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28-708: The Swiss International Championships was founded in 1897 and staged at the Grasshopper Club, Zurich under the auspices of the Swiss Lawn Tennis Association . In 1898 the Swiss Lawn Tennis Association staged the event at Château-d'Œx . In 1899 an open women's singles event was added to the schedule, when the venue was still in Saint Moritz . It was then hosted at multiple locations throughout its run including Gstaad . The first edition of

56-414: A 1938 article contemporary Australian tennis player and subsequent chairman of Lawn Tennis Association of Victoria Mervyn Weston described Kho as a drop shot expert, who has a fine control over the ball disguising it so well that it reached a "deadly effect". He had a whipped forehand accompanied by an excellent net game and service and assisted by a formidable backhand. He possessed an athletic body type with

84-520: A three-set victory against the Chinese. Then they moved to Siantar where at the inaugural of the Simeloengoen Club two one-set matches were held. Bryan and Kho went toe-to-toe in singles with Kho victorious. Then he faced Alsbach and won six to four. This was followed by the doubles between Timmer-Bryan and Alsbach-Kho, which was abandoned due to Bryan's injury with Khos' leading one set and one break in

112-677: Is the highest venue for ATP Tour events in Europe, although lower than the Ecuador Open and the former Colombia Open , both held at the Andes. 46°28′34″N 7°17′02″E  /  46.476°N 7.284°E  / 46.476; 7.284 Swiss International Championships The Swiss International Championships also called the International Swiss Championships or Championship of Switzerland or simply Swiss Championships

140-472: The 1938 Wimbledon Championships , scoring victories over Harold Hare, Georg von Metaxa and Ian Collins . In February 1939, he won his second Gallia championships in singles and doubles with Jacques Brugnon . In March, Brugnon and Kho lost the International Championships of Cairo doubles to the team of Gottfried von Cramm and Pat Hughes . In April, he claimed his first Italian trophy at

168-684: The British Hard Court Championships title and won the doubles title as well with Irishman George Lyttleton-Rogers against the British duo of Donald Butler and Frank Wilde . In June, he reached the Queen's Club Championships final, defeated by Bunny Austin. In October, he won the Sussex Club title in Brighton from Dennis C. Coombe of New Zealand. Later that month, he reached the fourth round of

196-648: The Davis Cup against the United States Davis Cup team and lost all three of his rubbers. Kho won numerous tournaments in Europe, most notably winning the British Hard Court Championships twice, in 1938 and 1939 and was a runner-up in 1946. In 1934, he was scheduled to represent his country at the 1934 Far Eastern Games , which was cancelled. He met Giorgio de Stefani again for the Dutch Championships in 1936, losing to him. Also in 1936, he reached

224-642: The Gstaad International tournament was played in 1915 at the Gstaad Palace Hotel , which was known at the time as the Royal Hotel, Winter & Gstaad Palace , and was organized in collaboration with the Lawn Tennis Club (LTC) Gstaad. The first event was played on clay courts and was won by Victor de Coubasch. For the years 1937,48–49, 52, 54–55, 57–58, 60–61, 63, 66–67 this tournament was valid as

252-812: The Queen's Club where both of them practised. They moved to the Dutch East Indies and stayed there for the time of the war. In order to help his country against the Empire of Japan he participated in a series of exhibition matches with Englishman Pat Hughes in the Malacca Lawn Tennis Club. The ticket sales income was transferred to the Malaya Patriotic Fund and the War Fund. In 1940 he became Malayan Champion in singles and mixed doubles. He continued on to get featured in exhibition matches in 1941. In

280-583: The Swiss International Championships . In 1968 it became known as the Swiss Open Championships . The Swiss International Championships were staged at the following locations throughout its run including Basel , Champéry , Geneva , Gstaad , Les Avants , Montreux , Lausanne , Lugano , Lucerne , Ragatz , St. Moritz , Zermatt , and Zurich from 1897 to 1967. Gstaad is located 1,050 metres (3,450 feet) above sea level. It

308-700: The Central Java Tennis Championship. In 1932, his parents died. He won the All-Java Championship in 1933. In 1933, he won the Chinese national championships topping Qiufei Hai of Shanghai. In 1935, he became the Chinese national champion for the second time after beating compatriot Khoo Hooi Hye and subsequently was named the top Chinese player. Local people raised money for him to support his post-graduate education in Switzerland. In 1936, he arrived to Great Britain to attend college, and he

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336-599: The Gallia L.T.C. de Cannes title, beating home favorite Jacques Brugnon in straight sets. They paired for the doubles of the Nice Lawn Tennis Club where they triumphed over Jean Lesueur and William Robertson. Kho also took the singles trophy. Also in February at Carlton Club of Cannes, Brugnon and Kho were on the opposite side in the mixed semifinals where they teamed with Simone Matthieu and Nancy Liebert respectively. In

364-713: The L.T.C. di Rome International Championships, defeating Constantin Tanacescu for the title. In May, he took the Surrey Grass Court Championships against Murray Deloford in straight sets. Later that year, he won the Hastings tournament. In 1940 and 1941, Kho won the Malayan Championships . In 1945, he won the Midland Counties Championships for the second time and retained his title

392-580: The Swiss Lawn Tennis Association staged the event at Château-d'Œx . In 1899 an open women's singles event was added to the schedule, when the venue was still in St. Moritz . In 1968 the tournament continued into the open branded as the Swiss Open Championships and held permanently at Gstaad the men's event is still active today known as the Swiss Open . The women's event in 1968 was held at Lugano . In 1969

