# Alassio International

The Alassio International or Internazionale di Alassio was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1925 at Alassio, Liguria, Northern Italy. The tournament was staged at the Hanbury Tennis Club (f.1923) until 1940, and was part of the Italian Riviera circuit of tennis tournaments.

## History

In 1923 Daniel Hanbury founded the "Hanbury Tennis Club" with a historic Club House, opened by the great tennis player Henry Lacoste. The Alassio International tennis tournament was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1925 at Savona, Liguria, Northern Italy. The tournament was staged until 1940.
This tournament held two versions of the event the most important being the spring edition usually held in April, and a second but brief Alassio International Summer Tournament held a few times in the early 1930s. The tournament was staged until 1940 when it ended due to World War II.
Former winners of the men's singles included; Placido Gaslini (1925), Jacques Brugnon (1929), Pat Hughes (1930), Béla von Kehrling (1932), Giovanni Palmieri (1933–1936), Vojtěch Vodička (1937) and Francesco Romanoni (1940). The women's single was previously won by Dorothy Holman (1925), Lucia Valerio (1928, 1930), Dorothy Andrus (1932), Cilly Aussem (1934) and Gracyn Wheeler (1939).

## Venue

The Alassio International was held at the Hanbury Tennis Club (f.1923) by Daniel Hanbury. It encompasses twelve thousand square meters of greenery surrounding the 7 tennis courts, the elegant colonial-style club house.

## Finals
### Men's singles

(* denotes spring edition ** denotes summer edition)
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| 1925 | Placido Gaslini | Roberto Bocciardo | 6–3, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1926 | W. Cumming | Daniel Hanbury | 6–4, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 1927 | J. Davidson | Mr. Jonides | 6–3, 7–5, 6–1 |
| 1928 * | Mr. du Peloux | Mario Sertorio | 6–3, 7–9, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 1928 ** | Placido Gaslini (2) | Roberto Bocciardo | 6–1 , 6–3, 7–9, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 1929 | Jacques Brugnon | Pat Hughes | 6–3, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1930 | Pat Hughes | Hira-Lal Soni | 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1931 | Roberto Bocciardo | George William Grounsell | 7–5, 2–6, 3–6, 6–1 |
| 1932 | Bela Von Kehrling | George Lyttleton Rogers | 6–2, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1933 * | Jimmy Jones | Ferruccio Quintavalle | 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1933 ** | Giovanni Palmieri | Giuseppe Bacigalupo | 6–1, 6–4, 8–6 |
| 1934 * | Giovanni Palmieri (2) | Emanuele Sertorio | 6–4, 6–0, 6–2 |
| 1934 ** | Placido Gaslini (3) | Roberto Bocciardo | 6–3, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1935 | Giovanni Palmieri (3) | Augusto Rado | 4–6, 6–0, 6–1, 6–0 |
| 1936 | Giovanni Palmieri (4) | Kay Lund | 6–3, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1937 | Vojtěch Vodička | E. Ambros | 6–3, 6–3, 11–9 |
| 1938 | Emil Gabori | Boris Maneff | 6–8, 6–4, 6–1, 6–8, 6–1 |
| 1939 | Gianni Cucelli | Franjo Punčec | 8–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 1940 | Francesco Romanoni | Josip Palada | 6–0, 6–2, 6–4 |

### Women's singles

(* denotes spring edition ** denotes summer edition)
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| 1925 | Dorothy Holman | Coela Pryce-Harrison | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1927 | Ida Quintavalle | Carla Isotta | 9–7, 6–3 |
| 1928 | Lucia Valerio | Claire Beckingham | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1929 | N. Hunt | S. de la Prynne | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 1930 * | Lucia Valerio (2) | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1930 ** | J. Ionides | Miss Bettramine | 0–6, 7–5, 9–7 |
| 1932 | Dorothy Andrus Burke | Ilse Weihermann Friedleben | 6–0, 9–7 |
| 1933 | Elizabeth Ryan | Ucci Manzutto | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1934 | Cilly Aussem | Elizabeth Ryan | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1935 | Edith Belliard | Cilly Aussem | 6–3, 1–6, 6–3 |
| 1936 | Minni Hein Muller | Trude Wolf | 6–1, 7–9, 6–1 |
| 1938 | Minni Hein Muller (2) | Klara Hammer Beutter | 6–4, 5–7, 6–2 |
| 1939 | Gracyn Wheeler | Klara Somogyi | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 1940 | Hella Kovac | Alice Florian | 6–2, 7–5 |