1931 in tennis

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• Italy beat Monaco and the team of São Paulo in international team challenges four to one in both matches.
• In the Paris – Stockholm club competition, the French troupe led by Jacques Brugnon and Christian Boussus beat the Swedish squadron four to one.
• The Czechoslovak professionals headed by Karel Koželuh and Pavel Macenauer toured South Africa where they scored two draws against the home team twice in Durban and Port Elizabeth.^[2]
• Vincent Richards retired and dropped his World Pro title as of the start of the year to handle his business affairs, although he came back to playing during the season.^[2][3]
• Emmett Paré turned professional and later joined the Tilden Tennis Tours.^[4]

• Bill Tilden turned professional as of this season after violating the amateur rules by signing a three-picture contract with Metro Goldwyn Mayer and thus was expelled from the ILTF.^[3]
• Frank Hunter turned professional in mid-January.^[3]
• Harry Hopman wins all three titles at the Sydney Metropolitan Championship.
• The simultaneous use of two racquets by one player was officially banned as of this season.^[5]
• Jean Schopfer, the second ever champion of the French Championships, died.^[6]
• In the Berlin – Paris city club competition on 10 and 11 January, the French team led by Borotra, Boussous and Brugnon beat the German team led by Von Cramm, Kleinschroth and Prenn by eleven to two.^[7]
• A British team led by Bunny Austin and John Olliff toured British India.^[8]

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Week	Event	Men		Women		Mixed
		Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up
22–28 Dec[1]	L.T.C. Juan-les-Pins Championship Juan-les-Pins, France	Charles Aeschlimann 6–4, 6–2, 6–1	Erik Worm	Muriel Thomas 6–2, 6–1	Elizabeth Ryan	Aeschlimann Thomas 6–0, 6–2	Hunter Ryan
24 Dec[9]-1 Jan	New Zealand Lawn Tennis Championships[10][11] Christchurch,[9] New Zealand	Alan Stedman 7–5, 6–1, 6–3	H.A. Barnett	May Dykes 6–1, 9–7	Marjorie Macfarlane
		Charles Angas Ivan Seay 6–3, 6–3, 6–3	France / France	Melody May Myers N/A	N/A	Ivan Seay May Andrew 7–5, 3–6, 7–5	Thomson / Wilson
29 Dec – 4 Jan[1]	Beausite – L. T. C. de Cannes Championship Cannes, France	George Lyttleton-Rogers 8–6, 6–1, 3–6, 7–5	Charles Aeschlimann	Elizabeth Ryan 4–6, 8–6, 6–1	Phyllis Satterthwaite
		Aeschlimann Erik Worm 6–3, 9–7, 6–2	Rogers Hillyard	Thomas Taunay 8–10, 6–2, 6–2	Satterthwaite Ryan	Aeschlimann Thomas 4–6, 6–3, 6–3	Rogers Ryan
5–11 Jan[1]	Métropole Club de Cannes Beausite Cannes, France	George Lyttleton-Rogers 8–10, 7–5, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2	Paul Féret	Hélène Contostavlos 6–2, 6–3	Phyllis Satterthwaite
		Hillyard Landau 7–5, 6–4, 6–8, 2–6, 4–6	Rogers Féret	Satterthwaite Ryan 6–1, 6–2[12]	Thomas Taunay	Rogers Ryan 6–3, 6–3	Worm Satterthwaite
10–17 Jan	Bristol Cup[13] Menton, France	Karel Koželuh 6–1, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4	Albert Burke
		Burke Plaa 6–2, 3–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–3	Koželuh Najuch
12–19 Jan	Italian Riviera championships Sanremo, Italy	Jean Lesueur 8–6, 7–5, 1–6, 3–6, 6–2	Benny Berthet	Phyllis Satterthwaite 5–7, 6–2, 6–2 [14]	Lucia Valerio
		de Martino Lesueur 6–0, 7–5, 6–0[15]	Serventi de Minerbi	Valerio Soames 6–3, 2–6, 6–3[16]	Riboli Meunier	Aeschlimann Ryan 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 [14]	de Stefani Valerio
12–19 Jan	Nice L.T.C. Championships Nice, France	George Lyttleton-Rogers 6–4, 6–4, 8–6	Edmond Lotan	Rosie Berthet 6–3, 7–5	P. Marjollet
		Rogers Lotan 7–5, 6–3, 6–4	Capt. Price Poligny			Rogers Berthet 6–1, 6–0	J. Franks Sumarokov[14]
19–25 Jan[1]	New Courts L.T.C. de Cannes Cannes, France	Max Ellmer 6–3, 7–5	Brame Hillyard	Muriel Thomas 6–1, 6–0	Cosette St. Omer Roy
