# Riviera Championships

The Riviera Championships also known as the Championship of the Riviera or the French Riviera Championships or Menton International was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club, Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on clay courts from 1902 until 1976 and again in 1978.

## History

The Riviera Championships also known as the Championship of the Riviera was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club, Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on clay courts. The first edition was inaugurated on 22 March 1902, the tournament ran until 1975. In 1904 a mixed doubles event was scheduled.
The tournament was part of the French Riviera circuit tennis tour, which was series of international amateur tennis events held on the French Riviera, usually starting at the end of the preceding year around late December, through until the end of April. The tournament was known as the Riviera Championships until 1942. Following World War II the event was suspended until 1950 after which it took on the denomination as the Menton International Championships or simply Menton International.

## Finals
### Men's singles

    Incomplete Roll
Riviera Championships :
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 1902 | William le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle | Charles Gladstone Allen | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 7–5 |
| 1903 | Roy Allen | ? | ? |
| 1904 | Major Ritchie | Roy Allen | 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1905 | Major Ritchie (2) | Roy Allen | 6–2, 4–6, 6–4, ret. |
| 1906 | Anthony Wilding | Major Ritchie | 6–1, 6–4, 6–0 |
| 1907 | Major Ritchie (3) | George Simond | 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1908 | Major Ritchie (4) | Anthony Wilding | 1–6, 6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 8–6 |
| 1909 | Fred Alexander | Major Ritchie | 6–4, 6–2, 3–0, ret. |
| 1910 | Max Decugis | Major Ritchie | 4-2, ret. |
| 1911 | Anthony Wilding (2) | Max Decugis | 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3 |
| 1912 | Roy Allen | Arthur Wallis Myers | 6–0, 3–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–0 |
| 1913 | Anthony Wilding (3) | Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe | 6–2, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1914 | Anthony Wilding (4) | Gordon Lowe | 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1915/1918 | Not held (due to world war one) | Not held (due to world war one) | Not held (due to world war one) |
| 1919 | Nicolae Mishu | Max Decugis | 6–3, 6–2, 10–12, 2–6, 7-5 |
| 1920 | Nicolae Mishu (2) | Gordon Lowe | 4-3, ret. |
| 1921 | Gordon Lowe | Alain Gerbault | 6–1, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1922 | Rupert Wertheim | P. Marsden | 6–2, 6–1, 6–4 |
| 1923 | Gordon Lowe (2) | F. R. L. Crawford | 6–2, 6–3, 7–5 |
| 1924 | Gordon Lowe (3) | Uberto De Morpurgo | 6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 6–2 |
| 1925 | Gordon Lowe (4) | Uberto De Morpurgo | 6–2, 6–0, 4–6, 7–5 |
| 1926 | Henri Cochet | Béla von Kehrling | 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 3–6, 8–6 |
| 1927 | Uberto De Morpurgo | Béla von Kehrling | 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1928 | Béla von Kehrling | Erik Worm | 6–1, 8–6, 1–6, 6–3 |
| 1929 | Béla von Kehrling (2) | Franz-Wilhelm Matejka | 6–4, 7–5, 6–1 |
| 1930 | Bill Tilden | Jacques Brugnon | 10–8, 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, 6–1 |
| 1931 | Béla von Kehrling (3) | E. Garcia | 6–2, 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1932 | Roderich Menzel | André Merlin | 6–3, 6–0, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 1933 | André Martin-Legeay | Gottfried von Cramm | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 1934 | Giorgio de Stefani | André Martin-Legeay | 8–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1935 | Josef Caska | Wilmer Hines | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1936 | Jean Lesueur | Norcross S. Tilney | 6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 5–7, 6–1 |
| 1937 | Kalle Schröder | Kazimierz Tarlowski | 8–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1938 | Kalle Schröder (2) | Valentino Taroni | 6–3, 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1939 | Franjo Punčec | Hans Redl | 11–9, 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1940/1945 | Not held (due to world war two) | Not held (due to world war two) | Not held (due to world war two) |
| Menton International Championships ||||
| 1954 | Eduardo Argon | Alexandre-Athenase Noghès | 6–3, 6–4, 9–7 |
| 1955 | Władysław Skonecki | Paul Rémy | 6–1, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1957 | Andrés Gimeno | Sergio Jacobini | 6–3, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 1958 | Jacques Brichant | Paul Rémy | 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1959 | Billy Knight | István Gulyás | 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1960 | Jacques Brichant (2) | Robert Haillet | 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 1–6, 6–1 |
| 1961 | Jacques Brichant (3) | Antonio Maggi | 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1962 | Juan Manuel Couder | William Álvarez | 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 |
| 1963 | István Gulyás | Pierre Barthès | 8–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Menton International ||||
| 1964 | Pierre Darmon | István Gulyás | 6–2, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1965 | István Gulyás (2) | Bob Carmichael | 6–4, 6–1, 6–3 |
| 1966 | István Gulyás (3) | Patrick Hombergen | 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 |
| 1967 | Dieter Schultheiss | Bernd Kube | 3-0 sets |
| 1968 | Alex Metreveli | Milan Holeček | 7–5, 6–4, 6–4 |
| ↓ Open era ↓ ||||
| 1969 | Géza Varga | Giuseppe Merlo | 6–0, 7–5 |
| 1975 | Bengt Lundstedt | Patrice Beust | 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 |
| French Riviera Invitation ||||
| 1978 | Bjorn Borg | Guillermo Vilas | 6–4, 6–3 |

