River Plate Championships Campeonatos del Río de la Plata | |
Type: | defunct |
Location: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Tour: | ILTF Circuit |
Surface: | Clay / outdoor |
The River Plate Championships or Campeonatos del Río de la Plata, also known as the River Plate International Championships[1] or Campeonatos Internacionales del Río de la Plata, were men's and women's clay court tennis tournaments founded in 1893 as the Buenos Aires LTC Open.[2] In 1894 the competitions were named Championships of the River Plate.[3] They were always held in the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The River Plate Championships were the first important international tennis tournaments to be held in Argentina,[4] predating the Championship of Argentina by 37 years. These tournaments were almost as prestigious as the National Championships and ran until 1978, when they ceased to be official events of the international tennis circuit, but they did continue for twenty years more until they were abolished in 1998.
In 1893 the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club organized its first tournament, the Buenos Aires LTC Open, for members of all clubs within the Río de la Plata area, but it was mainly played by local players. The men's event consisted only of the championship match and it was won by the Argentine player Frank Murray Still, who beat fellow Argentine player Thomas Vesey Melville Knox. The winner was later validated by the BALTC in the roll of honour for the River Plate Championships. The last men's champion was Argentina's José Luis Clerc, who beat New Zealand's Chris Lewis in the final match.
The women's championship did not start until 1903, which was won by the Argentine player Miss Chawner, who defeated fellow Argentine player Winnifred M. Boadle.[5] The winner was later validated by the BALTC in the roll of honour for the River Plate Championships. The last women's champion was the American player Caroline Stoll, who beat Argentina's Emilse Raponi de Longo in the final match.
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Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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1893 | Frank Murray Still | Thomas Knox | |
1894 | Thomas Knox | Frank Murray Still | 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
1895 | Thomas Knox (2) | B. St. Vershoyle | 7–5, 2–6, 6–3 |
1896 | Thomas Knox (3) | Richard Handcock | 7–5, 6–3 |
1897 | Thomas Knox (4) | Henry BM Knight | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
1898 | Henry BM Knight | Thomas Knox | 6–2, 6–3, 6–2 |
1899 | AJ McMorran | Henry BM Knight | 6–4, 7–5, 10–8 |
1900 | Stanley Knight[7] | AJ McMorran | 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 |
1901 | Stanley Knight (2) | AJ McMorran | 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
1902 | Stanley Knight (3) | AJ McMorran | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 8–6 |
1903 | Stanley Knight (4) | AJ McMorran | 6–1, 6–2, 6–4 |
1904 | Stanley Knight (5) | AJ McMorran | 0–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 |
1905 | Stanley Knight (6) | HW Thompson | 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 |
1906 | Stanley Knight (7) | Lionel H. Knight | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 |
1907 | Stanley Knight (8) | AJ McMorran | 6–3, 6–0, 6–2 |
1908 | Stanley Knight (9) | Henry BM Knight | 4–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3 |
1909 | J. Easton | HW Thompson | 7–5, 6–2, 8–6 |
1910 | Stanley Knight (10) | Lionel Knight | 6–1, 8–6, 6–3 |
1911 | Stanley Knight (11) | Lionel Knight | 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 |
1912 | Diego E. Cerboni | Edward Oswald Jacobs | 6–2, 6–2, 7–5 |
1913 | Lionel Knight | RO Sheward | 6–4, 6–0, 6–1 |
1914 | Henry B. Knight | JJ Daly | 2–6, 6–2, 5–7, 7–5, 6–3 |
1915 | Lionel Knight (2) | Alfredo Villegas[8] | 1–6, 5–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 |
1916 | Lionel Knight (3) | Alfredo Villegas | 6–3, 7–5, 4–3 abd. |
1917 | Lionel Knight (4) | Carlos Morea | 6–0, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
1918 | Lionel Knight (5) | Arturo Hortal | 6–4, 6–2, 6–3 |
1919 | Lionel Knight (6) | Arturo Hortal | 6–2, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2 |
