Monte-Carlo Masters
Monte-Carlo Masters | |
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Masters 1000 | |
Surface | Clay, outdoors |
Draw | 56S / 28Q / 24D |
Prize money | €5,950,575 (2024) |
Website | montecarlotennismasters.com |
Current champions (2024) | |
Singles | Stefanos Tsitsipas |
Doubles | Sander Gillé / Joran Vliegen |
The Monte-Carlo Masters (also known as the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters for
The event was founded in 1896 as the Monte-Carlo International.[2][3] The following year the event officially became known as the Monte-Carlo Championships, also known as the Monte Carlo International Championships, which was a combined men's and women's tournament until 1982 when the women's championships ceased.
History
In April 1896 the first Monte Carlo International lawn tennis tournament was established.[4] The first men's singles was won by George Whiteside Hillyard,[5] according to Wimbledon librarian Alan Little. He states that the women's event was won by either a Miss K. Booth of Great Britain or a Mlle Guillon of France; despite extensive research, he could not conclusively find the results.[6]
The tournament was originally played on red shale clay courts of the Lawn Tennis de Monte-Carlo in cellars underneath the Grand Hôtel de Paris until 1905.[7] In 1906 the event and club was moved to La Condamine where it was played between 1907 and 1914 and again in 1920. It was played briefly on the roof of garage in Beausoleil an additional three tennis courts were constructed with spectator stands and new club house on 28 January 1921 the new venue was named as the "La Festa Country Club"[8]
It became an "
Past finals
Men's singles
Men's doubles
Open era:
Women's singles
(incomplete roll)
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | |
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1896 | K. Booth | Mlle Guillon | ? | |
1898 | Marguerite Chalier | Vera Warden | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 | |
1901[15] | Blanche Bingley Hillyard |
Mildred Brooksmith | 6–2, 6–1 | |
1902[16] | Clara von der Schulenburg | Mildred Brooksmith | 6–2, 6–3 | |
1903[17] | Toupie Lowther | Mildred Brooksmith | 6–3, 6–1 | |
1904 | Margherita de Robiglio | Clara von der Schulenburg | 6–2, 6–2 | |
1905 | Dorothea Douglass |
Connie Wilson |
6–4, 6–1 | |
1906 | Gladys Eastlake-Smith |
Amy Ransome | 6–4, 6–2 | |
1907 | Gladys Eastlake-Smith (2) |
Rosamund Salusbury |
6–4, 4–6, 6–4 | |
1908 | Gladys Eastlake-Smith (3) |
Evelyn Dillon | 6–3, 6–4 | |
1909 | Alice Greene | Clara von der Schulenburg | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 | |
1910 | Rosamund Salusbury |
Mildred Brooksmith | 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 | |
1911 | Rosamund Salusbury (2) |
Blanche Duddell Colston | 6–2, 6–4 | |
1912[18] | Jessie Tripp | Margaret Tripp | default | |
1913 | Madeline Fisher O'Neill |
Elizabeth Ryan | 6–3, 8–6 | |
1914 | Dorothea Douglass Chambers (2) |
Elizabeth Ryan | 6–4, 6–1 | |
1915/1918 | Not held (due to World War I) | |||
1919 | Suzanne Lenglen | Doris Henrotin Wolfson | 6–0, 6–0 | |
1920 | Suzanne Lenglen (2) | Elizabeth Ryan | 6–1, 6–2 | |
1921 | Suzanne Lenglen (3) | Elizabeth Ryan | 6–2, 6–0 | |
1922 | Elizabeth Ryan | Geraldine Beamish | 6–2, 6–1 | |
1923[19] | Kitty McKane |
Elizabeth Ryan | 7–5 4–6 6–2 | |
1924 | Elizabeth Ryan (2) | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 6–2, 6–2 | |
1926 | Elizabeth Ryan (3) | Geraldine Beamish | divided title | |
1926 | Helen Wills | Lili de Alvarez |
6–2, 6–3 | |
1927 | Elizabeth Ryan (4) | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 6–3, 6–4 | |
1928[20] | Eileen Bennett | Cristobel Hardie | 6–3, 7–5 | |
1929[21] | Betty Nuthall | Eileen Bennett | 7–5, 5–7, 6–4 | |
1930 | Cilly Aussem | Simonne Mathieu | 6–2, 6–1 | |
1931[22] | Simonne Mathieu | Phyllis Satterthwaite | 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 | |
1932 | Simonne Mathieu (2) | Sheila Hewitt | 6–1, 6–4 | |
1933 | Lolette Payot | Simonne Mathieu | 6–0, 6–4 | |
1934 | Sylvie Jung Henrotin | Muriel Thomas | default | |
1935 | Simonne Mathieu (3) | Lucia Valerio | 6–2, 6–4 | |
