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River Plate Championships
River Plate Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
Tour	ILTF Circuit
Founded	1893; 131 years ago
Abolished	1978; 46 years ago
Location	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Venue	Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club
Surface	Clay / outdoor

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The River Plate Championships or Campeonatos de Río de la Plata also known as the River Plate International Championships^[1] was a mens and womens clay court tennis tournament founded in 1893 as the Buenos Aires LTC Open.^[2] In 1894 the tournaments title was changed to the Championship of the River Plate.^[3] It was first held Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The tournament ran until 1978 when it ceased to be an offical event of the international tennis circuit, but it did continue for another twenty years until it was abolished in 1998.

History[edit]

In 1893 the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club organized its first tournament the Buenos Aires LTC Open,^[4] to members of all sports club with the Río de la Plata area, but was mainly played by local players.^[5] The mens event was only the championship category of the first edition.^[6] The inugural mens event was won by Frank Murray who beat Thomas Vesey Melville Knox in the final.^[7] The BALTC later validated the first tournments winner in the roll of honor for the River Plate Championships.^[8]

The River Plate Championships was the first important international tennis tournament to be held in Argentina pre dating the Championship of Argentina by 37 years. The final mens winner was Argentina's José Luis Clerc who beat New Zealand player in the final Chris Lewis. The womens championship did not start until 1903 which was won by Argentine player Miss Chawner who defeated fellow Argentine player Winnifred M. Boadle.^[9] The final womens champion was American player Caroline Stoll who beat Argentina's Emilse Raponi de Longo in the final. The tournament ceased to be an offical event of the then international tennis circuit, but it did continue for another twenty years until it was abolished in 1998.

Finals[edit]

Mens singles[edit]

Included:^[10]

