Czechoslovakian International Championships
Tennis tournament
Czechoslovakian International Championships Tour ILTF Circuit (1920-1968)Founded 1920; 105 years ago (1920 ) Abolished 1985; 40 years ago (1985 ) Location Prague (1920-64, 1966, 1968)Bratislava (1965, 1967, 1969-73, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985)Ostrava (1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982)Prerov (1984)Venue Various Men's singles Miloslav Mecir
The Czechoslovakian International Championships was a tennis tournament held between 1920 and 1985.
History
The tournament began soon after Czechoslovakia began as a country (there were tournaments before that such as the Bohemian Crown Lands Championships). The tournament had many winners from overseas, including winners of Grand Slam singles titles Henri Cochet ,[ 1] Fred Perry ,[ 1] Don Budge ,[ 1] József Asbóth ,[ 1] Nicola Pietrangeli ,[ 1] and Tony Roche .[ 1] Also, Czechoslovakian players that won Grand Slam singles titles Jaroslav Drobný ,[ 1] Jan Kodeš [ 1] and Ivan Lendl [ 1] also won the title.
The tournament was held on clay courts and was typically held in June or July, but sometimes as early as April or as late as September.
From 1939 to May 1945 Czechoslovakia ceased to exist. Bohemia and Moravia became a Protectorate overseen by Nazi Germany . The Czechoslovakian International Championships resumed in July 1945.
When the Grand Prix circuit began in the 1970s, the tournament was not part of it. The tournament was held exclusively in Prague until the mid-1960s and then was held in other cities such as Bratislava and Ostrava (and one year in Prerov). A Czech Grand Prix tournament, the Prague Grand Prix , was held from 1987 to 1989. When the ATP Tour began, they had the Czechoslovak Open , which became the Czech Open , which was held throughout the 1990s.
Past finals
Men's singles
Year
Champion
Runner-up
Score
1920
S. Zemla [ 1]
1921
S. Zemla [ 1]
1922
Karel Ardelt [ 1]
1923
S. Zemla [ 1]
1924
Charles Aeschlimann [ 1]
Pavel Macenauer
6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 0–6, 7–5
1925
Jan Koželuh [ 1]
František Soyka
6–1, 6–1, 6–2
1926
Jan Koželuh [ 1]
Friedrich Rohrer
6–1, 6–2, 6–3
1927
Jan Koželuh [ 1]
Roderich Menzel
6–1, 4–1 rtd.
1928
Jan Koželuh [ 1]
Franz Matejka
7–5, 4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4
1929
Henri Cochet [ 1]
Christian Boussus
2–6, 6–8, 6–2, 7–5, 8–6
1930
Josef Maleček [ 1]
Franjo Šefer
4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 6–1
1931
Hyotaro Sato [ 1]
Minoru Kawachi
5–7, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1932
Uberto De Morpurgo [ 1]
Pavel Macenauer
6–4, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1933
Roderich Menzel [ 1]
Ladislav Hecht
6–3, 6–2, 6–1
1934
Roderich Menzel [ 1]
Gottfried von Cramm
3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
1935
Roderich Menzel [ 1]
Giovanni Palmieri
6–2, 6–1, 6–1
1936
Fred Perry [ 1]
Ladislav Hecht
6–2, 6–3, 4–6, 6–1
1937
Roderich Menzel [ 1]
Giovanni Palmieri
6–1, 6–0, 6–3
1938
Don Budge [ 1]
Ladislav Hecht
6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1939-44[ a]
No competition[ 1]
1945
Jaroslav Drobný [ 1]
Vojtěch Vodička
6–1, 6–1, 6–2
1946
Jaroslav Drobný [ 1]
Marcel Bernard
8–6, 11–9, 6–3
1947
Jaroslav Drobný [ 1]
Tom Brown
6–0, 6–2, 6–1
1948
Jaroslav Drobný [ 1]
András Ádám-Stolpa
6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1949
Jaroslav Drobný [ 1]
Władysław Skonecki
1950
József Asbóth [ 1]
Władysław Skonecki
9–7, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 9–7
1951-54
No competition [ 1]
1955[ 2]
Jiří Javorský
András Ádám-Stolpa
6–2, 6–3, 5–7, 6–2
1956[ 3]
Don Candy [ 1]
Pierre Darmon
6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1957[ 4]
Jiří Javorský [ 1]
Richard Schonborn
6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–3
1958[ 5]
Nicola Pietrangeli [ 1]
Mario Llamas
1–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–0
1959[ 6]
Jiří Javorský [ 1]
Don Candy
6–4, 4–6, 6–0, 3–6, 6–4
1960[ 7]
Jiří Javorský [ 1]
Peter Scholl
6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1961[ 8]
István Gulyás [ 1]
Karol Safarik
2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1962
Władysław Skonecki [ 1]
Jiří Javorský
6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
1963
Ken Fletcher [ 1]
John Fraser
6–3, 6–2, 7–5
1964
Jiří Javorský [ 1]
Štěpán Koudelka
7–5, 6–2, 6–2
1965
Patricio Rodriguez
István Gulyás
6–3, 6–3, 6–4
1966
Tony Roche [ 1]
Bill Bowrey
7–9, 6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1967
Jan Kodeš
Ion Tiriac
1–6, 13–11, 6–1, 6–2
1968
Milan Holeček [ 1]
František Pála
6–3, 6–1, 5–7, 7–5
1969
István Gulyás [ 1]
Christian Kuhnke
6–1, 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
1970
Jan Kodeš [ 1]
Milan Holeček
3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 7–5
1971
Jan Kodeš [ 1]
Szabolcz Baranyi
4–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
1972
No competition
1973
František Pála [ 1]
János Benyik
8–6, 5–7, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1974
Vladimír Zedník
Jan Kodeš
3–6, 7–5, 6–4 rtd.
1975
František Pála
Jiri Hrebec
2–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–0
1976
Tomáš Šmíd
Pavel Huťka
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1977
Jiří Hřebec
František Pála
1–6, 6–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1
1978
Ivan Lendl
Vladimír Zedník
6–4, 1–6, 6–1, 6–3
1979
Ivan Lendl
Pavel Složil
6–2, 7–6, 6–3
1980
Ivan Lendl
Stanislav Birner
6–3, 6–2, 7–6
1981
Tomáš Šmíd
Pavel Složil
6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
1982
Pavel Složil
Tomáš Šmíd
4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
1983
Miloslav Mečíř
Libor Pimek
6–1, 4–6, 1–6, 7–6, 7–5
1984
Miloslav Mečíř
Tomáš Šmíd
1–6, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3, 6–4
1985
Miloslav Mečíř
Libor Pimek
7–6, 6–4, 6–3
Women's singles
Notes
^ Bohemia-Moravia became a Protectorate of Nazi Germany at the end of the 1930s, so the tournaments of 1939-44 were the Protectorate Championships. From 1941 to 1944 these were national events.
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