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Swiss International Championships

The Swiss International Championships[1] also called the International Swiss Championships or Championship of Switzerland or simply Swiss Championships was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament established by the Swiss Lawn Tennis Association, and first played at Grasshopper Club, Zurich, Switzerland in 1897. The championships were then held annually and alternated between different venues until 1967. In 1968 the tournament was renamed the Swiss Open International Championships or simply Swiss Open Championships and were then staged permanently at Gstaad. From 1977 the women's tournament was staged at Lausanne and was called the WTA Swiss Open, today that event is branded as the Ladies Open Lausanne.

Swiss International Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourMen's Amateur Tour (1877–1912)
Women's Amateur Tour (1877–1912)
ILTF Men's Amateur Tour (1913–1967)
ILTF Women's Amateur Tour (1913–1967)
ITF Independent Tour (1968–1967)
Founded1897
Abolished1967
LocationVarious, Switzerland
VenueVarious
Surfaceoutdoor (clay)

History edit

The first early edition of the Championship of Switzerland,[2] was played at the Grasshopper Club, Zurich, Switzerland under the auspices of the Swiss Lawn Tennis Association, the winner of the men's event was presented with a cup valued at 500 francs.[3] In 1898 the Swiss Lawn Tennis Association staged the event at Château-d'Œx. In 1899 an open women's singles event was added to the schedule, when the venue was still in St. Moritz. In 1968 the tournament continued into the open branded as the Swiss Open Championships and held permanently at Gstaad the men's event is still active today known as the Swiss Open. The women's event in 1968 was held at Lugano. In 1969 the women's then returned to Gstaad. In 1977 the women's tournament was rebranded as the WTA Swiss Open until 1981 when that event was moved to Lugano. The women's event today is known as the Ladies Open Lausanne held at Lausanne, Switzerland.

Former notable winners of men's singles include; André Vacherot (1903), George Simond (1905), R. Norris Williams (1911), Gottfried von Cramm (1934–1935), Kho Sin-Kie (1938), Jaroslav Drobný (1946), Roy Emerson (1959–1961, 1966–1967), Rod Laver (1962), Nicola Pietrangeli (1963) and Rafael Osuna (1964).

In the women's singles event notable winners include; Charlotte Cooper Sterry (1902), Adine Masson (1904), Elsie Lane (1907), Germaine Régnier Golding (1921–1922, 1924), Lolette Payot (1931, 1933–1934), Louis Brough (1950), Christine Truman (1959), Maria Bueno (1960) and Margaret Smith (1962, 1964).

Host locations edit

The Swiss International Championships were staged at the following locations throughout its run including Basel, Champéry, Geneva, Gstaad, Les Avants, Montreux, Lausanne, Lugano, Lucerne, Ragatz, St. Moritz, Zermatt, and Zurich from 1897 to 1967.