		Hillyard Minchin 6–4, 6–2	Ellmer Natason			Thomas Natason 6–3, 6–4	Ellmer Omer Roy
Jan	Mannheim International Covered Courts tournament Mannheim, Weimar Republic			Cilly Aussem 6–2, 6–4	Ilse Friedleben	Aussem Nourney 12–10, 8–6	Friedleben Buss
	Coupe de Noël Paris, France[17]	René de Buzelet 6–1, 6–3	André Merlin	Simone Barbier 3–6, 6–2, 6–2	Arlette Neufeld
		Glasser Borotra 6–3, 6–1, 6–4	Gentien Féret	Guillier Gallay 6–4, 7–5	Charnelet Gallay	Lesueur Noel 6–4, 2–6, 8–6	Maier Adamoff
	Sydney Metropolitan Club Championship Sydney, Australia	Harry Hopman 6–2, 3–6, 6–0	Jack Crawford
		Hopman Crawford 4–6, 6–2, 6–4	Dunlop Sproule			Hopman Eleanor Mary Hall 6–2, 6–4	Crawford Crawford
26–31 Jan [18]	Canadian Covered Court Championships[19] Montreal, Quebec, Canada	George Lott 6–2, 5–7, 1–6, 6–3 [20]	John Van Ryn[20]
		Lott Van Ryn 18–16, 6–3, 6–1	Gilbert Hall Ch. W. Leslie
24–31 Jan[21][22]	New South Wales Championships[22] Sydney, Australia	Jack Crawford 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4	Harry Hopman	Marjorie Cox Crawford 7–5, 6–2	Ula Valkenburg
		Crawford Hopman 6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Willard Thompson	Crawford Cozens 6–1, 8–6	Valkenburg Dingle	Willard Pinckerton 6–4, 6–2	Crawford Crawford
19–26 Jan	New Court Lawn Tennis Club II. Cannes, France	George Lyttleton-Rogers 6–0, 6–4, 6–4[23]	Benny Berthet	Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–3, 10–8 [23]	Lucia Valerio
		Lyttleton-Rogers Hillyard 2–6, 6–2, 6–2, 3–6, 8–6	Berthet Hecht	Ryan Satterthwaite 6–1, 6–2	Valerio Mrs. Taunay	Aeschlimann Thomas w/o	Lyttleton-Rogers Ryan[24]
-31 Jan [25]	All-India national championships Allahabad, India	Dip Narain Kapoor[26]		Leila Row N/A	Lena McKenna
		E. Vivian Bobb Ahad Hussain N/A, N/A, 6–3	Edwards Michelmore			Bobb Miss Roberts Sandison 10–8, N/A, N/A	Ahad Hussain Leila Row

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• Dutch player Hendrik Timmer was hit by a disease and missed the season. Two Dutch female players announced their engagements and subsequently their retirement from professional sports. Netherlands' number one Kea Bouman married in Almelo and moved to Java while second ranked Margaretha Dros-Canters married and decided to dedicate herself solely to her marriage after the season.^[27]
• The strike of the German tennis players continued from last month and caused a major setback on the indoor tournaments. Thus the German International Covered Courts tournament field was dominated by foreign and senior players such as World War I French veteran Eugene Broquedis who reached the semifinal of the singles and the final of the doubles competition despite being 45 years old and having his right shoulder and two fingers paralyzed in the war.^[27]
• Newcomer young German tennis player Harry Schwenker shocked the tennis world by defeating Italian champion Umberto De Morpurgo in the semifinals of the Berlin Covered Court Championships. He went on to defeat Austrian champion Hermann Artens in the final of his debut tournament. The match lasted until midnight.^[28][29]
• Jack Crawford won his first Australian Championships singles and mixed doubles title (partnering his wife Marjorie Cox Crawford). He defeated last year's runner-up Harry Hopman for the singles title and teamed up with him for the doubles. He didn't succeed in defending his doubles title losing to Donohoe/Dunlap in the final.
• The team of England played Denmark in Copenhagen as part of their North Europe indoors exhibition tour and drew 4–4.^[30]
• Takeichi Harada announced he will skip the Davis Cup due to his business affairs.^[27]
• Jacques Brugnon swept all possible titles at the Gallia L. T. C. de Cannes.

