| River Plate Championships | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Tour | ILTF Circuit |
| Founded | 1893 |
| Abolished | 1978 |
| Location | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Venue | Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club |
| Surface | Clay / outdoor |
The River Plate Championships or Campeonatos de Río de la Plata also known as the River Plate International Championships[1] was a mens and womens clay court tennis tournament founded in 1893 as the Buenos Aires LTC Open.[2] In 1894 the tournaments title was changed to the Championship of the River Plate.[3] It was first held Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina. The tournament ran until 1978 when it ceased to be an offical event of the international tennis circuit, but it did continue for another twenty years until it was abolished in 1998.
History edit
In 1893 the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club organized its first tournament the Buenos Aires LTC Open,[4] to members of all sports club with the Río de la Plata area, but was mainly played by local players.[5] The mens event was only the championship category of the first edition.[6] The inugural mens event was won by Frank Murray who beat Thomas Vesey Melville Knox in the final.[7] The BALTC later validated the first tournments winner in the roll of honor for the River Plate Championships.[8]
The River Plate Championships was the first important international tennis tournament to be held in Argentina pre dating the Championship of Argentina by 37 years. The final mens winner was Argentina's José Luis Clerc who beat New Zealand player in the final Chris Lewis. The womens championship did not start until 1903 which was won by Argentine player Miss Chawner who defeated fellow Argentine player Winnifred M. Boadle.[9] The final womens champion was American player Caroline Stoll who beat Argentina's Emilse Raponi de Longo in the final. The tournament ceased to be an offical event of the then international tennis circuit, but it did continue for another twenty years until it was abolished in 1998.
Finals edit
Mens singles edit
Included:[10]
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 |  FM Still |
Thomas Knox |
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| 1894 | Thomas Knox |
FM Still |
3-6, 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1895 | Thomas Knox (2) |
B. St. Vershoyle |
7-5, 2-6,,6-3 |
| 1896 | Thomas Knox (3) |
Richard Handcock |
7-5 and 6-3 |
| 1897 | Thomas Knox (4) |
Henry BM Knight |
6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1898 | Henry BM Knight |
Thomas Knox |
6-2, 6-3,6-2 |
| 1899 | AJ McMorran |
Henry BM Knight |
6-4, 7-5, 10-8 |
| 1900 | Stanley Knight |
AJ McMorran |
6-1, 6-3,6-2 |
| 1902 | Stanley Knight (2) |
AJ McMorran |
6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 8-6 |
| 1903 | Stanley Knight (3) |
AJ McMorran |
6-1, 6-2, 6-4 |
| 1904 | Stanley Knight (4) |
AJ McMorran |
0-6, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1905 | Stanley Knight (5) |
HW Thompson |
6-3, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1906 | Stanley Knight (6) |
Lionel H. Knight |
4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1907 | Stanley Knight (7) |
