1912 World Hard Court Championships

1912 World Hard Court Championships 1–9 June 1st Saint-Cloud, Paris, France Stade Français Clay / outdoor World Championship GER 1866 Otto Froitzheim FRA 1830 Marguerite Broquedis GER 1866 Otto Froitzheim / GER 1866 Oskar Kreuzer FRA 1830 Max Decugis / BEL Anne de Borman The 1912 World Hard Court Championships (WHCC) (French: Championnats du Monde de Tennis sur Terre Battue) was the inaugural edition of the World Hard Court Championships tennis tournament, considered as the precursor to the French Open, and was held on the clay courts of the Stade Français at the Parc de Saint-Cloud in Paris from 1 June through 9 June 1912. This tournament was open to all international amateur tennis players and was part of a series of world championships being advanced by the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF), the others being the World Grass Court Championships (Wimbledon) and the World Covered Court Championships held in a variety of countries. The WHCC was open to all nationalities unlike the French Championships which were open only to tennis players who were licensed in France.Paris Hard Court Meeting, June 1, etc. Lawn Tennis and Badminton 20 June 1912 V 20 375 The 1912 WHCC consisted of a men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles and mixed doubles event. The women's doubles event was not scheduled. The singles titles were won by Otto Froitzheim and Marguerite Broquedis.Varia Lawn Tennis and Badminton 13 June 1912 V 19 343, 344 Finals Men's singles 1912 World Hard Court Championships – Men's singles GER 1866 Otto Froitzheim defeated GER 1866 Oscar Kreuzer, 6–2, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5 Women's singles 1912 World Hard Court Championships – Women's singles FRA 1830 Marguerite Broquedis defeated GER 1866 Mieken Rieck, 6–3, 0–6, 6–4 Men's doubles 1912 World Hard Court Championships – Men's doubles GER 1866 Otto Froitzheim / GER 1866 Oscar Kreuzer defeated SAF 1912 Harold Kitson / SAF 1912 Charles Winslow, 4–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–3 Mixed doubles 1912 World Hard Court Championships – Mixed doubles FRA 1830 Max Decugis / BEL Anne de Borman defeated GER 1866 Heinrich Kleinschroth / GER 1866 Mieken Rieck, 6–4, 7–5 References External links Excerpt from "Histoires vraies du tennis" (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085738/http://www.tennisarchives.com/voorloopfiche.php?wedstrijdvoorloopid=499 Tennis Archives - World Hardcourt Championships 1912 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304211744/http://bmarcore.perso.neuf.fr/tennis/reccord/France-2-men-1912.html Championnats du monde sur terre battue - Simple messieurs 1912 Category:World Hard Court Championships World Hard Court Championships World Hard Court Championships Category:June 1912 sports events in Europe Category:1912 in French tennis