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Brumana International

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Brumana International
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
(1927–69) men
(1927–72) women
ILTF Independent Circuit
(1970–75) men
(1973–75) women
ATP Challenger Tour
(1993–95) men
Founded1927; 97 years ago (1927)
Abolished1995; 29 years ago (1995)
LocationBroumana, Lebanon
VenueBroumana Country Club
SurfaceClay / outdoor

The Brumana International[1] was a men's and women's international clay court tournament was founded in 1927. It was played at Brumana Country Club, Broumana, Lebanon until 1970 when it was discontinued.[2]

History

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The tournament was first established in 1927 when it was held at the Friends' Syrian Mission, Broumana, Lebanon. The tournament was not staged continually due the political situation on the country and with the advent of the World War II.[2] Following the second world war the tournament was given a permanent home at the Broumana Country Club sports complex in 1952.[3] The tournament continued to be staged annually until 1975 when it was discontinued due to the Lebanon Civil War.[2] It would be 18 years before the tournament resumed again in 1993,[3] as the ATP Beirut Challenger event, which continued until 1995 when it was also abolished.[2][3]

Finals

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Men's singles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1931 Libya Ernest Farah United Kingdom Victor Erskine Lindop[4] 2–6, 3–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–3.[2]
1952 France Gil de Kermadec Turkey Nazmi Bari 6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2.[2]
1953 Philippines Felicisimo Ampon Philippines Raymundo Deyro 6–4, 7–5, 6–3.[2]
1954 Brazil Armando Vieira Denmark Jorgen Ulrich 6–2, 6–1, 6–1.[2]
1955 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný Chile Luis Ayala 6–3, 6–4, 5–7, 7–5.[2]
1956 United States Budge Patty Egypt Jaroslav Drobný 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–1.[2]
1957 United Kingdom Roger Becker Australia Mervyn Rose 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–1.[2]
1958 Event not held
1959 Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist Australia Bob Howe 7–5, 6–1, 6–4.[2]
1960 Chile Luis Ayala India Ramanathan Krishnan 6–4, 6–4, 1–6, 8–6.[2]
1961 Spain Manuel Santana Australia Fred Stolle 6–3, 8–10, 1–6, 6–3, 6–3.[2]
1962[5] Australia Roy Emerson Australia Neale Fraser 6–2, 6–3, 0–6, 6–3.[2]
1963 Australia Roy Emerson (2) South Africa Gordon Forbes 6–2, 6–2, 6–2.[2]
1964 Brazil Ronald Barnes Australia Ken Fletcher 6–4, 10–8, 6–3.[2]
1965 West Germany Christian Kuhnke Spain José Luis Arilla 3–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–4.[2]
1966 Denmark Jorgen Ulrich Chile Patricio Rodríguez 6–4, 1–6, 1–6, 6–1, 6–3.[2]
1967 Australia Dick Crealy Ecuador Miguel Olvera 6–3, 6–2, 6–4.[2]
1968 Brazil José Edison Mandarino Chile Patricio Rodríguez 5–7, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3.[2]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 South Africa Bob Hewitt Brazil José Edison Mandarino 7–5, 7–5, 6–2.[2]
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1970 Hungary Istvan Gulyas Australia John Alexander 6–3, 14–12, 6–8, 7–5.[2]
1971 United Kingdom Gerald Battrick South Africa Bob Hewitt 6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 6–8, 6–1.[2]
1972 West Germany Wilhelm Bungert South Africa Byron Bertram 6–3, 6–2, 6–4.[2]
1973 Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš Spain Juan Gisbert Sr. 6–3, 10–8, 5–7, 6–1.[2]
1974 Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec Czechoslovakia Vladimir Zednik 6–4, 6–4, 6–4.[2]
1975 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Niki Pilic Egypt Ismail El Shafei 7–6, 3–6, 7–6, 6–7, 6–4.[2]
↓  ATP Challenger Tour  ↓
1993 West Germany Thierry Champion Argentina Christian Miniussi 6–4, 7–6.[2]
1994 Haiti Ronald Agénor France Henri Leconte 6–1, 6–4.[2]
1995 Morocco Karim Alami Russia Andrei Cherkasov 6–4, 6–2.[2]

Women's singles

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(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1952 Turkey Bahtiye Musluoğlu Lebanon Vera Mattar 6–2, 6–1.[3]
1953 France Jacqueline Kermina Austria Elizabeth Fischer Broz 6–4, 6–0.[3]
1954 West Germany Erika Vollmer France Ginette Bucaille 4–6, 6–4, 6–3.[3]
1955 France Maud Galtier Australia Daphne Seeney 6–3, 7–5.[3]
1956 West Germany Edda Buding Australia Daphne Seeney 6–1, 8–6.[3]
1957 Mexico Yola Ramírez Australia Margaret Hellyer 6–2, 7–5.[3]
1958 Event not held
1959 Italy Lea Pericoli West Germany Renate Ostermann 6–3, 6–2.[3]
1960 South Africa Sandra Reynolds South Africa Renée Schuurman 3–6, 6–4, 9–7.[3]
1961 Spain Carmen Coronado Denmark Pia Balling 6–2, 6–1.[3]
1962 South Africa Jean Forbes West Germany Helga Schultze 6–3, 6–3.[3]
1963 South Africa Annette Van Zyl South Africa Margaret Hunt 6–1, 6–0.[3]
1964 Australia Judy Tegart United Kingdom Deidre Catt 4–6, 6–4, 6–3.[3]
1965 France Francoise Durr South Africa Annette Van Zyl 6–4, 6–1.[3]
1966 Rhodesia Pat Walkden South Africa Glenda Swan 6–1, 6–1.[3]
1967 Australia Gail Sherriff Czechoslovakia Vlasta Vopičková 6–1, 1–6, 6–2.[3]
1968 Australia Gail Sherriff (2) Australia Lesley Turner Bowrey 6–2, 9–7.[3]
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 Rhodesia Pat Walkden (2) Australia Fay Toyne-Moore 6–3, 3–6, 6–1.[3]
1970 United Kingdom Winnie Shaw United Kingdom Ann Haydon Jones 1–6, 6–2, 6–1.[3]
1971 Uruguay Fiorella Bonicelli Rhodesia Daphne Pattison 11–9, 6–2.[3]
1972 Austria Sonja Pachta United States Julie Anthony 6–4, 3–6, 6–4.[3]
↓  ILTF Independent Circuit  ↓
1973 Argentina Raquel Giscafré Czechoslovakia Alena Palmeová-West 6–4, 9–7.[3]
1974 Australia Christine Matison Argentina Raquel Giscafré 6–2, 2–6, 6–1.[3]
1975 West Germany Heidi Eisterlehner Australia Christine Matison 6–3, 6–3.[3]

Other tournaments

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During its run the Brumana International was usually held mid to late summer, early autumn.[3] Another international tournament the Lebanon International Championships also known as the Beirut International,[3] also called the Beirut Spring Tournament was held in mid spring usually April, that event was held at the American University of Beirut.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Emerson Downs Neale Fraser". The Age. Melbourne, Australia: newspapers.com. 22 Aug 1962. p. 20. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae "Tournaments:Brumana International". The Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Schoucair, Nohad Victor (2013). "RESULTS BRUMMANA". lebanon-tennis-history.com. Beirut, Lebanon: Lebanon International Tennis. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  4. ^ "V.S Erskine Lindop (GBR) - Gentlemen's Singles" (PDF). Wimbledon. London, England: AELTC. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  5. ^ The Age

Sources

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