1931 in Tennis - March

March

  • The city of London wins the 16th annual London-Paris tennis club competition (14–7).
  • Béla von Kehrling repeated his 1929 feat by winning the triple crown again in the French Riviera Championships.
  • George Lott won the Canadian Championships for the fourth time of his career.
  • The team of Bremen defeated the players of Amsterdam by 10 to 7.
  • The Fédération Française de Tennis issued legal proceedings against Henri Cochet because of a suspected breach of amateur tennis regulations.
  • The legal proceedings against German Daniel Prenn ended with the conclusion that the accusations were misled by the confusion of similar family names.
  • 19-year old national junior champion György Drjetomszky won his first Men's trophy at the Hungarian Covered Courts tournament and thus got invited to the Hungary Davis Cup team and to their first round match against Italy.
  • Hamburg defeated Rhine valley 6–5 in Hamburg.
  • The team of England defeated Sweden in their North Europe indoors exhibition tour 5–1, and Norway 9–0 two times in a row.
  • René Lacoste and his doubles partner Jacques Brugnon both had appendicitis surgeries and subsequently missed the upcoming tournaments.
  • Colin Gregory and Harry Lee announced they will miss the Davis Cup first round rubbers due to their business affairs.
  • Iwao Aoki won a triple crown in the Surrey Grass Court Championships.
  • Harry Hopman was victorious at the singles, doubles and mixed doubles event at the South Australian Championship.
  • On 20 March in the assembly of the International Tennis Federation in Paris the Norges Tennisforbund (Norway Tennis Association) was granted access into the ITF.
Month Event Men Women Mixed
Champions Runner-up Champions Runner-up Champions Runner-up
February 23 - March 1 Country Club de Monte-Carlo
Monte Carlo, Monaco		 Vladimir Landau
6–0, 6–1,		 Hillyard Phyllis Satterthwaite
w/o		 Mrs. Richards
Hillyard/ Landau
1–6, 6–3, 6–4		 Garcia/Chastel Landau/ Satterthwaite
6–2, 6–1		 Garcia/Mrs. Richards
March Southern Pro
Palm Beach, United States		 Paul Heston
N/A		 N/A
February 23 – March 1 Monte Carlo Cups
Monte Carlo, Monaco		 Henri Cochet
7–5, 6–2, 6–4		 George Lyttleton-Rogers Simone Mathieu
4–6, 6–4, 7–5		 Phyllis Satterthwaite
Kehrling/Artens
6–4, 7–5, 6–2		 Worm/Hillyard Nuthall/Benett
6–2, 6–3		 Heeley/Thomas Cochet/Benett
8–6, 0–6, 6–3		 Olliff/Nuthall
Butler Trophy
Maier/Sindreu def.Kehrling/Gabrovitz
6–4, 6–4, 6–2
-March 3 Bermuda International Championships
Hamilton, Bermuda		 John Doeg
6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 6–3		 Berkeley Bell Sarah Palfrey
8–6, 6–2		 Marjorie Morrill Bowman/Palfrey
N/A		 Bell/Rice
-March 3 Pan-American tennis championships
Miami Beach United States		 George Lott
6–2, 1–6, 6–2, 6–4		 John Van Ryn
March 2–8 French Riviera Championships and Nations Cup
Menton, France		 Béla von Kehrling
7–5, 6–2, 6–4		 George Lyttleton-Rogers Phyllis Satterthwaite
7–5, 6–4		 Simone Mathieu
Kehrling/ Rogers
6–2, 6–2, 9–7		 Šefer/Kukuljevic Heeley/Nuthall
6–3, 6–1		 Andrus/Hilleary Kehrling/Aussem
4–6, 6–3, 6–4		 Aeschlimann/Nuthall
March 4-8 Hungarian Covered Courts tournament
Budapest, Hungary		 György Drjetomszky
N/A		 György Bánó Mrs. Schréder Lászlóné
N/A		 Eszter Demko
Straub/Straub
6–3, 6–2, 6–3		 Balázs/Vásárhelyi N/A N/A Silbersdorf/Mrs. Schréder
N/A		 Balás/Sárkány
March 9-15 Parc Imperial L.T.C. de Nice
Nice, France		 Leonce Aslangul
0–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2		 Charles Aeschlimann Betty Nuthall
6–0, 3–6, 8–6		 Simone Mathieu
Aeschlimann/Hillyard
6–2, 6–1, 6–0		 Šefer/Kukuljevic Lesueur/ Mathieu
6–2, 6–2		 Šefer/ Nuthall
March Canadian International Championships
Montreal, Canada		 George Lott
6–3, 6–3, 6–4		 Berkeley Bell
Van Ryn/Lott
6–2, 6–1, 6–2		 Laframboise/Wright
Bordighera Championships
Bordighera, Italy		 George Lyttleton-Rogers
1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 0–6, 6–4		 Béla von Kehrling Ilse Friedleben
5–7, 6–4, 6–4		 Phyllis Satterthwaite
Rogers/ Del Bono
four sets		 Kehrling/ Landau Andrus/Hilleary
6–3, 3–6, 6–3		 Friedleben/ Satterthwaite Del Bono/Andrus
6–3, 6–3		 Kehrling/ Satterthwaite
Negresco hotel Championships
Nice, France		 Magda Baumgarten
N/A		 N/A
Surrey Grass Court Championships
London, United Kingdom		 Iwao Aoki
N/A		 N/A
Iwao Aoki
N/A		 N/A Iwao Aoki
N/A		 N/A
Bengal Lawn Tennis Championship
Calcutta, British India		 Patrick Hughes
4–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–0		 George Perkins
14–21 March American Covered Court Championships
Brookline, United States		 Jean Borotra
6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4		 Berkeley Bell Marjorie Sachs
6-3, 9-7		 Sarah Palfrey
Borotra/Boussus
7–5, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4		 Landry/ Sutter Palfrey/Wightman
7-5, 6-0		 Blake/Fuller Hubbard Palfrey/Rice
6-4, 6-4		 Mrs. Guild/Guild
16–22 March Côte d'Azur Championships
Cannes, France		 George Lyttleton-Rogers
1–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1, 9–7		 Charles Aeschlimann Phyllis Satterthwaite
6–2, 6–0		 Lolette Payot
Rogers/ Hillyard
10–8, 6–4, 9–7		 Aeschlimann/Chiesa Ryan/ Aussem
6–0, 6–3		 Satterthwaite/ Thomas Aeschlimann/Payot
6–2, 4–6, 6–2		 Holmes/Mme Belliad
-22 March South Australian Championship
Adelaide, Australia		 Harry Hopman
6-2, 6-3, 6-3		 Adrian Quist Frances Hoddle-Wrigley
6-3, 6-2		 Kathrine Le Mesurier
Hopman/ Patterson
6–2, 9–11, 9–11, 8-6, 7-5		 Schlesinger/Hone Le Mesurier/Weston
6-4, 6-2		 Wood/Toyne Hopman/ Wood
6–1, 6–3		 Gatfey/Toyne

26–28 March		 Davis Cup South America first round
Asunción, Paraguay
First round winners
Argentina 5–0
First round losers
Paraguay
23-29 March Beausite Club de Cannes second meeting
Cannes, France		 Hyotare Sato
3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6		 George Lyttleton-Rogers Cilly Aussem vs. Helene Contostavlos Nicolopoulo
N/A
Sato/Sato
6–1, 6–4, 6–4		 Menzel/Haensch Ryan/ Aussem
6–0, 6–2		 Satterthwaite/ Thomas Lyttleton-Rogers/Ryan
6-4, 4-6, 6-3		 Hillyard/Satterthwaite|

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