The Cannes Championships or Championnats de Cannes also known as the Championships of Cannes was a tennis event held from 1897 originally played on outside tennis courts at the Beau Site Tennis Club at the Hôtel Beau Site in Cannes, France, following World War II it was moved to the Cannes Lawn Tennis Club due the hotel being sold for redevelopment. From 1947 the tournament occasionally carried the joint denomination of Cannes International Championships or just Cannes International the tournament ran until 1975.^[1] It was one of the main tournaments of the French Riviera tennis circuit.

History

In 1868 the Hôtel Beau Site was opened it was owned by George Henri Gougoltz the original courts were grass. In 1880/1881 Renshaw brothers Ernest and William would train during the winter at the hotel.^[2] The Renshaws persuaded the owner of the Beau-Site to let them redesign the court in order to protect the lawn from the wear and tear that came with their constant play,^[3] and new clay tennis courts were also installed in the grounds of Hôtel Beau Site.^[4] In 1897 Championships of Cannes were established. From 1897 through 1939 it was originally played on outside tennis courts at the Beau Site Tennis Club at the Hôtel Beau Site in Cannes, France, following World War II it was moved to the Cannes Lawn Tennis Club due the hotel being sold for redevelopment.^[5] It continued to be held annually until 1975.

Finals

Hotel Beau Site Cannes in 1900 venue for the championships

Men's singles

In 1936 the Beau Site Tennis Club staged two Cannes Championships (for men) the first from 23 to 29 March and the second from 30 March to 5 April.

(incomplete list)

