Tennis tournament
Italian Riviera Championships Defunct tennis tournament Founded 1903; 122 years ago (1903 ) Abolished 1964; 61 years ago (1964 ) Location San Remo , Liguria , Northern Italy Venue Tennis Club Sanremo Surface Clay
The Italian Riviera Championships [ 1] San Remo International [ 2] San Remo , Liguria , Northern Italy . The tournament was staged at the Tennis Club Sanremo (f.1897) until 1964, and was part of the Italian Riviera circuit of tennis tournaments.
The Italian Riviera Championships (San Remo) [ 3]
Former winners of the men's singles included; Major Ritchie (1903), Anthony Wilding (1908, 1912), Erik Worm (1927, 1930), Jean Lesueur (1931, 1933–1934), Gottfried von Cramm (1940), Dick Savitt (1951) Jaroslav Drobný (1955), and Nicola Pietrangeli (1960, 1963). The women's single was previously won by Dorothy Holman (1925), Elizabeth Ryan (1924, 1928), Lucia Valerio (1929, 1932), Pauline Betz (1947), Doris Hart (1951) Shirley Bloomer (1955), and Almut Sturm (1964).
The Italian Riviera Championships was held at the Tennis and Bridge Club San Remo, (f.1897) today known as Tennis Sanremo.[ 4]
(incomplete roll)[ 5]
Year
Winner
Runner-up
Score
1903
United Kingdom Major Ritchie United Kingdom Roy Allen 6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1908
New Zealand Anthony Wilding United Kingdom 6–0, 6–0, 6–1
1909
United States Artemas Holmes United Kingdom 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1910
United States United Kingdom 6–0, 6–1, 6–0
1911
New Zealand Anthony Wilding (2)Germany Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 6-4, 2-,6 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1912
United Kingdom Roy Allen United Kingdom Mark Hick 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1913
United Kingdom Roy Allen (2)United Kingdom Arthur Wallis Myers 6–1, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1914
United Kingdom Gordon Lowe United States Craig Biddle 6-4, 6-3
1915/1918
Not held (due to World War I)
1924
United Kingdom Italy 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1927
Denmark Erik Worm India Sri-Krishna Prasada 7–5, 6–3, 0–6, 7–5
1928
Italy Placido Gaslini Denmark Erik Worm 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 4–6, 7–5
1929
United Kingdom Pat Hughes United Kingdom Eric Peters 6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2
1930
Denmark Erik Worm (2)United Kingdom Pat Hughes 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1931
France Jean Lesueur France Benny Berthet 8–6, 7–5, 1–6, 3–6, 6–2
1932
Hungary Béla von Kehrling Republic of Ireland George Lyttleton Rogers 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1933
France Jean Lesueur (2)Italy Giovanni Palmieri 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1
1934
France Jean Lesueur (3)United States Wilmer Hines 6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1935
Italy Augusto Rado Czechoslovakia Josef Caska 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, ret.
1936
Italy Giovanni Palmieri Italy Augusto Rado 6–2, 6–3, 8–6
1937
Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Vodička Poland Józef Hebda 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 6–1
1939
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec Italy Giorgio de Stefani 6–3, 6–3, 6–2
1940
Germany Gottfried von Cramm Italy Francesco Romanoni 3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–2
1941/1946
Not held (due to World War II)
1947
Hungary József Asbóth Italy Marcello del Bello 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1948
Spain Pedro Masip France Henri Cochet 6–1, 6–4, 9–7
1949
Italy Gianni Cucelli United States Frank Parker 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 7–5
1950
Italy Rolando Del Bello Sweden Torsten Johansson 8–6, 6–2, 1–6, 7–5
1951
United States Dick Savitt United States Budge Patty 6–4, 9–7, 4–6, 6–3
1952
Egypt Jaroslav Drobný Croatia Milan Branović 6–3, 6–3, 6–2
1953
Poland Władysław Skonecki Italy Gianni Cucelli 6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1954
Italy Fausto Gardini Argentina Enrique Morea 6–1, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2
1955
Egypt Jaroslav Drobný (2)United States Budge Patty 5–7, 6–2, 13–11, 6-2
1958
Mexico Mario Llamas Poland Władysław Skonecki 6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4
1960
Italy Nicola Pietrangeli Italy Giuseppe Merlo 3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
1963
Italy Nicola Pietrangeli (2)Belgium Jacques Brichant 6–2, 7–5, 7–5
1964
Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist Italy Nicola Pietrangeli 11–9, 6–2, 6–4
(incomplete roll)
Year
Winner
Runner-up
Score
1908
United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury United Kingdom Evelyn Maude Froude Bellew 11-9, 6-1
1909
No women's event
1910
United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury (2)United Kingdom Amy Ransome 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1911[ 6]
United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury (3)United Kingdom 6-1, 6-0
1912
United Kingdom Jessie Tripp Germany Mieken Rieck 6-1, 7-5
1913
United Kingdom United States Elizabeth Ryan 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1914
United Kingdom United Kingdom default
1915/1918
Not held (due to World War I)
1924
United States Elizabeth Ryan United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 6-3, 6-0
1926
United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite Italy Lucia Valerio 6–4, 4–6, 8–6
1927
United Kingdom ?
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1928
United States Elizabeth Ryan (2)Italy Lucia Valerio 6-4, 6-4
1929
Italy Lucia Valerio United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 0–6, 6–3, 6–3
1930
United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite (2)Austria 6-0, 6-1
1931
United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite (3)Italy Lucia Valerio 5–7, 6–2, 6–2
1932
Italy Lucia Valerio (2)France Ida Adamoff 6-3, 7-5
1933
Germany Cilly Aussem France Simonne Mathieu 6-4, 6-0
1934
Germany Cilly Aussem (2)Italy Lucia Valerio 6–4, 1–6, 6–1
1935
Germany Cilly Aussem (3)Italy Lucia Valerio 8-6, 6-3
1936
France Ivana Orlandini France Edith Belliard 6–1, 5–7, 7–5
1937
Germany Totta Zehden Poland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1938
Czechoslovakia Minni Hein Müller Germany Klara Hammer Beutter 6–2, 1–6, 11-9
1939
France Sylvia Jung Henrotin Germany Rosl Kraus 6-4, 6-1
1940
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hella Kovac Germany Anneliese Ullstein 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
1941/1946
Not held (due to World War II)
1947
United States Pauline Betz Czechoslovakia Helena Straubeova 6-2, 6-0
1948
Italy Annalisa Bossi Italy Nicla Migliori 6-0, 6-3
1949
Italy Annalisa Bossi (2)Italy Lucia Manfredi 6-2, 6-2
1950
Italy Annalisa Bossi (3)Italy Nicla Migliori 2–6, 6–2, 6–1
1951
United States Doris Hart Italy Annalisa Bellani 7-5, 6-1
1952
United Kingdom Joan Curry Italy Annalisa Bellani 9-7, 6-3
1953
Italy Silvana Lazzarino United Kingdom Joan Curry 6-3, 6-2
1954
Italy Silvana Lazzarino (2)West Germany 6–4, 6–1
1955
United Kingdom Shirley Bloomer United Kingdom Elaine Watson 6-2, 6-0
1958
Bermuda Heather Brewer-Segal Mexico Rosie Reyes 6-2, 6-4
1960
Italy Francesca Gordigiani Italy Roberta Beltrame 6-1, 7-5
1963
Italy Silvana Lazzarino (3)West Germany Almut Sturm 6-2, 6-1
1964
West Germany Almut Sturm Italy Annalisa Bellani 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
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