1920 | Lionel Knight (7) | Arturo Hortal | 6–0, 2–6, 6–0, 7–5 |
1921 | Lionel Knight(8) | Carlos Dumas | 6–2, 4–6, 9–7, 6–4 |
1922 | Lionel Knight (9) | Arturo Hortal | w.o. |
1923 | Lionel Knight (10) | Carlos Dumas | 6–0, 3–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
1924 | Guillermo Robson[9] | Carlos Morea | 6–4, 7–5, 6–4 |
1925 | Guillermo Robson (2) | Enrique Obarrio | 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 |
1926 | Carlos Morea | Bernardo Ferrés | 6–4, 6–4, 6–2 |
1927 | Ronaldo Boyd | Héctor Cattaruzza | 7–5, 6–4, 7–9, 6–2 |
1928 | Manuel Alonso Areizaga | Ricardo López Pelliza | 6–1, 6–4, 6–1 |
1929 | Ronaldo Boyd (2) | Guillermo Robson | 6–4, 3–6, 9–7, 6–4 |
1930 | Lucilo del Castillo[10] | Ronaldo Boyd | 4–6, 10–8, 6–4, 6–2 |
1931 | Carlos Morea (2) | Ricardo López Pelliza | 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 |
1932 | Guillermo Robson (3) | Adriano Zappa[11] | 6–1, 7–9, 6–3, 5–7, 8–6 |
1933 | Lucilo del Castillo (2) | Adriano Zappa | 6–4, 5–7, 14–12, 6–1 |
1934 | Hector Cattaruzza | Adriano Zappa | 7–5, 5–7, 3–6, 6–0, 6–3 |
1935 | Lucilo del Castillo (3) | Adelmar Echeverría | 6–2, 6–4, 6–1 |
1936 | Héctor Cattaruzza (2) | Eric Seaton | 6–3, 6–2, 6–0 |
1937 | Alcides Procopio | Hector Cattaruzza | w.o. |
1938 | Lucilo del Castillo (4) | Adriano Zappa | 9–7, 6–3, 14–12 |
1939 | Pancho Segura | Lucilo del Castillo | 2–6, 6–3, 11–9, 6–2 |
1940 | Alcides Procopio | Efraín González | 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 |
1941 | Manoel Fernandes[12] | Heraldo Weiss | 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 |
1942 | Alejo Russell | Manuel Fernandes | 1–6, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 |
1943 | Don McNeill | Alejo Russell | 6–2, 6–0, 6–3 |
1944 | Heraldo Weiss | Héctor Cattaruzza | 11–9, 6–2, 8–6 |
1945 | Heraldo Weiss (2) | Enrique Morea | 6–2, 6–1, 6–3 |
1946 | Enrique Morea | Andrés Hammersley | 6–3, 2–6, 9–7, 6–4 |
1947 | Enrique Morea (2) | Bill Talbert | 3–6, 9–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
1948 | Seymour Greenberg | Enrique Morea | 1–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–1 |
1949 | Earl Cochell | Enrique Morea | 2–6, 6–4, 2–6, 7–5, 7–5 |
1950 | Enrique Morea (3) | Armando Vieira | 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
1951 | Salvador Soriano | Noé La Jara | 4–6, 6–8, 9–7, 6–3, 6–2 |
1952 | Eduardo Prado | Noé La Jara | 6–0, 6–2, 6–3 |
1953 | Ernesto Della Paolera | Perfecto Suárez | 3–6, 8–6, 6–0, 6–1 |
1954 | Eduardo Prado (2) | Oscar González Bonorino | 6–1, 6–3, 6–1 |
1955 | Salvador Soriano | Eduardo Prado | 6–4, 4–6, 6–0, 6–3 |
1956 | Enrique Morea (4) | Eduardo Prado | 10–8, 6–3, 6–4 |
1957 | Enrique Morea (5) | Eduardo Soriano | 6–4, 10–8, 6–4 |
1958 | Ernesto Ríos | Eduardo Soriano | 7–5, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
1959 | Enrique Morea (6) | Eduardo Prado | 6–4, 6–4, 7–5 |
1960 | Eduardo Prado (3) | Enrique Morea | 3–6, 9–7, 6–4, 13–11 |
1961 | Eduardo Prado (4) | Roberto Aubone | 6–3, 6–4, 8–7, ret. |
1962 | Enrique Morea (7) | Roberto Aubone | 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
1963 | Enrique Morea (8) | Roberto Aubone | 6–1, 6–3, 6–3 |
1964 | Roy Emerson | Rafael Osuna | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
1965 | Fred Stolle | Roy Emerson | 6–4, 7–5 |
1966 | Martin Mulligan | Rafael Osuna | 6–2, 7–5, 6–3 |
1967 | Cliff Richey | Clark Graebner | 3–6, 6–4, 7–5 |
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1968 | Julián Ganzabal | José Prats | w.o. |
1969 | Julián Ganzabal (2) | Norberto Herrero | 6–2, 6–1, 6–4 |
1970 | José Edison Mandarino | Harald Elschenbroich | 5–7, 7–5, 9–7, 6–2 |
1971 | Jaime Fillol | Julián Ganzábal | 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 |
1972 | Guillermo Vilas | Héctor Romani | 6–3. 6–1, 6–2 |
1973 | Julián Ganzábal (3) | Ricardo Cano | 7–6, 2–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
1974 | Guillermo Vilas (2) | Julián Ganzábal | 7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
1975 | Guillermo Vilas (3) | Clark Graebner | 6–3, 6–1, 6–4 |
1976 | Julián Ganzábal (4) | Lorenzo Soriano | 7–5, 6–3 |
1977 | Guillermo Vilas (4) | Wojtek Fibak | 6–4, 6–3, 6–0 |
1978 | José Luis Clerc | Chris Lewis | 6–3, 6–1 |