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Month	Event	Men		Women		Mixed
		Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up
20 January – February 1[1]	Gallia L. T. C. de Cannes Cannes, France	Jacques Brugnon 6–8, 6–0, 6–4. 4–6, 6–0	George Lyttleton-Rogers	Phyllis Satterthwaite 5–7, 7–5, 10–8	Lucia Valerio
		Brugnon du Plaix 6–2, 6–2, 6–3	Hillyard Worm	Ryan Valerio 6–1, 10–8	Satterthwaite Thomas	Brugnon Ryan 6–2, 1–6, 6–4	Del Bono Valerio
January–February 1	Berlin International Covered Courts tournament[31] Berlin, Weimar Republic	Harry Schwenker 8–10, 6–1, 6–3, 6–1[29]	Hermann Artens	Hilde Krahwinkel 6–2, 2–6, 7–5	Irmgard Rost
		Kehrling Morpurgo 1–6, 14–12, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4	Artens Kleinschroth	Krahwinkel Rost N/A	Strauch Kuhlmann	Krahwinkel Kehrling N/A	Henkel Löwenthal
January 24 – February 2	French Covered Court Championships Paris, France	Jean Borotra[32] 6–3, 11–9, 5–7, 6–4	Jean Lesueur	Germaine Golding 6–2, 2–6, 6–0	Arlette Neufeld[33]
		Boussus de Buzelet 8–6, 6–3, 9–7	Östberg Thurneyssen	Barbier Neufeld 6–3, 6–2	Conquet Culbert[33]	Féret le Besnerais 7–5, 6–4[34]	Martin-Legeay Guillier
2–8 February[1]	Carlton L. T. C. de Cannes Cannes, France	George Lyttleton-Rogers 6–3, 6–3, 6–2	Ladislav Hecht	Elizabeth Ryan 6–4, 6–2	Phyllis Satterthwaite
		Cochet Brugnon 4–6, 7–5, 6–3, 11–9	Rogers Aeschlimann	Satterthwaite Thomas w/o	Ryan Aussem	Del Bono Soames w/o	Hillyard Ryan
2–8 February[35]	German International Covered Courts tournament Bremen, Weimar Republic	Pierre Henri Landry 6–3, 6–0, 2–6, 6–3	Einer Ulrich	Hilde Krahwinkel 6–2, 6–3	Irmgard Rost	Consolation Men singles champion Friedrich Frenz	Consolation Women singles champion Else Dam
		Östberg Ulrich 6–4, 6–4, 6–3	Landry Broquedis	Krahwinkel Peitz 6–2, 6–4	Werring Anderssen	H. Macenthum Hoffmann 6–2, 6–1	L. Lorentz Hilde Sperling
February	Belgian International Covered Courts tournament Belgium	André Lacroix 3–6, 6–4, 6–1	André Ewbank	Emile Dupont 7–5, 6–2	Leonie Lhoest
		de Borman Van Zuylen 6–0, 9–7, 6–1	Borin Jacques	Sigart Dupont 6–0, 6–0	Parentini Portilije	Lacroix Sigart 6–4, 6–2	de la Mare/Pennart
	Czechoslovakia pros vs. South Africa amateurs third meeting Cape Town, South Africa 0–6	Louis Raymond 6–2, 6–4	Karel Koželuh
		Louis Raymond 6–4, 6–3	Pavel Macenauer
		Vernon Kirby 2–6, 6–3, 6–0	Pavel Macenauer
		Vernon Kirby 6–2, 3–6, 8–6	Karel Koželuh
		Raymond Condon 7–5, 6–2	Macenauer Koželuh
		Raymond Condon 6–4, 6–3	Macenauer Koželuh
	Monegasque International Championships[36] Monte Carlo, Monaco	Enrique Maier 6–2, 5–7, 6–1, 6–3	Hermann Artens	Simonne Mathieu 7–5, 3–6, 6–3	Cilly Aussem
		Boussus Lesueur 6–3, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4	Del Bono Gaslini	Aussem Valerio 6–4, 7–5	Barbier Mathieu
February 9–16	South of France Championships Nice, France	George Lyttleton-Rogers 4–6, 0–6, 6–3, 6–4, 5–0 ret.	Christian Boussus	Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–1, 6–3	Paulette Marjollet
		Boussus du Plaix 6–3, 1–6, 2–6, 11–9, 6–3[37]	Worm Aeschlimann	Satterthwaite Thomas 6–1, 6–1	Marjollet J. Martin	Hillyard Thomas 6–2, 6–4	Boussus Aussem[38]
February 17–24	St. Moritz Covered Courts Championship[39] St. Moritz, Switzerland	Georges Glasser 6–2, 4–6, 6–1	Paul Barrelet de Ricou	Arlette Neufeld 6–3, 9–11, 6–0	Ilse Friedleben
		Glasser Gentien 4–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3	Buss Oppenheimer			Glasser Neufeld 6–1, 6–3	Buss Friedleben
February 16–22	Hotel Bristol Championships[36] Beaulieu, France	George Lyttleton-Rogers 6–1, 10–8, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3	Emmanuel Du Plaix	Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–2, 6–1	Mary Heeley
		Šefer Kukuljevic 6–1, 1–6, 7–5, 3–6, 6–l	Rogers Olliff	Andrus Ryan 6–4, 6–2	Satterthwaite/Thomas	Hillyard Heeley 2–6, 6–4, 6–4	Olliff Nuthall
February 18 February 19 February 20 February 22 February 23 February 24 February 25 February 28 March 2	World's Indoor Professional Championship[3] New York, United States Baltimore, United States Boston, United States Cincinnati, United States Youngstown, United States Columbus, United States Chicago, United States Detroit, United States Omaha, United States	Bill Tilden 6–2, 6–4, 6–1	Karel Koželuh
