Lake Geneva Championships
| Lake Geneva Championships Championnats du lac Léman | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Tour | ILTF Circuit (1913-38) |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Abolished | 1938 |
| Location | Montreux, Switzerland |
| Venue | Montreux Lawn Tennis Club |
| Surface | Clay (outdoors) |
The Lake Geneva Championships[1] or Championnats du lac Léman[2] was a men's and women's open international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1899 and first staged at the Montreux Lawn Tennis Club, Montreux, Switzerland. The championships was discontinued in 1938.[3]
History
[edit | edit source]The Lake Geneva Championships[4] were staged at Montreux, Switzerland in 1898. The championships were usually held in the spring in April or May each year. The tournament continued to be staged through till 1938 when they were discontinued just before the start of World War II.
The tournament sometimes carried the title of the Montreux Grand Hotel Spring Championships or Montreux Spring Meeting or just Montreux Championships. The event was played exclusively at the Montreux Lawn Tennis Club founded in 1890,[5] in the grounds of the Hôtel des Alpes-Grand Hôtel, Territet.
Past finals
[edit | edit source]Men's Singles
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Women's Singles
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