Nice International Winter Championships
The Nice International Winter Championships or Championnats Internationaux d'Hiver de Nice was a men's and women's tennis tournament founded in 1922 as the Nice Lawn Tennis Club Winter Cup also known as the Parc Imperial Winter Tournament or Nice Winter Tournament. It was organised by the Nice Lawn Tennis Club, Nice, France and played on clay courts until 1974 as part of the ILTF Independent Circuit.
History
The tournament was founded in 1922 as the Nice Lawn Tennis Club Winter Cup. The tournament was usually played in February, though occasionally staged the first week of March. Following World War II the tournament was branded as the Nice International Winter Championships and informally called the Parc Imperial Winter Tournament.The tournament was part of French Riviera circuit until 1942 a sub tennis circuit of the ILTF European Circuit itself part of the ILTF World Circuit when it became part of the ILTF Independent Circuit from 1973 through to 1974 when it was discontinued.