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Torneo Circolo Canottieri Roma

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Torneo Circolo Canottieri Roma
Rowing Club Rome Tournament
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit (1920-1939)
Founded1920; 104 years ago (1920)
Abolished1939; 85 years ago (1939)
LocationRome, Italy
VenueCircolo Canottieri Roma
SurfaceClay

The Torneo Circolo Canottieri Roma or Rowing Club Rome Tournament[1] or simply R.C. Canottieri Roma was a men's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1920. The tournament was held annually until 1939 when it was discontinued as part of the worldwide ILTF Circuit due to World War II.[2]

History

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In 1919 the Rome Rowing Club was founded as the "Club Nautico Romano" by Englishman John Jackson and his Italian friend Luigi D'Eramo.[3] The club is located along the Lungotevere Flaminio in Rome, Italy. In 1920 the club established the Rowing Club Rome Tournament or Torneo Circolo Canottieri Roma.[4]

The event was held annually until 1939 when it was discontinued as part of the worldwide ILTF Circuit due to World War II. Following the second world war the venue reopened in 1947 when it built a new clay court.[5] The club still operates to this day.[6]

Previous winners of the men's singles event include; Jacques Brugnon, Jack Crawford, Giorgio de Stefani, Giovanni Palmieri, Roderich Menzel, Francesco Romanoni and Kho Sin-Khie.[7]

Finals

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Men's singles

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(Incomplete roll include:[8])

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1924 France Jacques Brugnon Finland Arne Grahn 6-4, 6–2, 6-1
1926 Australia Jack Crawford Czechoslovakia Jan Koželuh 6-2, 3–6, 6–2, 6-3
1930 Italy Giorgio de Stefani Italy Alberto del Bono 6-2, 6–3, 6-2
1931 Italy Giorgio de Stefani (2) Republic of Ireland George Lyttleton Rogers 4-6, 8–6, 7–5, 6-2
1932 Italy Giorgio de Stefani (3) Italy Giovanni Palmieri 6-3, 3–6, 2–6, 7–5, 6-4
1933 Italy Giovanni Palmieri Italy Augusto Rado 6-3, 6–1, 6-2
1934 Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel Italy Giovanni Palmieri 6-3, 6–0, 6-2
1937 Italy Giovanni Palmieri (2) Italy Giorgio de Stefani 5-7, 6-2 3–6, 6–3, 6-2
1938 Italy Francesco Romanoni Switzerland Boris Maneff 6-3, 3–6, 6–2, 1–6, 6-2
1939 Republic of China (1912–1949) Kho Sin-Kie Romania Constantin Tănăsescu 3-6, 6–0, 6–2, 6-3

References

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  1. ^ "LAWN TENNIS AT ROME: Fixtures for 1921". Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). Lahore, Pakistan: British Newspaper Archive. 21 August 1920. p. 6. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Tournament – R.C. Canottieri Roma". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. ^ "La Storia". www.canottieriroma.it. Lungotevere Flaminio., Rome, Italy: Circolo Canottieri Roma. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  4. ^ Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore)
  5. ^ Circolo Canottieri Roma
  6. ^ Circolo Canottieri Roma
  7. ^ Tennis Archives
  8. ^ Tennis Archives
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