Madrid International | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Event name | Madrid Championships (1906-1934) Puerta de Hierro International (1950-1964) Championships of Madrid (1965) Madrid Puerta de Hierro International (1966-1969) Madrid International (1970-1975) |
Tour | ILTF World Circuit |
Founded | 1906 |
Abolished | 1975 |
Location | Madrid Spain |
Venue | Real Club Puerta de Hierro |
Surface | Clay / outdoors |
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.