The Dinard International also known as the Dinard Championships or Championnats de Dinard and also known as the Dinard Cup or Coupe de Dinard was a combined men's and women's open clay court tennis tournament established in 1889 and was first played at the Tennis Club de Dinard, Dinard,

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. The tournament became part of ILTC Circuit and was staged until 1968.

History

On 25 April 1879 the Dinard Lawn Tennis Club was founded and in 1886 it began to organise competitions. In September 1889 it established an open international tournament that quickly grew in importance and prestige. In the early years of the event a

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was in play the with the men's players competing for the Dinard Challenge Cup, a challenge round for women was in place from 1903 to 1907. Tournaments winners at first was mainly dominated by players from Great Britain and Ireland until just before the start of World War I, when the first French winner of the gentlemen's singles was Max Decugis in 1910. The French women were somewhat more successful their first singles title winner was

Yvonne Prévost Paule Marie Yvonne Prévost Boppe (8 June 1878 – 3 March 1942) was a French tennis player at the end of the 19th century. She won the French Women's Singles Championship in 1900.

in 1899. The most successful players were Britain's Wilberforce Eaves won the men's event ten times, and French player

Suzanne Devé Suzanne Devé (14 December 1901 – 12 April 1994), also known by her married name Suzanne Desloges, was a French tennis player who was active in the 1920s. She reached the doubles final at the 1928 French Championships with compatriot Sylvie ...

who won the women's singles event six times. The tournament was not held during

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from 1914 to 1918. During the

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it was not held from 1940 to 1945. The event ran until 1968 when it was discontinued as part of the ILTF World Circuit.

References

{{Reflist, 2 Clay court tennis tournaments Defunct tennis tournaments in France