The Swiss International Championships^[1] also called the International Swiss Championships or Championship of Switzerland or simply Swiss Championships was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament established by the Swiss Lawn Tennis Association, and first played at Grasshopper Club, Zurich, Switzerland in 1897. The championships were then held annually and alternated between different venues until 1967. In 1968 the tournament was renamed the Swiss Open International Championships or simply Swiss Open Championships and were then staged permanently at Gstaad. From 1977 the women's tournament was staged at Lausanne and was called the WTA Swiss Open, today that event is branded as the Ladies Open Lausanne.

History

The first early edition of the Championship of Switzerland,^[2] was played at the Grasshopper Club, Zurich, Switzerland under the auspices of the Swiss Lawn Tennis Association, the winner of the men's event was presented with a cup valued at 500 francs.^[3] In 1898 the Swiss Lawn Tennis Association staged the event at Château-d'Œx. In 1899 an open women's singles event was added to the schedule, when the venue was still in St. Moritz. In 1968 the tournament continued into the open branded as the Swiss Open Championships and held permanently at Gstaad the men's event is still active today known as the Swiss Open. The women's event in 1968 was held at Lugano. In 1969 the women's then returned to Gstaad. In 1977 the women's tournament was rebranded as the WTA Swiss Open until 1981 when that event was moved to Lugano. The women's event today is known as the Ladies Open Lausanne held at Lausanne, Switzerland.

Former notable winners of men's singles include; André Vacherot (1903), George Simond (1905), R. Norris Williams (1911), Gottfried von Cramm (1934–1935), Kho Sin-Kie (1938), Jaroslav Drobný (1946), Roy Emerson (1959–1961, 1966–1967), Rod Laver (1962), Nicola Pietrangeli (1963) and Rafael Osuna (1964).

In the women's singles event notable winners include; Charlotte Cooper Sterry (1902), Adine Masson (1904), Elsie Lane (1907), Germaine Régnier Golding (1921–1922, 1924), Lolette Payot (1931, 1933–1934), Louis Brough (1950), Christine Truman (1959), Maria Bueno (1960) and Margaret Smith (1962, 1964).

Host locations

The Swiss International Championships were staged at the following locations throughout its run including Basel, Champéry, Geneva, Gstaad, Les Avants, Montreux, Lausanne, Lugano, Lucerne, Ragatz, St. Moritz, Zermatt, and Zurich from 1897 to 1967.

Finals

Men's singles

Incomplete roll^[4]

