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Genoa International

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Genoa International
Internazionale di Genova
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1928; 96 years ago (1928)
Abolished1968; 56 years ago (1968)
LocationGenoa, Liguria, Italy.
SurfaceClay

The Genoa International[1] or Internazionale di Genova at times also known as the Genoa Championships or Campionati di Genova was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1959. It was played at the Tennis Club Genova, Genoa, Liguria, Italy.[2] The tournament ran until 1968.[3]

History

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In April 1928 Tennis Club Genova in Genoa, established an open international tennis tournament for men and women.[4] The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts in Liguria, Italy. The event was part of the Italian Riviera circuit of tennis tournaments. During the 1930s the tournament was branded as the Genoa Championships or Campionati di Genova. The 1940 edition was held in conjunction with the Coppa Federazione Fascista. The tournament was staged till 1968.[5]

Finals

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Men's singles

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(incomplete roll) included:[6]

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1928 Italy Uberto De Morpurgo Italy Emanuele Sertorio 6–2, 8–6, 6–1
1930 United Kingdom Pat Hughes Italy Roberto Bocciardo 6–3, 6–1, 6–0
1931 Japan Hyotaro Sato Italy Augusto Rado 6–3, 3–6, 3-,6 6–4, 6–3
1932 Italy Augusto Rado France Georges Mitaranga 6–0, 6–1, 6–3
1933 South Africa Jack O'Shea Italy Leonardo Bonzi ?
1934 Italy Giovanni Palmieri United States Wilmer Hines[7] 4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1936 Italy Giovanni Palmieri (2) Italy Augusto Rado 6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
1939 Italy Gianni Cucelli Czechoslovakia Vojtech Vodicka 6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1940 Hungary József Asbóth Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1942 Italy Francesco Romanoni Italy Marcello Del Bello final suspended
1945 Italy Marcello del Bello Italy Rolando Del Bello 6–2, 6–3, 6–8, 6–2
1954 Argentina Enrique Morea Italy Fausto Gardini 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1955[8] Italy Fausto Gardini United States Art Larsen 6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–2.
1956 Chile Luis Alberto Ayala Egypt Jaroslav Drobný 6–2, 6–2, 6–1.[9]
1968 Romania Ion Țiriac Italy Pietro Marzano 8–6, 6–2

Men's doubles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1928 Italy Mino Balbi Di Robecco
Italy Giacomo Bocciardo
Italy Uberto De Morpurgo
Italy Mr. Abbiati
6–2 6–3 2–6 5–7 7–5

Women's singles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1930 United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite Italy Ada Prada default
1933 Germany Edith Sander United States Dorothy Burke 6–2, 6–3
1939 Germany Klara Beutter-Hammer Italy Wally San Donnino 6–1, 6–2
1940 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hella Kovac Germany Anneliese Ullstein 3–6, 6–3, 6–0
1954 Germany Totta Zehden Italy Nicla Migliori 6–3, 1–6, 6–2
1956[10] United States Althea Gibson Australia Thelma Long 6–3, 6–4
1968 Italy Lea Pericoli Belgium Ingrid Loeys 8–6, 6–2

Mixed doubles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Winner Runner-up Score
1939 Italy Gianni Cucell
Germany Klara Beutter-Hammer
Italy Augusto Rado
Italy Giuliana Grioni
6–2, 4–6, 6–0
1940 Italy Gino Vido
Italy Vittoria Tonolli
Hungary József Asbóth
Hungary Klára Somogyi
6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1954 Italy Orlando Sirola
United Kingdom Elaine Watson
Italy Fausto Gardini
United Kingdom Pat Ward
3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1956 Italy Orlando Sirola (2)
United States Althea Gibson
Chile Luis Ayala
Australia Thelma Long
6–4, 1–2, ret.

References

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  1. ^ "TENNIS DROBNY SHOCK:Defeat yesterday ended in tears yesterday as the outsider Luis Ayala Chile beat him 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 in the men's singles final of the Genoa International tennis tournament". Nottingham Guardian. Nottinghamshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. p. 7. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Storia Tennis Club Genova 1893 – Centenary Tennis Clubs". tennisclubgenova.it. Genova, Italy: Tennis Club Genova. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  3. ^ Tennis Club Genova
  4. ^ Tennis Club Genova
  5. ^ Tennis Club Genova
  6. ^ "Tournament – Genoa". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Obituary for Wilmer Moore Mines - Newspapers.com". Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. 4 February 1960. p. 32. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Larsen Suspended After Report He Hit Ball Boy At Genoa Match". Pacific Stars And Stripes. Los Angeles, United States: Newspaper Archives. 26 April 1955. p. 24. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  9. ^ Nottingham Guardian (April 1956)
  10. ^ "Sports in Brief". Lawton Constitution. Lawton, Oklahoma, United States: Newspaper Archives. 23 April 1956. p. 8. Retrieved 28 February 2023.