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Bordeaux International

The Bordeaux International[1] or Bordeaux Internationale also known as the Villa Primrose Cup or Coupe de la Villa Primrose was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1897. The tournament was played at the La Festa Country Club, Bordeaux, France. It was played annually until 1969 when it was discontinued.

Bordeaux International
Bordeaux Internationale
Defunct tennis tournament
Founded1897; 127 years ago (1897)
Abolished1969; 55 years ago (1969)
LocationBordeaux, France
VenueVilla Primrose Bordeaux
SurfaceClay

History

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In May 1897 the Société Athlétique de la Villa Primrose was founded.[2] In the summer that year it staged its first tennis tournament.[3] This first tournament was a club championship open to members only.[3]

In 1907 the club championship became an open international tournament.[1] The tournament attracted top players Frenchman Max Decugis, was the inaugural winner of the men's singles event.[1] The prestigious Coupe de la Primrose was also offered for the first time in 1907. The first winner of the women's singles was France's Marguerite Broquedis.

The final men's singles champion was Chilean player Patricio Rodríguez,[1] and the final women's singles champion was Belgium's Christiane Mercelis. In 1979 after a period of ten years a new main tour event for men was revived at Villa Primrose called the Bordeaux Open that ran until 1995 when it was abolished. In 2008 the Association of Tennis Professionals established a new challenger tournament for men at the same venue called the BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux that is still held today.[4][5]

Finals

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Men's singles

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(Incomplete Roll) included:[6]

Villa Primrose Athletic Society Tennis Championship
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1897   Paul Robert Marcel Devès   Paul Lebreton 3–6, 6–4, 4–6, 8–6, 6–3
1901   Paul Robert Marcel Devès (2)   Mr. Schroeder 6–0, 6–1
1902   Daniel Édouard Lawton[7]   Paul Robert Marcel Devès 6–4, 6–4
1906   Max Decugis   Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 8–6

(Incomplete Roll)

Bordeaux International/Coupe de la Primrose
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1907[1]   Max Decugis   Jean Montariol 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1908[1]   Anthony Wilding   Daniel Édouard Lawton 6–2, 6–0, 6–1
1909[1]   Max Decugis (2)   Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh 6–2, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6
1910[1]   Jean Montariol   Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh ?
1911[1]   Maurice Germot   François Blanchy 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 3–6, 8–6
1912[1]   Max Decugis (3)   Jean Montariol 6–3, 6–3, 6–0
1913[1]   Max Decugis (4)   Maurice Germot 6–8, 6–1, 6–0, 8–6
1914/1918 Tournament not held due to World War I
1920[1]   Nicolae Mishu   Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten 6–4, 4–6, 8–6, 6–3
1922[1]   Jean Borotra   Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh 6–3, 7–5 3–6 6–2
1923[1]   René Lacoste   Jean Borotra 7–9, 6–2, 8–6
1924[1]   François Blanchy   Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh 6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3
1925[1]   Jean Borotra (2)   Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh 6–0, 6–2, 6–2
1926[1]   Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh   François Blanchy 8–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
1927[1]   Antoine Gentien   Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh 8–6, 6–0, 6–2
1928[1]   Guillermo Robson   Ronaldo Boyd 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1929[1]   Antoine Gentien (2)   Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh 6–8, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1930[1]   Antoine Gentien (3)   Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh 6–2, 6–2
1931[1]   Roger George   Christian Boussus 1–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–4
1932[1]   Roland Journu   Alexandre Goldryn 6–1, 3–6, 7–5, 6–2
1933[1]   André Martin-Legeay   Roland Journu 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1934[1]   André Martin-Legeay (2)   Jean Lesueur 6–2, 8–6, 6–4
1936[1]   André Martin-Legeay (3)   Enrique Maier 6–3, 7–5, 9–7
1937[1]   Paul Féret   Jean Lesueur 1–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1939[1]   Roland Journu (2)   Christian Boussus 8–6, 3–6, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1952[1]   Irvin Dorfman   Jean Ducos de la Haille 3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
1954[1]   Rex Hartwig   Neale Fraser 6–1, 6–2
1955[1]   Jean-Claude Molinari   Jean-Noël Grinda 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1957[1]   Bernard Destremau   Alain Lemyze 6–4, 6–0
1958[1]   Alain Bresson   Georges Deniau 6–2, 8–6, 6–3
1963[1]   François Jauffret   Mustapha Belkhodja 6–2, 6–2
1964[1]   Jean-Claude Barclay   Patricio Rodríguez 6–2, 7–5, 6–1
1967[1]   Thomaz Koch   José Edison Mandarino 6–4, 5–6, 6–2, 7–5
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[1]   Patricio Rodríguez   Nicholas Kalogeropoulos 0–6, 9–7, 6–4, 6–4
For the successor men's event see Bordeaux Open