AJ McMorran |
6-3, 6-0, 6-2 |
| 1908 | Stanley Knight (8) |
Henry BM Knight |
4-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-3 |
| 1909 | J. Easton |
HW Thompson |
7-5, 6-2, 8-6 |
| 1910 | Stanley Knight (9) |
Lionel Knight |
6-1, 8-6, 6-3 |
| 1911 | Stanley Knight (10) |
Lionel Knight |
6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 |
| 1912 | Diego E. Cerboni |
Edward Oswald Jacobs |
6-2, 6-2, 7-5 |
| 1913 | Lionel Knight |
RO Sheward |
6-4, 6-0, 6-1 |
| 1914 | Henry B. Knight |
JJ Daly |
2-6, 6-2, 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 |
| 1915 | Lionel Knight (2) |
Alfredo Villegas |
1-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1916 | Lionel Knight (3) |
Alfredo Villegas |
6-3, 7-5, 4-3 abd |
| 1917 | Lionel Knight (4) |
Carlos Morea |
6-0, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 |
| 1918 | Lionel Knight (5) |
Arturo Hortal |
6-4, 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1919 | Lionel Knight (6) |
Arturo Hortal |
6-2, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 |
| 1920 | Lionel Knight (7) |
Arturo Hortal |
6-0, 2-6, 6-0, 7-5 |
| 1921 | Lionel Knight(8) |
Carlos Dumas |
6-2, 4-6, 9-7, 6-4 |
| 1922 | Lionel Knight (9) |
Arturo Hortal |
w.o. |
| 1923 | Lionel Knight (10) |
Carlos Dumas |
6-0, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 |
| 1924 | Guillermo Robson |
Carlos Morea |
6-4, 7-5, 6-4 |
| 1925 | Guillermo Robson (2) |
Enrique Obarrio |
6-1, 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1926 | Carlos Morea |
 Bernardo Ferrés |
6-4, 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1927 | Ronaldo Boyd |
Héctor Cattaruzza |
7-5, 6-4, 7-9, 6-2 |
| 1928 |  Manuel Alonso Areizaga |
Ricardo López Pelliza |
6-1, 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1929 | Ronaldo Boyd (2) |
Guillermo Robson |
6-4, 3-6, 9-7, 6-4 |
| 1930 | Lucilo del Castillo |
Ronaldo Boyd |
4-6, 10-8, 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1931 | Carlos Morea (2) |
Ricardo López Pelliza |
6-3, 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1932 | Guillermo Robson (3) |
Adriano Zappa |
6-1, 7-9, 6-3, 5-7, 8-6 |
| 1933 | Lucilo del Castillo |
Adriano Zappa |
6-4, 5-7, 14-12, 6-1 |
| 1934 | Hector Cattaruzza |
Adriano Zappa |
7-5, 5-7, 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 |
| 1935 | Lucilo del Castillo (2) |
Adelmar Echeverría |
6-2, 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1936 | Héctor Cattaruzza (2) |
Eric Seaton |
6-3, 6-2, 6-0 |
| 1937 |  Alcides Procopio |
Hector Cattaruzza |
w.o. |
| 1938 | Lucilo del Castillo (3) |
Adriano Zappa |
9-7, 6-3, 14-12 |
| 1939 |  Panch0 Segura |
Lucilo del Castillo |
2-6, 6-3, 11-9, 6-2 |
| 1940 | Alcides Procopio |
 Efraín González |
6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 |
| 1941 | Manuel Fernandes |
Heraldo Weiss |
2-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1942 | Alejo Russell |
Manuel Fernandes |
1-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 |
| 1943 |  Don McNeill |
Alejo Russell |
6-2, 6-0, 6-3 |
| 1944 | Heraldo Weiss |
Héctor Cattaruzza |
11-9, 6-2, 8-6 |
| 1945 | Heraldo Weiss (2) |
Enrique Morea |
6-2, 6-1, 6-3 |
| 1946 | Enrique Morea |
Andrés Hammersley |
6-3, 2-6, 9-7, 6-4 |
