City of Paris Open Championships
City of Paris Open Championships, was a combined FFT/ILTF affiliated clay court tennis tournament founded in 1901 as men's event called the City of Paris Championships the tournament was first played at the Puteaux, Le club, de l'Île de Puteaux, Paris, France. In 1921 its name was changed to the Poree Cup, and it was moved to the autumn in the tennis calendar schedule. In 1931 it was rebranded as the Paris International Championships, and became a combined event. In 1947 the French Tennis Federation re-established the Coupe Marcel Porée as separate tournament, moving it to early Autumn in the tennis calendar. This event was moved to Easter before the French Championships, and continued under its title name the Paris international Championships till at least the late 1960s. The event ran annually until 1971 it became known as the City of Paris Open, when the tournament ended that year. It was then revived as a women's event in 1973 when it too was abolished.
History
Founded in 1901 as the City of Paris Championships, it was first played at Ile de Puteaux Tennis-Club. In 1911 the tournament was moved to the Tennis Club de Paris.In 1921 the tournament was moved to the Racing Club de France and its scheduling changed to autumn, late September or early October, with the move its name was changed to the Marcel Poree Cup or in honor of Marcel Porée, a member of the Racing Club de France committee, who died in a car accident just a few months earlier.
In 1931 its name was changed again to the Paris International Championships from that date the Coupe Marcel Porée then denoted the winner of men's singles championship. The winner's of women's singles championship were awarded the Coupe Jean Gouttenoire, and the men's doubles the Coupe Cyril, and the mixed doubles the Coupe Jacques Lefébure.
In 1947 the French Tennis Federation re-established the Coupe Marcel Porée as a separate distinct tournament in its own right. It then was played in the autumn between September and October, and then became the last event played on clay of the season at the Racing Club de France before the start of competitions on indoor courts.
The same year in 1947 the Paris International Championships were moved to the Tennis-Club de Paris, and from then it was played around Easter before the French Championships. It remained a joint men's and women's event until 1970 when the ladies championship ended.
In 1971 the mens event ended, and in 1973 the women's event was revived for one last edition. The tournament was part of ILTF European Circuit from 1914 to 1968. During its final few seasons the mens events was part of the ILTF Grand Prix Circuit.
The tournament was also at times played at Roland Garros, and Stade Jean-Bouin.