		Bill Tilden 6–4, 6–2, 6–4	Karel Koželuh
		Bill Tilden 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 7–5	Karel Koželuh
		Bill Tilden 8–6, 6–3[40]	Karel Koželuh
		Bill Tilden 6–3, 6–4[40]	Karel Koželuh
		Bill Tilden 0–6, 6–2, 6–3[40]	Karel Koželuh
		Bill Tilden 7–5, 2–6, 6–3, ret.[40]	Karel Koželuh
		Bill Tilden 5–7, 6–4, 6–2, 10–8[40]	Karel Koželuh
		Bill Tilden 4–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4, 8–6[40]	Karel Koželuh
February 23–28	Bermuda International Championships[41][42] Hamilton, Bermuda	John Doeg 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 6–3	Berkeley Bell	Sarah Palfrey 8–6, 6–2	Marjorie Morrill
		Sutter Bell 6–3, 2–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3	Doeg Bowman	Morrill Anderson 6–2, 6–2	Rice Harland	Bowman Palfrey 6–3, 3–6, 7–5	Bell Rice[43]
February 27	1931 Australian Championships Sydney, Australia Men's singles – Women's singles	Jack Crawford 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–1[44]	Harry Hopman	Coral McInnes Buttsworth 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 [45]	Marjorie Cox Crawford
		Donohoe Dunlop 8–6, 6–2, 5–7, 7–9, 6–4[46]	Crawford Hopman	Bickerton Cozens 6–0, 6–4 [47]	Lloyd Utz	Crawford Crawford 7–5, 6–4 [48]	Willard Westacott

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• The city of London wins the 16th annual London-Paris tennis club competition (14–7).^[42]
• Béla von Kehrling repeated his 1929 feat by winning the triple crown again in the French Riviera Championships.^[36]
• George Lott won the Canadian Championships for the fourth time of his career.^[19]
• The team of Bremen defeated the players of Amsterdam by 10 to 7.^[19]
• The Fédération Française de Tennis issued legal proceedings against Henri Cochet because of a suspected breach of amateur tennis regulations.^[49]
• The legal proceedings against German Daniel Prenn ended with the conclusion that the accusations were misled by the confusion of similar family names.^[49]
• Nineteen-year-old national junior champion György Drjetomszky won his first Men's trophy at the Hungarian Covered Courts tournament and thus was invited to the Hungary Davis Cup team and to their first round match against Italy.^[19][49]
• Hamburg defeated Rhine Valley 6–5 in Hamburg.^[49]
• En route to Europe the Japanese Davis Cup team, headed by Jiro Sato and Hyotaro Sato, played exhibition matches in Singapore.^[50]
• The team of England defeated Sweden in their North Europe indoors exhibition tour 5–1, and Norway 9–0 two times in a row.^[49]
• René Lacoste and his doubles partner Jacques Brugnon both had appendicitis surgeries and subsequently missed the upcoming tournaments.^[49]
• Colin Gregory and Harry Lee announced they will miss the Davis Cup first round rubbers due to their business affairs.^[49]
• Iwao Aoki won a triple crown in the Surrey Grass Court Championships.^[49]
• Harry Hopman was victorious at the singles, doubles and mixed doubles event at the South Australian Championship.^[51]
• On 20 March in the assembly of the International Tennis Federation in Paris the Norges Tennisforbund (Norway Tennis Association) was granted membership into the ITF.^[42]
• The team of France defeated the United States team 3–2 in a five–match indoors competition played at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York from March 23 through March 25.^[52]

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Month	Event	Men		Women		Mixed
		Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up
– March 14	Southern Professional Championships[3][53] Palm Beach, United States	Paul Heston[54] 6–1, 6–2, 6–3	James Kenney
		Aguther Heston 6–2, 6–2, 6–4	Kenney Rogers
February 23 – March 1	Monte Carlo Cups Monte Carlo, Monaco	Henri Cochet 7–5, 6–2, 6–4	George Lyttleton-Rogers	Simonne Mathieu 4–6, 6–4, 7–5	Phyllis Satterthwaite
		Kehrling Artens 6–4, 7–5, 6–2	Worm Hillyard	Nuthall / Thomas vs. Andrus / Valerio[55]		Cochet Benett 6–0, 0–6, 6–3	Olliff Nuthall
		Butler Trophy Maier / Sindreu def. Kehrling / Gabrovitz 6–4, 6–4, 6–2		Beaumont Trophy Nuthall / Benett def. Heeley / Thomas 6–2, 6–3
