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Lausanne Autumn Meeting

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Lausanne Autumn Meeting
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit
Founded1884; 140 years ago (1884)
Abolished1946; 78 years ago (1946)
LocationLausanne, Vaud, Switzerland.
VenueMontchoisi Tennis Club
SurfaceClay
Hard

The Lausanne Autumn Meeting[1] was men's and women's clay court tournament founded in 1884.[2] The tournament was played at Montchoisi Tennis Club (f.1883) Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland until 1946.

History

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In 1883 the Montchoisi Tennis Club was founded as the English Lawn Tennis Club.[3] In 1884 it staged its first autumn meeting, initially the tournament was played on hard asphalt courts. In 1898 the club moved to a new location and changed its name to Montchoisi Lawn Tennis Club, it also built six new tarmacadam tennis courts.[4] In 1925 eight new clay courts were built.[4] The Lausanne Autumn Meeting continued to be held until 1946 when it was discontinued.[2]

Finals

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Men's Singles

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(Incomplete roll)

Year Winner Finalist Score
1884 England Rev. G.S. Money United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Alexander W. Miller White 6–5, 4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–5.[2]
1905 Australia Les Poidevin Russian Empire W. Gladky 6–4 6–1 6–2.[2]
1910 United States R. Norris Williams Germany Robert Kleinschroth 6–4 ret.[2]
1912 France Max Decugis United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Hope M. Crisp 6–2 6–3 6–0.[2]
1913 New Zealand Anthony Wilding Germany Robert Kleinschroth 6–4 6–2 6–2.[2]
1915/1919 Not held (due to World War I)
1922 Greece Augustos Zerlendis Switzerland Charles Henry Martin 6–3 6–4 6–3.[2]
1925 Switzerland Boris Maneff Poland Zbigniew Beldowski 7–5 6–3 6–1.[2]
1941 Switzerland Hans Pfaff Switzerland Jost Spitzer 8–6 6–1 6–3.[2]

Women's Singles

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(Incomplete roll)

Year Winner Finalist Score
1925 Switzerland Lolette Payot Switzerland Mlle de Crousaz 9–7, 6–1.
1928 Switzerland Elise Belzer Switzerland Gabriela Szapary 6–2, 6–1.
1933 Switzerland Lolette Payot (2) Germany Paula Heimann Stuck 6–2, 6–3.
1934 Switzerland Lolette Payot (3) Switzerland Mauricette L'Huillier 6–3, 6–0.
1935 Switzerland Lolette Payot (4) Switzerland Mlle C. Collet 6–2, 6–0.
1937 Germany Ilse Friedleben Austria Etta Neumann 6–0, 6–4.
1938 Switzerland Mlle Devrient Switzerland Mme Bridel 6–3, 6–1.
1941 Luxembourg Alice Weiwers France Cosette Saint-Omer-Roy 2–6, 6–3, 6–3.
1946 Italy Elsa Riboli Gaviraghi Italy Lucia Manfredi 6–4, 6–4.

References

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  1. ^ "SWITZERLAND IN AUTUMN". Hull Daily Mail. Yorkshire, England: British Newspaper Archive. 22 July 1929. p. 4. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Tournaments:Lausanne Autumn". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  3. ^ "MTC – Un peu d'histoire". www.montchoisitc.ch. Montchoisi Tennis Club. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  4. ^ a b Montchoisi Tennis Club