The Genoa International 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. The tournament ran until 1968.

History

In April 1928 Tennis Club Genova in Genoa, established an open international tennis tournament for men and women. 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.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll) included:

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1928Italy Uberto De MorpurgoItaly Emanuele Sertorio6–2, 8–6, 6–1
1930United Kingdom Pat HughesItaly Roberto Bocciardo6–3, 6–1, 6–0
1931Japan Hyotaro SatoItaly Augusto Rado6–3, 3–6, 3-,6 6–4, 6–3
1932Italy Augusto RadoFrance Georges Mitaranga6–0, 6–1, 6–3
1933South Africa Jack O'SheaItaly Leonardo Bonzi?
1934Italy Giovanni PalmieriUnited States Wilmer Hines4–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1936Italy Giovanni Palmieri (2)Italy Augusto Rado6–2, 6–1, 3–6, 6–1
1939Italy Gianni CucelliCzechoslovakia Vojtech Vodicka6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4
1940Hungary József AsbóthSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec6–4, 6–3, 6–4
1942Italy Francesco RomanoniItaly Marcello Del Bellofinal suspended
1945Italy Marcello del BelloItaly Rolando Del Bello6–2, 6–3, 6–8, 6–2
1954Argentina Enrique MoreaItaly Fausto Gardini6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1955Italy Fausto GardiniUnited States Art Larsen6–4, 6–8, 6–2, 6–2.
1956Chile Luis Alberto AyalaEgypt Jaroslav Drobný6–2, 6–2, 6–1.
1968Romania Ion ȚiriacItaly Pietro Marzano8–6, 6–2

Men's doubles

(incomplete roll)

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1928Italy Mino Balbi Di Robecco Italy Giacomo BocciardoItaly Uberto De Morpurgo Italy Mr. Abbiati6–2 6–3 2–6 5–7 7–5

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1930United Kingdom Phyllis SatterthwaiteItaly Ada Pradadefault
1933Germany Edith SanderUnited States Dorothy Burke6–2, 6–3
1939Germany Klara Beutter-HammerItaly Wally San Donnino6–1, 6–2
1940Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hella KovacGermany Anneliese Ullstein3–6, 6–3, 6–0
1954Germany Totta ZehdenItaly Nicla Migliori6–3, 1–6, 6–2
1956United States Althea GibsonAustralia Thelma Long6–3, 6–4
1968Italy Lea PericoliBelgium Ingrid Loeys8–6, 6–2

Mixed doubles

(incomplete roll)

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1939Italy Gianni Cucell Germany Klara Beutter-HammerItaly Augusto Rado Italy Giuliana Grioni6–2, 4–6, 6–0
1940Italy Gino Vido Italy Vittoria TonolliHungary József Asbóth Hungary Klára Somogyi6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1954Italy Orlando Sirola United Kingdom Elaine WatsonItaly Fausto Gardini United Kingdom Pat Ward3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1956Italy Orlando Sirola (2) United States Althea GibsonChile Luis Ayala Australia Thelma Long6–4, 1–2, ret.