February 23 – March 3	Pan-American Tennis Championships[43] Miami Beach United States	George Lott 6–2, 1–6, 6–2, 6–4	John Van Ryn
		Lott Van Ryn 6–2, 4–6, 6–2, 6–1	Hall Rainville
March 2–8[1]	French Riviera Championships and Nations Cup Menton, France	Béla von Kehrling 7–5, 6–2, 6–4	George Lyttleton-Rogers	Phyllis Satterthwaite 7–5, 6–4	Simonne Mathieu
		Kehrling Rogers 6–2, 6–2, 9–7	Šefer Kukuljevic	Heeley Nuthall 6–3, 6–1	Andrus Hilleary	Kehrling Aussem 4–6, 6–3, 6–4	Aeschlimann Nuthall
March 4–8	Hungarian Covered Courts tournament Budapest, Hungary	György Drjetomszky N/A	György Bánó	Mrs. Schréder Lászlóné N/A	Eszter Demko
		Straub Straub 6–3, 6–2, 6–3	Balázs Vásárhelyi	N/A	N/A	Silbersdorf Mrs. Schréder N/A	Balás Sárkány
March 9–15 [1]	Parc Imperial L.T.C. de Nice Nice, France	Léonce Aslangul 0–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2	Charles Aeschlimann	Betty Nuthall 6–0, 3–6, 8–6	Simonne Mathieu
		Aeschlimann Hillyard 6–2, 6–1, 6–0	Šefer Kukuljevic			Lesueur Mathieu 6–2, 6–2	Šefer Nuthall
March 9–18	Bordighera Championships[49][56] Bordighera, Italy	George Lyttleton-Rogers 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 0–6, 6–4	Béla von Kehrling	Ilse Friedleben 5–7, 6–4, 6–4	Phyllis Satterthwaite
		Rogers Del Bono 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2	Kehrling Landau	Andrus Hilleary 6–3, 3–6, 6–3	Friedleben Satterthwaite	Del Bono Andrus 6–3, 6–3	Kehrling Satterthwaite
March	Canadian International Championships[19] Montreal, Quebec, Canada	George Lott 6–3, 6–3, 6–4	Berkeley Bell
		Van Ryn Lott 6–2, 6–1, 6–2	Laframboise Wright
	Santa Marguerita Tournament[56] Santa Marguerita, Italy			Ilse Friedleben 6–4, 6–8, ret.	Nelly Neppach
						Neppach Buss 6–3, 6–2	Friedleben Galindez
	Negresco hotel Championships[49] Nice, France			Magda Baumgarten N/A	N/A
	Surrey Grass Court Championships[49] London, Great Britain	Iwao Aoki N/A	N/A
		Iwao Aoki N/A	N/A	Iwao Aoki N/A	N/A
	Bengal Lawn Tennis Championship Calcutta, British India	Patrick Hughes 4–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–0	George Perkins
14–21 March[57]	American Covered Court Championships New York, United States (men) Brookline, United States (women)	Jean Borotra 6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4[58]	Berkeley Bell	Marjorie Sachs[59][60] 6–3, 7–5	Sarah Palfrey
		Borotra Boussus 7–5, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4[49]	Landry Sutter	Palfrey Wightman 7–5, 6–0[60]	Blake Fuller Hubbard	Palfrey Rice 6–4, 6–4[60]	Mrs. Guild Guild
16–22 March	Côte d'Azur Championships Cannes, France	George Lyttleton-Rogers 1–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1, 9–7	Charles Aeschlimann	Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–2, 6–0	Lolette Payot
		Rogers Hillyard 10–8, 6–4, 9–7	Aeschlimann Chiesa	Ryan Aussem 6–0, 6–3	Satterthwaite Thomas	Aeschlimann Payot 6–2, 4–6, 6–2	Holmes Mme Belliad
-22 March	South Australian Championships[51] Adelaide, Australia	Harry Hopman 6–2, 6–3, 6–3	Adrian Quist	Frances Hoddle-Wrigley 6–3, 6–2	Kathleen Le Messurier
		Hopman Patterson 6–2, 9–11, 9–11, 8–6, 7–5	Schlesinger Hone	Le Messurier Weston 6–4, 6–2	Wood Toyne	Hopman Wood 6–1, 6–3	Gatfey Toyne
26–28 March	Davis Cup South America first round Asunción, Paraguay	First round winners  Argentina 5–0	First round losers  Paraguay
23–29 March[61]	Beausite Club de Cannes second meeting Cannes, France	Hyotaro Sato 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6	George Lyttleton-Rogers	Cilly Aussem 6–3, 6–3	Lolette Payot[61]
		Sato Sato 6–1, 6–4, 6–4[61]	Menzel Haensch	Ryan Aussem 6–0, 6–2	Satterthwaite Thomas	Lyttleton-Rogers Ryan 6–4, 4–6, 6–3	Hillyard Satterthwaite[62]|
23–29 March[61]	Hampstead tournament Hampstead, Great Britain	Herman David 6–4, 3–6, 7–5	Keats Lester	Eileen Bennett Whittingstall 6–3, 6–1	Betty Nuthall[61]

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• A British-only 16–men and 16 women trials was held at the Queen's Club by the Lawn Tennis Association to decide who was about to represent the Great Britain Davis Cup team in the 1931 Davis Cup. The final was played by Bunny Austin and Fred Perry. Bunny Austin won the contest three sets to two (3–6, 4–6, 8–6, 6–1, 7–5). Both went on to be selected in the upcoming Davis Cup rubbers.^{[63] : 10 }
