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Tennis tournament
Polish International Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
Founded1931; 94 years ago (1931)
Abolished1985; 40 years ago (1985)
Editions45
LocationWarsaw (1931–1935)
Bydgoszcz (1936–1937)
Gdynia (1939)
Sopot (1946, 1949)
Katowice
(1947–1948, 1958–1985)
VenueVarious
SurfaceClay / outdoor

The Polish International Championships was a men's and women's clay court international tennis tournament founded in 1931. It first was played at the Legia Courts, Warsaw, Poland and staged annually at various locations until 1985 when it was discontinued.

History

The tournament was founded in 1931 and was played on outdoor clay courts at the Legia Courts, Warsaw, Poland where it remained until 1935. The inaugural winners of the men's and women's singles event were France's Benny Berthet and Polands Jadwiga Jędrzejowska. In 1936 the event was moved to the BKS Courts in Bydgoszcz. It continued to be held in different locations until 1985 when it was discontinued.

Previous winners of the men's singles have included Pat Hughes, Józef Hebda, Ignacy Tłoczyński, Władysław Skonecki, Jiri Javorsky, Jan-Erik Lundqvist, Gérard Pilet, Istvan Gulyas, Ion Țiriac, Alex Metreveli and Thomas Emmrich. Former winners of the women's singles included Odile de Roubin.

Finals

Men's singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
1931 France Benny Berthet Poland Ignacy Tłoczyński 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 9-11, 9-7
1932 Poland Józef Hebda Poland Ignacy Tłoczyński 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
1933 Czechoslovakia Ladislav Hecht Austria Franz Matejka
1934 Poland Ignacy Tłoczyński Poland Józef Hebda 6-2, 7-9, 6-4, 6-2
1935 United Kingdom Pat Hughes Poland Kazimierz Tarlowski 9-7, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
1936 Poland Kazimierz Tarlowski Poland Józef Hebda 6-1, 6-0, 6-2
1937 Poland Józef Hebda Poland Ignacy Tłoczyński 6-3, 6-2 rtd.
1939 Poland Józef Hebda Poland Ignacy Tłoczyński 6-2, 1-6, 9-7, 6-3
1940-45 No competition
1946 Poland Władysław Skonecki Poland Józef Hebda 6-4, 1-6, 7-9, 6-4, 6-1
1947 Hungary Ottó Szigeti Czechoslovakia Jan Smolinsky 6-4, 1-6, 9-7, 6-2
1948 Poland Władysław Skonecki Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zábrodský 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
1949 Poland Władysław Skonecki Czechoslovakia Jan Krajcik 6-0, 8-6, 7-5
1950 Poland Władysław Skonecki Hungary József Asbóth 6-4, 6-4, 0-6, 6-0
1952 Czechoslovakia Jiří Javorský Czechoslovakia Jan Krajcik 5-7, 6-0, 6-3, 6-3
1954 Czechoslovakia Jiří Javorský Hungary Antal Jancsó 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
1955 Czechoslovakia Jiří Javorský Hungary Istvan Gulyas 6-4, 6-0, 6-0
1956 Poland Andrzej Licis Poland Władysław Skonecki 6-0, 6-1, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2
1957 Poland Andrzej Licis Poland Władysław Skonecki 7-5, 6-4, 7-5
1958 Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist Czechoslovakia Jiří Javorský 6-3, 7-5, 1-6, 6-3
1959 France Gérard Pilet Soviet Union Sergei Andreev 6-3, 6-1, 6-2
1960 Czechoslovakia Jiří Javorský Poland Władysław Skonecki 6-1, 6-1, 6-4
1961 Hungary István Gulyás Czechoslovakia Jiří Javorský 6-3, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
1962 Hungary István Gulyás South Africa Keith Diepraam 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
1963 Romania Ion Țiriac Poland Wiesław Gąsiorek 6-3, 9-7, 4-6, 6-4
1964 Hungary István Gulyás Poland Wiesław Gąsiorek 4-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-1, 6-0
1965 Hungary István Gulyás United States Allen Fox 3-6, 10-8, 3-6, 10-8, 6-3
1966 Poland Wiesław Gąsiorek Hungary Péter Szőke 6-0, 6-4, 6-2
1967 Poland Wiesław Gąsiorek Poland Mieczyslaw Rybarczyk 6-4, 6-2, 6-3
1968 Poland Wiesław Gąsiorek Soviet Union Sergei Likhachev
1969 Soviet Union Toomas Leius Poland Wiesław Gąsiorek 6-0, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
1970 Poland Tadeusz Nowicki Soviet Union Khendrick Sepp 6-1, 6-3, 6-1
1971 Soviet Union Alex Metreveli Soviet Union Toomas Leius 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
1972 Czechoslovakia Jan Pisecky Poland Wiesław Gąsiorek 2-6, 1-6, 8-6, 6-2, 11-9
1973 Poland Tadeusz Nowicki Soviet Union Vyacheslav Egorov 6-2, 6-1, 6-1
1974 Hungary Géza Varga Poland Tadeusz Nowicki 10-8, 6-4
1975 Poland Tadeusz Nowicki Hungary János Benyik 0-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-4
1976 Czechoslovakia Pavel Sevcik Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil w/o
1977 Poland Tadeusz Nowicki Poland Henryk Drzymalski 6-4, 7-5, 3-0 rtd.
1978 West Germany Thomas Emmrich Soviet Union Vadim Borisov 4-6, 6-7, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2
1979 Soviet Union Vadim Borisov Poland Tadeusz Nowocki 6-4, 7-5, 6-4
1980 Poland Henryk Drzymalski Poland Ilia Gruzman 6-0, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
1981 Poland Henryk Drzymalski Czechoslovakia Frantisek Polyak 7-6, 6-2
1982 West Germany Thomas Emmrich Poland Henryk Drzymalski 6-4, 5-7, 2-6, 7-6, 6-0
1983 West Germany Thomas Emmrich Poland Waldemar Rogowski 6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
1984 Soviet Union Alexander Zverev Sr. Soviet Union Vadim Borisov 6-2, 7-6, 6-3
1985 West Germany Thomas Emmrich Poland Lech Bienkowski 6-1, 6-3, 6-2

See also

References

  1. Barrett, John (1971). World of Tennis 1971 : a BP yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-362-00091-7.
  2. ^ "Międzynarodowe Mistrzostwa Polski". historiapolskiegotenisa.pl. Historia Polskiego Tennis. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  3. "International Polish Championships 1931". historiapolskiegotenisa.pl. Historia Polskiego Tennis. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Polish International Championships". Tennis Archives. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  5. World of Tennis
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