The Bordighera Championship [1] was a combined clay court tennis tournament held at the Bordighera Lawn Tennis Club(f.1878),[2] Bordighera, Liguria, Italy from 1913 to 1952.
| Bordighera Championship | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Founded | 1913 |
| Abolished | 1952 |
| Location | Bordighera, Liguria, Italy |
| Venue | Bordighera LTC |
| Surface | Clay |
History
editThe Bordighera Lawn Tennis Club was formally established in 1878 with the help of the Bishop of London John Jackson who chaired a committee of British expatriates,[3] who were resident in Bordighera at that time to provide funds for the construction of the tennis behind the English Church.[3] (this was the first tennis club in Italy).[4] In 1913 the Bordighera Championship was established.[5]
In 1939 at the outset of World War II the British community living in Bordighera left, and international players abandoned the tournament.[3] Following the war the tournament continued as a local event for Italian players, and the championship was last staged in 1952, the men's singles was won by Orlando Sirola.[6]
Notable winners of this tournament included in the men's singles; Anthony Wilding (1914), Jack Hillyard (1922–1924), Erik Worm (1927–1928), Giorgio de Stefani (1928), George Lyttleton Rogers (1931),[7] Giovanni Palmieri (1932, 1934, 1936–1937), Jean Le Sueur (1935, 1938) and Henner Henkel (1939).[6]
Former notable winners of women's singles title included; Phyllis Carr Satterthwaite (1922–1923, 1926, 1929), Elizabeth Ryan (1927–1928), Dorothy Holman (1925), Joan Ridley (1928–30), Ilse Friedleben (1931) and Simonne Mathieu (1935) and Gracyn Wheeler Kelleher (1939).[6]
References
edit- ^ The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes. London: Longmans, Green and Company. 1913. p. 221.
- ^ "Bordighera Lawn Tennis Club 1878 - BLTC1878 - Il Tennis piu' antico d'Italia". www.tennisbordighera.it. Bordighera Lawn Tennis Club. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ a b c Bordighera LTC
- ^ Whitehouse, Rosie (2013). Bradt Liguria. Chalfont Saint Peter, United Kingdom: Bradt Travel Guides. p. 36. ISBN 978-1-84162-473-0.
- ^ Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes
- ^ a b c Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Bordighera". www.tennisarchives.com. Netherlands: Tennis Archives. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
- ^ Tennis". Le Figaro. 20 March 1931. p. 7.
Sources
edit- Bordighera Lawn Tennis Club 1878 - BLTC1878 - Il Tennis piu' antico d'Italia". www.tennisbordighera.it. Bordighera Lawn Tennis Club.
- Le Figaro Newspaper. (20 March 1931). Paris, France.
- Nieuwland, Alex. "Tournament – Bordighera". www.tennisarchives.com. Netherlands: Tennis Archives.
- The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes. London: Longmans, Green and Company. 1913.
- Whitehouse, Rosie (2013). Bradt Liguria. Chalfont Saint Peter, United Kingdom: Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-473-0.