• France won the friendly Davis Cup preparation match against the United States three to two.^[42]
• In an internationals tennis club challenge FC Lyon beats Uhlenhorster Klipper (4:3).^[42]
• Berlin overcame Prague in the two cities' tennis challenge (8–1).^[64]
• Ohye and Spier won the men's and women's singles title at the Java Championships.^[65]
• Japan beat Austria in a friendly Davis Cup match.^[64]
• Heinz Landmann missed Germany's Davis Cup first round because of his office duties.^[64]
• Hyotaro Sato won all three titles in the St. Raphaël T.C. Championships.^[64]

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Month	Event	Men		Women		Mixed
		Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up
27 March – 4 April[66]	Mid-Pacific Invitation Tennis Championships Honolulu, Hawaii, United States	Wilmer Allison 6–4, 6–2, 6–2	Gilbert Hall
		Allison Hall 6–2, 0–6, 6–2, 6–4	Kuwabara Akimoto
30 March – 5 April[1]	St. Raphaël T.C. Championships Saint-Raphaël, France	Hyotaro Sato 6–3, 8–6, 6–4	Ludwig Haensch	Ida Adamoff 6–3, 6–0	Korotvickova
		Sato Sato 6–2, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4	Menzel Haensch	Ryan Thomas 6–4, 6–4	Nicolopoulo Adamoff	Sato Thomas 9–7, 4–6, 6–4	Aeschlimann Ryan
5 April	Swedish Indoors Championships[67] Stockholm, Sweden	Curt Östberg 3 sets to 1	Ingvar Garell	Eyvor Aquilon 2 sets to 1	Sigrid Fick
		Östberg Ramberg 3 sets to 1	A. Thorén Garell	Fick Aquilon 2 sets to 0	Ehrnfelt Cederholm	Östberg Fick 2 sets to 0	Ramberg Ramberg
2–4 April	Davis Cup South America Semifinals Buenos Aires, Argentina Not held	Semifinals winners  Argentina 5–0  Chile	Semifinals losers  Uruguay  Brazil
30 March – 5 April	New Orleans Country Club Invitational Tournament[68] New Orleans, United States	George Lott 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 1–6, 6–4	Clifford Sutter
		Sutter Vines 6–3, 6–1, 4–6. 4–6, 6–3	Van Ryn Lott
6–12 April[1]	Beausoleil Cup Monte Carlo, Monaco	Jiro Sato 6–4, 6–2, 6–2	Alain Bernard	Cilly Aussem 6–1, 6–4	Lilí de Álvarez
		Gentien Lesueur 6–4, 6–4, 6–4	Sato Sato	Satterthwaite Henrotin 6–4, 0–6, 6–1	Neufeld Adamoff	Lesueur Mathieu 2–6, 6–1, 6–3	Satterthwaite Hillyard
6–13 April	River Oaks Invitational Tournament[69] Houston, United States	Ellsworth Vines 6–3, 6–4, 7–5	Bruce Barnes
		Lott Coen 7–5, 6–1, 6–1	Barnes Taylor
April	Tripolis L. T. C. International Championships[70] Tripoli, Italian Tripolitania	Giorgio de Stefani 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3	Alberto Del Bono	Ucci Manzutto 4–6, 6–2, 6–2	Elisabetta Riboli
		de Stefani Del Bono 2–6, 6–0, 7–5, 6–4	Bonzi Serventi			Giorgi Bonzi 4–6, 6–0, 6–2	Manzutto Fé d'Ostiani
	Monaco Championships Nice, France	Léonce Aslangul 0–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2	Charles Aeschlimann	Betty Nuthall 6–0, 3–6, 8–6	Simonne Mathieu
				Ryan Aussem 6–2, 6–4	Satterthwaite Thomas	Lesueur Mathieu 6–2, 6–2	Nuthall Šefer
	Moncean Club Covered Court Championships Paris, France	Cochet Féret 6–2, 3–6, 6–l	Laurentz Thurneyssen			Cochet|Rosambert 3–6, 6–1, 6–5	Thurneyssen Gallay
	South African Championships Johannesburg, South Africa	Louis Raymond 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2	Maxwell Bertram	Bobbie Heine 6–3, 6–3	Ruth Miller
		Kirby Farquharson N/A	N/A			Lowe Miller 6–4, 6–2	Farquharson Heine
	Danish Covered Court Championships Copenhagen, Denmark	Henri Cochet 2–6, 6–0, 6–4, 8–6	Einer Ulrich	Jacqueline Gallay 6–4, 3–6, 6–4	Else Dam
		Gleerup/Henriksen 3–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–3, 8–6	Ulrich Winther	Gallay Barbier 6–0, 6–2	Dam Støckel	Cochet Barbier 4–6, 6–2, 6–2	Bernard Gallay
	Spanish Championships Barcelona, Spain	Enrique Maier 6–4, 5–7, 7–5, 6–2, 6–1	Manuel Alonso	Bella Duttón de Pons[71] N/A	Josefa Chávarri[72]
		Flaquer/Durall[73] N/A	Tejada Alfredo Riera[72]	de Pons Torres[74] N/A	L.E. Benet Y. Chailly [72]	Maier Torres[75] N/A	Saprissa Y. Chailly[72]
	Kensington L. T. C London, Great Britain	Iwao Aoki 3–6, 6–1, 6–3	John Olliff	Dorothy Round 6–4, 6–2	Joan Ridley
		Aoki Miki 6–2, 9–7	Austin Olliff
