1930 in Tennis - March

March

  • Geneve defeated Paris 10-9.
  • Rhine valley beat the Blau-Weiss Club of Berlin 8-3.
  • Bremer T. V. von 1896 annhiliated Göteborg five to love.
  • Romania Davis Cup team member László Dörner turned pro after the Hungarian international covered courts tournaments.
  • At the March 23 meeting of the International Tennis Federation, the ITF rejected the idea of the USLTA about organizing the first "Open" tournament in the United States.
  • Mexico gave a walkover to Cuba in the first round of the Davis Cup American Zone.
Month Event Men Women Mixed
Champions Runner-up Champions Runner-up Champions Runner-up
March Algerian Championships
Oran, French Algeria		 Harang
4-6, 6-1, 7-5		 Stumpf Dublanc
6-3, 5-7, 6-3		 Béranga
February 24-March 3 Monaco Cups
Monte-Carlo, Monaco		 Bill Tilden
6-4, 6-4, 6-1		 Bunny Austin Cilly Aussem
6-1, 6-4		 Simone Mathieu
Morpurgo / Coen
6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4		 Rogers / Abe Metaxa / Barbier
8-6, 1-6, 7-5		 Aussem / Satterthwaite de Buzelet / Metaxa
12-14, 6-2, 2-0 ret.		 Hughes / Ridley
Butler Trophy
Coen / Tilden def. Kingsley / Austin
6-2, 1-6, 9-7, 6-3
Beaumont Trophy
Mathieu / Barbier def. Metaxa / Rosambert
6-1, 8-6
March 5–9 Hungarian international covered courts tournaments
Budapest, Hungary		 Tibor Krepuska
6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 1-6, 6-3		 Emil Gabrovitz Magda Baumgarten
6-2, 6-3		 Mrs. Paksy
Bánó / Krepuska
4-6, 6-4, 6-0, 6-2		 Gabrovitz / Péteri N/A N/A Dörner / Baumgarten
 Bánó / Mrs. Paksy
March 3–9 French Riviera Championships and Nations Cup
Menton, France		 Bill Tilden
10-8, 7-5, 3-6, 4-6, 6-1		 Jacques Brugnon Cilly Aussem
9-7, 6-2		 Simone Mathieu
Coen / Tilden
6-3, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3		 Abe / Aeschlimann Aussem / Ryan
6-1, 6-0		 von Reznicek / Mathieu Hughes / Ryan
6-2, 6-0		 Worm / Satterthwaite
Nations Cup
Tilden / Ryan def. Lee / Owen
6-0, 64
March 15 Southern Pro
Palm Beach, United States		 Vincent Richards
straight sets, 7-5		 Paul Heston
March 10–16 Parc Imperial L.T.C. de Nice
Nice, France		 Tilden
6-2, 6-2, 6-3		 George Lyttleton-Rogers Simone Mathieu
6-4, 7-5		 Elizabeth Ryan
Coen / Tilden
2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-9, 6-1		 Sato / Harada N/A N/A N/A N/A
March 10–16 Bordighera Championships
Bordighera, Italy		 Pat Hughes vs. Harry Lee
N/A		 Lucia Valerio vs. Phyllis Satterthwaite
N/A
Hughes / Lee vs. Worm / Kehrling
N/A		 N/A N/A Hughes / Phyllis Satterthwaite vs. Worm / Valerio
N/A
March 17–23 Côte d'Azur Championships
Cannes, France		 Bill Tilden
6-3, 6-3, 6-4		 Giorgio de Stefani Cilly Aussem
6-0, 6-0		 Violet Owen
Coen / Tilden
6-4, 6-0, 1-6, 6-3		 Sato / Harada Aussem / Ryan
6-0, 6-1		 von Reznicek / Thomas Harada / Ryan
6-3, 3-6, 6-1		 Tilden / Aussem
March 17–23 Italian riviera Championships
Sanremo, Italy		 Erik Worm
3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3		 Pat Hughes Phyllis Satterthwaite
6-0, 6-1		 Hilde Eisenmenger
Worm / Hughes
6-2, 6-3, 6-0		 Buss / Oppenheimer Perelli / Satterthwaite
6-3, 6-0		 Schomburgk / Springer Kehrling / Satterthwaite
3-6, 8-6, 6-0		 Worm / Perelli
March London Hard Courts Championships
London, United Kingdom		 Yoshiro Ohta
4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5		 Pat Spence Phyllis Mudford
6-3, 7-5		 Joan Fry
Olliff / Sharpe
1-6, 4-6, 8-6, 9-7, 6-4		 Perry / Wilde Dix / Fry
7-5, 6-4		 Pittman / Nuthall Spence / Nuthall
6-4, 1-6, 6-1		 Harris / Fry
March 24–31 Cannes Championships
Cannes, France		 Wilbur Coen vs. Bill Tilden
unplayed, prize divided		 Elizabeth Ryan vs. Paula von Reznicek
unplayed, prize divided
Coen / Tilden
6-3, 6-4, 6-2		 Gallepe / Rogers Jacobs / Ryan
4-6, 7-5, 6-4		 Owen / de Álvarez Tilden / Aussem
6-1, 7-5		 Ryan / Abe

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