Championships of Hyères

Championships of Hyères
Championnats de Hyères
Defunct tennis tournament
TourFrench Riviera Circuit
Founded1910; 114 years ago (1910)
Abolished1930; 94 years ago (1930)
LocationHyères, France
VenueHyères Lawn Tennis Club, Hyères New Courts Tennis Club
SurfaceClay

The Championships of Hyères [1] or Championnats de Hyères was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1910. The tournament was played at the Hyères Lawn Tennis Club,[2] Hyères, France as part of the French Riviera Circuit. It was played annually until 1930 when it was discontinued.

History

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The first Championships of Hyères were played between 31 March and 6 April 1910 at the Hyères Lawn Tennis Club located within the Golf Hôtel, Hyères, France.[3] The championships continued to be held annually at the Hyères LTC until 1927 when it was relocated to the Hyères New Courts Tennis Club for the duration of its run in 1930 when it was discontinued.

The first winner of the men's singles title was Englands's John Mason Flavelle.[3] The first winner of the women's singles was the Greek then later French international Régine Lidoriki Vlasto. The finals men's singles champion was Germany's Johann Philip Buss,[3] and the final women's singles champion was France's Doris Metaxa

Finals

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Men's singles

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(incomplete list)

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1910[3] United Kingdom John Mason Flavelle France Antoine P. Vlasto 6–2, 6–4 ret.
1911[3] United Kingdom Fredric Samuel Warburg France Pierre Blanchenay w.o.
1912[3] Austria-Hungary Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten France Henri Armand Resuge 8–6, 6–4, 6–2
1913[3] United Kingdom Hope Crisp France Alain Léon André Resuge 6–0, 6–1
1914[3] United Kingdom Francis Gordon Lowe United Kingdom Arthur Wallis Myers w.o.
1915/1919 Not held (due to world war one)
1920[3] United Kingdom Francis Gordon Lowe (2) France Alain Gerbault 6–4, 6–0, 6–1
1921[3] United Kingdom Francis Gordon Lowe (3) United Kingdom Jack Montagu Hillyard 6–1, 6–0, 4–0, ret.
1922[3] France Alain Léon André Resuge United Kingdom Jack Montagu Hillyard 6–1, 6–4, 8–6
1923[3] United Kingdom Jack Montagu Hillyard United Kingdom Brame Hillyard 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1924[3] United Kingdom Jack Montagu Hillyard (2) United Kingdom Ernest Talbot Thomas Lamb 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1925[3] France Jean-Bernard Jauréguiberry United Kingdom Eric Harvey 6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
1926 Not held
1928[3] France Jacques Brugnon Austria Franz-Wilhelm Matejka 5–7, 4–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–2
1929[3] Germany Johann Philip Buss France Henri Reynaud 5–7, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1930[3] Germany Johann Philip Buss (2) France Henri Reynaud 5–7, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2

Women's singles

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(incomplete list)

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1910 France Régine Lidoriki Vlasto United Kingdom Mrs J.B. Perrett 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1911 United Kingdom Emmeline Ward Warburg France Régine Lidoriki Vlasto 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1912 United Kingdom Mrs J.B. Perrett United Kingdom Helen Reckitt Flavelle 6–4, 6–2
1913 United Kingdom E.M. White United Kingdom M. Towler 6–2, 6–4
1914 United Kingdom E.M. White (2) United States Elizabeth Ryan 5–1, retd.
1915/1919 Not held (due to world war one)
1920 United Kingdom Geraldine Beamish United Kingdom Mary Macartney 6–0, 6–0
1921 United Kingdom Blanche Colston United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite default
1922 United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite United Kingdom Madeline Fisher O'Neill 6–2, 6–1
1923 United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite (2) United Kingdom Lesley Cadle 6–0, 6–1
1924 United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite (3) United Kingdom Phyllis Howkins Covell 6–3, 6–1
1925 France Cosette Saint-Omer-Roy France Claude Garfit 6–3, 6–1
1926 Not held
1927 United Kingdom Mary Harland United Kingdom Betty Lewis 6–1, 6–1
1928 Australia Esna Boyd United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite 8–6 ret.
1929 France Doris Metaxa France Régine Vlasto 6–3, 3–6, 6–2

References

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  1. ^ "Amateur Sports Fixtures". Town & Country. New York: Hearst Corporation. 1927. p. 20.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Tournaments:Championships of Hyères". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved July 24, 2023.