Championships of Cannes
Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
↓  French Riviera Circuit  ↓
1897[1]	Reginald Doherty	M.G. Gongoltz	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1901[1]	Laurence Doherty	George Hillyard	6–3, 6–3, ret.
1904[1]	Laurence Doherty (2)	Major Ritchie	6–1, 6–4, 6–1
1905[1]	Major Ritchie	Laurence Doherty	w.o.
1906[6]	Anthony Wilding	Wilberforce Eaves	6-2 6-1 6-3
1907[1]	Major Ritchie (2)	Dunstan Rhodes	6-4, 6-2 ret.
1908[1]	Anthony Wilding (2)	Major Ritchie	6–3, 6–4, 6–0
1909[1]	Major Ritchie (3)	Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1910[1]	Major Ritchie (4)	Max Decugis	4–6, 4–6, 8–6 ret.
1911[7]	Anthony Wilding (3)	Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1912[1]	Max Decugis	Maurice Germot	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
1913[1]	Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe	Robert Kleinschroth	6–3, 6–2, 1–6 3–6, 6-0
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1914[8]	Anthony Wilding (4)	Norman Brookes	6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1915/1918	Not held (due to world war one)
Cannes Championships
1919[1]	Nicolae Mishu	Max Decugis	6–8, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1920[1]	Harry Lewis-Barclay	Frank Fisher	6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 7–9, 6–1
1921[1]	Mino Balbi Di Robecco	Alain L. A. Resuge	6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 2–6, 7–5
1922[1]	Jean Borotra	D.L. Morgan	7–5, 6–4, 2–6, 3–6, 7–5
1923[1]	Henry George Mayes	Jack Hillyard	6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–4
1924[1]	Henri Cochet	René Lacoste	7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1926[1]	Charles Aeschlimann	Gordon Lowe	6-1, 6-2
1927[1]	Henry George Mayes (2)	Charles Aeschlimann	3–6, 6–0, 6–3, 6–1
1928[1]	Henry George Mayes (3)	Henri Cochet	w.o.
1929[1]	Emmanuel du Plaix	Paul Féret	7–5, 6–1, 4–6, 6–2
1930[1]	Bill Tilden	Wilbur Coen	divided title
1931[1]	Hyotaro Sato	George Lyttleton-Rogers	3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6
1932[1]	George Lyttleton-Rogers	Louis Haensch	2–6, 6–4, 1–6, 8–6, 9–7
1933[1]	Franz Matejka	George Lyttleton-Rogers	8–6, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1934[1]	Giorgio de Stefani	Max Ellmer	3–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–2
1935[1]	Max Ellmer	Franz Matejka	6–2, 6–1, 6–3
1936[1]	Fred Perry	Max Ellmer	6–2, 6–4, 6–8, 6–3
1937[1]	Adam Baworowski	Max Ellmer	5–7, 5–7, 7–5, 6–0, 6–1
1938[1]	George Lyttleton-Rogers (2)	Kalle Schröder	6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1939[1]	Adam Baworowski (2)	Jean Lesueur	6–3, 4–6, 6–8, 6–1, 6–1
1940/1943	Not held (due to world war one)
1944[1]	Pierre Pellizza	Jacques Peten	8-6, 6-4
1946[1]	Henri Cochet (2)	Gianni Cucelli	6–4, 4–6, 9–7, 7–5
Cannes International Championships
1947[1]	Vinicius Rurac	Cristea Caralulis	6–1, 6–4, 6–3
1948[1]	József Asbóth	Sidney Wood	6–3, 6–1, 6–0
1949[1]	Władysław Skonecki	Bengt Axelsson	6–0, 6–3, 6–2
1950[1]	Philippe Chatrier	Gheorghe Michel Sturdza	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
1951	Paul Rémy	Milan Branović	4–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1952	Pierre Paccard	Jaime Bartrolí	6-4, 6-4
1953	József Asbóth (2)	Armando Vieira	7–5, 2–6, 6–1, 6–3
1954	Donald Black	Peter Molloy[9]	6-3 6-4
1955	Tony Vincent	Jean-Noël Grinda	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
1956	Budge Patty	Hugh Stewart	6–4, 6–2, 0–6, 6–3
1957	Andrés Gimeno	András Ádám-Stolpa	6-3, 6-1
1958	Jaroslav Drobný	Paul Rémy	6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 9–7
1959	Jacques Brichant	Billy Knight	6–4, 3–6, 0–6, 6–3, 6–3
1960	Barry Phillips-Moore	Jean Pierre Bergerat[10]	6-1, 6-1
1961	Pato Álvarez	Alan Mills	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1962	István Gulyás	Robin Sanders[11]	6-2 4-6 7-5 6-1
1963	István Gulyás (2)	Barry Geraghty	6-4, 6-0
1964	Ron McKenzie	Andrzej Licis	6-4, 6-3
1965	István Gulyás (3)	Colin Stubs	6–2, 1–6, 6–0, 6–1
1966	John Brown	Jean-Loup Rouyer	7-5, 6-4
1967	Jan Kodeš	Ilie Năstase	6-0, 6-1
1968	Ion Țiriac	Alex Metreveli	6-1, 6-3
↓  Open era  ↓
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1972[1]	Attila Korpás	Géza Varga	6-4, 7-5
1973[1]	Barry Phillips-Moore	Patrice Beust	6-4, 6-4
1975[1]	János Benyik	Róbert Machán	6–2, 3–6, 8–6

Women's singles

(incomplete list)
In 1951 the Cannes Lawn Tennis Club staged two Cannes International Championships (for women) the first in March denoted as (*) and the second in April denoted as (**).

