Championnats de Pau
Pau Championships
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
(1913–27)
Founded1890 (1890)
Abolished1927 (1927)
LocationBillère
Pau
Tarbes
VenueTrinquet Club de Beaumont
Tennis Club Pau
SurfaceClay / outdoor

The Pau Championships or Championnats de Pau was a men's and women's clay court tennis tournament was founded in 1890 as the Pau International Tournament and also known as the Tournoi International de Pau. The tournament was first played in Trinquet Club de Beaumont, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France.[1] It was played annually till 1927.[1]

History

In 1887 the Lawn Tennis Trinquet Club de Beaumont (later renamed as the Pau Tennis Club).[2][3] In 1890 it organised and open international tennis event then called the Pau International Tournament.[1] In 1902 the tournaments name was changed to the Pyrenees Championships.[1] In 1906 the events name was altered again to the Basses-Pyrénées Championships.[1] by the late 1920s the tournament was branded under the name Championnats de Pau or Pau Championships.[1] In 1920 the Trinquet Club de Beaumont to Tennis Club Pau.[4] The tournament was held in various locations such as Billère, Pau, and Tarbes.[1]

Successor tournaments being held in Pau include and the most recent being an ATP Challenger event founded in 2019 called the Teréga Open Pau–Pyrénées for sponsorship reasons,[5] or simply known as the Pau–Pyrénées Open.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1894Germany Victor VossIreland Manliffe Goodbody6–4, 7–5.[1]
1897France Albert F. Philippe de LuzeFrance Paul Lebreton6–3, 2–6, 6–1.[1]
1909France Jean CintratFrance Édouard Derazey6–3, 6–1.[1]
1912France Max DecugisFrance Jean Montariol2–6, 6–4, 6–4.[1]
1921Romania Nicolae MishuFrance Jean-Pierre Samazeuilh6–3, 6–1.[1]

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1890Wales Edith AustinIreland May Gearydef
1903United Kingdom Mrs Russell-DaviesFrance Mlle. d'Elva6–2, 6–0
1905France Mlle. d'ElvaFrance Mme. Donne6–0, 6–0
1906France Mlle. d'ElvaFrance Mlle. Vansittart6–2 6–1
1927France Marguerite BroquedisFrance Bella Pons6–4, 2–6, 7–5

Mixed doubles

(incomplete roll)

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1905France Albert F. Philippe de Luze
France Mlle. d'Elva		Spain Jose de Olozabal
Germany Comtesse de Miramon		6–3, 6–3, 6–2.[1]
1906France André Jousselin
Germany Comtesse de Miramon		France Pierre Portes
France Mlle. d'Elva		6–3, 6–3, 6–2.[1]

Event names

In French

  • Tournoi International de Pau (1890-1899)
  • Championnat dés Pyrénées (1901–05, 1907–11)
  • Championnat dés Basses-Pyrénées (1906)
  • Championnats de Pau (1912–27)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Tournaments:Pyrenees Championships - Pau Championships". The Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  2. ↑ City of Pau Pau Pyrénées Tourisme (2016) History of the Pau Tennis Club.
  3. ↑ Heathcote, John Moyer (1891). "History of the Court, Racquet and Ball". Tennis. London: Longmans, Green. p. 22.
  4. ↑ City of Pau Pau Pyrénées Tourisme (2016)
  5. ↑ "Pau: Overview". ATP Tour. Association of Tennis Professionals. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
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