The Madrid International[1] was a combined clay court tennis tournament founded in 1906,[2] as the Madrid Championships, that event was held intermittently until the early 1930s then ended due to the Spanish Civil War and World War II.
In 1950 the event was revived as the Madrid Puerta de Hierro International[3] and was played continually at the Real Club Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain, until 1975 when it was last branded under its last title name.
Founded in 1906 as the Madrid Championships it first ran till the mid-1930s then stopped due the Spanish Civil War.
This event was usually played in the Spring in April and by the earlier 1970s had the ATP Tour designation Madrid 1.
[4] In 1973 a second Madrid International II was established that was initially played at the Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo in October annually.