Women's singles

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Bordeaux International/Coupe de la Primrose
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1907   Marguerite Broquedis ? ?
1911   Marguerite Broquedis (2)   Mme Flouch 6–2, 6–1
1912   Marie Decugis   Jeanne Liebrechts 8–6, 6–2
1913   Elizabeth Ryan   Marie Decugis 6–2, 6–1
1914/1918 Tournament not held due to World War I
1920   Hélène Contostavlos   Germaine Bourgeois Pigueron 8–6, 6–2
1921   Phyllis Satterthwaite   Sylvia Henrotin 6–3, 6–4
1922   Germaine Bourgeois Pigueron   Mlle Flouch 6–1, 6–1
1923   Marguerite Broquedis-Billout (3)   Mlle de Luze 6–0, 6–3
1924   Yvonne Bourgeois   Marguerite Broquedis-Billout 6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1925   Marguerite Broquedis-Billout (4)   Yvonne Bourgeois 7–5, 7–5
1926   Nelly Neppach   Margethe Kahler 6–1, 6–0
1927   Marguerite Broquedis-Billout (5)   Yvonne Bourgeois 9–7, 6–2
1928   Marguerite Broquedis-Billout (6)   Germaine Leconte 6–4, 3–6, 6–2
1929   Marguerite Broquedis-Billout (7)   Jacqueline Gallay 6–3, 6–4
1930   Simone Marre   Marguerite Broquedis-Billout 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1931   Isabela Dutton de Pons   Simone Marre 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1932   Isabela Dutton de Pons   Lucia Valerio 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
1933   Simone Passermard Mathieu   Sylvia Henrotin 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1934   Simone Passermard Mathieu (2)   Ida Adamoff 7–5, 6–2
1935   Lilí Álvarez   Dorothy Andrus Burke 6–3, 9–7
1936   Simone Passermard Mathieu (3)   Simone Iribarne 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
1937   Simone Passermard Mathieu (4)   Susan Noel 6–2, 6–3
1938   Susan Noel   Lolette Payot 4–6, 10–8, 6–3
1939   Jeanne Peyré   Simone Iribarne Lafargue 6–1, 2–6, 6–3
1951   Patricia Ward   Manuela Bologna 6–4, 6–3
1952   Anita Lizana   Melita Ramírez 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
↓  Open era  ↓
1969   Christiane Mercelis   Almut Sturm 0–6, 6–2, 6–4

Venue

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The Villa Primrose Tennis Club still operates today. It covers approximately 27,081m2 and has 10 outdoor clay courts, 2 outdoor green-set courts, 5 indoor clay courts, 3 mini tennis courts and 1 practice wall.[8]

Tournament statistics

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Men's singles

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Women's singles

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References

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  2. ^ "Un club centenaire". Villa Primrose (in French). Villa Primrose Bordeaux. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  3. ^ a b Villa Primrose Bordeaux
  4. ^ "Villa Primrose Bordeaux: Tennis and hockey club in Bordeaux". www.barnes-bordeaux.com. Barnes International. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Bordeaux: Overview". ATP Tour. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Tournaments: Villa Primrose Athletic Society Tennis Championship Primrose". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  7. ^ "Olympedia – Daniel Lawton". www.olympedia.org. International Society of Olympic Historians. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Principaux clubs de tennis à Bordeaux". tennissables.com (in French). Tennissables. 24 March 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
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