Geneva International Championships
The Geneva International Championships or Championnats Internationaux de Genève was a men's and women's open international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1899 as the Geneva Championships and first staged at the Tennis Club of Geneva Eaux-Vives, Parc des Eaux Vives, Geneva, Switzerland. The tournament was also known as the Coupe Certina for sponsorship reason in the early 1970s and was discontinued in 1976.
History
The Geneva Championships were first held in August 1908 and played at the Tennis Club of Geneva Eaux-Vives, Parc des Eaux Vives, Geneva, Switzerland. The tournament was not held between 1914 and 1915 during World War I. During World War II it was not held in 1939 and 1946 thereafter.The championships resumed in 1947 and continued until 1972 when the Swiss watch maker company Certina SA took over sponsorship of the event and the tournament was known as the Coupe Certina. In 1976 the championships were discontinued. It was replaced by the Geneva Open that was established earlier in 1967 at the original venue of this event the Tennis Club de Geneva that is still staged today.