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The Cairo Championships or Championships of Cairo was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded circa 1932. It was played in Cairo, Egypt. The tournament ran until 1978 with breaks.

History

The Cairo Championships or sometimes called Championships of Cairo was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded circa 1932. The championships were first played at the Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt. In the 1950s the tournament was held at Tawfikiya Tennis Club (f. 1896), Cairo, before returning to the Gezira Sporting Club. The tournament was staged until the early 1970s.

For the years 1937, 1939, 1960 1968 1969 it was co-valid as Egyptian International Championships, In 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978 this tournament was co-valid as the Egyptian Open.

Finals

Men's singles

Note two editions of the mens event was held in 1968, one in March the other late September early October (incomplete roll)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1937	Henner Henkel	Giorgio de Stefani	7–5, 6–0
1939	Gottfried von Cramm	Don McNeill	7–5, 6–2, 6–8, 6–2
1948	Franjo Punčec	Adly Shafei	7-5 6-4
1949	Frank Parker	Budge Patty	6-2 9-7 8-6
1954	Adly Shafei	Daniel Acobas	4-6 7-5 6-3 5-7 6-1
1955	Trevor Fancutt	Bernard Destremau	6-2 3-6 6-4
1960	Nicola Pietrangeli (3)	Giuseppe Merlo	5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
1966	Fathi Mohammed Ali	Mootaz Sombol	6-3 6-2 3-6 6-4
1968	Milan Holeček	Ismail El Shafei	4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1968	Ismail El Shafei	Abdel Ghani Mohammed	6-2 6-3 6-1
Open era
1969	Ismail El Shafei	István Gulyás	6–4, 7–9, 6–4, 6–4
1972	Aly El Dawoudi	Ibrahim Mahmoud	7-5 3-6 6-4 6-4
1975	Manuel Orantes	François Jauffret	6–0, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
1977	François Jauffret	Frank Gebert	6–3, 7–5, 6–4

Women's Singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1932	Lavender Letts-Campbell	Mabel Davy Clayton	0-6, 6-1, 7-5
1935	Helen Jacobs	Liesl Herbst	6-1, 6-2
1937	Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling	Simone Mathieu	6-2, 6-0
1939	/ Josephine R. Harman	Rita Jarvis	6-4, 6-0.
1954	Betsy Abbas	Esther Saul	4-6, 6-2, 6-3
1957	Suzy Kormoczi	Edda Buding	10-8, 1-6, 7-6
Open era
1970	Olga Morozova	Marcela Barochova	6-3, 6-3
1972	Odile de Roubin	Marina Chuvirina	6-3, 1-6, 6-1

References

1. Robertson, Max (1974). "Egypt". The Encyclopedia of Tennis. New York City: Viking Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-670-29408-4.
2. Robertson, Max (1974)
3. "All-British Tennis Final In Cairo: In an All-British final in the women's singles in the Cairo lawn tennis championships yesterday Miss J R. Harman. the Irish player, beat Miss R. Jarvis. 6-4, 6-0" (Subscription). Weekly Dispatch (London). London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 26 March 1939. p. 21. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
4. Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. Brooklyn, New York.: KTAV Publishing House, Inc. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-60280-013-7.

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• Defunct tennis tournaments in Egypt