| 1947 | Enrique Morea (2) |
Bill Talbert |
3-6, 9-7, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1948 | Seymour Greenberg |
Enrique Morea |
1-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 |
| 1949 | Earl Cochell |
Enrique Morea |
2-6, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 |
| 1950 | Enrique Morea (3) |
Armando Vieira |
6-4, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 |
| 1951 | Salvador Soriano |
 Noé La Jara |
4-6, 6-8, 9-7, 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1952 | Eduardo Prado |
Noé La Jara |
6-0, 6-2, 6-3 |
| 1953 | Ernesto Della Paolera |
Perfecto Suárez |
3-6, 8-6, 6-0, 6-1 |
| 1954 | Eduardo Prado (2) |
Oscar González Bonorino |
6-1, 6-3, 6-1 |
| 1955 | Salvador Soriano |
Eduardo Prado |
6-4, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 |
| 1956 | Enrique Morea (4) |
Eduardo Prado |
10-8, 6-3, 6-4 |
| 1957 | Enrique Morea (5) |
Eduardo Soriano |
6-4, 10-8, 6-4 |
| 1958 | Ernesto Ríos |
Eduardo Soriano |
7-5, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1959 | Enrique Morea (6) |
Eduardo Prado |
6-4, 6-4, 7-5 |
| 1960 | Eduardo Prado (3) |
Enrique Morea |
3-6, 9-7, 6-4, 13-11 |
| 1961 | Eduardo Prado (4) |
Roberto Aubone |
6-3, 6-4, 8-7, ret. |
| 1962 | Enrique Morea (6) |
Roberto Aubone |
6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 |
| 1963 | Enrique Morea (7) |
Roberto Aubone |
6-1, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1964 |  Roy Emerson |
 Rafael Osuna |
3-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 1965 | Fred Stolle |
Roy Emerson |
6-4, 7-5 |
| 1966 | Martin Mulligan |
Rafael Osuna |
6-2, 7-5, 6-3 |
| 1967 | Cliff Richey |
Clark Graebner |
3-6, 6-4, 7-5 |
| Open era | |||
| 1968 | Julián Ganzabal |
José Prats |
w.o. |
| 1969 | Julián Ganzabal (2) |
Norberto Herrero |
6-2, 6-1, 6-4 |
| 1970 | José Edison Mandarino |
 Harald Elschenbroich |
5-7, 7-5, 9-7, 6-2 |
| 1971 | Jaime Fillol |
Julián Ganzábal |
6-4, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1972 | Guillermo Vilas |
Héctor Romani |
6-3. 6-1, 6-2 |
| 1973 | Julián Ganzábal |
Ricardo Cano |
7-6, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 |
| 1974 | Guillermo Vilas (2) |
Julián Ganzábal |
7-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 |
| 1975 | Guillermo Vilas (3) |
Clark Graebner |
6-3, 6-1, 6-4 |
| 1976 | Julián Ganzábal |
Lorenzo Soriano |
7-5, 6-3 |
| 1977 | Guillermo Vilas (4) |
 Wojtek Fibak |
6-4, 6-3, 6-0 |
| 1978 | José Luis Clerc |
 Chris Lewis |
6-3, 6-1 |
| 1979 Ricardo Cano (ARG) to Eduardo Bengoechea (ARG) 6-3 and 6-2 | |
| 1980 Eduardo Bengoechea (ARG) to Gustavo Tiberti (ARG) 7-6 | 1-6 and 9-7 |
| 1981 Carlos Castellán (ARG) to Juan Avendaño (ESP) 6-1 and 6-1 | |
| 1982 Roberto Argüello (ARG) to Carlos Castellán (ARG) 6-0 and 6-2 | |
| 1983 Horacio de la Peña (ARG) to Gustavo Tiberti (ARG) 6-4 and 6-1 | |
| 1984 Martín Jaite (ARG) to Gustavo Guerrero (ARG) 6-3 and 6-2 | |
| 1985 Eduardo Bengoechea (ARG) to Guillermo Pérez Roldán (ARG) 7-6 and 6-4 | |
| 1986 Martín Jaite (ARG) to Eliot Teltscher (USA) 6-4 and 6-4 | |
| 1987 Martín Jaite (ARG) to Eduardo Bengoechea (ARG) 7-6 and 6-4 | |
| 1988 Martín Jaite (ARG) to Alberto Mancini (ARG) 6-2 and 7-6 | |
| 1989 Guillermo Pérez Roldán (ARG) to Franco Davin (ARG) 3-6 | 6-2 and 6-0 |
