The Alexandria International Championships [ 1] or International Championships of Alexandria [ 2] was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1914. It was played at the Alexandria Sporting Club (f. 1890), Alexandria , Egypt . The tournament ran until 1975.[ 3]
Seven editions of this event were valid as the International Championships of Egypt at Alexandria.
History
The Alexandria International Championships was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1914 and played at the Alexandria Sporting Club ,[ 4] Alexandria , Egypt . The championships were staged until 1975. For the years 1937 '39 '46 '50 '52 '53 '55 the editions were valid as "International Championships of Egypt" when played in Alexandria. That tournament was mainly held Gezireh Sporting Club, Cairo.[ 5]
Finals
Men's singles
(incomplete roll)
Year
Winner
Runner-up
Score
Alexandria International Championships
1914
Greece Augustos Zerlendis
France H.J. Pailhé
6-3, 6-3
1934
United Kingdom Pat Hughes
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec
6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1935
Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel
Austria Hermann Artens
6-4 6-0 6-0
1936
Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel (2)
Germany Henner Henkel
3–6, 6–2, 5–7, 6–0, 6–4
International Championships of Egypt
1937
Germany Gottfried von Cramm
Germany Henner Henkel
6–1, 6–2, 6–4
Alexandria International Championships
1938
Republic of China (1912–1949) Kho Sin-Khie
Kingdom of Yugoslavia Dragutin Mitić
6–2, 6–4, 10-8
International Championships of Egypt
1939
Germany Gottfried von Cramm (2)
United States Don McNeill
7–5, 6–2, 6–8, 6–2
1940/1945
Not held (due to World War II)
Alexandria International Championships
1947
France Henri Cochet
France Robert Abdesselam
6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 8–6
1948
France Robert Abdesselam
Belgium Philippe Washer
3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1
1949
United States Frank Parker
Spain Pedro Masip
International Championships of Egypt
1950
West Germany Gottfried von Cramm (3)
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Drobný
8–6, 6–3, 9–11, 6-4
Alexandria International Championships
1951[ 6]
Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Drobný
United States Irvin Dorfman
6–1, 12–10, 6-2
International Championships of Egypt
1952
Egypt Jaroslav Drobný
Poland Władysław Skonecki
7–5, 6–3, 6–3
1953
Egypt Jaroslav Drobný (2)
Australia George Worthington
6–4, 7–5, 6–2
Alexandria International Championships
1954
Argentina Enrique Morea
Italy Fausto Gardini
6–2, 6–0, 5–7, 6–3
International Championships of Egypt
1955
Italy Fausto Gardini
Italy Giuseppe Merlo
8–6, 6–0, 8–6
Alexandria International Championships
1956[ 7]
Australia Lew Hoad
United States Fred Kovaleski
1957[ 8]
Sweden Sven Viktor Davidson
Poland Władysław Skonecki
6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1958
United States Barry MacKay
Cuba Orlando Garrido
6–4, 7–5, 6–2
1959
Italy Giuseppe Merlo
Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
4–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1960
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović
United Kingdom Bobby Wilson
6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1961
Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
Australia Barry Phillips-Moore
6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1962
Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović
6–2, 2–6, 2–6, 7–5, 6–4
1963
Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist (2)
West Germany Wilhelm Bungert
6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1964
Australia Martin Mulligan
Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist
8–10, 6–3, 6–0, 6–3
1965
Hungary István Gulyás
Australia Martin Mulligan
4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 9–7
1966
Romania Ion Țiriac
United States Marty Riessen
2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
1967
Chile Jaime Pinto Bravo
Romania Ilie Năstase
9–7, 2–6, 6–8, 6–3, 7–5
↓ Open Era ↓
1968
Soviet Union Vladimir Korotkov
Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček
4–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–2, 6–3
1969
Hungary István Gulyás (2)
Egypt Ismail El Shafei
6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1970
Poland Wieslaw Gasiorek
West Germany Harald Elschenbroich
1971
Egypt Ibrahim Mahmoud
Soviet Union Vladimir Korotkov
3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–1
1972
Soviet Union Alexander Metreveli
Australia Ian Fletcher
9–7, 6–2, 6–4
1973
France Patrice Dominguez
Poland Tadeusz Nowicki
6–3, 9–7, 5–7, 6–2
1974
Soviet Union Teimuraz Kakulia
Hungary János Benyik
6–1, 6–3, 6–2
1975
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
Soviet Union Anatoli Volkov
w.o.
