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The Alexandria International Championships or International Championships of Alexandria was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1914. It was played at the Alexandria Sporting Club (f. 1890), Alexandria, Egypt. The tournament ran until 1975.

Seven editions of this event were valid as the International Championships of Egypt at Alexandria.

History

The Alexandria International Championships was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1914 and played at the Alexandria Sporting Club, Alexandria, Egypt. The championships were staged until 1975. For the years 1937 '39 '46 '50 '52 '53 '55 the editions were valid as "International Championships of Egypt" when played in Alexandria. That tournament was mainly held Gezireh Sporting Club, Cairo.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Alexandria International Championships
1914	Augustos Zerlendis	H.J. Pailhé	6-3, 6-3
1934	Pat Hughes	Franjo Punčec	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1935	Roderich Menzel	Hermann Artens	6-4 6-0 6-0
1936	Roderich Menzel (2)	Henner Henkel	3–6, 6–2, 5–7, 6–0, 6–4
International Championships of Egypt
1937	Gottfried von Cramm	Henner Henkel	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
Alexandria International Championships
1938	Kho Sin-Khie	Dragutin Mitić	6–2, 6–4, 10-8
International Championships of Egypt
1939	Gottfried von Cramm (2)	Don McNeill	7–5, 6–2, 6–8, 6–2
1940/1945	Not held (due to World War II)
Alexandria International Championships
1947	Henri Cochet	Robert Abdesselam	6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 8–6
1948	Robert Abdesselam	Philippe Washer	3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1
1949	Frank Parker	Pedro Masip
International Championships of Egypt
1950	Gottfried von Cramm (3)	Jaroslav Drobný	8–6, 6–3, 9–11, 6-4
Alexandria International Championships
1951	Jaroslav Drobný	Irvin Dorfman	6–1, 12–10, 6-2
International Championships of Egypt
1952	Jaroslav Drobný	Władysław Skonecki	7–5, 6–3, 6–3
1953	Jaroslav Drobný (2)	George Worthington	6–4, 7–5, 6–2
Alexandria International Championships
1954	Enrique Morea	Fausto Gardini	6–2, 6–0, 5–7, 6–3
International Championships of Egypt
1955	Fausto Gardini	Giuseppe Merlo	8–6, 6–0, 8–6
Alexandria International Championships
1956	Lew Hoad	Fred Kovaleski
1957	Sven Viktor Davidson	Władysław Skonecki	6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1958	Barry MacKay	Orlando Garrido	6–4, 7–5, 6–2
1959	Giuseppe Merlo	Nicola Pietrangeli	4–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1960	Boro Jovanović	Bobby Wilson	6–4, 7–5, 6–3
1961	Nicola Pietrangeli	Barry Phillips-Moore	6–2, 6–4, 6–3
1962	Jan-Erik Lundqvist	Boro Jovanović	6–2, 2–6, 2–6, 7–5, 6–4
1963	Jan-Erik Lundqvist (2)	Wilhelm Bungert	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1964	Martin Mulligan	Jan-Erik Lundqvist	8–10, 6–3, 6–0, 6–3
1965	István Gulyás	Martin Mulligan	4–6, 6–4, 6–4, 9–7
1966	Ion Țiriac	Marty Riessen	2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4
1967	Jaime Pinto Bravo	Ilie Năstase	9–7, 2–6, 6–8, 6–3, 7–5
↓ Open Era ↓
1968	Vladimir Korotkov	Milan Holeček	4–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–2, 6–3
1969	István Gulyás (2)	Ismail El Shafei	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
1970	Wieslaw Gasiorek	Harald Elschenbroich
1971	Ibrahim Mahmoud	Vladimir Korotkov	3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 7–5, 6–1
1972	Alexander Metreveli	Ian Fletcher	9–7, 6–2, 6–4
1973	Patrice Dominguez	Tadeusz Nowicki	6–3, 9–7, 5–7, 6–2
1974	Teimuraz Kakulia	János Benyik	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
1975	Balázs Taróczy	Anatoli Volkov	w.o.

