Côte d'Azur Championships

Côte d'Azur Championships Championnats de la Côte d'Azur
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	Mens Amateur Tour (1877–1912)
Founded	1910
Abolished	1939
Location	Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Venue	Cannes Lawn tennis Club
Surface	Clay (outdoor)

The Côte d'Azur Championships or Championnats de la Côte d'Azur also called the Championship of the Côte d'Azur was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament held at the Cannes Lawn Tennis Club, Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France from 1910 through to 1939. It was one of the main tournaments on the French Riviera tennis circuit.

History

Cannes Lawn Tennis Club, was formally established in 1907. In 1910 it began to host the Côte d'Azur Championships an international clay court tennis tournament that was staged until the start of World War II. It was one of the main tournaments that formed part of the French Riviera circuit.

Finals

Men's Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1910	Artimus Holmes	George Henry Nettleton	4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–4
1911	Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	Rodney Heath	6–4, 6–4, 7–9, 6–4
1912	Ferdinand Bölling	Arthur Wallis Myers	4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–4
1913	Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe (2)	Robert Kleinschroth	6–3, 6–4, 6–2
1914	Anthony Wilding	Gordon Lowe	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
1915/19	Not held (due to World War One)
1920	Major Ritchie	Ambrose Dudley	3–6, 6–0, 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
1921	Mino Balbi Di Robecco	Félix Poulin	6–2, 9–11, 6–3, 6–1
1922	Henri Cochet	D.L. Morgan	8–6, 6–4, 6–2
1923	Henry Mayes	Alfred C. Hunter	6–3, 6–2, 6–0
1924	Charles Aeschlimann	Brame Hillyard	6–2, 6–1, 6–2
1925	René Lacoste	Gordon Lowe	3–6, 6–0, 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
1926	Henri Cochet (2)	Charles Aeschlimann	6–4, 6–3, 6–0
1927	Henry Mayes (3)	Otto Froitzheim	1–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–4, 2–0 ret.
1928	Henri Cochet (4)	Otto Froitzheim	w.o.
1929	Emmanuelle du Plaix	Fritz Kuhlmann Sr	8–6, 6–2, 9–7
1930	Bill Tilden	Giorgio de Stefani	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1931	George Lyttleton Rogers	Charles Aeschlimann	1-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1, 9-7
1932	Ignacy Tłoczyński	Giorgio de Stefani	w.o.
1933	Józef Hebda	Ignacy Tłoczyński	0–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1934	Giorgio de Stefani	Franz Wilhelm Matejka	6–1, 6–1, 5–7, 6–3
1935	Jacques Brugnon	Giorgio de Stefani	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1936	Josef Siba	Christian Boussus	6–3, 6–8, 6–2
1937	Kazimierz Tarlowski	Karl Schroder	6–2, 3–6, 9–7, 6–4
1938	Adam Baworowski	Karl Schroder	2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1939	Yvon Petra	Adam Baworowski	7–5, 7–5, 6–2

Women's Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1910	Clara von der Schulenburg	Eveline Maude Froude-Bellew	6–4, 6–3
1911	Hedwig Neresheimer	Margaret Tripp	6-0 6-2
1912	Blanche Duddell Colston	Mrs Perrett	6-2 6-4
1913	Elizabeth Ryan	Dagmar von Krohn	4-6 6-2 6-0
1914	Elizabeth Ryan (2)	M. Ward	6-4 6-0
1915/19	Not held (due to World War One)
1920	Elizabeth Ryan (3)	Geraldine Ramsey Beamish	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1921	Elizabeth Ryan (4)	Phyllis Satterthwaite	7–5, 6–2
1922	Elizabeth Ryan (5)	Geraldine Ramsey Beamish	6–4, 6–3
1923	Phyllis Satterthwaite	Geraldine Ramsey Beamish	8–6, 6–4
1924	Elizabeth Ryan (6)	Lili de Alvarez	6–3, 6–3
1925	Lili de Alvarez	Cristobel Hardie	6–0, 6–2
1926	Helen Wills	Joan Ridley	default
1927	Lili de Alvarez (2)	Hélène Contostavlos	6–3, 6–3
1928	Cilly Aussem	Elizabeth Barber Corbiere	6–3, 6–0
1929	Lili de Alvarez (3)	Paula von Reznicek	6–4, 6–1
1930	Cilly Aussem (2)	Violet Owen	6–0, 6–0
1931	Phyllis Satterthwaite (2)	Lolette Payot	6–0, 6–0
1932	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	Muriel Thomas	6–3, 6–2
1933	Lolette Payot	Grete Deutschova	6–2, 6–3
1934	Nancy Lyle	Simonne Mathieu	6–4, 6–4
1935	Simonne Mathieu	Kay Stammers	6–1, 2–6, 6–0
1936	Simonne Mathieu (2)	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	6–0, 5–7, 7–5
1937	Anita Lizana	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	7–5, 5–7, 6–1
1938	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska (2)	Alice Weiwers	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
1939	Simonne Mathieu (3)	Simone Iribarne Lafargue	8–6, 6–3

Sources

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