Moroccan International Championships

The Moroccan International Championships[1] or Championnats Internationaux Marocains was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1925 as the Moroccan Championships or Championnats du Maroc. The tournament first held in Casablanca, Morocco. It was held annually until 1974 when it was discontinued as part of the worldwide ILTF Circuit.

Moroccan International Championships
Championnats Internationaux Marocains
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit (1924-1974)
Founded1924 (1924)
Abolished1974 (1974)
LocationMorocco
SurfaceClay

History

In 1924 the Moroccan Championships were first held in Casablanca, Morocco. The tournament continued to staged annually through to the second world war then was suspended. In 1950 the tournament resumed under a new brand name the Moroccan International Championships. The tournament was mainly held in Casablanca, but was also staged in Rabat in 1933, 1937, 1939 and 1950. The championships ran annually through till 1974 when they were discontinued as part of the worldwide ILTF Circuit.

Finals

Men's singles

Notes: two versions of the tournament was held in * February (59) & April (62) ** November (59, 62).[2][3]

(Incomplete roll)
Moroccan Championships
1930France Christian BoussusFrance Maxime "Max" Combemale6-2 6-3
1936[4]France Christian BoussusFrance Jean Lesueur6-4, 6–0, 6-2
1937France Christian BoussusSweden Kalle Schröder4-6 6-3 6-4 6-8 6-2
1939France Mr. LassonFrance Kalle Schröder7-5 6-2 6-0
1940/1945Not held (due to World War II)
Moroccan International Championships
1950Australia Geoffrey BrownUnited States Fred Kovaleski5-7 6-1 6-4
1951France Paul RémyFrance Maurice Bendayan6-2 6-0 7-5
1956France Henri Chabance[5]Morocco Pierre Forget8-6 6-4 6-2
1957Morocco Pierre Forget[6]France Jean Pierre Bergerat[7]6-3 3-6 6-2 10-8
1959*United Kingdom Mike DaviesFrance Robert Haillet6-3 1-6 7-5
1959**Italy Nicola PietrangeliFrance Gérard Pilet6-4 6-3 6-4
1960[8]Spain Manuel SantanaItaly Giuseppe Merlo1-6 6-4 6-4 6-4
1961West Germany Wilhelm BungertSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović7-5 2-6 6-3 3-6 6-2
1962*Hungary István GulyásWest Germany Ingo Buding10-8 6-4 6-2
1962**Morocco Lahcen ChadliMorocco Mohammed-Haibabi Bouchaib[9]6-1 6-0 6-2
1963Australia Roy EmersonWest Germany Ingo Buding6-8 7-5 6-3 6-4
1964Australia Martin MulliganHungary István Gulyás6-4 6-2 6-3
1965Morocco Ben Ali AhmedMorocco Ali Laroussi[10]1-6 6-4 7-5 4-6 7-5
1968Greece Nicholas KalogeropoulosAustralia Allan Stone6-1 4-6 6-3 6-4
1968France Michel LeclercqFrance Daniel Contet2-6 7-5 6-2
Open era
1969Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željko FranulovićAustralia Barry Phillips-Moore2-6 6-1 6-2 6-3
1970West Germany Hans-Jürgen PohmannMorocco Ali Laroussi[11]6-3 6-4 6-2
1971Romania Ion ȚiriacFrance François Jauffret7-6 6-0 6-3
1974France Éric DeblickerFrance Jean-Claude Barclay7-5 6-1 6-3

Women's singles

(Incomplete roll)

Moroccan Championships
1925[12]French Protectorate in Morocco Mme NevilleFrench Protectorate in Morocco Mme Rebourseau6-1, 3–6, 6-1
1933French Protectorate in Morocco Mlle MatiaFrench Protectorate in Morocco Mme Lannefranque6-2, 6-1
1939French Protectorate in Morocco Mme FollweiderFrench Protectorate in Morocco Mme Lannefranque6-4, 6-2
1940/1945Not held (due to World War II)
Moroccan International Championships
1951Switzerland Ruth Nathan KaufmannFrench Protectorate in Morocco Mlle Pilon Fleury6-3, 3–6, 8-6
1954France Maud GaltierFrance Michelle Bourbonnais6-3, 6-2
1956Morocco Jacqueline MoralesMorocco Mlle Roy6-1, 6-1
1959France Márta PoppMorocco Jacqueline Morales5-7, 6–2, 6-3
1960[13]United Kingdom Ann HaydonFrance Jacqueline Rees-Lewis6-0, 6-2
1961Italy Silvana LazzarinoWest Germany Helga Schultze6-2, 6-3
1962Italy Lea PericoliItaly Silvana Lazzarino10-8, 3–6, 6-1
1963Australia Jan LehaneBrazil Maria Bueno6-3, 6-2
1964France Françoise DürrAustralia Robyn Ebbern6-4, 6-3
1968Australia Gail SherriffUnited States Alice Tym6-1, 6-4
Open era
1969United States Alice TymArgentina Graciela Morán6-3, 6-1
1970France Jacqueline Morales Lecaillon (2)Australia Jenny Staley Hoad3-6, 7–5, 6-0
1971Australia Wendy GilchristBelgium Michèle Gurdal6-2, 7-5

See also

References
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