Geneva International Championships

The Geneva International Championships or Championnats Internationaux de Genève was a men's and women's open international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1899 as the Geneva Championships and first staged at the Tennis Club of Geneva Eaux-Vives (f.1896), Parc des Eaux Vives, Geneva, Switzerland. The tournament was also known as the Coupe Certina for sponsorship reason in the early 1970s and was discontinued in 1976.

Geneva International Championships Championnats Internationaux de Genève
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF Circuit (1913-38)
Founded	1899 (1899)
Abolished	1976 (1976)
Location	Geneva, Switzerland
Venue	Various
Surface	Clay (outdoors)

History

The Geneva Championships were first held in August 1908 and played at the Tennis Club of Geneva Eaux-Vives (f.1898), Parc des Eaux Vives, Geneva, Switzerland. The tournament was not held between 1914 and 1915 during World War I. During World War II it was not held in 1939 and 1946 thereafter.

The championships resumed in 1947 and continued until 1972 when the Swiss watch maker company Certina SA took over sponsorship of the event and the tournament was known as the Coupe Certina. In 1976 the championships were discontinued. It was replaced by the Geneva Open that was established earlier in 1967 at the original venue of this event the Tennis Club de Geneva that is still staged today.

Venues

The event was predominantly played at the Tennis Club of Geneva Eaux-Vives, founded in Geneva in 1896, but on occasions was staged at other venues such as Tennis Club Servette in1940. The Tennis Club Drizia-Miremont (f.1930) staged the tournament from 1972 till 1976.

Past finals

Men's Singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1899	T.A. Airey	Bernard Wood-Hill	1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–?
1908	Robert Wallet	Clarence Pell	3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
1909	George Logie	Les Poidevin	3–6, retd.
1910	R. Norris Williams	A. Félix Poulin	6–4, 6–3, 6–0
1911	R. Norris Williams (2)	Gino De Martino	2–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1912	André Chancerel	Charles Barde	6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–0, 6–4
1913	Uberto De Morpurgo	Erik Strauss	8–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1916	Charles Martin	Mr Clason	6–1, 6–3, 6–4
1917	Edmund Harran	Louis Amman	8–6, 6–1, 6–1
1918	Charles Martin (2)	Marcus Henneberg	6–3, 6–1, 6–0
1919	Charles Martin (3)	Sydney Jacob	9–7, 1–6, 6–2, 6–4
1922	Léonce Aslangul	Jean de Faucamberge	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1923	Augustos Zerlendis	Hector Fisher	6–2, 7–5, 6–1
1924	Pablo Debran	Đorđe Dunđerski	6–4, 6–3, 8–6
1925	Augustos Zerlendis (2)	Đorđe Dunđerski	6–1, 6–2, 6–1
1926	Giorgio De Stefani	Charles Aeschlimann	6–2, 6–8, 6–3, 8–6
1927	Jean Wuarin	Craig H.Campbell	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1931	Georges Glasser	Antoine Gentien	walkover
1932	Antoine Gentien	Arthur Vinall	6–0, 6–3, 6–1
1934	Antoine Gentien (2)	Boris Maneff	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1935	Boris Maneff	Jean Wuarin	4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–5
1936	Boris Maneff (2)	Marcel Bernard	1–6, 2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 8–6
1937	Kho Sin-Khie	Antoine Gentien	6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1938	Boris Maneff (3)	Hector Fisher	3–6, 8–6, 6–1, 6–1
1940	Georges Grange	Jean Wuarin	6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
1941	Boris Maneff (4)	Georges Grange	6–4, 6–3, 6–0
1942	Boris Maneff (5)	Bernard Destremau	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1943	Boris Maneff (6)	Marcel Robert-Tissot	6–2, 6–0, 4–6, 6–2
1944	André Jacquemet	Georges Grange	7–5, 2–6, 7–5
1948	Jaime Bartroli	Georges Grange	6–3, 6–4, 6–8, 3–6, 6–2
1960	Orlando Calleja	Alan Lane	6–1, 6–1
1962	Premjit Lall	Carlos Fernandes	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1963	Allan Kendall	Pierre Loizeau	6–1, 6–4
1967	Thedy Stalder	Wilhelm Burgemeister	6–2, 6–2
1968	Dimitri Sturdza	František Pala	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
1969	František Pala	Dimitri Sturdza	6–4, 7–5
1970	Dimitri Sturdza (2)	Jean-Claude Barclay	6–4, 7–5
1971	Tadeusz Nowicki	Wieslaw Gasiorek	6–0, 5–7, 6–0, 6–4
1972	Daniel Contet	Jean-Claude Barclay	1–6, 6–3, 6–3, 7–6
1973	Daniel Contet (2)	Nicky Kalogeropoulos	6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1974	Jean-Claude Barclay	David Schneider	6–1, 6–0
1975	Jan Kukal	Nicky Kalogeropoulos	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1976	Žarko Buric	Jan Kukal	6–3, 6–3

Womens Singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1908	Aurea Edgington	Elsie Lane	6–2, 6–1
1909	Aurea Edgington (2)	Hedwig Neresheimer	4–6, 8–6, 6–0
1910	Aurea Edgington (3)	Mildred Brooksmith	6–0, 6–2
1911	Hedwig Neresheimer	Cécile Matthey	6–2, 6–0
1912	Mme R. Vlasto	Angelica Plantier	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
1913	Germaine Golding	Cécile Matthey	1–6, 6–1, 6–3
1914–15	Tournament not held
1916	Renée de Morsier	Angelica Plantier	5–7, 6–3, 7–5
1917	Renée de Morsier (2)	Magda Aranyi	6–4, 6–2
1918	Germaine Golding (2)	Renée de Morsier	6–3, 6–3
1919	Germaine Golding (3)	Frl Kärcher	6–0, 6–2
1920	Germaine Golding (4)	Frl Kärcher	6–0, 6–1
1922	Geneviève Cousin	Germaine Golding	6–4, 7–5
1923	Germaine Golding (5)	Winifred Sautter	6–1, 6–0
1924	Germaine Golding (6)	Winifred Sautter	6–0, 6–3
1926	Mme Brown	K. Brown	6–4, 6–3
1930	Lolette Payot	Cosette Saint-Omer-Roy	6–4, 7–5
1931	Lolette Payot (2)	Ilse Friedleben	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
1932	Lolette Payot (3)	Lenke Zissovits	6–0, 6–0
1933	Lolette Payot (4)	Paula Stuck	7–5, 6–2
1934	Lolette Payot (5)	Ida Adamoff	6–2, 7–5
1935	Mme Marton	Jetti Sutter	8–6, 6–2
1936	Effie Peters	Billie Yorke	won?
1938	Mauricette L'Huillier	Mme Boissière	6–3, 6–2