Year	Location	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1897	Zurich	Paul Von Herz Hertenried	Francis Louis Fassitt	?
1898	Château-d'Œx	Robert Baldwin Hough[5]	Maurice Albert Turrettini	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
1899	St. Moritz	George Simond	Robert Baldwin Hough	6–0, 6–1
1900	Château-d'Œx	E.K. Harvey	Robert Baldwin Hough	6–3, 5–7, 6–4, ret.
1901	St. Moritz	Major Edmund Bela Joseph Harran	St. John Douglass Stewart	4–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–4
1902	Ragatz	Georges Patry	Robert Baldwin Hough	11–9, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
1903	St. Moritz	André Vacherot	?	?
1904	Les Avants	Artimus Holmes	Georges Patry	6–0, 6–1, 6–4
1905	St. Moritz	George Simond (2)	St. John Douglass Stewart	w.o.
1906	Montreux	Dunstan Rhodes	Les Poidevin	w.o.
1907	St. Moritz	Otto Mario Widmann	E. Morris Hall	3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
1908	Château-d'Œx	Algernon Kingscote	Charles Gladstone Allen	w.o.
1909	Geneva	George Kirkland Logie	Les Poidevin	3–6, 6–2, 11–9
1910	St. Moritz	Heinrich Kleinschroth	J. de K. Bowen	6–1, 6–2, 6–0
1911	Lucerne	R. Norris Williams	Heinrich Kleinschroth	6–2, 7–5, 6–0
1912	Montreux	Max Decugis	André Chancerel	8–6, 6–0, ret.
1913	St. Moritz	Robert Kleinschroth	Moritz von Bissing	?
1914	Not held
1915	Zermatt	Major Edmund Bela Joseph Harran	Pierre Farjon	6–2, 6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1916	Zurich	Major Edmund Bela Joseph Harran (2)	?	?
1917	Lausanne	Major Edmund Bela Joseph Harran (3)	A. György Dungyersky	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1918	Basel	Maurice Albert Turrettini		?
1919	Geneva	Paul de Borman	Armand Charles Simon	6–3, 6–4, 6–4
1920	Zurich	Hans G. Syz	?	?
1921	Zurich	Maurice A. Ferrier	?	?
1922	St. Moritz	Jean Couiteas de Faucamberge	Léonce Aslangul	6–4, 7–5, 6–4
1923	Villars	Augustos Zerlendis	?	?
1924	Lucerne	W. Lasch	André Chancerel	6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1925	Champery	Willi Hannemann	Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten	?
1926	Geneva	Giorgio de Stefani	Charles Aeschlimann	6–2, 6–8, 6–3, 8–6
1927	Geneva	Jean Wuarin	Craig Campbell	6–2, 6–2, 6–2
1928	Zurich	A. Ernst	Will Ehrenreich	6–1, 6–8, 6–3, 6–4
1929	Geneva	Yoshiro Ota[6]	Erik Worm	4–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
1930	Lucerne	Hyotaro Sato[7]	Orestes Garangiotis	6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 6–4
1931	Montreux	Giorgio de Stefani (2)	Emanuele Sertorio	6–1, 6–2, 6–3
1932	Basel	Philippe Gajan	Max Ellmer	6–3, 1–6, 12–10, 9–7
1933	Geneva	Roland Journu	Charles Aeschlimann	7–5, 12–10, 6–4
1934	Lucerne	Gottfried von Cramm	Adam Baworowski	6–2, 6–0, 6–4
1935	Geneva	Gottfried von Cramm (2)	Max Ellmer	6–0, 6–3, 6–4
1936[8]	Lucerne	Giorgio de Stefani	Kho Sin-Kie	6–1, 2–6, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
1937[8]	Gstaad	Boris Maneff	Max Ellmer	6–3, 8–6, ret.
1938	Lucerne	Kho Sin-Kie	Roland Journu	6–1, 6–4
1939	Zurich	Francesco Romanoni	Christian Boussus	4–6, 6–1, 4–6, 9–7, 6–3
1940/1945	Not held (due to world war two)
1946	Lucerne	Jaroslav Drobný	Marcello Del Bello	9–7, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1
1947	Geneva	Gianni Cucelli	Eric Sturgess	6–4 4–6 7–5 6–4
1948	The championships were held at Gstaad, but the semi-finals and final was not played
1949	Gstaad	Earl Cochell	Jaroslav Drobný	3–6, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
1950[8]	Lausanne	Eric Sturgess	Vic Seixas	6–4, 7–5, 3–6, 6–2
1951	Lucerne	Leon Norgarb	Sydney Levy	9–7, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1952[9][8]	Gstaad	Herbert Flam	Irvin Dorfman	6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1953[8]	Lugano	Rex Noel Hartwig	Władysław Skonecki	6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1954[8]	Gstaad	Lew Hoad	Neale Fraser	6–4, 11–9, 6–4
1955[8]	Gstaad	Arthur Larsen	Enrique Morea	6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
1956[8]	Lugano	Neale Fraser	Ulf Schmidt	8–6 2–6 2–6 3–6 6–3
1957[10][8]	Gstaad	Budge Patty	Jaroslav Drobný	3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–1
1958[8]	Gstaad	Ashley Cooper	Neale Fraser	2–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–3
1959[8]	Lugano	Roy Emerson	Billy Knight	6–3, 6–4, 6–3
1960	Gstaad	Roy Emerson (2)	Mike Davies	6–4, 9–7, 6–2
1961[8]	Gstaad	Roy Emerson (3)	Luis Ayala	6–3, 6–1, 6–0
1962[11][8]	Lugano	Rod Laver	Ramanathan Krishnan	6–4, 6–2
1963[8]	Gstaad	Nicola Pietrangeli	Roy Emerson	7–5, 6–2, 6–2
1964[8]	Gstaad	Thomaz Koch	Ronald Barnes	6–3, 6–1, 7–9, 7–5
1965[8]	Lugano	Ion Țiriac	Fred Stolle	divided title
1966[8]	Gstaad	Roy Emerson (4)	Manuel Santana	5–7, 7–5, 6–3
1967[12]	Gstaad	Roy Emerson (5)	Manuel Santana	6–2, 8–6, 6–4
Open era
For the open era event see Swiss Open