1936 | Simonne Mathieu (4) | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | 6-1, 6-4 | |
1937 | Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling | Simonne Mathieu | 8-6, retired | |
1938 | Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | Peggy Scriven |
6–4, 6–3 | |
1939 | Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling (2) | Simonne Mathieu | 7–5, 6–8, 6–3 | |
1940/1945 | Not held (due to World War II) | |||
1946 | Alice Weiwers | Yvonne Hoyaux Vincart | 6–3, 6–2 | |
1947 | Magda Berescu Rurac |
Jean-Nicoll-Bostock |
6–3, 6–8, 6–2 | |
1948 | Suzy Körmöczy | Manuela Bologna | 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 | |
1949 | Annalisa Bossi | Anne-Marie Seghers | 6–2, 6–3 | |
1950 | Jean Walker-Smith | Anne-Marie Seghers | 7–5, 6–3 | |
1951 | Doris Hart | Shirley Fry | 6–3, 6–3 | |
1952 | Suzy Körmöczy (2) | Hella Strecker | 7–5, 7–5 | |
1953 | Dottie Head Knode |
Totta Zehden | 7–5, 10–12, 6–4 | |
1954 | Silvana Lazzarino | Jacqueline Kermina | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 | |
1955 | Patricia Ward | Shirley Bloomer |
6–4, 6–2 | |
1956 | Althea Gibson | Shirley Bloomer |
6–4, 6–4 | |
1957 | Annalisa Bellani |
Yola Ramírez | 6–2, 6–1 | |
1958 | Suzy Körmöczy (3) | Mimi Arnold | 6–2, 6–3 | |
1959 | Suzy Körmöczy (4) | Yola Ramírez | 7–5, 1–6, 6–3 | |
1960 | Suzy Körmöczy (5) | Yola Ramírez | 6–3, 6–2 | |
1961[23] | Margaret Smith |
Elizabeth Starkie |
4–6, 6–1, 6–2 | |
1962 | Suzy Körmöczy (6) | Florence de la Courtie | 6–3, 6–2 | |
1963[24] | Lesley Turner | Jan Lehane | 5–7, 8–6, 6–2 | |
1964[25] | Christine Truman | Jan Lehane | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 | |
1965 | Françoise Dürr | Helga Schultze | 7–5, 6–3 | |
1966 | Helga Niessen | Lea Pericoli | 7–5, 6–4 | |
1967 | Helga Schultze | Gail Sherriff |
6–4, 6–2 | |
1968 | Vlasta Kodesova Vopickova |
Marilyn Aschner | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | |
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1969[26] | Ann Haydon-Jones |
Virginia Wade | 6–2, 6–3 | |
1970[27] | Helga Niessen (2) | Kerry Melville | 6–4, 6–1 | |
1971[28] | Gail Sherriff Chanfreau |
Betty Stöve | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 | |
1972 | Ingrid Löfdahl Bentzer | Helga Niessen Masthoff | 7–5, 6–3 | |
1973 | Fiorella Bonicelli | Renáta Tomanová | 6–4, 6–2 | |
1974[29] | Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (2) |
Heide Schildknecht Orth | 6–5, retired | |
1975 | Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (3) |
Helga Niessen Masthoff | 3–6, 7–5, 6–2 | |
1976[30] | Helga Niessen Masthoff (3) | Fiorella Bonicelli | 6–4, 6–2 | |
1977 | Regina Maršíková | Mariana Simionescu | 6–2, 6–3 | |
1978 | Brigitte Simon | Gail Sherriff Lovera |
7–5, 6–1 | |
1979 | Helga Niessen Masthoff (4) | Sabina Simmonds | 6–3, 6–1 | |
1980 | Brigitte Simon (2) | Isabelle Villiger | 4–6, 7–6, 6–1 | |
1981 | Sylvia Hanika | Hana Mandlíková | 2–6, 6–3, 5–6 retired | |
1982 | Virginia Ruzici | Bonnie Gadusek | 6–2, 7–6 |
Records
Source: The tennisbase[31]
Men' singles
Most titles | Rafael Nadal | 11 |
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Most finals | Rafael Nadal | 12 |
Most consecutive titles | Rafael Nadal | 8 (2005–2012) |
Most consecutive finals | Rafael Nadal | 9 (2005–2013) |
Most matches played | Rafael Nadal | 79 |
Most matches won | Rafael Nadal | 73 |
Most consecutive matches won | Rafael Nadal | 46 |
Most editions played | Fabrice Santoro Rafael Nadal |
17 |
Youngest champion | Mats Wilander | 18y, 7m, 7d (1983) |
Oldest champion | Gordon Francis Lowe | 38y, 8m, 6d (1923) |
Longest final | |||||
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1936 (54 games) | |||||
Gottfried von Cramm | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
Henner Henkel | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
Shortest final | |||||
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1899 (8 games) | |||||
Reginald Doherty | 6 | 0 | |||
Victor Voss | 2 | 0r |
Doubles
Most wins – Team | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6 |
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Most wins – Individual | Bob Bryan | 6 |
Mike Bryan |
Notes
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