The Cairo Championships ^[1] or Championships of Cairo was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded circa 1932. It was played in Cairo, Egypt. The tournament ran until 1972.

History

The Cairo Championships or sometimes called Championships of Cairo was a men's and women's international clay court tennis tournament founded circa 1932. The championships were first played at the Gezira Sporting Club, Cairo, Egypt. ^[2] In the 1950s the tournament was held at Tawfikiya Tennis Club (f. 1896), Cairo, before returning to the Gezira Sporting Club. The tournament was staged until the early 1970s.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1948	Franjo Punčec	Adly Shafei	7-5 6-4
1949	Frank Parker	Budge Patty	6-2 9-7 8-6
1954	Adly Shafei	Daniel Acobas	4-6 7-5 6-3 5-7 6-1
1955	Trevor Fancutt	Bernard Destremau	6-2 3-6 6-4
1966	Fathi Mohammed Ali	Mootaz Sombol	6-3 6-2 3-6 6-4
Open era
1968	Ismail El Shafei	Abdel Ghani Mohammed	6-2 6-3 6-1
1972	Aly El Dawoudi	Ibrahim Mahmoud	7-5 3-6 6-4 6-4

Women's Singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score
1932	Lavender Letts-Campbell	Mabel Davy Clayton	0-6, 6-1, 7-5
1935	Helen Jacobs	Liesl Herbst	6-1, 6-2
1937	Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling	Simone Mathieu	6-2, 6-0
1939 [3]	/ Josephine R. Harman	Rita Jarvis	6-4, 6-0.
1954	Betsy Abbas	Esther Saul	4-6, 6-2, 6-3
1957 [4]	Suzy Kormoczi	Edda Buding	10-8, 1-6, 7-6
Open era
1970	Olga Morozova	Marcela Barochova	6-3, 6-3
1972	Odile de Roubin	Marina Chuvirina	6-3, 1-6, 6-1

References