The Riviera Championships also known as the Championship of the Riviera and informally known as the French Riviera Championships was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club,
[Town and Country (1937)] Menton
Menton (; , written ''Menton'' in classical norm or ''Mentan'' in Mistralian norm; it, Mentone ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera, close to the Italian border.
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France
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on clay courts from 1902 until 1976.
History
The Riviera Championships also known as the Championship of the Riviera was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club, Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on clay courts. The first edition was inaugurated on 22 March 1902, the tournament ran until 1975. In 1904 a mixed doubles event was scheduled.
The tournament was part of the
French Riviera circuit
The French Riviera Circuit also called the French Riviera Winter Circuit was a series of international amateur tennis tournaments held on the French Riviera usually beginning at the end of the preceding year around late December through the end of ...
tennis tour, which was series of international amateur tennis events held on the
French Riviera
The French Riviera (known in French as the ; oc, Còsta d'Azur ; literal translation " Azure Coast") is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France. There is no official boundary, but it is usually considered to extend fro ...
, usually starting at the end of the preceding year around late December, through until the end of April.
Finals
Men's Singles
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Men's Doubles
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Women's Singles
Mix Doubles
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References
Sources
* American Lawn Tennis. (1939). New York: American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company.
* Auckland Star. National Library of New Zealand. 4 May 1906.
* Paret, Jahial Parmly; Allen, J. P.; Alexander, Frederick B.; Hardy, Samuel (1906). Spalding's tennis annual . New York: American sports publishing company.
* The Press Newspaper. National Library of New Zealand. 25 April 1913.
* The Northern Times. Carnarvon, WA: National Library of Australia.
* The Press Newspaper. National Library of New Zealand. 25 April 1913.
* Town & Country. New York, United States: Hearst Corporation. 1932.
* Writers, Staff. "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". Steve G Tennis. stevegtennis.com.
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Clay court tennis tournaments
Defunct tennis tournaments in France