| 1990 Luis Lobo (ARG) to Gilbert Schaller (AUT) 6-1 and 6-3 | |
| 1991 Fabián Blengino (ARG) to Agustín Garizzio (ARG) 6-4 | 4-6 and 6-2 |
| 1992 Juan Gisbert (ESP) to Carsten Arriens (ALE) 6-1 and 7-6 (5) | |
| 1993 Hernán Gumy (ARG) against Franco Squillari (ARG) 7-5 and 6-0 | |
| 1994 Alex Corretja (ESP) to Javier Frana (ARG) 6-3 | 5-7 and 7-6 (5) * |
| 1995 Lucas Arnold (ARG) to Gerardo Mirad (ARG) 6-4 and 6-1 | |
| 1996 Damián Furmanski (ARG) to Carlos Gómez Díaz (ARG) 6-2 and 7-5 | |
| 1997 Diego Moyano (ARG) to Leonardo Olguín (ARG) 7-6 and 6-0 | |
| 1998 Younes El Aynaoui (MAR) to Alberto Martín (ESP) 7-6 and 6-1 | |
| 1999 Franco Squillari (ARG) to Hernán Gumy (ARG) 5-7 | 6-1 and 6-4 |
| 2000 Guillermo Coria (ARG) to Alberto Berasategui (ESP) 6-1 | 4-6 and 6-4 |
| 2001 Agustín Calleri (ARG) to David Nalbandian (ARG) 3-6 | 6-1 and 6-3 ** |
| 2002 Nicolás Massú (CHI) to Agustín Calleri (ARG) 2-6 | 7-6 (5) and 6-2 |
| 2003 Carlos Moyá (ESP) to Guillermo Coria (ARG) 6-3 | 4-6 and 6-4 |
| 2004 Guillermo Coria (ARG) to Carlos Moyá (ESP) 6-4 and 6-1 | |
| 2005 Gastón Gaudio (ARG) to Mariano Puerta (ARG) 6-4 and 6-4 | |
| 2006 Carlos Moyá (ESP) to Filippo Volandri (ITA) 7-6 (6) and 6-4 | |
| 2007 Juan Monaco (ARG) to Alessio Di Mauro (ITA) 6-1 and 6-2 | |
| 2008 David Nalbandian (ARG) to José Acasuso (ARG) 3-6 | 7-6 (5) and 6-4 |
| 2009 Tommy Robredo (ESP) to Juan Monaco (ARG) 7-5 | 2-6 and 7-6 (5) |
| 2010 Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) to David Ferrer (ESP) 5-7 | 6-4 and 6-3 |
| 2011 Nicolás Almagro (ESP) to Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) 6-3 | 3-6 and 6-4 |
| 2012 David Ferrer (ESP) to Nicolás Almagro (ESP) 4-6 | 6-3 and 6-2 |
| 2013 David Ferrer (ESP) to Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 6-4 | 3-6 and 6-1 |
| 2014 David Ferrer (1) (ESP) to Fabio Fognini (2) (ITA) 6-4 and 6-3 | |
| 2015 Rafael Nadal (1) (ESP) to Juan Monaco (ARG) 6-4 and 6-1 | |
| 2016 Dominic Thiem (5) (AUT) def. Nicolás Almagro (ESP) 7-6 (2) | 3-6 7-6 (4) |
Womens singles edit
Included:[11]
References edit
- ^ "Tennis: Buenos Aries, Argentina". Corpus Christi Times. Corpus Christi, Texas, United States: Newspaper Archives. 20 April 1967. p. 20. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "Tennis in Argentina: 1892-1893: 1893-BALTC: the first "open" tournament was "internal"". www.baltc.net (in European Spanish). Buenos Aries Lawn Tennis Club (BALTC). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "1894: Río de la Plata, with cash prize". www.baltc.net. Buenos Aries Lawn Tennis Club (BALTC). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
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- ^ "1903. 1st female Río de la Plata". www.baltc.net (in European Spanish). Buenos Aries Lawn Tennis Club (BALTC). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "Statistics: Río de la Plata Championship (gentlemen's individual)". www.baltc.net (in European Spanish). Buenos Aries Lawn Tennis Club (BALTC). Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ "Statistics: Río de la Plata Championship (individual ladies)". www.baltc.net (in European Spanish). Buenos Aries Lawn Tennis Club (BALTC). Retrieved 7 March 2023.