The Savoy Championships or Championnats de Savoie was a men's and women's open international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1908 and first staged at the Hôtel Ermitage,
Évian-les-Bains
Évian-les-Bains (), or simply Évian (, , or ), is a Communes of France, commune in Eastern France, by the border with Switzerland. It is located in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie () is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its Prefectures in France, prefecture is Annecy. To the north is Lake Gene ...
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France
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the tournament ran until 1938.
History
The Savoy Championships were established in August 1908 and was first played at the Tennis Club de l'Ermitage,
Évian-les-Bains
Évian-les-Bains (), or simply Évian (, , or ), is a Communes of France, commune in Eastern France, by the border with Switzerland. It is located in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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Haute-Savoie
Haute-Savoie () is a Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region of Southeastern France, bordering both Switzerland and Italy. Its Prefectures in France, prefecture is Annecy. To the north is Lake Gene ...
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
. The tournament was held until 1938 when it was discontinued due to the Hôtel Ermitage being sold off, and with the advent of World War II.
The former hotel later became a hospital in the 1950s. Following the second world war a new successor tournament the
Évian-les-Bains International
Évian-les-Bains (), or simply Évian (, , or ), is a commune in Eastern France, by the border with Switzerland. It is located in the northern part of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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was established in 1952 that event ran until 1968. In 1991
Evian
Evian (, ; , stylized as evian) is a French brand that bottles mineral water from several sources near Évian-les-Bains, on the south shore of Lake Geneva.
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the French bottled water company bought the building and reopened it as the Hotel Ermitage Evian Resort, the four clay courts of the former tennis club were rebuilt.
[Hotel Ermitage Evian Resort]
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Clay court tennis tournaments
Defunct tennis tournaments in France