Tournoi de France (tennis)

Tournoi de France, is a name retroactively given to the annual French championship tennis tournament at Roland Garros during World War II. After liberation this wartime resumption of a prewar tournament that took place in Zone occupée ceased to be recognized as being part of the annual French Championship (French Open) series. The tournament organizer the Fédération Française de Tennis states that the years between 1941–45 was a period when the tournament had been "cancelled".[1][2]

Finals

Men's singles
YearChampionRunner-upScore
1941 FRABernard Destremau FRARobert Ramillon6–4, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1942 FRABernard Destremau FRAChristian Boussus5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–1[3]
1943 FRAYvon Petra FRAHenri Cochet6–3, 6–3, 6–8, 2–6, 6–4[4]
1944 FRAYvon Petra FRAMarcel Bernard6–1, 4–6, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2[5]
1945 FRAYvon Petra FRABernard Destremau7–5, 6–4, 6–2

Women's singles
YearChampionRunner-upScore
1941 LUXAlice Weiwers FRAAnne-Marie Seghers6–3, 6–0
1942 LUXAlice Weiwers  SUILolette Payot6–4, 6–4
1943 FRASimone Iribarne Lafargue LUXAlice Weiwers6–1, 7–5
1944 FRARaymonde Veber FRAJacqueline Patorni6–4, 9–7
1945  SUILolette Payot FRASimone Iribarne Lafargue6–3, 6–4

Women's doubles
YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1941 Cosette St. Omer Roy  ††
Alice Weiwers		 Aimee Charpenal
Jacqueline Vivers		6–3, 6–4
1942 Cosette St. Omer Roy  ††
Alice Weiwers		 Yvonne Kleindel
Paulette Melleno		6–3, 2–6, 6–2
1943 Cosette St. Omer Roy  ††
Alice Weiwers		 Genevieve Grosbois
Claude Manescu		3–6, 9–7, 7–5
1944 Genevieve Grosbois  ††
Claude Manescu
1945 Paulette Fritz
Simone Iribarne Lafargue  ††		 Simonne Mathieu
Myrtil Brunnarius		6–3, 6–1

Mixed doubles
YearChampionsRunners-upScore
1941 Alice Weiwers
Robert Abdesselam  ††		 Suzanne Pannetier
Roger Dessair
1942 N. Lafargue  ††
Henri Pellizza		 Alice Weiwers
Robert Abdesselam		6–0, 6–2
1943 N. Lafargue  ††
Henri Pellizza
1944 Suzanne Pannetier  ††
Antoine Gentien		 Jacqueline Patorni
Paul Féret
1945 Lolette Payot
André Jacquemet  ††

See also

References
  1. Henry D. Fetter (6 June 2011). "The French Open During World War II: A Hidden History". The Atlantic.
  2. Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. pp. 375–378. ISBN 9780047960420.
  3. "Le Matin : derniers télégrammes de la nuit du 3 août 1942 (Numéro 21244)". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). BnF. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  4. "Le Matin : derniers télégrammes de la nuit du 2 août 1943 (Numéro 21551)". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). BnF. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  5. "Le Matin : derniers télégrammes de la nuit du 7 août 1944 (Numéro 21862)". gallica.bnf.fr (in French). BnF. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
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