The Lausanne Autumn Meeting^[1] was men's and women's clay court tournament founded in 1884.^[2] The tournament was played at Montchoisi Tennis Club (f.1883) Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland until 1946.

History

In 1883 the Montchoisi Tennis Club was founded as the English Lawn Tennis Club.^[3] In 1884 it staged its first autumn meeting, initially the tournament was played on hard asphalt courts. In 1898 the club moved to a new location and changed its name to Montchoisi Lawn Tennis Club, it also built six new tarmacadam tennis courts.^[4] In 1925 eight new clay courts were built.^[4] The Lausanne Autumn Meeting continued to be held until 1946 when it was discontinued.^[2]

Finals

Mens Singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year	Winner	Finalist	Score
1884	Rev. G.S. Money	Alexander W. Miller White	6–5, 4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 6–5.[2]
1905	Les Poidevin	W. Gladky	6–4 6–1 6–2.[2]
1910	R. Norris Williams	Robert Kleinschroth	6–4 ret.[2]
1912	Max Decugis	Hope M. Crisp	6–2 6–3 6–0.[2]
1913	Anthony Wilding	Robert Kleinschroth	6–4 6–2 6–2.[2]
1915/1919	Not held (due to World War I)
1922	Augustos Zerlendis	Charles Henry Martin	6–3 6–4 6–3.[2]
1925	Boris Maneff	Zbigniew Beldowski	7–5 6–3 6–1.[2]
1941	Hans Pfaff	Jost Spitzer	8–6 6–1 6–3.[2]

Women's Singles

(Incomplete roll)

Year	Winner	Finalist	Score
1925	Lolette Payot	Mlle de Crousaz	9–7, 6–1.
1928	Elise Belzer	Gabriela Szapary	6–2, 6–1.
1933	Lolette Payot (2)	Paula Heimann Stuck	6–2, 6–3.
1934	Lolette Payot (3)	Mauricette L'Huillier	6–3, 6–0.
1935	Lolette Payot (4)	Mlle C. Collet	6–2, 6–0.
1937	Ilse Friedleben	Etta Neumann	6–0, 6–4.
1938	Mlle Devrient	Mme Bridel	6–3, 6–1.
1941	Alice Weiwers	Cosette Saint-Omer-Roy	2–6, 6–3, 6–3.
1946	Elsa Riboli Gaviraghi	Lucia Manfredi	6–4, 6–4.

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