Finals edit

Men's singles edit

Incomplete roll[4]
Year Location Winner Runner-up Score
1897 Zurich   Paul Von Herz Hertenried   Francis Louis Fassitt ?
1898 Château-d'Œx   Robert Baldwin Hough[5]   Maurice Albert Turrettini 6–2, 6–2, 6–1
1899 St. Moritz   George Simond   Robert Baldwin Hough 6–0, 6–1
1900 Château-d'Œx   E.K. Harvey   Robert Baldwin Hough 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, ret.
1901 St. Moritz   Major Edmund Bela Joseph Harran   St. John Douglass Stewart 4–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–4
1902 Ragatz   Georges Patry   Robert Baldwin Hough 11–9, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1903 St. Moritz   André Vacherot ? ?
1904 Les Avants   Artimus Holmes   Georges Patry 6–0, 6–1, 6–4
1905 St. Moritz   George Simond (2)   St. John Douglass Stewart w.o.
1906 Montreux   Dunstan Rhodes   Les Poidevin w.o.
1907 St. Moritz   Otto Mario Widmann   E. Morris Hall 3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
1908 Château-d'Œx   Algernon Kingscote   Charles Gladstone Allen w.o.
1909 Geneva   George Kirkland Logie   Les Poidevin 3–6, 6–2, 11–9
1910 St. Moritz   Heinrich Kleinschroth   J. de K. Bowen 6–1, 6–2, 6–0
1911 Lucerne   R. Norris Williams   Heinrich Kleinschroth 6–2, 7–5, 6–0
1912 Montreux   Max Decugis   André Chancerel 8–6, 6–0, ret.
1913 St. Moritz   Robert Kleinschroth   Moritz von Bissing ?
1914 Not held
1915 Zermatt   Major Edmund Bela Joseph Harran Pierre Farjon 6–2, 6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1916 Zurich   Major Edmund Bela Joseph Harran (2) ? ?
1917 Lausanne   Major Edmund Bela Joseph Harran (3)   A. György Dungyersky 6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1918 Basel   Maurice Albert Turrettini ?
1919 Geneva   Paul de Borman   Armand Charles Simon 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1920 Zurich   Hans G. Syz ? ?
1921 Zurich   Maurice A. Ferrier ? ?
1922 St. Moritz   Jean Couiteas de Faucamberge   Léonce Aslangul 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
1923 Villars   Augustos Zerlendis ? ?
1924 Lucerne   W. Lasch   André Chancerel 6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1925 Champery   Willi Hannemann   Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten ?
1926 Geneva   Giorgio de Stefani   Charles Aeschlimann 6–2, 6–8, 6–3, 8–6
1927 Geneva   Jean Wuarin   Craig Campbell 6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1928 Zurich   A. Ernst   Will Ehrenreich 6–1, 6–8, 6–3, 6–4
1929 Geneva   Yoshiro Ota[6]   Erik Worm 4–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
1930 Lucerne   Hyotaro Sato[7]   Orestes Garangiotis 6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 6–4
1931 Montreux   Giorgio de Stefani (2)   Emanuele Sertorio 6–1, 6–2, 6–3
1932 Basel   Philippe Gajan   Max Ellmer 6–3, 1–6, 12–10, 9–7
1933 Geneva   Roland Journu   Charles Aeschlimann 7–5, 12–10, 6–4
1934 Lucerne   Gottfried von Cramm   Adam Baworowski 6–2, 6–0, 6–4
1935 Geneva   Gottfried von Cramm (2)   Max Ellmer 6–0, 6–3, 6–4
1936[8] Lucerne   Giorgio de Stefani   Kho Sin-Kie 6–1, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1937[8] Gstaad   Boris Maneff   Max Ellmer 6–3, 8–6, ret.
1938 Lucerne   Kho Sin-Kie   Roland Journu 6–1, 6–4
1939 Zurich   Francesco Romanoni   Christian Boussus 4–6, 6–1, 4–6, 9–7, 6–3
1940/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1946 Lucerne   Jaroslav Drobný   Marcello Del Bello 9–7, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1
1947 Geneva   Gianni Cucelli   Eric Sturgess 6–4 4–6 7–5 6–4
1948 The championships were held at Gstaad, but the semi-finals and final was not played
1949 Gstaad   Earl Cochell   Jaroslav Drobný 3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
1950[8] Lausanne   Eric Sturgess   Vic Seixas 6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2
1951 Lucerne   Leon Norgarb   Sydney Levy 9–7, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1952[9][8] Gstaad   Herbert Flam   Irvin Dorfman 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1953[8] Lugano   Rex Noel Hartwig   Władysław Skonecki 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1954[8] Gstaad   Lew Hoad   Neale Fraser 6–4, 11–9, 6–4
1955[8] Gstaad   Arthur Larsen   Enrique Morea 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
1956[8] Lugano   Neale Fraser   Ulf Schmidt 8–6 2–6 2–6 3–6 6–3
1957[10][8] Gstaad   Budge Patty   Jaroslav Drobný 3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1958[8] Gstaad   Ashley Cooper   Neale Fraser 2–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–3
1959[8] Lugano   Roy Emerson   Billy Knight 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1960 Gstaad   Roy Emerson (2)   Mike Davies 6–4, 9–7, 6–2
1961[8] Gstaad   Roy Emerson (3)   Luis Ayala 6–3, 6–1, 6–0
1962[11][8] Lugano   Rod Laver   Ramanathan Krishnan 6–4, 6–2
1963[8] Gstaad   Nicola Pietrangeli   Roy Emerson 7–5, 6–2, 6–2
1964[8] Gstaad   Thomaz Koch   Ronald Barnes 6–3, 6–1, 7–9, 7–5
1965[8] Lugano   Ion Țiriac   Fred Stolle divided title
1966[8] Gstaad   Roy Emerson (4)   Manuel Santana 5–7, 7–5, 6–3
1967[12] Gstaad   Roy Emerson (5)   Manuel Santana 6–2, 8–6, 6–4
Open era
For the open era event see Swiss Open

