The Riviera Championships [1] also known as the Championship of the Riviera [2] or the French Riviera Championships[3] or Menton International was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club,[4] Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on clay courts from 1902 until 1976 and again in 1978.
The Riviera Championships also known as the Championship of the Riviera was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club, Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on clay courts.
The first edition was inaugurated on 22 March 1902, the tournament ran until 1975.
The tournament was part of the French Riviera circuit tennis tour, which was series of international amateur tennis events held on the French Riviera, usually starting at the end of the preceding year around late December, through until the end of April.
Following World War II the event was suspended until 1950 after which it took on the denomination as the Menton International Championships or simply Menton International.