# Beausoleil Championships

The Beausoleil Championships also known as the Monte Carlo Third Meeting or Monte Carlo Easter Tournament was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1910. The tournament was played at the La Festa Country Club, Hyères, France as part of the French Riviera Circuit. It was played annually until 1970 when it was discontinued.

## History

The first Beausoleil Championships were played between 18 and 30 March 1921 at the La Festa Country Club, Monte Carlo, Monaco. In 1929 the La Festa Country Club changed its name to the Monte Carlo Country Club. It was staged annually until 1970 when it was discontinued.
The first winner of the men's singles title was England's Jack Hillyard. The first winner of the women's singles was the French international Suzanne Lenglen. The finals men's singles champion was France's Georges Goven, and the final women's singles champion was Hungary's Katalin Borka.

## Finals
### Men's singles

(Incomplete Roll)
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 1921 | Jack Montagu Hillyard | Charles Aeschlimann | 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2 |
| 1922 | Charles Aeschlimann | Alain Gerbault | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1923 | Brame Hillyard | Charles Aeschlimann | 8–6, 6–8, 6–0, 8–6 |
| 1924 | Charles Aeschlimann (2) | Brame Hillyard | 6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 1925 | Henry Mayes | Brame Hillyard | 6–1, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1926 | Umberto De Morpurgo | Brame Hillyard | 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1927 | Erik Worm | Charles Aeschlimann | 6–4, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1928 | René Lacoste | Henry Mayes | 5–7, 2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6 |
| 1929 | Erik Worm (2) | Wilbur Coen | 6–2, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3 |
| 1930 | Bill Tilden II | Jean Lesueur | 6–1, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1931 | Jiro Sato | Marcel Bernard | 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1932 | Benny Berthet | George Lyttleton Rogers | 4–6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1933 | Jiro Sato (2) | Ryosuke Nunoi | 0–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1934 | Wilmer Moore Hines | Max Ellmer | 6–4, 6–4, 7–5 |
| 1935 | Jack Crawford | Vivian McGrath | 3-1 sets |
| 1936 | Valentino Taroni | Paul Féret | 6–2, 5–7, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5 |
| 1937 | Adam Baworowski | Marcel Bernard | 6–2, 3–6, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 1938 | Bernard Destremau | Jacques Jamain | 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1939 | Paul Féret | Bernard Destremau | 6–1, 6–3, 8–6 |
| 1942 | Yvon Petra | Robert Abdesselam | 6–4, 1–6, 10–8 |
| 1943/1945 | Not held (due to world war two) | Not held (due to world war two) | Not held (due to world war two) |
| 1946 | Yvon Petra (2) | Raphaël Patorni | 6–0, 6–2 |
| 1947 | Yvon Petra (3) | Gianni Cucelli | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1948 | Budge Patty | Fred Kovaleski | 1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1951 | Jaroslav Drobný | Jean Borotra | 6–4, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1957 | Jacques Brichant | István Gulyás | 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1961 | Nicola Pietrangeli | Boro Jovanović | 6–4, 6–4 |
| ↓ Open era ↓ ||||
| 1969 | Georges Goven | François Jauffret | 7–5, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 1970 | Georges Goven (2) | Daniel Contet | 5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 |

### Women's singles

(Incomplete Roll)
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 1921 | Suzanne Lenglen | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 6–1, 6–0 |
| 1922 | Suzanne Lenglen (2) | Eleanor Goss | 6–0, 6–0 |
| 1923 | Lilí Álvarez | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 1924 | Phyllis Howkins Covell | Lilí Álvarez | 5–7, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1925 | Phyllis Satterthwaite | Domini Elliadi Crosfield | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1926 | Lilí Álvarez (2) | Phyllis Satterthwaite | w.o. |
| 1927 | Lilí Álvarez (3) | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 6–0, 6–2 |
| 1928 | Lilí Álvarez (4) | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 6–2, 7–5 |
| 1929 | Simone Passermard Mathieu | Sylvia Jung Lafaurie | 6–3, 1–6, 6–4 |
| 1930 | Lilí Álvarez (5) | Josane Sigart | 3–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
| 1931 | Cilly Aussem | Lilí Álvarez | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1932 | Lolette Payot | Simone Passermard Mathieu | 5–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1933 | Sylvie Jung Henrotin | Cilly Aussem | 6–2, 8–10, 6–3 |
| 1934 | Sylvie Jung Henrotin (2) | Dorothy Andrus Burke | 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1935 | Simone Passermard Mathieu (2) | Lilí Álvarez | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1936 | Simone Passermard Mathieu (3) | Edith Belliard | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1937 | Alice Weiwers | Colette Rosambert Boegner | 8–6, 6–1 |
| 1938 | Simone Passermard Mathieu (4) | Alice Weiwers | 6–4, 6–0 |
| 1939 | Simone Passermard Mathieu (5) | Iris Hutchings | 6–0, 6–0 |
| 1942 | Alice Weiwers (2) | Aimée Charpenel | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1943/1945 | Not held (due to world war two) | Not held (due to world war two) | Not held (due to world war two) |
| 1951 | Angela Mortimer | Althea Gibson | 7–5, 6–3 |
| 1954 | Shirley Bloomer | Joan Curry | 8–6, 6–0 |
| ↓ Open era ↓ ||||
| 1969 | Peaches Bartkowicz | Vlasta Vopičková | 6–0, 6–3 |
| 1970 | Katalin Borka | Marijke Schaar | 6–4, 6–2 |