### Men's doubles

    Incomplete Roll
Riviera Championships :
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 1908 | Major Ritchie George Simond | George de Bray Monsieur Jermoloff | 6–0, 6–1, 6–1 |

### Women's singles

Riviera Championships :
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 1902 | V. Henshaw | Miss Tomer | 6-3, 6-1 |
| 1903 | Mildred Brooksmith | ? | ? |
| 1904 | V. Henshaw (2) | Miss Rooke | 5–7, 6–2, 6–1 |
| 1905 | Amy Ransome | Vera Warden | 7-5, 8-6 |
| 1906 | Vera Warden | Amy Ransome | 8-6, 6-3 |
| 1907 | Rosamund Salusbury | Miss Hampshire | 7-5, 6-0 |
| 1908 | Maud Dillon | Evelyn Dillon | w.o. |
| 1909 | Rosamund Salusbury (2) | Alice Greene | w.o. |
| 1910 | Rosamund Salusbury (3) | Evelyn M. Froude Bellew | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1911 | Jessie Tripp | Rosamund Salusbury | 6–2, 6–8, 7–5 |
| 1912 | Mieken Rieck | Margaret Tripp | 1–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 1913 | Dagmar von Krohn | Madeline Fisher O'Neill | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1914 | Dorothea Douglass Chambers | Elizabeth Ryan | 6-2, 6-1 |
| 1915/1918 | Not held (due to world war one) | Not held (due to world war one) | Not held (due to world war one) |
| 1919 | Suzanne Lenglen | A. Doublet | 6-0, 6-1 |
| 1920 | Geraldine Ramsey Beamish | Sigrid Frenckell Fick | 6–1, 4–6, 6–2 |
| 1921 | Elizabeth Ryan | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1922 | Elizabeth Ryan (2) | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1923 | Suzanne Lenglen (2) | Kathleen McKane | 6-2, 7-5 |
| 1924 | Suzanne Lenglen (3) | Elizabeth Ryan | 7-5, 6-1 |
| 1925 | Elizabeth Ryan (3) | Honor Woolrych | 3–6, 6–0, 6–2 |
| 1926 | Helen Wills | Lili de Alvarez | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1927 | Elizabeth Ryan (4) | Dorothy Shaw | 6-4, 7-5 |
| 1928 | Lili de Alvarez | Lucia Valerio | 6-4, 7-5 |
| 1929 | Phyllis Howkins Covell | Cilly Aussem | 6-4, 9-7 |
| 1930 | Cilly Aussem | Simonne Mathieu | 9-7, 6-2 |
| 1931 | Phyllis Satterthwaite | Simonne Mathieu | 7-5, 6-4 |
| 1932 | Simonne Mathieu | Lucia Valerio | 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1933 | Simonne Mathieu (2) | Peggy Scriven | 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1934 | Sylvie Jung Henrotin | Lucia Valerio | 3–6, 6–3, 6–0 |
| 1935 | Simonne Mathieu (3) | Edith Belliard | 6-2, 6-1 |
| 1936 | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | Edith Belliard | 6-2, 6-1 |
| 1937 | Anita Lizana | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | 6–8, 8–6, 1–1 retired |