19–26 April[42]	Eastern Mediterranean Championship[70] Athens, Greece	Gottfried von Cramm 7–5, 4–6, 8–6, 6–1	Benny Berthet	Irmgard Rost 6–4, 6–3	Nelly Neppach
		Cramm Kleinschrott 7–9, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4	Grandguillot Shukry	Vlasto/Lenos 6–1, 6–1	Campbell Neppach	Grandguillot Vlasto 6–2, 4–6, 6–3	Balli/Lenos
24–26 April	Davis Cup South America Final Santiago, Chile	Final winners  Argentina 3–0	Final losers  Chile
20–26 April[1]	Miramar L.T.C. Juan-les-Pins, France	Hyotaro Sato 6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 3–6, 6–3	Jiro Sato	Cilly Aussem 6–2, 6–0	Sylvie Jung Henrotin
		Sato Kawachi 9–11, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4	Hillyard Aeschlimann	Aussem Henrotin 7–5, 6–3	Satterthwaite Thomas	Worm Henrotin 6–1, 6–3	Sato Aussem
23–26 April	Ojai Tennis Tournament Ojai, CA, United States	Ellsworth Vines 5–7, 6–2, 6–2	Lester Stoefen	Dorothy Weisel Hack 7–5, 6–0	Ethel Burkhardt
		Tidball Bartosh 6–4, 7–5	Vines Casey			Wills Moody Neer 6–2, 6–3	Weisel Hall
23–30 April	Ceylon Championships[76] Colombo, Ceylon	Nicholas 5–7, 7–5, 5–7, 7–5, 6–2	Churchill Hector Gunasekara	Steiger 6–3, 7–5	Nedra Obeysekera
		O. Manuel Lisboa Pinto/Nicholas 4–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–3	Gunasekara/Rennie	Norman/Wright 6–2, 6–3	Doreen Sansoni Pat Weinman	Rennie/Norman 6–2, 6–4	de Saram Pieris

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• Roderich Menzel moved to Berlin to work at the publisher Ullstem Verlag and pursue tennis at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club.^[70]
• George Lyttleton-Rogers won the 31st edition of the Parthenopean Championship. He was also a runner-up for the doubles, which was won by De Stefani/Del Bono team.^[70]
• Mrs. Schréder was granted a double prize at the Balkan Cup. Along with the annual porcelain cup awarded to the winner exceptionally she received the silver traveling trophy as well (awarded permanently only to three times champions).^[70]

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Month	Event	Men		Women		Mixed
		Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up	Champions	Runner-up
1–3 May 1–3 May 16–18 April 1–3 May 1–3 May 26–28 March April May	Davis Cup Europe First Round Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary[49] Montreux, Switzerland[42] Athens, Greece[42] Düsseldorf, Weimar Republic[42] Mexico City, Mexico[42] Plymouth, Great Britain[64] Prague, Czechoslovakia[70]	First Round winners  Italy 4–1  Ireland 5–0  Greece 3–2  South Africa 5–0  United States 5–0  Great Britain 5–0  Czechoslovakia 3–2	First Round losers  Hungary   Switzerland  Austria  Germany  Mexico  Monaco  Spain
27 April – 2 May[42]	British Hard Court Championships Bournemouth, Great Britain	Christian Boussus 8–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2	Patrick Hughes	Simonne Mathieu 6–4, 6–4	Mary Heeley
		Austin Kingsley 10–8, 9–7, 6–1	Perry Olliff	Nuthall Ryan 6–2, 6–3	Shepherd-Barron Mudford	Perry Heeley 3–6, 9–7, 7–5	Spence Nuthall
3–10 May[42]	Austrian Championships[77] Vienna, Austria	Franz Wilhelm Matejka 8–6, 6–2, 6–4	Hermann Artens
May	Austrian International Championships Vienna, Austria	Henri Cochet 4–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–4	Roderich Menzel	Cilly Aussem 6–4, 6–2	Irmgard Rost
		Maier Alonso 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4	Cochet Merlin	Andrus Hilleary 7–6, 6–3	Aussem Valerio	Maier Aussem 6–1, 6–2	Rost Kehrling
	Campionato Partenopeo Naples, Italy	George Lyttleton-Rogers 8–6, 3–6, 8–6, 6–1	Giorgio de Stefani	Simone Barbier 6–0, 6–1	Jacqueline Gallay
		de Stefani Del Bono 6–0, 6–4, 3–6, 5–7, 10–8	Martino Rogers	Barbier Gallay 6–2, 6–0	Manzutto/de Simone	Bernard Barbier 6–1, 6–3	Barrelet de Ricou Gallay
	L. T. C. di Rome International Championships Rome, Italy	Giorgio de Stefani 4–6, 8–6, 7–5, 6–2	George Lyttleton-Rogers
	South Indian International Championships British India	Manek Mehta 6–2, 6–1	Roy
		Mehta/S.J. Matthews 6–4, 7–5	Neilson/Ratnam
	Shambazar L. T. C. British India	George Perkins 6–4, 6–2, 6–1	Matthews