Women's singles
(incomplete roll)
Year
Winner
Runner-up
Score
Alexandria International Championships
1914
United Kingdom R. Aighton
United Kingdom Mrs Adamson
0–6, 8–6, 10-8
1936
United Kingdom Billie Yorke
Austria Rosl Kraus
6-1, 6-3
1937
Denmark Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling
France Simonne Mathieu
6-2, 6-3
1938
United States Gracyn Wheeler
United Kingdom Gaby Curtis
6-2, 6-0
1939
United Kingdom Gaby Curtis
Republic of Ireland Josephine Harman
6-2, 6-4
1940/1945
Not held (due to World War II)
International Championships of Egypt
1946
France Simonne Mathieu
Lebanon Vera Mattar
6-1, 6-1
Alexandria International Championships
1947
Italy Annalisa Bossi
France Suzanne Pannetier
5–7, 7–5, 6–2
1948
France Nelly Landry
Luxembourg Alice Weiwers
6-1, 6-0
1949
France Nelly Landry (2)
United Kingdom Joy Gannon
6-1, 6-0
International Championships of Egypt
1950
United States Pat Canning Todd
United States Gussie Moran
1–6, 6–3, 6–0
Alexandria International Championships
1951
United States Doris Hart
United States Louise Brough
7-5, 6-2
Egypt International Championships
1952
Egypt Betsy Abbas
France Suzanne Mathieu
6-1, 6-4
1953
United States Dottie Head Knode
United Kingdom Patricia Ward
6-0, 6-2
Alexandria International Championships
1954
Egypt Betsy Abbas (2)
West Germany Totta Zehden
4–6, 6–2, 6–3
International Championships of Egypt
1955
Italy Silvana Lazzarino
United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
w.o.
Alexandria International Championships
1956[ 9]
United Kingdom Angela Mortimer
United States Althea Gibson
6-3, 6-4
1957
West Germany Edda Buding
West Germany Ilse Buding
6–4, 1–0, ret.
1958[ 10]
United States Dottie Head Knode
Egypt Andrea Eid
6-1, 6-0
1959
Czechoslovakia Věra Pužejová
East Germany Eva Mannschatz Johannes
6-1, 6-0
1960
Australia Margaret Hellyer
Greece X. Vassiliadis
6-3, 6-4
1961
Czechoslovakia Věra Pužejová (2)
Australia Margaret Hellyer
6-1, 6-3
1962
United States Donna Floyd
United Kingdom Lorna Cornell Cawthorn
9–7, 7–9, 6–2
1963
Australia Jill Blackman
United Kingdom Rita Bentley
6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1964
Australia Jan Lehane
West Germany Helga Schultze
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1965
Australia Madonna Schacht
Australia Gail Sherriff
6–3, 2–6, 7–5
1966
Soviet Union Galina Baksheeva
United States Carole Caldwell Graebner
7-5, 6-2
1967
West Germany Helga Schultze
Soviet Union Anna Dmitrieva
4–6, 6–1, 8–6
↓ Open Era ↓
1968
Soviet Union Anna Dmitrieva
United Kingdom Robin Blakelock-Lloyd
6-0, 6-3
1969
United Kingdom Nell Truman
Soviet Union Olga Morozova
6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1970
Soviet Union Olga Morozova
Czechoslovakia Marcela Barochova
6-4, 6-0
1971
Czechoslovakia Alena Palmeová-West
Soviet Union Yelena Gorina Granaturova
6-4, 6-4
1972
Czechoslovakia Alena Palmeová-West (2)
France Nathalie Fuchs
6–3, 1–6, 6–1
1973
France Nathalie Fuchs
France Odile de Roubin
6-2, 6-0
1974
Soviet Union Marina Chuvirina
Czechoslovakia Marie Neumannova
6–3, 5–7, 6–4
1975
United Kingdom Sue Barker
United Kingdom Jackie Fayter
5–7, 7–5, 6–3
See also
References
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↑ Robertson, Max (1974). "Egypt". The Encyclopedia of Tennis . New York City: Viking Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-670-29408-4 .
↑ Tennis Club Genova
↑ Haag, Michael (2008). Vintage Alexandria: Photographs of the City, 1860–1960 . Cairo: American Univ in Cairo Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-977-416-192-6 .
↑ Robertson (1974)
↑ Abilene Reporter News. Newspaper Archives. March 26, 1951. Page 16.
↑ "Alexandria – Egypt (UP)" . New Castle News . New Castle, Pennsylvania: Newspaper Archives. 26 March 1956. p. 19. Retrieved 1 March 2023 .
↑ "Alexandria (UP)" . Amarillo Daily News . Amarillo, Texas, United States: Newspaper Archives. 1 April 1957. p. 7. Retrieved 1 March 2023 .
↑ "Women's Singles Title For Angela Mortimer" . Madison Wisconsin State Journal . Madison, Wisconsin, United States: Newspaper Archives. 25 March 1956. p. 37. Retrieved 1 March 2023 .
↑ "Knode Cops Singles Crown At Alexandria" . Daily Oklahoman . Oklahoma City: Newspaper Archives. 23 March 1958. p. 99. Retrieved 1 March 2023 .