The Portuguese International Championships was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament.^[1] It was held for the first time in 1901 in Cascais.^[1] When it was active, the tournament was Portugal's most prestigious tennis competition.^[2]

History

The first edition was won by George Hillyard, who beat Clement Cazalet in the semifinals and Harold Mahony in the final.^[3][4] The first official international edition took place in 1902, and was won by George Gordon Dagge.^[5] In the next editions also less known players started to participate. The prestigious newspaper Tiro e Sport opened its pages to announce the third edition of the tournament, reporting: "It was with great anxiety that the results of these Championships were awaited, as, in addition to the old players, whose credits are already established, there were some relatively modern players and whose value was not at all known."^[6] The third international edition men's single tournament was won by the English R. Frazer, who defeated Dr. José Correia in the final.^[6] The same newspaper reported the next year that the competition was attended by the best Portuguese players and renowned foreign players. In 1905 the men's single tournament was won by Mr Lourdain^[6] (Jourdain).^[7] The first Portuguese to win the tournament was João de Sousa Macedo (Vila Franca) in 1907.^[5]

In the following decades, the tournament continued to be attended by prominent players. In 1932 the tournament was won by Marcel Bernard. Manuel Santana was crowned champion three times, in 1961, 1965 and 1969, while François Jauffret won the tournament twice, in 1968 and 1970.^[8]

The last edition, disputed in 1973, was won by José Edison Mandarino.^[8]

Past finals

Past champions have included:^[7]

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1901	George Hillyard	Harold Mahony	6–0, 6–4.[1]
1902	George Gordon Dagge	R.W. Frazer	6–4, 6–2, 10–8.[1]
1903	Robert Alexander Shore	George Gordon Dagge	6–2, 6–1, 5–7, 6–0.[1]
1904	R.W. Frazer	José Correia de Sampaio	6–4, 6–2, 10–8.[1]
1905	Frederick Nevill Jourdain	Edward Burford Morrison	6–2, 6–1, 6–3.[1]
1906	Edgar Henry Hickie	Jose Mendes Almeida Bello	6–2, 6–4, 6–2.[1]
1907	João de Sousa Macedo [5]	?	?
1908	João de Sousa Macedo	D. Ricardo Borges de Sousa	6–2, 6–3, 6–1.[1]
1909	João de Sousa Macedo	D. Ricardo Borges de Sousa	6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2.[1]
1910	Not held[5]
1911	?	?	?
1912	?	?	?
1913	João de Sousa Macedo[5]	?	?
1914	?	?	?
1915	João de Sousa Macedo[5]	?	?
1916	?	?	?
1917	?	?	?
1918	José de Verda[9]	?	?
1919	?	?	?
1920	?	?	?
1921	Jean Borotra[2]	?	?
1922	Jean Borotra[2]	?	?
1923	?	?	?
1924	José de Verda[9]	?	?
1925	Noel Turnbull[2]	?	?
1926	Noel Turnbull[2]	?	?
1927	Noel Turnbull[2]	?	?
1928	Noel Turnbull[2]	?	?
1929	Noel Turnbull[2]	?	?
1930	Pierre Henri Landry	Emmanuel du Plaix	6–8, 1–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–2.[1]
1931	?	?	?
1932	Marcel Bernard	Pierre Henri Goldschmidt	?
1933	?	?	?
1934	Domingos d'Avillez[9]	?	?
1935	Eduardo Ricciardi[9]	?	?
1936	Eduardo Ricciardi[9]	?	?
1937	?	?	?
1938	José Roquette[9]	?	?
1939	José Roquette[9]	?	?
1940	Not held[5]
1941	Bernard Destremau	Henri Pellizza	?
1942-45	?
1946	Francesco Romanoni	Pedro Masip	6–2, 6–2, 6–3.[1]
1947	Pedro Masip	Henri Cochet	6–2, 0–6, 5–7, 6–4, 9–7.[1]
1948	Jacques Peten	Robert Van Meegeren	4–6, 6–4, 6–1, 7–5.[1]
1949	Milan Matouš	Joao Roquette Sr.	7–5, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3.[1]
1950	?	?	?
1951	Not held[5]
1952	?	?	?
1953	?	?	?
1954	?	?	?
1955	Robert Haillet	Mario Castella	6–1, 6–3.[1]
1956	?	?	?
1957	Jack Arkinstall	Juan Manuel Couder	6–1, 6–3, 5–7, 6–2.[1]
1958	?	?	?
1959	Donald William	Oswaldo Olmedo	6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–0.[1]
1960	Mike Davies	Roger Becker	7–5, 6–2, 6–1.[1]
1961	Manuel Santana	Billy Knight	6–0, 6–2, 6–2.[1]
1962	?	?	?
1963	Rafael Osuna	Donald Dell	7–5, 8–6, 6–4.[1]
1964	Juan Manuel Couder	William Álvarez	6–2, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1965	Ronald Barnes	Osamu Ishiguro	6–1, 5–7, 11–9, 7–5.[1]
1966	José Edison Mandarino[8]	?	?
1967	Juan Manuel Couder	Jaime Pinto Bravo	6–1, 1–6, 6–1, 6–3.[1]
1968	François Jauffret	Bobby Wilson	6–4, 4–6, 6–3, 7–5.[1]
1969[10]	Manuel Santana	François Jauffret	6–1, 6–0, 6–2
1970	François Jauffret	José Edison Mandarino	6–4, 6–1, 6–4.[1]
1971	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	Jairo Velasco Sr.	6–1, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4.[1]
1972	Boro Jovanović	Harald Elschenbroich	7–5, 6–1.[1]
1973	José Edison Mandarino[8]	?	?

References

External links

• Tournament at Tennis Archives