	Northern Championships[78] Manchester, Great Britain[79]	John Olliff 6–3, 3–6, 7–9, 6–3 ret.	Nigel Sharpe	Evelyn Goldsworth 8–10, 6–4, 6–3	E. Alexandroff
		Olliff Sharpe 12–10, 6–4, 6–3	Soni / Hyatt	Lycett Stevens 6–3, 6–2	Hellewell Rudd	Burrows Lycett 7–5, 2–6, 6–4	Soni Goldsworth
May 9 May 12 May 14 May 17	Professional World Champion title defense series[3] New York, United States Boston, United States Philadelphia, United States Chicago, United States	Bill Tilden (c) 5–7, 6–0, 6–1, 6–3	Vincent Richards
		Bill Tilden (c) 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 1–6, 6–3	Vincent Richards
		Bill Tilden (c) 6–4, 7–5, 5–7, 6–2	Vincent Richards
		Bill Tilden (c) 3 sets to 2	Vincent Richards
5–12 May[42]	Italian Championships[77] Milan, Italy	George Patrick Hughes 6–4, 6–3, 6–2	Henri Cochet	Lucia Valerio 6–2, 2–6, 6–2	Dorothy Andrus
		Hughes Del Bono 3–6, 8–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3	Cochet Merlin	Gagliardi Luzzatti 6–3, 1–6, 6–3	Valerio Andrus[80]	Hughes Valerio 6–0, 6–1	Del Bono Andrus[81]
14–17 May[42]	Belgian National Championships Brussels, Belgium	Leopold de Borman 2–6, 6–8, 6–2, 6–1, 6–4	André Ewbank	Josane Sigart 6–0, 6–0	Marguerite de Monceau
		de Borman Brouwet 3–6, 9–7, 6–2, 6–2	Bemden/Derrider	Isaac Sigart[82] N/A		Laloux Dupont[83]	N/A
8–17 May	Bob Club's International Balkan Cup Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes	Ferenc Marsalek N/A	Heinz Eichner	Mrs. Schréder 6–4, 2–6, 7–5	Anna Blanarova
		Eichner Henkel N/A	Marsalek Siba	not contested		Marsalek Blanarova 6–2, 6–3	László Silbersdorf Mrs Schréder
	Davis Cup Second Round Helsinki, Finland Zagreb, Yugoslavia Brussels, Belgium Dublin, Ireland Athens, Greece Turin, Italy Oslo, Norway Copenhagen, Denmark	Second Round winners  Egypt 4–1  Japan 5–0  Great Britain 5–0  South Africa 4–1  Czechoslovakia 4–1  Italy 3–0  Poland 3–0  Denmark 5–0	Second Round losers  Finland  Yugoslavia  Belgium  Ireland  Greece  Netherlands  Norway  Romania
21–23 May	Davis Cup North/Central America Final Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Final winners  United States 4–1	Final losers  Canada
28–30 May	Davis Cup Americas Inter-Zonal round play-off Chevy Chase, United States	Final winners  United States 5–0	Final losers  Argentina
17–31 May[42]	1931 French Championships Paris, France Men's singles – Women's singles	Jean Borotra 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4	Christian Boussus	Cilly Aussem 8–6, 6–1	Betty Nuthall
		Lott Van Ryn 6–4, 6–3, 6–4	Kirby Farquharson	Bennett Whittingstall Nuthall 9–7, 6–2	Aussem Ryan	Spence Nuthall 6–3, 5–7, 6–3	Austin Barron

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• Ernest Black, competitor for the first ever Davis Cup representing Great Britain, died.^[77]
• The Hungary-Yugoslavia friendly match was suspended due to rules interpretation differences.^[77]
• Daniel Prenn was suspended for six months by the German Tennis Union for charges that he demanded payment from racket manufacturer Hammer & Co. for using their equipment.^[84]
• The T. C. Barcelona—Rot-Weiss Tennis Club of Berlin interclub match was suspended due to heavy rain.^[77]
• Béla von Kehrling gave up the final of the Romanian Championships due to his bruised fingers.^[40]
• The United States Davis Cup team beat Austria by 5–0 in a friendly match played at the Vienna Park Club on 5–7 June.^[40]
• The United States Davis Cup team beat Germany by 5–0 in a friendly match played at the Blau-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin on 12–14 June.^[40]
• Several US states held its national championships. Among them were:
  • The state tennis championships of Maryland was won by Berkeley Bell in three straight sets.^[85]
  • The state tennis championships of California was held in Berkeley from June 6 though June 14. The men's singles title was won by Ellsworth Vines and the doubles by Vines and Keith Gledhill. The women's singles was won by Alice Marble and the doubles by Marble and Dorothy Weisel.^[85]
  • The state tennis championships of Delaware was won by Wilmer Allison both in singles and in mixed doubles partnering Florence Lebontillier. Berkeley Bell and Eddie Jacobs were victorious in doubles. Marion Jessup won the ladies title.^[85]