420-750: The end, the French couple advanced to the finals. For the men's doubles, Brugnon and Robertson formed a team this time and met in the final with Kho and Landau. In May, he clinched the Priory tournament from Daniel Prenn . In July, he won the Midlands Counties tournament in Edgbaston. In September, he was in both singles and doubles finals of the Hungarian International Championships in Budapest. He

448-638: The fourth round of the 1936 French Championships in singles and reached the third round of the mixed doubles with Mademoiselle Terwinot. In the New Year's Eve tournament of 1936–1937 at the Beausite L.T.C. de Cannes, he defeated Vladimir Landau and won the doubles as well with him. At the same event, he and miss Simonne Mathieu won the mixed contest. In January 1937, he won the Monegasque Championships against Gaston Médécin . In February, he captured

476-716: The next year against Argentine Enrique Morea . In 1946, he went for the North of England Championships title at Scarborough , but was eliminated in both the singles and doubles finals by Jack Edwin Harper and Harper- Cam Malfroy respectively. In May, he served the first and only Davis Cup victory for the First Republic of China by winning all three of his rubbers against the Denmark Davis Cup team . While in London on 31 January 1947, Kho

504-538: The party traveled to Surakarta where singles matches were held and Kho faced de Stefani with the Italian coming out victoriously. Then on a rematch in Semarang, Kho prevailed for the first time over de Stefani in front a home crowd of two thousand. While touring America, Kho reached the doubles finals of the 1935 Kansas City Championships with Lewis D. Carson, losing to Wilbur Coen and William Kiley. The same year, he debuted in

532-571: The second, while the Bryan was serving to stay in the match. In Medan, he beat Bryan and had his match with Alsbach interrupted as it started raining. In 1935, the Dutch Indies Tennis Association invited a couple of European players to play a series of exhibition matches in the Orient. In Surabaya, he paired with Nami to face Giorgio de Stefani and Enrique Maier and lost in two sets. Then

560-720: The women's singles event notable winners include; Charlotte Cooper Sterry (1902), Adine Masson (1904), Elsie Lane (1907), Germaine Régnier Golding (1921–1922, 1924), Lolette Payot (1931, 1933–1934), Louis Brough (1950), Christine Truman (1959), Maria Bueno (1960) and Margaret Smith (1962, 1964). The Swiss International Championships were staged at the following locations throughout its run including Basel , Champéry , Geneva , Gstaad , Les Avants , Montreux , Lausanne , Lugano , Lucerne , Ragatz , St. Moritz , Zermatt , and Zurich from 1897 to 1967. Kho Sin-Kie Kho Sin-Khie ( Chinese : 許承基 ; pinyin : Xǔ Chéngjī ; September 2, 1912 – January 31, 1947)

588-694: The women's then returned to Gstaad. In 1977 the women's tournament was rebranded as the WTA Swiss Open until 1981 when that event was moved to Lugano. The women's event today is known as the Ladies Open Lausanne held at Lausanne , Switzerland. Former notable winners of men's singles include; André Vacherot (1903), George Simond (1905), R. Norris Williams (1911), Gottfried von Cramm (1934–1935), Kho Sin-Kie (1938), Jaroslav Drobný (1946), Roy Emerson (1959–1961, 1966–1967), Rod Laver (1962), Nicola Pietrangeli (1963) and Rafael Osuna (1964). In

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616-458: The women's tournament was staged at Lausanne and was called the WTA Swiss Open , today that event is branded as the Ladies Open Lausanne. The first early edition of the Championship of Switzerland, was played at the Grasshopper Club, Zurich , Switzerland under the auspices of the Swiss Lawn Tennis Association, the winner of the men's event was presented with a cup valued at 500 francs. In 1898

644-524: Was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament established by the Swiss Lawn Tennis Association, and first played at Grasshopper Club, Zurich, Switzerland in 1897. The championships were then held annually and alternated between different venues until 1967. In 1968 the tournament was renamed the Swiss Open International Championships or simply Swiss Open Championships and were then staged permanently at Gstaad . From 1977

672-483: Was a finalist for the Paris International Championships in the same month where he was beaten by Croatian Franjo Punčec . In March 1938 at the International Championships of Cairo, he was defeated by Roderich Menzel in the semifinals. In April, he defended his South of France title against Swiss Max Ellmer and this time gained the doubles crown with Brugnon. In May, defeated Bunny Austin for

700-569: Was admitted to hospital with double pneumonia and died soon after. Kho appeared in six Davis Cup ties for China from 1935 to 1946. He won eight of his 18 rubbers. In the club level scene he represented the International Tennis Club of Great Britain. On January 27, 1940 he married Jane Margaret Gordon Balfour, daughter of E.J. Gordon Balfour, a judge in Ceylon . They met in England at

728-572: Was an Indonesian-born tennis player who represented the Republic of China in the Davis Cup . He was from the Peranakan Chinese ethnic group. He was the first Chinese player ever to win a major international tournament. He was a two time winner of the British Hard Court Championships , and the Surrey Grass Court Championships on one occasion. He also won the Swiss International Championships (1939), Italian and Swedish champion as well. Kho

756-453: Was born and raised in Java to a poor family in an eggplant farm where his father, Han Ting was the head of the village. He had three brothers and three sisters. After he had been dropped out of school he started playing tennis at the age of 14, while working in a sports equipment store. In the early years he had troubles to make his father understand his admiration for the game. In 1929, he won

784-583: Was offered a job at the Chinese Embassy . He studied commerce in London. Later he was sponsored by the Dunlop Rubber Company . He played his first international matches in 1934 when he toured Sumatra challenging the Netherlands Davis Cup team . In Kisaran, he met Cornelius Bryan (Champion of Sumatra ) whom he beat in three sets. In doubles, Bryan and team member Hendrik Timmer scored

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