The Italian Riviera Championships also known as the San Remo International was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1903 at San Remo, Liguria, Northern Italy. The tournament was staged at the Tennis Club Sanremo (f.1897) until 1964, and was part of the Italian Riviera circuit of tennis tournaments.

History

The Italian Riviera Championships (San Remo) were established in 1903. The championships were on regularly occasions the opening event at the start of the Italian clay court season. From 1956 until 1962 it was staged only twice. In 1964 the tournament was discontinued due to funding issues.

Former winners of the men's singles included; Major Ritchie (1903), Anthony Wilding (1908, 1912), Erik Worm (1927, 1930), Jean Lesueur (1931, 1933–1934), Gottfried von Cramm (1940), Dick Savitt (1951) Jaroslav Drobný (1955), and Nicola Pietrangeli (1960, 1963). The women's single was previously won by Dorothy Holman (1925), Elizabeth Ryan (1924, 1928), Lucia Valerio (1929, 1932), Pauline Betz (1947), Doris Hart (1951) Shirley Bloomer (1955), and Almut Sturm (1964).

Venue

The Italian Riviera Championships was held at the Tennis and Bridge Club San Remo, (f.1897) today known as Tennis Sanremo.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1903United Kingdom Major RitchieUnited Kingdom Roy Allen6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1908New Zealand Anthony WildingUnited Kingdom M. Turton6–0, 6–0, 6–1
1909United States Artemas HolmesUnited Kingdom George S. Smythe6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1910United States Artemas Holmes (2)United Kingdom Herbert Bird Routledge6–0, 6–1, 6–0
1911New Zealand Anthony Wilding (2)Germany Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe6-4, 2-,6 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1912United Kingdom Roy AllenUnited Kingdom Mark Hick6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1913United Kingdom Roy Allen (2)United Kingdom Arthur Wallis Myers6–1, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1914United Kingdom Gordon LoweUnited States Craig Biddle6-4, 6-3
1915/1918Not held (due to World War I)
1924United Kingdom George William GrounsellItaly Pietro Malone6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1927Denmark Erik WormIndia Sri-Krishna Prasada7–5, 6–3, 0–6, 7–5
1928Italy Placido GasliniDenmark Erik Worm6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 4–6, 7–5
1929United Kingdom Pat HughesUnited Kingdom Eric Peters6–2, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2
1930Denmark Erik Worm (2)United Kingdom Pat Hughes3–6, 6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1931France Jean LesueurFrance Benny Berthet8–6, 7–5, 1–6, 3–6, 6–2
1932Hungary Béla von KehrlingRepublic of Ireland George Lyttleton Rogers6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1933France Jean Lesueur (2)Italy Giovanni Palmieri6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–1
1934France Jean Lesueur (3)United States Wilmer Hines6–8, 6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1935Italy Augusto RadoCzechoslovakia Josef Caska6–4, 4–6, 6–1, ret.
1936Italy Giovanni PalmieriItaly Augusto Rado6–2, 6–3, 8–6
1937Czechoslovakia Vojtěch VodičkaPoland Józef Hebda6–2, 2–6, 6–3, 6–1
1939Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo PunčecItaly Giorgio de Stefani6–3, 6–3, 6–2
1940Germany Gottfried von CrammItaly Francesco Romanoni3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–2
1941/1946Not held (due to World War II)
1947Hungary József AsbóthItaly Marcello del Bello6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1948Spain Pedro MasipFrance Henri Cochet6–1, 6–4, 9–7
1949Italy Gianni CucelliUnited States Frank Parker6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 7–5
1950Italy Rolando Del BelloSweden Torsten Johansson8–6, 6–2, 1–6, 7–5
1951United States Dick SavittUnited States Budge Patty6–4, 9–7, 4–6, 6–3
1952Egypt Jaroslav DrobnýCroatia Milan Branović6–3, 6–3, 6–2
1953Poland Władysław SkoneckiItaly Gianni Cucelli6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1954Italy Fausto GardiniArgentina Enrique Morea6–1, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2
1955Egypt Jaroslav Drobný (2)United States Budge Patty5–7, 6–2, 13–11, 6-2
1958Mexico Mario LlamasPoland Władysław Skonecki6–4, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4
1960Italy Nicola PietrangeliItaly Giuseppe Merlo3–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
1963Italy Nicola Pietrangeli (2)Belgium Jacques Brichant6–2, 7–5, 7–5
1964Sweden Jan-Erik LundqvistItaly Nicola Pietrangeli11–9, 6–2, 6–4