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1893	FM Still	Thomas Knox
1894	Thomas Knox	FM Still	3-6, 6-4, 6-1
1895	Thomas Knox (2)	B. St. Vershoyle	7-5, 2-6,,6-3
1896	Thomas Knox (3)	Richard Handcock	7-5 and 6-3
1897	Thomas Knox (4)	Henry BM Knight	6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
1898	Henry BM Knight	Thomas Knox	6-2, 6-3,6-2
1899	AJ McMorran	Henry BM Knight	6-4, 7-5, 10-8
1900	Stanley Knight	AJ McMorran	6-1, 6-3,6-2
1902	Stanley Knight (2)	AJ McMorran	6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 8-6
1903	Stanley Knight (3)	AJ McMorran	6-1, 6-2, 6-4
1904	Stanley Knight (4)	AJ McMorran	0-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
1905	Stanley Knight (5)	HW Thompson	6-3, 6-4, 6-4
1906	Stanley Knight (6)	Lionel H. Knight	4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
1907	Stanley Knight (7)	AJ McMorran	6-3, 6-0, 6-2
1908	Stanley Knight (8)	Henry BM Knight	4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3
1909	J. Easton	HW Thompson	7-5, 6-2, 8-6
1910	Stanley Knight (9)	Lionel Knight	6-1, 8-6, 6-3
1911	Stanley Knight (10)	Lionel Knight	6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
1912	Diego E. Cerboni	Edward Oswald Jacobs	6-2, 6-2, 7-5
1913	Lionel Knight	RO Sheward	6-4, 6-0, 6-1
1914	Henry B. Knight	JJ Daly	2-6, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3
1915	Lionel Knight (2)	Alfredo Villegas	1-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4
1916	Lionel Knight (3)	Alfredo Villegas	6-3, 7-5, 4-3 abd
1917	Lionel Knight (4)	Carlos Morea	6-0, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
1918	Lionel Knight (5)	Arturo Hortal	6-4, 6-2, 6-3
1919	Lionel Knight (6)	Arturo Hortal	6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
1920	Lionel Knight (7)	Arturo Hortal	6-0, 2-6, 6-0, 7-5
1921	Lionel Knight(8)	Carlos Dumas	6-2, 4-6, 9-7, 6-4
1922	Lionel Knight (9)	Arturo Hortal	w.o.
1923	Lionel Knight (10)	Carlos Dumas	6-0, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2
1924	Guillermo Robson	Carlos Morea	6-4, 7-5, 6-4
1925	Guillermo Robson (2)	Enrique Obarrio	6-1, 6-2, 6-2
1926	Carlos Morea	Bernardo Ferrés	6-4, 6-4, 6-2
1927	Ronaldo Boyd	Héctor Cattaruzza	7-5, 6-4, 7-9, 6-2
1928	Manuel Alonso Areizaga	Ricardo López Pelliza	6-1, 6-4, 6-1
1929	Ronaldo Boyd (2)	Guillermo Robson	6-4, 3-6, 9-7, 6-4
1930	Lucilo del Castillo	Ronaldo Boyd	4-6, 10-8, 6-4, 6-2
1931	Carlos Morea (2)	Ricardo López Pelliza	6-3, 6-3, 6-2
1932	Guillermo Robson (3)	Adriano Zappa	6-1, 7-9, 6-3, 5-7, 8-6
1933	Lucilo del Castillo	Adriano Zappa	6-4, 5-7, 14-12, 6-1
1934	Hector Cattaruzza	Adriano Zappa	7-5, 5-7, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3
1935	Lucilo del Castillo (2)	Adelmar Echeverría	6-2, 6-4, 6-1
1936	Héctor Cattaruzza (2)	Eric Seaton	6-3, 6-2, 6-0
1937	Alcides Procopio	Hector Cattaruzza	w.o.
1938	Lucilo del Castillo (3)	Adriano Zappa	9-7, 6-3, 14-12
1939	Panch0 Segura	Lucilo del Castillo	2-6, 6-3, 11-9, 6-2
1940	Alcides Procopio	Efraín González	6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
1941	Manuel Fernandes	Heraldo Weiss	2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
1942	Alejo Russell	Manuel Fernandes	1-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2
1943	Don McNeill	Alejo Russell	6-2, 6-0, 6-3
1944	Heraldo Weiss	Héctor Cattaruzza	11-9, 6-2, 8-6
1945	Heraldo Weiss (2)	Enrique Morea	6-2, 6-1, 6-3
1946	Enrique Morea	Andrés Hammersley	6-3, 2-6, 9-7, 6-4
1947	Enrique Morea (2)	Bill Talbert	3-6, 9-7, 6-4, 6-4
1948	Seymour Greenberg	Enrique Morea	1-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1
1949	Earl Cochell	Enrique Morea	2-6, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5
1950	Enrique Morea (3)	Armando Vieira	6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
1951	Salvador Soriano	Noé La Jara	4-6, 6-8, 9-7, 6-3, 6-2
1952	Eduardo Prado	Noé La Jara	6-0, 6-2, 6-3
1953	Ernesto Della Paolera	Perfecto Suárez	3-6, 8-6, 6-0, 6-1
1954	Eduardo Prado (2)	Oscar González Bonorino	6-1, 6-3, 6-1
1955	Salvador Soriano	Eduardo Prado	6-4, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
1956	Enrique Morea (4)	Eduardo Prado	10-8, 6-3, 6-4
1957	Enrique Morea (5)	Eduardo Soriano	6-4, 10-8, 6-4
1958	Ernesto Ríos	Eduardo Soriano	7-5, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
1959	Enrique Morea (6)	Eduardo Prado	6-4, 6-4, 7-5
1960	Eduardo Prado (3)	Enrique Morea	3-6, 9-7, 6-4, 13-11
1961	Eduardo Prado (4)	Roberto Aubone	6-3, 6-4, 8-7, ret.
1962	Enrique Morea (6)	Roberto Aubone	6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
1963	Enrique Morea (7)	Roberto Aubone	6-1, 6-3, 6-3
1964	Roy Emerson	Rafael Osuna	3-6, 6-4, 6-4
1965	Fred Stolle	Roy Emerson	6-4, 7-5
1966	Martin Mulligan	Rafael Osuna	6-2, 7-5, 6-3
1967	Cliff Richey	Clark Graebner	3-6, 6-4, 7-5
Open era
1968	Julián Ganzabal	José Prats	w.o.
1969	Julián Ganzabal (2)	Norberto Herrero	6-2, 6-1, 6-4
1970	José Edison Mandarino	Harald Elschenbroich	5-7, 7-5, 9-7, 6-2
1971	Jaime Fillol	Julián Ganzábal	6-4, 6-3, 6-3
1972	Guillermo Vilas	Héctor Romani	6-3. 6-1, 6-2
1973	Julián Ganzábal	Ricardo Cano	7-6, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
1974	Guillermo Vilas (2)	Julián Ganzábal	7-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
1975	Guillermo Vilas (3)	Clark Graebner	6-3, 6-1, 6-4
1976	Julián Ganzábal	Lorenzo Soriano	7-5, 6-3
1977	Guillermo Vilas (4)	Wojtek Fibak	6-4, 6-3, 6-0
1978	José Luis Clerc	Chris Lewis	6-3, 6-1