Women's singles edit

Incomplete roll
Year Location Winner Runner-up Score
1899 St. Moritz   Mildred Brooksmith   Miss Stephenson 6–1, 6–1
1900 Château-d'Œx   Mildred Brooksmith (2)   Adine Masson 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1901 St. Moritz   Mildred Brooksmith (3)   H. Couppa 6–0, 6–0
1902 Ragatz   Charlotte Cooper Sterry   Mlle Simon 6–1, 6–2
1903 St. Moritz   Yvonne Prévost   Domini Elliadi ?
1904 Les Avants   Adine Masson   Yvonne de Pfeffel 6–1, 6–4
1905 St. Moritz   Ruth Winch ? ?
1906 Montreux   Vera Warden   Rosamund Salusbury 6–8, 6–1, 6–3
1907 St. Moritz   Elsie Lane   Mrs Anderson w.o.
1908 Château-d'Œx   Virginia MacVeagh   Mildred Brooksmith w.o.
1909 Geneva   Aurea Edgington   Jeanne Matthey 6–1, 6–1
1910 St. Moritz   Aurea Edgington (2)   Jeanne Liebrechts 6–0, 6–3
1911 Lucerne   Aurea Edgington (3)   Germaine Régnier 6–0, 7–5
1912 Montreux   Aurea Edgington (4)   Domini Elliadi Crosfield 6–1, 6–4
1913 St. Moritz   Eveline Froude-Bellew Crundall-Punnett   Domini Elliadi Crosfield 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
1914 Not held
1915 Zermatt   Daisy Speranza   G. Matossian 6–3, 6–3
1916 Zurich   Magda Aranyi ? ?
1917 Lausanne  /  Renee de Morsier   Germaine Régnier Golding 6–4, 7–5
1918 Basel   Mme Prince   Blanche Müller ?
1919 Geneva   Anne de Selliers de Borman   Frl Kärcher 6–3, 6–3
1920 Zurich   Miss C. Lang ? ?
1921 Lausanne   Germaine Régnier Golding   Frau Froehlichen 6–1, 6–1
1922 St. Moritz   Germaine Régnier Golding (2)   Léonce Aslangul 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
1923 Villars   Madeleine de Prelle de la Nieppe ? ?
1924 Lucerne   Germaine Régnier Golding (3)   Miss Lane 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1925 Champery   Madeline Fisher O'Neill   Mrs Pitman ?
1926 Zurich   Elsebeth Brehm   Frau Steinfels 6–3, 6–1
1927 Lugano  Domini Elliadi Crosfield ? ?
1928 Zurich   Frau Steinfels   Emmy Schäublin 6–2, 6–3
1929 Geneva   Bella Dutton de Pons   Lolette Payot 6–3, 3–6, 9–7
1930 Lucerne   Ilse Friedleben   Lolette Payot 4–6, 6–2, 10–8
1931 Montreux   Lolette Payot   Lucia Valerio 6–4, 5–7, 6–3
1932 Basel   Rosie Berthet   Jacqueline Goldschmidt 6–2, 5–7, 6–2
1933 Geneva   Lolette Payot (2)   Paula Stuck 7–5, 6–2
1934 Lucerne   Lolette Payot (3)   Colette Rosambert 6–2, 8–6
1935 Geneva   Simone Passermard Mathieu   Colette Rosambert Boegner 6–2, 6–2
1936 Lucerne   Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling   Simone Passermard Mathieu 3–6, 6–3 6–1
1937 Gstaad   Simone Passermard Mathieu (2)   Arlette Halff 6–2, 6–4
1938 Lucerne   Arlette Halff   Hella Kovac 6–0, 7–5
1939 Zurich   Jadwiga Jędrzejowska   Arlette Halff 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1940/1945 Not held (due to world war two)
1946 Lucerne   Dodo Bundy   Nelly Adamson-Landry divided title
1947 Lausanne   Sheila Piercey Summers   Doris Hart 6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1948 Championships were held at Gstaad, but the semi-finals and final abandoned because of rain
1949 Gstaad   Sheila Piercey Summers (2)   Joan Curry 6–3, 6–3
1950 Lausanne   Louise Brough   Kay Tuckey 6–4, 6–2
1951 Lucerne   Nancye Wynne Bolton   Barbara Scofield Davidson 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1952 Gstaad   Dorothy Head   Erika Vollmer 6–2, 0–6, 6–2
1953 Lucerne   Barbara Scofield Davidson   Maria Josefa de Riba 4–6, 6–4, 7–5
1954 Gstaad   Violette Alvensleben-Rigollet   Pat Ward 6–1, 6–3
1955 Gstaad   Hazel Redick-Smith  Ruth Nathan Kaufmann 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
1956 Lugano   Beverly Baker Fleitz   Jenny Staley Hoad 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1957 Gstaad   Heather Nicholls Brewer   Sandra Reynolds 2–6, 7–5, 6–4
1958 Gstaad   Lorraine Coghlan   Yola Ramírez 3–6 6–2 6–0
1959 Lugano   Christine Truman   Yola Ramírez 8–6, 6–1
1960 Gstaad   Maria Bueno   Sandra Reynolds 6–2, 6–3
1961 Gstaad   Sandra Reynolds   Yola Ramírez 7–5, 6–3
1962 Lugano   Margaret Smith   Lesley Turner 6–2, 6–1
1963 Gstaad   Robyn Ebbern   Lesley Turner 6–3, 6–4
1964 Lausanne   Margaret Smith (2)   Jan Lehane 2–6, 8–6, 6–2
1965 Lugano   Norma Baylon   Edda Buding 1-1 sets, 5–5. rain stopped play
1966 Gstaad   Helga Schultze   Sonja Pachta 5–7, 7–5, 6–3
1967 Gstaad   Annette Van Zyl   Jan Lehane O'Neill 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Open era
For the open era event see WTA Swiss Open

References edit

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