The Danish International Championships was an DTF/ILTF affiliated open clay court mens tennis tournament founded in 1902 as the open Danish Championships. Also known as the Copenhagen International it was usually played in June or July at the Kjøbenhavns Boldklub in Copenhagen, Denmark until 1969.
History The Danish Championships were unofficially founded at the Bold Klub in 1902 it was formally recognized by the Danish Tennis Federation (Dansk Tennis Forbund, DTF), in 1904 as open event to foreign players, not to be confused with the Danish National Championships that was an outdoor closed tournament to Danish nationals or residents, following world war two it became widely known as the Danish International Championships.
Past finals Mens Singles (incomplete roll) YearChampionsRunners-upScore 1902 Frederick Payn Major Ritchie 3–6, 11–9, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 1921 Oscar Kreuzer Otto Froitzheim 5–7, 6–2, 6–4, 7–5 1931 Einer Ulrich Alfred Wium 6–4, 6–4, 7–5 1933 Christian Boussus Jacques Brugnon 6–2, 7–5, 6–0 1935 Kalle Schröder Augusto Rado 6–8, 1–6, 6–1, 6–0, 6–4 1936 Johan Haanes Einer Ulrich 6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 1939 Owen Anderson Anker Jacobsen 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 1950 Jaroslav Drobny Fred Kovaleski 6–2, 6–8, 6–1 1951 Budge Patty Vladimir Cernik won? 1954 Tony Trabert Vic Seixas 6–1, 6–3, 6–3 1956 Jack Arkinstall Kurt Nielsen 2–5, 6–2, 6–1 1962 Jan Leschly Torsten Johansson 6–3, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3 1966 Ken Fletcher Martin Mulligan 6–4, 6–3 1967 Ken Fletcher (2) Jan-Erik Lundquist 3–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4 1969 Martin Mulligan Jan Leschly 6–4, 4–6, 9–7, 12–14, 6–1
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