The Pau Championships or Championnats de Pau was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament was founded in 1890 as the Pau International Tournament and also known as the Tournoi International de Pau. The tournament was first played in Trinquet Club de Beaumont, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.[1] It was played annually till 1927.[1]

Championnats de Pau
Pau Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
(1913–27)
Founded1890; 134 years ago (1890)
Abolished1927; 97 years ago (1927)
LocationBillère
Pau
Tarbes
VenueTrinquet Club de Beaumont
Tennis Club Pau
SurfaceClay / outdoor

History

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In 1887 the Lawn Tennis Trinquet Club de Beaumont (later renamed as the Pau Tennis Club).[2][3] In 1890 it organised and open international tennis event then called the Pau International Tournament.[1] In 1902 the tournaments name was changed to the Pyrenees Championships.[1] In 1906 the events name was altered again to the Basses-Pyrénées Championships.[1] by the late 1920s the tournament was branded under the name Championnats de Pau or Pau Championships.[1] In 1920 the Trinquet Club de Beaumont to Tennis Club Pau.[4] The tournament was held in various locations such as Billère, Pau, and Tarbes.[1]

Successor tournaments being held in Pau include and the most recent being an ATP Challenger event founded in 2019 called the Teréga Open Pau–Pyrénées for sponsorship reasons,[5] or simply known as the Pau–Pyrénées Open.

Finals

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Men's singles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1894   Victor Voss   Manliffe Goodbody 6–4, 7–5.[1]
1897   Albert F. Philippe de Luze   Paul Lebreton 6–3, 2–6, 6–1.[1]
1909   Jean Cintrat   Édouard Derazey 6–3, 6–1.[1]
1912   Max Decugis   Jean Montariol 2–6, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1921   Nicolae Mishu   Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh 6–3, 6–1.[1]

Women's singles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1890   Edith Austin   May Geary def
1903   Mrs Russell-Davies   Mlle. d'Elva 6–2, 6–0
1905   Mlle. d'Elva   Mme. Donne 6–0, 6–0
1906   Mlle. d'Elva   Mlle. Vansittart 6–2 6–1
1927   Marguerite Broquedis   Bella Pons 6–4, 2–6, 7–5

Mixed doubles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1905   Albert F. Philippe de Luze
  Mlle. d'Elva
  Jose de Olozabal
  Comtesse de Miramon
6–3, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1906   André Jousselin
  Comtesse de Miramon
  Pierre Portes
  Mlle. d'Elva
6–3, 6–3, 6–2.[1]

Event names

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In French

  • Tournoi International de Pau (1890-1899)
  • Championnat dés Pyrénées (1901–05, 1907–11)
  • Championnat dés Basses-Pyrénées (1906)
  • Championnats de Pau (1912–27)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Tournaments:Pyrenees Championships - Pau Championships". The Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  2. ^ City of Pau Pau Pyrénées Tourisme (2016) History of the Pau Tennis Club.
  3. ^ Heathcote, John Moyer (1891). "History of the Court, Racquet and Ball". Tennis. London: Longmans, Green. p. 22.
  4. ^ City of Pau Pau Pyrénées Tourisme (2016)
  5. ^ "Pau: Overview". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 10 January 2024.