United Kingdom/Republic of Ireland Josephine R. Harman United Kingdom Rita Jarvis 6-4, 6-0.
1954 Egypt Betsy Abbas Israel Esther Saul 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
1957[4] Hungary Suzy Kormoczi West Germany Edda Buding 10-8, 1-6, 7-6
Open era
1970 Soviet Union Olga Morozova Czechoslovakia Marcela Barochova 6-3, 6-3
1972 France Odile de Roubin Soviet Union Marina Chuvirina 6-3, 1-6, 6-1

References

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  1. ^ Robertson, Max (1974). "Egypt". The Encyclopedia of Tennis. New York City: Viking Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-670-29408-4.
  2. ^ Robertson, Max (1974)
  3. ^ "All-British Tennis Final In Cairo: In an All-British final in the women's singles in the Cairo lawn tennis championships yesterday Miss J R. Harman. the Irish player, beat Miss R. Jarvis. 6-4, 6-0" (Subscription). Weekly Dispatch (London). London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 26 March 1939. p. 21. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  4. ^ Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. Brooklyn, New York.: KTAV Publishing House, Inc. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-60280-013-7.