1979 Ricardo Cano (ARG) to Eduardo Bengoechea (ARG) 6-3 and 6-2
1980 Eduardo Bengoechea (ARG) to Gustavo Tiberti (ARG) 7-6	1-6 and 9-7
1981 Carlos Castellán (ARG) to Juan Avendaño (ESP) 6-1 and 6-1
1982 Roberto Argüello (ARG) to Carlos Castellán (ARG) 6-0 and 6-2
1983 Horacio de la Peña (ARG) to Gustavo Tiberti (ARG) 6-4 and 6-1
1984 Martín Jaite (ARG) to Gustavo Guerrero (ARG) 6-3 and 6-2
1985 Eduardo Bengoechea (ARG) to Guillermo Pérez Roldán (ARG) 7-6 and 6-4
1986 Martín Jaite (ARG) to Eliot Teltscher (USA) 6-4 and 6-4
1987 Martín Jaite (ARG) to Eduardo Bengoechea (ARG) 7-6 and 6-4
1988 Martín Jaite (ARG) to Alberto Mancini (ARG) 6-2 and 7-6
1989 Guillermo Pérez Roldán (ARG) to Franco Davin (ARG) 3-6	6-2 and 6-0
1990 Luis Lobo (ARG) to Gilbert Schaller (AUT) 6-1 and 6-3
1991 Fabián Blengino (ARG) to Agustín Garizzio (ARG) 6-4	4-6 and 6-2
1992 Juan Gisbert (ESP) to Carsten Arriens (ALE) 6-1 and 7-6 (5)
1993 Hernán Gumy (ARG) against Franco Squillari (ARG) 7-5 and 6-0
1994 Alex Corretja (ESP) to Javier Frana (ARG) 6-3	5-7 and 7-6 (5) *
1995 Lucas Arnold (ARG) to Gerardo Mirad (ARG) 6-4 and 6-1
1996 Damián Furmanski (ARG) to Carlos Gómez Díaz (ARG) 6-2 and 7-5
1997 Diego Moyano (ARG) to Leonardo Olguín (ARG) 7-6 and 6-0
1998 Younes El Aynaoui (MAR) to Alberto Martín (ESP) 7-6 and 6-1
1999 Franco Squillari (ARG) to Hernán Gumy (ARG) 5-7	6-1 and 6-4
2000 Guillermo Coria (ARG) to Alberto Berasategui (ESP) 6-1	4-6 and 6-4
2001 Agustín Calleri (ARG) to David Nalbandian (ARG) 3-6	6-1 and 6-3 **
2002 Nicolás Massú (CHI) to Agustín Calleri (ARG) 2-6	7-6 (5) and 6-2
2003 Carlos Moyá (ESP) to Guillermo Coria (ARG) 6-3	4-6 and 6-4
2004 Guillermo Coria (ARG) to Carlos Moyá (ESP) 6-4 and 6-1
2005 Gastón Gaudio (ARG) to Mariano Puerta (ARG) 6-4 and 6-4
2006 Carlos Moyá (ESP) to Filippo Volandri (ITA) 7-6 (6) and 6-4
2007 Juan Monaco (ARG) to Alessio Di Mauro (ITA) 6-1 and 6-2
2008 David Nalbandian (ARG) to José Acasuso (ARG) 3-6	7-6 (5) and 6-4
2009 Tommy Robredo (ESP) to Juan Monaco (ARG) 7-5	2-6 and 7-6 (5)
2010 Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) to David Ferrer (ESP) 5-7	6-4 and 6-3
2011 Nicolás Almagro (ESP) to Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) 6-3	3-6 and 6-4
2012 David Ferrer (ESP) to Nicolás Almagro (ESP) 4-6	6-3 and 6-2
2013 David Ferrer (ESP) to Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 6-4	3-6 and 6-1
2014 David Ferrer (1) (ESP) to Fabio Fognini (2) (ITA) 6-4 and 6-3
2015 Rafael Nadal (1) (ESP) to Juan Monaco (ARG) 6-4 and 6-1
2016 Dominic Thiem (5) (AUT) def. Nicolás Almagro (ESP) 7-6 (2)	3-6 7-6 (4)