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
1908United Kingdom Rosamund SalusburyUnited Kingdom Evelyn Maude Froude Bellew11-9, 6-1
1909No women's event
1910United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury(2)United Kingdom Amy Ransome6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1911United Kingdom Rosamund Salusbury (3)United Kingdom Miss Bridgewater6-1, 6-0
1912United Kingdom Jessie TrippGermany Mieken Rieck6-1, 7-5
1913United Kingdom Jessie Tripp (2)United States Elizabeth Ryan4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1914United Kingdom Jessie Tripp (3)United Kingdom Margaret Trippdefault
1915/1918Not held (due to World War I)
1924United States Elizabeth RyanUnited Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite6-3, 6-0
1926United Kingdom Phyllis SatterthwaiteItaly Lucia Valerio6–4, 4–6, 8–6
1927United Kingdom Miss Hunt??
1928United States Elizabeth Ryan (2)Italy Lucia Valerio6-4, 6-4
1929Italy Lucia ValerioUnited Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite0–6, 6–3, 6–3
1930United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite (2)Austria Hilde Eisenmenger6-0, 6-1
1931United Kingdom Phyllis Satterthwaite (3)Italy Lucia Valerio5–7, 6–2, 6–2
1932Italy Lucia Valerio (2)France Ida Adamoff6-3, 7-5
1933Germany Cilly AussemFrance Simonne Mathieu6-4, 6-0
1934Germany Cilly Aussem (2)Italy Lucia Valerio6–4, 1–6, 6–1
1935Germany Cilly Aussem (3)Italy Lucia Valerio8-6, 6-3
1936France Ivana OrlandiniFrance Edith Belliard6–1, 5–7, 7–5
1937Germany Totta ZehdenPoland Jadwiga Jędrzejowska4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1938Czechoslovakia Minni Hein MüllerGermany Klara Hammer Beutter6–2, 1–6, 11-9
1939France Sylvia Jung HenrotinGermany Rosl Kraus6-4, 6-1
1940Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Hella KovacGermany Anneliese Ullstein4–6, 6–1, 6–1
1941/1946Not held (due to World War II)
1947United States Pauline BetzCzechoslovakia Helena Straubeova6-2, 6-0
1948Italy Annalisa BossiItaly Nicla Migliori6-0, 6-3
1949Italy Annalisa Bossi (2)Italy Lucia Manfredi6-2, 6-2
1950Italy Annalisa Bossi (3)Italy Nicla Migliori2–6, 6–2, 6–1
1951United States Doris HartItaly Annalisa Bellani7-5, 6-1
1952United Kingdom Joan CurryItaly Annalisa Bellani9-7, 6-3
1953Italy Silvana LazzarinoUnited Kingdom Joan Curry6-3, 6-2
1954Italy Silvana Lazzarino (2)West Germany Totta Zehden6–4, 6–1
1955United Kingdom Shirley BloomerUnited Kingdom Elaine Watson6-2, 6-0
1958Bermuda Heather Brewer-SegalMexico Rosie Reyes6-2, 6-4
1960Italy Francesca GordigianiItaly Roberta Beltrame6-1, 7-5
1963Italy Silvana Lazzarino (3)West Germany Almut Sturm6-2, 6-1
1964West Germany Almut SturmItaly Annalisa Bellani4–6, 6–4, 6–4