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Beausoleil Championships

The Beausoleil Championships[1] or Championnats Beausoleil also known as the Monte Carlo (Third Meeting) [2] or Monte Carlo (troisième réunion) or Monte Carlo Easter Tournament or Tournoi de Pâques de Monte-Carlo was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1910. The tournament was played at the La Festa Country Club,[3] Hyères, France as part of the French Riviera Circuit. It was played annually until 1970 when it was discontinued.

Beausoleil Championships
Championnats Beausoleil
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1921; 103 years ago (1921)
Abolished1970; 54 years ago (1970)
LocationMonte Carlo, Monaco
VenueLa Festa Country Club
Monte Carlo Country Club
SurfaceClay

History

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The first Beausoleil Championships were played between 18 and 30 March 1921 at the La Festa Country Club, Monte Carlo, Monaco.[2] In 1929 the La Festa Country Club changed its name to the Monte Carlo Country Club. It was staged annually until 1970 when it was discontinued.

The first winner of the men's singles title was England's Jack Hillyard.[2] The first winner of the women's singles was the French international Suzanne Lenglen. The finals men's singles champion was France's Georges Goven,[2] and the final women's singles champion was Hungary's Katalin Borka.

Finals

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Men's singles

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(Incomplete Roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1921[2]   Jack Montagu Hillyard   Charles Aeschlimann 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2
1922[2]   Charles Aeschlimann   Alain Gerbault 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1923[2]   Brame Hillyard   Charles Aeschlimann 8–6, 6–8, 6–0, 8–6
1924[2]   Charles Aeschlimann (2)   Brame Hillyard 6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3
1925[2]   Henry Mayes   Brame Hillyard 6–1, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1926[2]   Umberto De Morpurgo   Brame Hillyard 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1927[2]   Erik Worm   Charles Aeschlimann 6–4, 6–1, 6–4
1928[2]   René Lacoste   Henry Mayes 5–7, 2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6
1929[2]   Erik Worm (2)   Wilbur Coen 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
1930[2]   Bill Tilden II   Jean Lesueur 6–1, 6–3, 6–3
1931[2]   Jiro Sato   Marcel Bernard 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1932[2]   Benny Berthet   George Lyttleton Rogers 4–6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1933[2]   Jiro Sato (2)   Ryosuke Nunoi 0–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1934[2]   Wilmer Moore Hines   Max Ellmer 6–4, 6–4, 7–5
1935[2]   Jack Crawford   Vivian McGrath 3-1 sets
1936[2]   Valentino Taroni   Paul Féret 6–2, 5–7, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5
1937[2]   Adam Baworowski   Marcel Bernard 6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3
1938[2]   Bernard Destremau   Jacques Jamain 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1939[2]   Paul Féret   Bernard Destremau 6–1, 6–3, 8–6
1942[2]   Yvon Petra   Robert Abdesselam 6–4, 1–6, 10–8
1943/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1946[2]   Yvon Petra (2)   Raphaël Patorni 6–0, 6–2
1947[2]   Yvon Petra (3)   Gianni Cucelli 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1948[2]   Budge Patty   Fred Kovaleski 1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1951[2]   Jaroslav Drobný   Jean Borotra 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1957[2]   Jacques Brichant   István Gulyás 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1961[2]   Nicola Pietrangeli   Boro Jovanović 6–4, 6–4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[2]   Georges Goven   François Jauffret 7–5, 7–5, 6–3
1970[2]   Georges Goven (2)   Daniel Contet 5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles

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(Incomplete Roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1921   Suzanne Lenglen   Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–1, 6–0
1922   Suzanne Lenglen (2)   Eleanor Goss 6–0, 6–0
1923   Lilí Álvarez   Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–3, 7–5
1924   Phyllis Howkins Covell   Lilí Álvarez 5–7, 6–3, 6–1
1925   Phyllis Satterthwaite   Domini Elliadi Crosfield 6–1, 6–4
1926   Lilí Álvarez (2)   Phyllis Satterthwaite w.o.
1927   Lilí Álvarez (3)   Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–0, 6–2
1928   Lilí Álvarez (4)   Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–2, 7–5
1929   Simone Passermard Mathieu   Sylvia Jung Lafaurie 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1930   Lilí Álvarez (5)   Josane Sigart 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
1931   Cilly Aussem   Lilí Álvarez 6–1, 6–4
1932   Lolette Payot   Simone Passermard Mathieu 5–7, 6–4, 6–2
1933   Sylvie Jung Henrotin   Cilly Aussem 6–2, 8–10, 6–3
1934   Sylvie Jung Henrotin (2)   Dorothy Andrus Burke 6–1, 6–1
1935   Simone Passermard Mathieu (2)   Lilí Álvarez 6–4, 6–1
1936   Simone Passermard Mathieu (3)   Edith Belliard 6–4, 6–1
1937   Alice Weiwers   Colette Rosambert Boegner 8–6, 6–1
1938   Simone Passermard Mathieu (4)   Alice Weiwers 6–4, 6–0
1939   Simone Passermard Mathieu (5)   Iris Hutchings 6–0, 6–0
1942   Alice Weiwers (2)   Aimée Charpenel 6–2, 6–3
1943/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1951   Angela Mortimer   Althea Gibson 7–5, 6–3
1954   Shirley Bloomer   Joan Curry 8–6, 6–0
↓  Open era  ↓
1969   Peaches Bartkowicz   Vlasta Vopičková 6–0, 6–3
1970   Katalin Borka   Marijke Schaar 6–4, 6–2

References

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  1. ^ "The Riviera: Week by Week: Interesting players entered in the Beausoleil Championships for the first time at La Festa Club". The Bystander. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 25 April 1923. p. 24. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af "Tournaments:Beausoleil Championships -Monte Carlo Third Meeting". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  3. ^ "RIVIERA LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENTS The International Lawn Tennis Tournaments on the Riviera this season are as follows". Pall Mall Gazette. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 23 January 1912. p. 11. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
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