Womens singles[edit]

Included:^[11]

References[edit]

^ "Tennis: Buenos Aries, Argentina". Corpus Christi Times. Corpus Christi, Texas, United States: Newspaper Archives. 20 April 1967. p. 20. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
^ "Tennis in Argentina: 1892-1893: 1893-BALTC: the first "open" tournament was "internal"". www.baltc.net (in European Spanish). Buenos Aries Lawn Tennis Club (BALTC). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
^ "1894: Río de la Plata, with cash prize". www.baltc.net. Buenos Aries Lawn Tennis Club (BALTC). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
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^ "1903. 1st female Río de la Plata". www.baltc.net (in European Spanish). Buenos Aries Lawn Tennis Club (BALTC). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
^ "Statistics: Río de la Plata Championship (gentlemen's individual)". www.baltc.net (in European Spanish). Buenos Aries Lawn Tennis Club (BALTC). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
^ "Statistics: Río de la Plata Championship (individual ladies)". www.baltc.net (in European Spanish). Buenos Aries Lawn Tennis Club (BALTC). Retrieved 7 March 2023.

[1] "Tennis: Buenos Aries, Argentina". Corpus Christi Times. Corpus Christi, Texas, United States: Newspaper Archives. 20 April 1967. p. 20. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

[2] "Tennis in Argentina: 1892-1893: 1893-BALTC: the first "open" tournament was "internal"". www.baltc.net (in European Spanish). Buenos Aries Lawn Tennis Club (BALTC). Retrieved 7 March 2023.

[3] "1894: Río de la Plata, with cash prize". www.baltc.net. Buenos Aries Lawn Tennis Club (BALTC). Retrieved 7 March 2023.

[4] (BALTC)

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[8] (BALTC)

[9] "1903. 1st female Río de la Plata". www.baltc.net (in European Spanish). Buenos Aries Lawn Tennis Club (BALTC). Retrieved 7 March 2023.

[10] "Statistics: Río de la Plata Championship (gentlemen's individual)". www.baltc.net (in European Spanish). Buenos Aries Lawn Tennis Club (BALTC). Retrieved 7 March 2023.

[11] "Statistics: Río de la Plata Championship (individual ladies)". www.baltc.net (in European Spanish). Buenos Aries Lawn Tennis Club (BALTC). Retrieved 7 March 2023.

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