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Czechoslovakian International Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit (1920-1968)
Founded1920; 104 years ago (1920)
Abolished1985; 39 years ago (1985)
LocationPrague (1920-64, 1966, 1968)
Bratislava (1965, 1967, 1969-73, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985)
Ostrava (1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982)
Prerov (1984)
VenueVarious
Current champions
Men's singlesCzechoslovakia Miloslav Mecir

The Czechoslovakian International Championships was a tennis tournament held between 1920 and 1985.

History

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The tournament began soon after Czechoslovakia began as a country (there were tournaments before that such as the Bohemian Crown Lands Championships). The tournament had many winners from overseas, including winners of Grand Slam singles titles Henri Cochet,[1] Fred Perry,[1] Don Budge,[1] József Asbóth,[1] Nicola Pietrangeli,[1] and Tony Roche.[1] Also, Czechoslovakian players that won Grand Slam singles titles Jaroslav Drobný,[1] Jan Kodeš[1] and Ivan Lendl[1] also won the title.

The tournament was held on clay courts and was typically held in June or July, but sometimes as early as April or as late as September.

From 1939 to May 1945 Czechoslovakia ceased to exist. Bohemia and Moravia became a Protectorate overseen by Nazi Germany. The Czechoslovakian International Championships resumed in July 1945.

When the Grand Prix circuit began in the 1970s, the tournament was not part of it. The tournament was held exclusively in Prague until the mid-1960s and then was held in other cities such as Bratislava and Ostrava (and one year in Prerov). A Czech Grand Prix tournament, the Prague Grand Prix, was held from 1987 to 1989. When the ATP Tour began, they had the Czechoslovak Open, which became the Czech Open, which was held throughout the 1990s.

Past finals

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Men's singles

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Year Champion Runner-up Score
1920 Czechoslovakia S. Zemla [1] Czechoslovakia
1921 Czechoslovakia S. Zemla [1] Czechoslovakia
1922 Czechoslovakia Karel Ardelt[1] Czechoslovakia
1923 Czechoslovakia S. Zemla [1] Czechoslovakia
1924 Switzerland Charles Aeschlimann[1] Czechoslovakia Pavel Macenauer 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 0–6, 7–5
1925 Czechoslovakia Jan Koželuh[1] Czechoslovakia František Soyka 6–1, 6–1, 6–2
1926 Czechoslovakia Jan Koželuh[1] Czechoslovakia Friedrich Rohrer 6–1, 6–2, 6–3
1927 Czechoslovakia Jan Koželuh[1] Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel 6–1, 4–1 rtd.
1928 Czechoslovakia Jan Koželuh[1] Czechoslovakia Franz Matejka 7–5, 4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4
1929 France Henri Cochet[1] France Christian Boussus 2–6, 6–8, 6–2, 7–5, 8–6
1930 Czechoslovakia Josef Maleček[1] Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Šefer 4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–1
1931 Japan Hyotaro Sato[1] Japan Minoru Kawachi 5–7, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1932 Italy Uberto De Morpurgo[1] Czechoslovakia Pavel Macenauer 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1933 Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel[1] Czechoslovakia Ladislav Hecht 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
1934 Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel[1] Nazi Germany Gottfried von Cramm 3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
1935 Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel[1] Italy Giovanni Palmieri 6–2, 6–1, 6–1
1936 United Kingdom Fred Perry[1] Czechoslovakia Ladislav Hecht 6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
1937 Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel[1] Italy Giovanni Palmieri 6–1, 6–0, 6–3
1938 United States Don Budge[1] Czechoslovakia Ladislav Hecht 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1939-44[a] No competition[1]
1945 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Drobný[1] Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Vodička 6–1, 6–1, 6–2
1946 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Drobný[1] France Marcel Bernard 8–6, 11–9, 6–3
1947 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Drobný[1] United States Tom Brown 6–0, 6–2, 6–1
1948 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Drobný[1] Hungary András Ádám-Stolpa 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1949 Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Drobný[1] Poland Władysław Skonecki
1950 Hungary József Asbóth[1] Poland Władysław Skonecki 9–7, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 9–7
1951-54 No competition [1]
1955[2] Czechoslovakia Jiří Javorský Hungary András Ádám-Stolpa 6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6–2
1956[3] Australia Don Candy[1] France Pierre Darmon 6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1957[4] Czechoslovakia Jiří Javorský[1] Czechoslovakia Richard Schonborn 6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–3
1958[5] Italy Nicola Pietrangeli[1] Mexico Mario Llamas 1–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–0
1959[6] Czechoslovakia Jiří Javorský[1] Australia Don Candy 6–4, 4–6, 6–0, 3–6, 6–4
1960[7] Czechoslovakia Jiří Javorský[1] West Germany Peter Scholl 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1961[8] Hungary István Gulyás[1] Czechoslovakia Karol Safarik 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1962 Poland Władysław Skonecki[1] Czechoslovakia Jiří Javorský 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
1963 Australia Ken Fletcher[1] Australia John Fraser 6–3, 6–2, 7–5
1964 Czechoslovakia Jiří Javorský[1] Czechoslovakia Štěpán Koudelka 7–5, 6–2, 6–2
1965 France Patricio Rodriguez Hungary István Gulyás 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
1966 Australia Tony Roche[1] Australia Bill Bowrey 7–9, 6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1967 Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš Romania Ion Tiriac 1–6, 13–11, 6–1, 6–2
1968 Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček[1] Czechoslovakia František Pála 6–3, 6–1, 5–7, 7–5
1969 Hungary István Gulyás[1] West Germany Christian Kuhnke 6–1, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1970 Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš[1] Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček 3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–5
1971 Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš[1] Hungary Szabolcz Baranyi 4–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
1972 No competition
1973 Czechoslovakia František Pála[1] Hungary János Benyik 8–6, 5–7, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1974 Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 rtd.
1975 Czechoslovakia František Pála Czechoslovakia Jiri Hrebec 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–0
1976 Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd Czechoslovakia Pavel Huťka 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1977 Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec Czechoslovakia František Pála 1–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1978 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník 6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–3
1979 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil 6–2, 7–6, 6–3
1980 Czechoslovakia Ivan Lendl Czechoslovakia Stanislav Birner 6–3, 6–2, 7–6
1981 Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
1982 Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1983 Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek 6–1, 4–6, 1–6, 7–6, 7–5
1984 Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd 1–6, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4
1985 Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek 7–6, 6–4, 6–3

