It is played on clay courts at the Monte Carlo Country Club and is held in April.

Rafael Nadal won the men's singles title a record eleven times, including in eight consecutive editions.

[4] The first men's singles was won by George Whiteside Hillyard,[5] according to Wimbledon librarian Alan Little.

He states that the women's event was won by either a Miss K. Booth of Great Britain or a Mlle Guillon of France; despite extensive research, he could not conclusively find the results.

It was played briefly on the roof of a garage in Beausoleil before three tennis courts were constructed with spectator stands and a new club house on 28 January 1921; the new venue was named the "La Festa Country Club"[8] It became an "Open" event in 1969.