The tournament was played at the Beaulieu Tennis Club, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France.
It was usually held at the beginning of September and was played annually until 1983 when it was discontinued In 1899 the Hotel Bristol at Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France was opened by Sir John Blundell Maple, 1st Baronet an English business magnate.
[2] He established the Beaulieu Tennis Club that year on land he owned next to the hotel.
[4] The first winner of the men's singles title was Germany's Friedrich Wilhelm Rahe.
The championships were held annually until 1975, however the event was abandoned due to severe rain and the finalists of the men's Hungary's Géza Varga and France's Patrice Beust, and finalist of the women's singles Italy's Antonella Rosa and Hungary's Beatrix Klein divided the title between themselves.