Gallia Club International Explained

The Gallia Club International ^[1] was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1924 as the Gallia Club de Cannes Championship. Also known as the Cannes Gallia Club International the tournament was first played at the Gallia Lawn Tennis Club at the Hôtel Gallia Palace in Cannes, France.^[2] In 1944 the event moved to the Cannes Lawn Tennis Club where it ran annually until 1968.

History

The Gallia Lawn Tennis Club was built in late 1922 adjacent to the Hôtel Gallia Palace in Cannes.^[3] In 1924 it established the Gallia Club de Cannes Championship tournament. The tournament was discontinued due to the second world war. In 1948 the tournament was re-established as the Gallia Club International and continued each year until 1968.^[4] In 1960 the hotel was transformed into apartments. In 1993 the Tennis Club was refurbished and became the Lucien Barrière Tennis Club, but now is no more existent.

Event Names

• Gallia Club de Cannes Championship (1924–1929)
• Gallia Club International Championship (1931–1939)
• Gallia Club International (1948–1968)

Notes and References

1. News: Miss Catt licks French opponent . 13 July 2024 . Leicester Evening Mail . British Newspaper Archive . 25 March 1961 . Leicestershire, England . 5.
2. News: LAWN TENNIS: Cannes. Finals, Gallia Club tennis tournament. . 13 July 2024 . The Scotsman . British Newspaper Archive . 28 January 1924 . Midlothian, Scotland . 9.
3. News: Winter on the French Riviera . The Graphic: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper . Illustrated Newspapers Ltd . December 1922 . London . 843 . en.
4. Tennis de France n°177 janvier 1968. Tournois de tennis sur la Côte d'Azur. Tennis de France. Paris. page. 18.