The Italian Riviera Championships also known as the San Remo International was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1903 at 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.
History The Italian Riviera Championships (San Remo) were established in 1903. The championships were on regularly occasions the opening event at the start of the Italian clay court season. From 1956 until 1962 it was staged only twice. In 1964 the tournament was discontinued due to funding issues.
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).
Venue The Italian Riviera Championships was held at the Tennis and Bridge Club San Remo, (f.1897) today known as Tennis Sanremo.
Finals Men's singles (incomplete roll) YearWinnerRunner-upScore1903 Major Ritchie Roy Allen 6–3, 6–1, 6–3 1908 Anthony Wilding M. Turton 6–0, 6–0, 6–1 1909 Artemas Holmes George S. Smythe 6–3, 6–3, 6–1 1910 Artemas Holmes (2) Herbert Bird Routledge 6–0, 6–1, 6–0 1911 Anthony Wilding (2) Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe 6-4, 2-,6 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 1912 Roy Allen Mark Hick 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 1913 Roy Allen (2) Arthur Wallis Myers 6–1, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 1914 Gordon Lowe Craig Biddle 6-4, 6-3 1915/1918Not held (due to World War I)1924 George William Grounsell Pietro Malone 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 1927 Erik Worm Sri-Krishna Prasada 7–5, 6–3, 0–6, 7–5 1928 Placido Gaslini Erik Worm 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 4–6, 7–5 1929 Pat Hughes Eric Peters 6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 1930 Erik Worm (2) Pat Hughes 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 1931 Jean Lesueur Benny Berthet 8–6, 7–5, 1–6, 3–6, 6–2 1932 Béla von Kehrling George Lyttleton Rogers 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 1933 Jean Lesueur (2) Giovanni Palmieri 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1 1934 Jean Lesueur (3) Wilmer Hines 6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3 1935 Augusto Rado Josef Caska 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, ret. 1936 Giovanni Palmieri Augusto Rado 6–2, 6–3, 8–6 1937 Vojtěch Vodička Józef Hebda 6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 6–1 1939 Franjo Punčec Giorgio de Stefani 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 1940 Gottfried von Cramm Francesco Romanoni 3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–2 1941/1946Not held (due to World War II)1947 József Asbóth Marcello del Bello 6–2, 6–4, 6–3 1948 Pedro Masip Henri Cochet 6–1, 6–4, 9–7 1949 Gianni Cucelli Frank Parker 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 7–5 1950 Rolando Del Bello Torsten Johansson 8–6, 6–2, 1–6, 7–5 1951 Dick Savitt Budge Patty 6–4, 9–7, 4–6, 6–3 1952 Jaroslav Drobný Milan Branović 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 1953 Władysław Skonecki Gianni Cucelli 6–3, 6–1, 6–3 1954 Fausto Gardini Enrique Morea 6–1, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 1955 Jaroslav Drobný (2) Budge Patty5–7, 6–2, 13–11, 6-2 1958 Mario Llamas Władysław Skonecki 6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4 1960 Nicola Pietrangeli Giuseppe Merlo 3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 1963 Nicola Pietrangeli (2) Jacques Brichant 6–2, 7–5, 7–5 1964 Jan-Erik Lundqvist Nicola Pietrangeli11–9, 6–2, 6–4
Women's singles (incomplete roll) YearWinnerRunner-upScore 1908 Rosamund Salusbury Evelyn Maude Froude Bellew11-9, 6-11909No women's event 1910 Rosamund Salusbury(2) Amy Ransome 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 1911 Rosamund Salusbury (3) Miss Bridgewater6-1, 6-0 1912 Jessie Tripp Mieken Rieck6-1, 7-5 1913 Jessie Tripp (2) Elizabeth Ryan 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 1914 Jessie Tripp (3) Margaret Tripp default1915/1918Not held (due to World War I) 1924 Elizabeth Ryan Phyllis Satterthwaite6-3, 6-0 1926 Phyllis Satterthwaite Lucia Valerio 6–4, 4–6, 8–6 1927 Miss Hunt ? ? 1928 Elizabeth Ryan (2) Lucia Valerio6-4, 6-4 1929 Lucia Valerio Phyllis Satterthwaite 0–6, 6–3, 6–3 1930 Phyllis Satterthwaite (2) Hilde Eisenmenger6-0, 6-1 1931 Phyllis Satterthwaite (3) Lucia Valerio 5–7, 6–2, 6–2 1932 Lucia Valerio (2) Ida Adamoff6-3, 7-5 1933 Cilly Aussem Simonne Mathieu6-4, 6-0 1934 Cilly Aussem (2) Lucia Valerio 6–4, 1–6, 6–1 1935 Cilly Aussem (3) Lucia Valerio 8-6, 6-3 1936 Ivana Orlandini Edith Belliard 6–1, 5–7, 7–5 1937 Totta Zehden Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 1938 Minni Hein Müller Klara Hammer Beutter6–2, 1–6, 11-9 1939 Sylvia Jung Henrotin Rosl Kraus6-4, 6-1 1940 Hella Kovac Anneliese Ullstein 4–6, 6–1, 6–11941/1946Not held (due to World War II) 1947 Pauline Betz Helena Straubeova6-2, 6-0 1948 Annalisa Bossi Nicla Migliori 6-0, 6-3 1949 Annalisa Bossi (2) Lucia Manfredi 6-2, 6-2 1950 Annalisa Bossi (3) Nicla Migliori 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 1951 Doris Hart Annalisa Bellani 7-5, 6-1 1952 Joan Curry Annalisa Bellani9-7, 6-3 1953 Silvana Lazzarino Joan Curry6-3, 6-2 1954 Silvana Lazzarino (2) Totta Zehden 6–4, 6–1 1955 Shirley Bloomer Elaine Watson6-2, 6-0 1958 Heather Brewer-Segal Rosie Reyes6-2, 6-4 1960 Francesca Gordigiani Roberta Beltrame 6-1, 7-5 1963 Silvana Lazzarino (3) Almut Sturm6-2, 6-1 1964 Almut Sturm Annalisa Bellani 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
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