Championships of Cannes
Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
↓  French Riviera Circuit  ↓
1904	Ruth Winch	Clara von der Schulenburg	6-2, 7-5
1905	Connie Wilson	Clara von der Schulenburg	6-3, 6-3
1906	Toupie Lowther	Antonie Kusenberg Popp	6-4, 6-4
1907	Ruth Winch	Toupie Lowther	6-0, 6-1
1908	Dorothea Douglass Chambers	Melita Dillon	6-1, 6-4
1909	Clara von der Schulenburg	Ruth Winch	w.o.
1910	Rosamund Salusbury	Ruth Winch	6-1, 6-4
1911	Hedwig Neresheimer	Rosamund Salusbury	6–4, 8–10, 7-5
1912	Jessie Tripp	Mieken Rieck	6-3, 6-1
1913	Jessie Tripp (2)	Miss. E. White	6–3, 4–1, ret.
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1914	Elizabeth Ryan	Jessie Tripp	6-2, 6-1
1915/1918	Not held (due to world war one)
Cannes Championships
1919	Suzanne Lenglen	Elisabeth d'Ayen	6-0,6-0
1920	Elizabeth Ryan (2)	Geraldine Beamish	6-2, 6-2
1921	Phyllis Howkins	Phyllis Satterthwaite	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1922	Elizabeth Ryan (3)	Geraldine Beamish	6-4, 6-4
1923	Kitty Mckane	Geraldine Beamish	6-2, 6-2
1924	Elizabeth Ryan (4)	Lili de Alvarez	default
1925	Abandoned (due to rain)
1926	Lili de Alvarez	Heather Woolrych	6-4, 6-2
1927	Lili de Alvarez (2)	Hélène Contostavlos	6-2, 6-3
1928	Elizabeth Ryan (5)	Cilly Aussem	6-0, 6-2
1929	Sylvia Jung Lafaurie	Phyllis Satterthwaite	6-3, 6-3
1930	Elizabeth Ryan (6)	Paula von Reznicek	divided title
1931	Cilly Aussem	Lolette Payot	6-3, 6-3
1932	Lolette Payot	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	9-7, 7-5
1933	Lolette Payot (2)	Simonne Mathieu	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1934	Jacqueline Goldschmidt	Simonne Mathieu	6-4, 11-9
1935	Simonne Mathieu	Kay Stammers	6-3, 6-3
1936	Simonne Mathieu (2)	Paulette M. de Saint-Ferreol	6-3, 6-1
1937	Alice Weiwers	Grete Deutschova	6-0, 6-1
1938	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	Alice Weiwers	6-1, 8-6
1939	Simonne Mathieu (3)	Elfi von Kriegs-Au	6-1, 6-2
1942	Alice Weiwers (2)	Cosette Saint-Omer-Roy	6-4, 6-4
1943	Not held (due to world war two)
Cannes International Championships
1947	Magda Rurac	Helena Straubeova	6-3, 4-6, 6-1
1949	Lucia Manfredi	Alice Weiwers	6-3, 6-0
1950	Lucia Manfredi (2)	Gilberte Jamain	2-6, 7-5, 6-4
1951 *	Thelma Coyne Long	Barbara Scofield	6-3, 2-6, 6-2
1951 **	Hella Strecker	Helena Matous	6-1, 6-4
1952	Joan Curry	Susan Partridge	6-3, 6-2
1954	Shirley Bloomer	Joan Curry	4-6, 7-5, 6-0
1954	Anne-Marie Seghers	Annie Soisbault	6-0, 6-2
1955	Ilse Schuh Proxauf	C. Triboullier	5-7, 8-6, 10-8
1956	Shirley Bloomer (2)	Edda Buding	6-4, 4-6, 6-4
1958	Florence de la Courtie-Billat	Christiane Mercelis	6-3, 6-8, 8-6
1959	Suzy Kormozcy	Florence de la Courtie-Billat	7-5, 6-1
1960	Sheila Armstrong	Vivienne Cox	6-4, 6-2
1961	Elizabeth Starkie	Pauline Titchener Roberts	8-6, 6-1
1962	Helga Schultze	Deidre Catt	4-6, 7-5, 6-4
1963	Françoise Dürr	Carole Rosser	1-6, 6-2, 6-2
1964	Jacqueline Rees-Lewis	Roberta Beltrame	6-1, 6-2
1965	Faye Toyne	Trish McClenaughan	8-6, 6-0
1966	Ingrid Loeys	Alex Soady	6-2, 6-2
1967	Winnie Shaw	Johanne Venturino	3-6, 6-3, 6-1
1967	Kathy Harter	Ingrid Lofdahl	6-3, 6-2
1968	Roberta Beltrame	Helen Gourlay	6-2, 6-4
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Marijke Schaar	Betty Stöve	4-6, 6-2, 6-0
1970	Jill Cooper	Veronica Burton	6-3, 6-0
1972	Odile de Roubin	Judith Szorenyi	4-6, 6-0, 6-2

2nd Meeting

The Beau Site Tennis Club staged a second Cannes Championships from 30 March to 5 April 1936.^[12]

Men's singles

(incomplete list)

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1936[13]	Fred Perry (2)	Max Ellmer	10–8, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3

Other Beau Site tournaments

The Hôtel Beau Site also staged other tournaments including the Beau-Site Hotel New Year Meeting or Beau-Site Hotel First Meeting that usually ran December to January, and the Beau-Site Hotel Spring Meeting also called the Beau-Site Hotel Second Meeting that was staged in May.

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