The Cairo Championships[1] or Championships of Cairo was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded circa 1932. It was played in Cairo, Egypt. The tournament ran until 1972.
| Cairo Championships Championships of Cairo | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Abolished | 1972 |
| Location | Cairo, Egypt |
| Venue | Tawfikiya Tennis Club Gezira Sporting Club |
| Surface | Clay |
History
editThe Cairo Championships or sometimes called Championships of Cairo was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded circa 1932. The championships were first played at the Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt.[2] In the 1950s the tournament was held at Tawfikiya Tennis Club (f. 1896), Cairo, before returning to the Gezira Sporting Club. The tournament was staged until the early 1970s.
Finals
editMen's singles
edit(incomplete roll)
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  Franjo Punčec |
 Adly Shafei |
7-5 6-4 |
| 1949 |  Frank Parker |
Budge Patty |
6-2 9-7 8-6 |
| 1954 | Adly Shafei |
Daniel Acobas |
4-6 7-5 6-3 5-7 6-1 |
| 1955 |  Trevor Fancutt |
 Bernard Destremau |
6-2 3-6 6-4 |
| 1966 |  Fathi Mohammed Ali |
Mootaz Sombol |
6-3 6-2 3-6 6-4 |
| Open era | |||
| 1968 | Ismail El Shafei |
Abdel Ghani Mohammed |
6-2 6-3 6-1 |
| 1972 | Aly El Dawoudi |
Ibrahim Mahmoud |
7-5 3-6 6-4 6-4 |
Women's Singles
edit(incomplete roll)
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 |  Lavender Letts-Campbell |
 Mabel Davy Clayton |
0-6, 6-1, 7-5 |
| 1935 | Helen Jacobs |
 Liesl Herbst |
6-1, 6-2 |
| 1937 |  Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling |
Simone Mathieu |
6-2, 6-0 |
| 1939[3] | / Josephine R. Harman |
Rita Jarvis |
6-4, 6-0. |
| 1954 | Betsy Abbas |
 Esther Saul |
4-6, 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1957[4] |  Suzy Kormoczi |
 Edda Buding |
10-8, 1-6, 7-6 |
| Open era | |||
| 1970 |  Olga Morozova |
 Marcela Barochova |
6-3, 6-3 |
| 1972 | Odile de Roubin |
Marina Chuvirina |
6-3, 1-6, 6-1 |
References
edit- ^ Robertson, Max (1974). "Egypt". The Encyclopedia of Tennis. New York City: Viking Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-670-29408-4.
- ^ Robertson, Max (1974)
- ^ "All-British Tennis Final In Cairo: In an All-British final in the women's singles in the Cairo lawn tennis championships yesterday Miss J R. Harman. the Irish player, beat Miss R. Jarvis. 6-4, 6-0" (Subscription). Weekly Dispatch (London). London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 26 March 1939. p. 21. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. Brooklyn, New York.: KTAV Publishing House, Inc. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-60280-013-7.