Lake Geneva Championships
| Lake Geneva Championships Championnats du lac Léman | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Tour | ILTF Circuit (1913-38) |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Abolished | 1938 |
| Location | Montreux, Switzerland |
| Venue | Montreux Lawn Tennis Club |
| Surface | Clay (outdoors) |
The Lake Geneva Championships[1] or Championnats du lac Léman[2] was a men's and women's open international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1899 and first staged at the Montreux Lawn Tennis Club, Montreux, Switzerland. The championships was discontinued in 1938.[3]
History
The Lake Geneva Championships[4] were staged at Montreux, Switzerland in 1898. The championships were usually held in the spring in April or May each year. The tournament continued to be staged through till 1938 when they were discontinued just before the start of World War II.
The tournament sometimes carried the title of the Montreux Grand Hotel Spring Championships or Montreux Spring Meeting or just Montreux Championships. The event was played exclusively at the Montreux Lawn Tennis Club founded in 1890,[5] in the grounds of the Hôtel des Alpes-Grand Hôtel, Territet.
Past finals
Men's Singles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | T.A. Airey | ? | ? |
| 1903 | Georges Patry | ? | ? |
| 1906 | Algernon Kingscote | Walter Crawley | 6-4, 10-8, 2-6, 6-8, 9-7 |
| 1913 | Otto Froitzheim | Friedrich Rahe | 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1916 | Charles Martin | Victor de Coubasch | ? |
| 1918 | Charles Martin (2) | Charles August Sundt | ? |
| 1919 | Charles Martin (3) | Maurice Turrettini | ? |
| 1922 | Jean Borotra | Umberto de Morpurgo | 6-2,6-2, 6-4 |
| 1923 | Umberto de Morpurgo | Henning Larsen | 6-3, 6-1, 6-8, 8-6 |
| 1924 | Umberto de Morpurgo (2) | Roger Danet | 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1925 | Bela Von Kehrling | Ludwig von Salm | 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1926 | Hans Moldenhauer | Hector Fisher | 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1927 | Hans Moldenhauer (2) | Hector Fisher | 6-1, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 |
| 1928 | Erik Worm | René de Buzelet | 6-1, 6-1, 1-6, 6-1 |
| 1929 | Erik Worm (2) | George O'Connell | 7-5, 6-0, 6-3 |
| 1930 | Jack Crawford | Emmanuel du Plaix | 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 |
| 1931 | Hector Fisher | Charles Aeschlimann | 6-0, 7-5, 6-3 |
| 1932 | Hector Fisher (2) | Erik Worm | 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-0 |
| 1933 | Hector Fisher (3) | Werner Menzel | 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3 |
| 1934 | Emmanuel du Plaix | Hermann Artens | 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, retd. |
| 1935 | Max Ellmer | Jacques Jamain | 7-5, 6-3, 6-1 |
Women's Singles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | Miss White | M. Bullock | 6-2 8-6 |
| 1911 | Dagmar von Krohn | Marie Danet | 6-3 6-1 |
| 1912 | Miss Chenery | Mrs Swaine | 6-0 6-0 |
| 1913 | M. Martin | Claire Bardot | 6-2 6-2 |
| 1914 | Margaret Tripp | Miss Chenery | 6-4 6-2 |
| 1917 | Mme Donald | Mlle Tecklenburg | 6-1 6-0 |
| 1924 | Germaine Golding | Marie Danet | 6-0 6-1 |
| 1926 | Ilse Friedleben | Germaine Golding | 6-4 6-1 |
| 1927 | Cilly Aussem | Marie Conquet | 6-2 6-3 |
| 1928 | Cilly Aussem (2) | Ilse Friedleben | ? |
| 1929 | Ilse Friedleben (2) | Lucia Valerio | 5-7 6-2 12-10 |
| 1930 | Cilly Aussem (3) | Elizabeth Ryan | default |
| 1931 | Lolette Payot | Ilse Friedleben | 6-4 4-6 6-4 |
| 1932 | Lolette Payot (2) | Doris Metaxa | 6-3 6-8 6-3 |
| 1933 | Lolette Payot (3) | Hélène Haran | 8-6 7-5 |
| 1934 | Lolette Payot (4) | Simonne Mathieu | 6-3 6-2 |
| 1935 | Lolette Payot (5) | Ilse Friedleben | 6-3 6-2 |
References
- ^ All about Switzerland. Zurich: Schweizerische Bundesbahnen. 1933. p. 15.
- ^ Die Schweiz: la Suisse; la Svizzera; Switzerland (in German). Zurich Switzerland: Swiss National Tourist Office. 1967. p. 67.
- ^ "Tournament – Lac Léman Championships (Grand Hôtel)". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ "THE CHATEAU OP MOLE: The Swies Lawn Tennis Association send me their fixtures list for 1910 tournaments, which comprise eighteen meetings, most of which last about a week". The Queen. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 9 April 1910. p. 59. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
- ^ "LE CLUB HISTOIRE". montreux-tennis-club.ch. Montreux Tennis Club. Retrieved 3 April 2023.