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The Tournoi de La Châtaigneraie or the La Chataigneraie Tournament was a men's and women's open international clay court tennis tournament founded in 1968. It was organised by the Tennis Club la Chataigneraie and played at La Châtaigneraie, France until 1983. The tournament was part ILTF European Circuit a sub circuit of the ILTF World Circuit until 1972, then became part of the ILTF Independent Tour until it was discontinued.

History

In 1964 a French business couple purchased a 1 hectare plot of land in Montgermont in La Châtaigneraie, France and built 4 clay courts, 3 outdoors and one indoors, thus the Tennis Club de la Châtaigneraie was founded. In 1968 an international men's and women's open tennis event the Tournoi de La Châtaigneraie was established. This event was played on both indoor and outdoor clay courts. The tournament was staged as part of ILTF European Circuit a sub circuit of the ILTF World Circuit until 1972, In 1972 it became part of the ILTF Independent Tour, the same year a second indoor clay court was constructed. It continued to be held annual until 1983 when it was discontinued. In 1989 the club built third indoor clay court.

Finals

Men's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1968	Michel Leclercq	Alain Bouteleux	5-7, 6–1, 6–1.
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Mohammad Hossein Akbari	Thomaz Koch	4–6, 6–3, 6–3.
1970	Patrick Proisy	Michel Leclercq	6–3, 6–4.
1971	Jean Paul Meyer	Codin Dumitrescu	6–2, 6–2.
1972	Jean-Claude Barclay	Sever Mureșan	6–2, 6–3.
↓  ILTF Independent Tour  ↓
1974	Jean-Claude Barclay	Jean-François Caujolle	7–5, 6–4.
1979	Éric Deblicker	Kjell Johansson	2–6, 6–3, 6–3.
1982	Mansour Bahrami	François Jauffret	4–6, 6–4, 6–1.
1983	Bernard Balleret	Paul Torre	6–1, 6–1.

Women's singles

(incomplete roll)

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
↓  ILTF World Circuit  ↓
1968	Rosie Reyes Darmon	Maria-Jose Aubet	8–6, 6–2
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Ingrid Palmieri	Mabel Vrancovich	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1970	Gail Chanfreau	Danièle Bouteleux	7–5, 7–5
1972	Rosie Reyes Darmon	Anne-Marie Rouchon	6–1, 6–1
↓  ILTF Independent Tour  ↓
1973	Antonella Rosa	Odile de Roubin	6–4, 6–4
1974	Odile de Roubin	Nicole Bimes	6–2, 7–6

References

1. ^ "Tournaments: Tournoi de La Châtaigneraie". The Tennis Base. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SL. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
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7. "Alain Bouteleux: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
8. "Sever Muresan: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
9. "Maria-Jose Aubet: Player Stats & More". Women's Tennis Association. WTA Official. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
10. "Mabel Vrancovich: Player Stats & More". Women's Tennis Association. WTA Official. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
11. "Player: Nicole Bimes FRA Head2Head". www.itftennis.com. ITF. Retrieved 13 October 2023.

• Clay court tennis tournaments
• Defunct tennis tournaments in France
• Indoor tennis tournaments