| 1938 | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | Hella Kovac | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1939 | Simone Iribarne Lafargue | Simonne Mathieu | 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1940/1950 | Not held (due to World War II) and women's event not held | Not held (due to World War II) and women's event not held | Not held (due to World War II) and women's event not held |
| Menton International Championships ||||
| 1951 | Hella Strecker | Vittoria Tonolli | 8–10, 9–7, 10-8 |
| 1952 | Joan Curry | Silvana Lazzarino | 6-1, 6-0 |
| 1953 | Inge Pohmann | Joan Curry | 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1954 | Joan Curry (2) | Shirley Bloomer | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1955 | Shirley Bloomer | Pat Ward | 6-3, 7-5 |
| 1956 | Shirley Bloomer (2) | Ilse Buding | 7-5, 6-4 |
| 1957 | Lucia Bassi | Susanah Prettejohn | 11-9, 6-0 |
| 1958 | Zsuzsa Körmöczy | Lucia Bassi | 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1959 | Flo de la Courtie | Lucia Bassi | 7-5, 6-1 |
| 1960 | Zsuzsa Körmöczy | Flo de la Courtie | 6-2, 6-3 |
| Menton International ||||
| 1961 | Mimi Arnold | Elizabeth Starkie | 5–7, 6–4, 6–0 |
| 1962 | Francesca Gordigiani | Hilde Schildknecht | 7–9, 9–7, 6–4 |
| 1963 | Jacqueline Rees-Lewis | Carole Rosser | 6–3, 4–6, 7–5 |
| 1964 | Jacqueline Rees-Lewis (2) | Christiane Mercelis | 4–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| 1965 | Gail Sherriff | Virginia Wade | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
| 1966 | Jill Blackman | Jacqueline Rees-Lewis | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1967 | Jacqueline Rees-Lewis Vives (3) | Roberta Beltrame | 6-1, 6-3 |
| 1968 | Gail Sherriff (2) | Vlasta Vopičková | 6-1, 6-0 |
| ↓ Open era ↓ ||||
| 1969 | Johanne Venturino | Ana Maria Cavadini | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1970 | Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (3) | Corinne Molesworth | 6-1, 6-2 |
| 1971 | Helga Niessen Masthoff | Corinne Molesworth | 7-5 2-6 7-5 |
| 1972 | Judith Szorenyi | Margareta Strandberg | 8-6, 6-3 |
| 1973 | Odile de Roubin | Monique Salfati-Di Maso | 7-5, 6-3 |
| 1975 | Elly Appel | Brigitte Simon | 4–6, 6–2, 6–0 |
| 1976 | Monique van Haver | Sabina Simmonds | 6–4, 5–7, 6–2 |

### Mix Doubles

    Incomplete Roll
Riviera Championships :
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 1904 | Charles Gladstone Allen Miss Bournd | Roy Allen Miss Powell | default |
| 1906 | Anthony Wilding Amy Ransome | Charles Gladstone Allen Agnes Morton | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1907 | Major Ritchie Rosamund Salusbury | George de Bray Mlle Kraminski | 6-0, 6-1 |