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Alexandria International Championships
1914	R. Aighton	Mrs Adamson	0–6, 8–6, 10-8
1936	Billie Yorke	Rosl Kraus	6-1, 6-3
1937	Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling	Simonne Mathieu	6-2, 6-3
1938	Gracyn Wheeler	Gaby Curtis	6-2, 6-0
1939	Gaby Curtis	Josephine Harman	6-2, 6-4
1940/1945	Not held (due to World War II)
International Championships of Egypt
1946	Simonne Mathieu	Vera Mattar	6-1, 6-1
Alexandria International Championships
1947	Annalisa Bossi	Suzanne Pannetier	5–7, 7–5, 6–2
1948	Nelly Landry	Alice Weiwers	6-1, 6-0
1949	Nelly Landry (2)	Joy Gannon	6-1, 6-0
International Championships of Egypt
1950	Pat Canning Todd	Gussie Moran	1–6, 6–3, 6–0
Alexandria International Championships
1951	Doris Hart	Louise Brough	7-5, 6-2
Egypt International Championships
1952	Betsy Abbas	Suzanne Mathieu	6-1, 6-4
1953	Dottie Head Knode	Patricia Ward	6-0, 6-2
Alexandria International Championships
1954	Betsy Abbas (2)	Totta Zehden	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
International Championships of Egypt
1955	Silvana Lazzarino	Angela Mortimer	w.o.
Alexandria International Championships
1956	Angela Mortimer	Althea Gibson	6-3, 6-4
1957	Edda Buding	Ilse Buding	6–4, 1–0, ret.
1958	Dottie Head Knode	Andrea Eid	6-1, 6-0
1959	Věra Pužejová	Eva Mannschatz Johannes	6-1, 6-0
1960	Margaret Hellyer	X. Vassiliadis	6-3, 6-4
1961	Věra Pužejová (2)	Margaret Hellyer	6-1, 6-3
1962	Donna Floyd	Lorna Cornell Cawthorn	9–7, 7–9, 6–2
1963	Jill Blackman	Rita Bentley	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1964	Jan Lehane	Helga Schultze	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
1965	Madonna Schacht	Gail Sherriff	6–3, 2–6, 7–5
1966	Galina Baksheeva	Carole Caldwell Graebner	7-5, 6-2
1967	Helga Schultze	Anna Dmitrieva	4–6, 6–1, 8–6
↓ Open Era ↓
1968	Anna Dmitrieva	Robin Blakelock-Lloyd	6-0, 6-3
1969	Nell Truman	Olga Morozova	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1970	Olga Morozova	Marcela Barochova	6-4, 6-0
1971	Alena Palmeová-West	Yelena Gorina Granaturova	6-4, 6-4
1972	Alena Palmeová-West (2)	Nathalie Fuchs	6–3, 1–6, 6–1
1973	Nathalie Fuchs	Odile de Roubin	6-2, 6-0
1974	Marina Chuvirina	Marie Neumannova	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
1975	Sue Barker	Jackie Fayter	5–7, 7–5, 6–3

See also

• International Championships of Egypt (Cairo)

References

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2. Robertson, Max (1974). "Egypt". The Encyclopedia of Tennis. New York City: Viking Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-670-29408-4.
3. Tennis Club Genova
4. Haag, Michael (2008). Vintage Alexandria: Photographs of the City, 1860–1960. Cairo: American Univ in Cairo Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-977-416-192-6.
5. Robertson (1974)
6. Abilene Reporter News. Newspaper Archives. March 26, 1951. Page 16.
7. "Alexandria – Egypt (UP)". New Castle News. New Castle, Pennsylvania: Newspaper Archives. 26 March 1956. p. 19. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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9. "Women's Singles Title For Angela Mortimer". Madison Wisconsin State Journal. Madison, Wisconsin, United States: Newspaper Archives. 25 March 1956. p. 37. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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• Clay court tennis tournaments
• Defunct tennis tournaments in Egypt