Women's singles

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Year Champion
1920 Czechoslovakia M. Lindová[1]
1921 Czechoslovakia E. Völker[1]
1922 Germany Nelly Neppach[1]
1923 No competition[1]
1924 Czechoslovakia H. Šindelárová[1]
1925 Czechoslovakia H. Šindelárová[1]
1926 Czechoslovakia A. Varady[1]
1927 Czechoslovakia K. Rezničková[1]
1928 Czechoslovakia Greta Deutschová[1]
1929 Czechoslovakia M. Kozeluhova[1]
1930 Czechoslovakia Greta Deutschová[1]
1931 Germany Hilde Krahwinkel[1]
1932 Czechoslovakia V. Hammerová[1]
1933 Czechoslovakia Greta Deutschová[1]
1934 United States Elizabeth Ryan[1]
1935 South Africa Bobbie Heine Miller[1]
1936 Nazi Germany Margrethe Käppel[1]
1937 Nazi Germany Margrethe Käppel[1]
1938 South Africa Bobbie Heine Miller[1]
1939-44 No competition [1]
1945 Czechoslovakia Helena Straubeová[1]
1946 Romania Magda Rurac[1]
1947 Hungary Zsuzsa Körmöczy[1]
1948 Czechoslovakia M. Erdödy[1]
1949 Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska[1]
1950 Hungary Zsuzsa Körmöczy[1]
1951-54 No competition [1]
1955 Hungary Zsuzsa Körmöczy[2]
1956 Germany Erika Vollmer[1]
1957 Czechoslovakia Vera Puzejová[1]
1958 Czechoslovakia Vera Puzejová[1]
1959 Czechoslovakia Vera Puzejová[1]
1960 Czechoslovakia Vera Puzejová[1]
1961 Australia Jan Lehane[1]
1962 Soviet Union Anna Dmitrieva[1]
1963 Czechoslovakia Vera Puzejová Suková[1]
1964 Czechoslovakia Vera Puzejová Suková[1]
1965 Czechoslovakia Vlasta Vopičková
1966 Australia Kerry Melville[1]
1967 Czechoslovakia Vlasta Vopičková
1968 Australia Helen Gourlay[1]
1969 Czechoslovakia Vlasta Vopičková[1]
1970 Czechoslovakia Vlasta Vopičková[1]
1971 Czechoslovakia Marie Neumannová[1]
1972 No competition[1]
1973 Australia Evonne Goolagong[1]
1974 Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová
1975 Czechoslovakia Regina Maršiková
1976 Czechoslovakia Renáta Tomanová
1977 Czechoslovakia Regina Maršiková
1978 Czechoslovakia Regina Maršiková
1979 Czechoslovakia
1980 Czechoslovakia
1981 Czechoslovakia
1982 Czechoslovakia
1983 Czechoslovakia
1984 Czechoslovakia
1985 Czechoslovakia

Notes

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  1. ^ Bohemia-Moravia became a Protectorate of Nazi Germany at the end of the 1930s, so the tournaments of 1939-44 were the Protectorate Championships. From 1941 to 1944 these were national events.

References

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