Women's singles

Incomplete roll

Year	Location	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1899	St. Moritz	Mildred Brooksmith	Miss Stephenson	6–1, 6–1
1900	Château-d'Œx	Mildred Brooksmith (2)	Adine Masson	6–3, 1–6, 6–4
1901	St. Moritz	Mildred Brooksmith (3)	H. Couppa	6–0, 6–0
1902	Ragatz	Charlotte Cooper Sterry	Mlle Simon	6–1, 6–2
1903	St. Moritz	Yvonne Prévost	Domini Elliadi	?
1904	Les Avants	Adine Masson	Yvonne de Pfeffel	6–1, 6–4
1905	St. Moritz	Ruth Winch	?	?
1906	Montreux	Vera Warden	Rosamund Salusbury	6–8, 6–1, 6–3
1907	St. Moritz	Elsie Lane	Mrs Anderson	w.o.
1908	Château-d'Œx	Virginia MacVeagh	Mildred Brooksmith	w.o.
1909	Geneva	Aurea Edgington	Jeanne Matthey	6–1, 6–1
1910	St. Moritz	Aurea Edgington (2)	Jeanne Liebrechts	6–0, 6–3
1911	Lucerne	Aurea Edgington (3)	Germaine Régnier	6–0, 7–5
1912	Montreux	Aurea Edgington (4)	Domini Elliadi Crosfield	6–1, 6–4
1913	St. Moritz	Eveline Froude-Bellew Crundall-Punnett	Domini Elliadi Crosfield	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
1914	Not held
1915	Zermatt	Daisy Speranza	G. Matossian	6–3, 6–3
1916	Zurich	Magda Aranyi	?	?
1917	Lausanne	/ Renee de Morsier	Germaine Régnier Golding	6–4, 7–5
1918	Basel	Mme Prince	Blanche Müller	?
1919	Geneva	Anne de Selliers de Borman	Frl Kärcher	6–3, 6–3
1920	Zurich	Miss C. Lang	?	?
1921	Lausanne	Germaine Régnier Golding	Frau Froehlichen	6–1, 6–1
1922	St. Moritz	Germaine Régnier Golding (2)	Léonce Aslangul	6–4, 7–5, 6–4
1923	Villars	Madeleine de Prelle de la Nieppe	?	?
1924	Lucerne	Germaine Régnier Golding (3)	Miss Lane	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1925	Champery	Madeline Fisher O'Neill	Mrs Pitman	?
1926	Zurich	Elsebeth Brehm	Frau Steinfels	6–3, 6–1
1927	Lugano	Domini Elliadi Crosfield	?	?
1928	Zurich	Frau Steinfels	Emmy Schäublin	6–2, 6–3
1929	Geneva	Bella Dutton de Pons	Lolette Payot	6–3, 3–6, 9–7
1930	Lucerne	Ilse Friedleben	Lolette Payot	4–6, 6–2, 10–8
1931	Montreux	Lolette Payot	Lucia Valerio	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
1932	Basel	Rosie Berthet	Jacqueline Goldschmidt	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
1933	Geneva	Lolette Payot (2)	Paula Stuck	7–5, 6–2
1934	Lucerne	Lolette Payot (3)	Colette Rosambert	6–2, 8–6
1935	Geneva	Simone Passermard Mathieu	Colette Rosambert Boegner	6–2, 6–2
1936	Lucerne	Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling	Simone Passermard Mathieu	3–6, 6–3 6–1
1937	Gstaad	Simone Passermard Mathieu (2)	Arlette Halff	6–2, 6–4
1938	Lucerne	Arlette Halff	Hella Kovac	6–0, 7–5
1939	Zurich	Jadwiga Jędrzejowska	Arlette Halff	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
1940/1945	Not held (due to world war two)
1946	Lucerne	Dodo Bundy	Nelly Adamson-Landry	divided title
1947	Lausanne	Sheila Piercey Summers	Doris Hart	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
1948	Championships were held at Gstaad, but the semi-finals and final abandoned because of rain
1949	Gstaad	Sheila Piercey Summers (2)	Joan Curry	6–3, 6–3
1950	Lausanne	Louise Brough	Kay Tuckey	6–4, 6–2
1951	Lucerne	Nancye Wynne Bolton	Barbara Scofield Davidson	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1952	Gstaad	Dorothy Head	Erika Vollmer	6–2, 0–6, 6–2
1953	Lucerne	Barbara Scofield Davidson	Maria Josefa de Riba	4–6, 6–4, 7–5
1954	Gstaad	Violette Alvensleben-Rigollet	Pat Ward	6–1, 6–3
1955	Gstaad	Hazel Redick-Smith	Ruth Nathan Kaufmann	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
1956	Lugano	Beverly Baker Fleitz	Jenny Staley Hoad	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1957	Gstaad	Heather Nicholls Brewer	Sandra Reynolds	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
1958	Gstaad	Lorraine Coghlan	Yola Ramírez	3–6 6–2 6–0
1959	Lugano	Christine Truman	Yola Ramírez	8–6, 6–1
1960	Gstaad	Maria Bueno	Sandra Reynolds	6–2, 6–3
1961	Gstaad	Sandra Reynolds	Yola Ramírez	7–5, 6–3
1962	Lugano	Margaret Smith	Lesley Turner	6–2, 6–1
1963	Gstaad	Robyn Ebbern	Lesley Turner	6–3, 6–4
1964	Lausanne	Margaret Smith (2)	Jan Lehane	2–6, 8–6, 6–2
1965	Lugano	Norma Baylon	Edda Buding	1-1 sets, 5–5. rain stopped play
1966	Gstaad	Helga Schultze	Sonja Pachta	5–7, 7–5, 6–3
1967	Gstaad	Annette Van Zyl	Jan Lehane O'Neill	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Open era
For the open era event see WTA Swiss Open

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