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The Championships of Hyères or Championnats de Hyères was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1910. The tournament was played at the Hyères Lawn Tennis Club, Hyères, France as part of the French Riviera Circuit. It was played annually until 1930 when it was discontinued.

History

The first Championships of Hyères were played between 31 March and 6 April 1910 at the Hyères Lawn Tennis Club located within the Golf Hôtel, Hyères, France. The championships continued to be held annually at the Hyères LTC until 1927 when it was relocated to the Hyères New Courts Tennis Club for the duration of its run in 1930 when it was discontinued.

The first winner of the men's singles title was Englands's John Mason Flavelle. The first winner of the women's singles was the Greek then later French international Régine Lidoriki Vlasto. The finals men's singles champion was Germany's Johann Philip Buss, and the final women's singles champion was France's Doris Metaxa

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete list)

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1910	John Mason Flavelle	Antoine P. Vlasto	6–2, 6–4 ret.
1911	Fredric Samuel Warburg	Pierre Blanchenay	w.o.
1912	Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten	Henri Armand Resuge	8–6, 6–4, 6–2
1913	Hope Crisp	Alain Léon André Resuge	6–0, 6–1
1914	Francis Gordon Lowe	Arthur Wallis Myers	w.o.
1915/1919	Not held (due to world war one)
1920	Francis Gordon Lowe (2)	Alain Gerbault	6–4, 6–0, 6–1
1921	Francis Gordon Lowe (3)	Jack Montagu Hillyard	6–1, 6–0, 4–0, ret.
1922	Alain Léon André Resuge	Jack Montagu Hillyard	6–1, 6–4, 8–6
1923	Jack Montagu Hillyard	Brame Hillyard	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1924	Jack Montagu Hillyard (2)	Ernest Talbot Thomas Lamb	4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–4
1925	Jean-Bernard Jauréguiberry	Eric Harvey	6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
1926	Not held
1928	Jacques Brugnon	Franz-Wilhelm Matejka	5–7, 4–6, 8–6, 6–4, 6–2
1929	Johann Philip Buss	Henri Reynaud	5–7, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2
1930	Johann Philip Buss (2)	Henri Reynaud	5–7, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2

Women's singles

(incomplete list)

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1910	Régine Lidoriki Vlasto	Mrs J.B. Perrett	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
1911	Emmeline Ward Warburg	Régine Lidoriki Vlasto	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1912	Mrs J.B. Perrett	Helen Reckitt Flavelle	6–4, 6–2
1913	E.M. White	M. Towler	6–2, 6–4
1914	E.M. White (2)	Elizabeth Ryan	5–1, retd.
1915/1919	Not held (due to world war one)
1920	Geraldine Beamish	Mary Macartney	6–0, 6–0
1921	Blanche Colston	Phyllis Satterthwaite	default
1922	Phyllis Satterthwaite	Madeline Fisher O'Neill	6–2, 6–1
1923	Phyllis Satterthwaite (2)	Lesley Cadle	6–0, 6–1
1924	Phyllis Satterthwaite (3)	Phyllis Howkins Covell	6–3, 6–1
1925	Cosette Saint-Omer-Roy	Claude Garfit	6–3, 6–1
1926	Not held
1927	Mary Harland	Betty Lewis	6–1, 6–1
1928	Esna Boyd	Phyllis Satterthwaite	8–6 ret.
1929	Doris Metaxa	Régine Vlasto	6–3, 3–6, 6–2

References

1. "Amateur Sports Fixtures". Town & Country. New York: Hearst Corporation. 1927. p. 20.
2. "RIVIERA LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENTS The International Lawn Tennis Tournaments on the Riviera this season are as follows". Pall Mall Gazette. London, England: British Newspaper Archive. 23 January 1912. p. 11. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
3. ^ "Tournaments:Championships of Hyères". The Tennis Base. Tennismem SL. Retrieved July 24, 2023.

• Clay court tennis tournaments
• Defunct tennis tournaments in France