The Moroccan International Championships[1] or Championnats Internationaux Marocains was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1925 as the Moroccan Championships or Championnats du Maroc. The tournament first held in Casablanca, Morocco. It was held annually until 1974 when it was discontinued as part of the worldwide ILTF Circuit.
| Moroccan International Championships Championnats Internationaux Marocains | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Tour | ILTF Circuit (1924-1974) |
| Founded | 1924 |
| Abolished | 1974 |
| Location | Morocco |
| Surface | Clay |
History edit
In 1924 the Moroccan Championships were first held in Casablanca, Morocco. The tournament continued to staged annually through to the second world war then was suspended. In 1950 the tournament resumed under a new brand name the Moroccan International Championships. The tournament was mainly held in Casablanca, but was also staged in Rabat in 1933, 1937, 1939 and 1950. The championships ran annually through till 1974 when they were discontinued as part of the worldwide ILTF Circuit.
Finals edit
Men's singles edit
Notes: two versions of the tournament was held in * February (59) & April (62) ** November (59, 62).[2][3]
- (Incomplete roll)
| Moroccan Championships | ||||
| 1930 |  Christian Boussus |
Maxime "Max" Combemale |
6-2 6-3 | |
| 1936[4] | Christian Boussus |
Jean Lesueur |
6-4, 6–0, 6-2 | |
| 1937 | Christian Boussus |
 Kalle Schröder |
4-6 6-3 6-4 6-8 6-2 | |
| 1939 | Mr. Lasson |
Kalle Schröder |
7-5 6-2 6-0 | |
| 1940/1945 | Not held (due to World War II) | |||
| Moroccan International Championships | ||||
| 1950 |  Geoffrey Brown |
 Fred Kovaleski |
5-7 6-1 6-4 | |
| 1951 | Paul Rémy |
Maurice Bendayan |
6-2 6-0 7-5 | |
| 1956 | Henri Chabance[5] |
 Pierre Forget |
8-6 6-4 6-2 | |
| 1957 | Pierre Forget[6] |
Jean Pierre Bergerat[7] |
6-3 3-6 6-2 10-8 | |
| 1959* |  Mike Davies |
Robert Haillet |
6-3 1-6 7-5 | |
| 1959** |  Nicola Pietrangeli |
Gérard Pilet |
6-4 6-3 6-4 | |
| 1960[8] |  Manuel Santana |
Giuseppe Merlo |
1-6 6-4 6-4 6-4 | |
| 1961 |  Wilhelm Bungert |
 Boro Jovanović |
7-5 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-2 | |
| 1962* |  István Gulyás |
Ingo Buding |
10-8 6-4 6-2 | |
| 1962** | Lahcen Chadli |
Mohammed-Haibabi Bouchaib[9] |
6-1 6-0 6-2 | |
| 1963 | Roy Emerson |
Ingo Buding |
6-8 7-5 6-3 6-4 | |
| 1964 | Martin Mulligan |
István Gulyás |
6-4 6-2 6-3 | |
| 1965 | Ben Ali Ahmed |
Ali Laroussi[10] |
1-6 6-4 7-5 4-6 7-5 | |
| 1968 |  Nicholas Kalogeropoulos |
Allan Stone |
6-1 4-6 6-3 6-4 | |
| 1968 | Michel Leclercq |
Daniel Contet |
2-6 7-5 6-2 | |
| Open era | ||||
| 1969 | Željko Franulović |
Barry Phillips-Moore |
2-6 6-1 6-2 6-3 | |
| 1970 | Hans-Jürgen Pohmann |
Ali Laroussi[11] |
6-3 6-4 6-2 | |
| 1971 |  Ion Țiriac |
François Jauffret |
7-6 6-0 6-3 | |
| 1974 | Éric Deblicker |
Jean-Claude Barclay |
7-5 6-1 6-3 | |
Women's singles edit
(Incomplete roll)
| Moroccan Championships | ||||
| 1925[12] |  Mme Neville |
Mme Rebourseau |
6-1, 3–6, 6-1 | |
| 1933 | Mlle Matia |
Mme Lannefranque |
6-2, 6-1 | |
| 1939 | Mme Follweider |
Mme Lannefranque |
6-4, 6-2 | |
| 1940/1945 | Not held (due to World War II) | |||
| Moroccan International Championships | ||||
| 1951 |  Ruth Nathan Kaufmann |
Mlle Pilon Fleury |
6-3, 3–6, 8-6 | |
| 1954 | Maud Galtier |
Michelle Bourbonnais |
6-3, 6-2 | |
| 1956 | Jacqueline Morales |
Mlle Roy |
6-1, 6-1 | |
| 1959 | Márta Popp |
Jacqueline Morales |
5-7, 6–2, 6-3 | |
| 1960[13] | Ann Haydon |
Jacqueline Rees-Lewis |
6-0, 6-2 | |
| 1961 | Silvana Lazzarino |
Helga Schultze |
6-2, 6-3 | |
| 1962 | Lea Pericoli |
Silvana Lazzarino |
10-8, 3–6, 6-1 | |
| 1963 | Jan Lehane |
 Maria Bueno |
6-3, 6-2 | |
| 1964 | Françoise Dürr |
Robyn Ebbern |
6-4, 6-3 | |
| 1968 | Gail Sherriff |
Alice Tym |
6-1, 6-4 | |
| Open era | ||||
| 1969 | Alice Tym |
 Graciela Morán |
6-3, 6-1 | |
| 1970 | Jacqueline Morales Lecaillon (2) |
Jenny Staley Hoad |
3-6, 7–5, 6-0 | |
| 1971 | Wendy Gilchrist |
 Michèle Gurdal |
6-2, 7-5 | |
See also edit
- Grand Prix Hassan II (ATP successor tournament)
- Morocco Open (WTA successor tournament)
References edit
- ^ "SPORTS IN SHORT: BRITONS Gerald Battrick and John Paish opened with straightset victories in the Moroccan International Championships in Casablance. Battrick had a 6-2, 6-1 win over Morocco's Ali Laroussi and Paish beat Frenchman Jacques Thamin". Coventry Evening Telegraph. Warwickshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 24 November 1971. p. 30. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Tournament – Casablanca – Moroccan International Championships". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Tournament – Moroccan International". www.tennisarchives.com. Tennis Archives. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "OUT OF ENGLAND: More travel tales". The Tatler. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 24 April 1936. p. 44.
- ^ "Henri Chabance: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "G: Guy Forget". The International Who's Who, 1997-98. Brussels: Europa Publications. 1997. p. 495. ISBN 978-1-85743-022-6.
- ^ "Jean Pierre Bergerat: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Easy win for British girl Ann Haydon". Daily Mirror. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 31 October 1960. p. 27. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Player Profile: Mohammed-Haibabi Bouchaib". www.itftennis.com. ITF. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Ali Laroussi: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Player Profile: Ali Laroussi". www.itftennis.com. ITF. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Foreign News and Sports: The Moroccan War and Tennis". Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). Lahore, Pakistan: British Newspaper Archive. 7 October 1925. p. 3. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ Daily Mirror (1960)