Cairo Championships
| Cairo Championships Championships of Cairo | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Founded | 1932 |
| Abolished | 1972 |
| Location | Cairo, Egypt |
| Venue | Tawfikiya Tennis Club Gezira Sporting Club |
| Surface | Clay |
The Cairo Championships[1] or Championships of Cairo was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded circa 1932. It was played in Cairo, Egypt. The tournament ran until 1972.
History[edit]
The Cairo Championships or sometimes called Championships of Cairo was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded circa 1932. The championships were first played at the Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt.[2] In the 1950s the tournament was held at Tawfikiya Tennis Club (f. 1896), Cairo, before returning to the Gezira Sporting Club. The tournament was staged until the early 1970s.
Finals[edit]
Men's singles[edit]
(incomplete roll)
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 |  Franjo Punčec |
 Adly Shafei |
7-5 6-4 |
| 1949 |  Frank Parker |
Budge Patty |
6-2 9-7 8-6 |
| 1954 | Adly Shafei |
Daniel Acobas |
4-6 7-5 6-3 5-7 6-1 |
| 1955 |  Trevor Fancutt |
 Bernard Destremau |
6-2 3-6 6-4 |
| 1966 |  Fathi Mohammed Ali |
Mootaz Sombol |
6-3 6-2 3-6 6-4 |
| Open era | |||
| 1968 | Ismail El Shafei |
Abdel Ghani Mohammed |
6-2 6-3 6-1 |
| 1972 | Aly El Dawoudi |
Ibrahim Mahmoud |
7-5 3-6 6-4 6-4 |
Women's Singles[edit]
(incomplete roll)
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 |  Lavender Letts-Campbell |
 Mabel Davy Clayton |
0-6, 6-1, 7-5 |
| 1935 | Helen Jacobs |
 Liesl Herbst |
6-1, 6-2 |
| 1937 |  Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling |
Simone Mathieu |
6-2, 6-0 |
| 1939[3] | / Josephine R. Harman |
Rita Jarvis |
6-4, 6-0. |
| 1954 | Betsy Abbas |
 Esther Saul |
4-6, 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1957[4] |  Suzy Kormoczi |
 Edda Buding |
10-8, 1-6, 7-6 |
| Open era | |||
| 1970 |  Olga Morozova |
 Marcela Barochova |
6-3, 6-3 |
| 1972 | Odile de Roubin |
Marina Chuvirina |
6-3, 1-6, 6-1 |
References[edit]
- ^ Robertson, Max (1974). "Egypt". The Encyclopedia of Tennis. New York City: Viking Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-670-29408-4.
- ^ Robertson, Max (1974)
- ^ "All-British Tennis Final In Cairo: In an All-British final in the women's singles in the Cairo lawn tennis championships yesterday Miss J R. Harman. the Irish player, beat Miss R. Jarvis. 6-4, 6-0" (Subscription). Weekly Dispatch (London). London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 26 March 1939. p. 21. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. Brooklyn, New York.: KTAV Publishing House, Inc. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-60280-013-7.