Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "World Hard Court Championships (WHCC) was an annual tennis tournament held from 1912 to 1923, principally in Paris, France. The venue was the clay courts of the Stade Français in Saint-Cloud, Paris, with one exception, when they were held at the Royal Leopold Club in Brussels, Belgium, in 1922. This tournament was open to all international amateur tennis players and was part of a series of world championships being advanced by the ILTF as Majors, the others being the World Grass Court Championships (Wimbledon) and the World Covered Court Championships (held in a variety of countries). The US Championships was not part of this series, even though it was regarded as a significant event.The WHCC was open to all nationalities, unlike the French Championships, which were open only to tennis players who were members of clubs in France through 1924; because of this the WHCC is sometimes considered as the precursor to the French Open. The French Championships were also held at a different venue at the time, the Racing Club de France, Paris.The WHCC was not played in 1924, when Paris hosted the Olympic Games, with its tennis tournament taking the place of the championship. In 1925 the tournament was disbanded when the French Championships opened to international competitors with the event held on a clay surface alternately between the Stade Français (1925, 1927), which was the site of the WHCC, and the Racing Club de France (1926), which was the site of the previous French Championship. From 1928, the French Championships have been held at Stade Roland Garros.Anthony Wilding was the only male multiple champion in the singles event, winning the title in 1913 and 1914, while Suzanne Lenglen won the women's singles title four times (1914, 1921–23)."@en }
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- World_Hard_Court_Championships abstract "World Hard Court Championships (WHCC) was an annual tennis tournament held from 1912 to 1923, principally in Paris, France. The venue was the clay courts of the Stade Français in Saint-Cloud, Paris, with one exception, when they were held at the Royal Leopold Club in Brussels, Belgium, in 1922. This tournament was open to all international amateur tennis players and was part of a series of world championships being advanced by the ILTF as Majors, the others being the World Grass Court Championships (Wimbledon) and the World Covered Court Championships (held in a variety of countries). The US Championships was not part of this series, even though it was regarded as a significant event.The WHCC was open to all nationalities, unlike the French Championships, which were open only to tennis players who were members of clubs in France through 1924; because of this the WHCC is sometimes considered as the precursor to the French Open. The French Championships were also held at a different venue at the time, the Racing Club de France, Paris.The WHCC was not played in 1924, when Paris hosted the Olympic Games, with its tennis tournament taking the place of the championship. In 1925 the tournament was disbanded when the French Championships opened to international competitors with the event held on a clay surface alternately between the Stade Français (1925, 1927), which was the site of the WHCC, and the Racing Club de France (1926), which was the site of the previous French Championship. From 1928, the French Championships have been held at Stade Roland Garros.Anthony Wilding was the only male multiple champion in the singles event, winning the title in 1913 and 1914, while Suzanne Lenglen won the women's singles title four times (1914, 1921–23).".
- Q74705 abstract "World Hard Court Championships (WHCC) was an annual tennis tournament held from 1912 to 1923, principally in Paris, France. The venue was the clay courts of the Stade Français in Saint-Cloud, Paris, with one exception, when they were held at the Royal Leopold Club in Brussels, Belgium, in 1922. This tournament was open to all international amateur tennis players and was part of a series of world championships being advanced by the ILTF as Majors, the others being the World Grass Court Championships (Wimbledon) and the World Covered Court Championships (held in a variety of countries). The US Championships was not part of this series, even though it was regarded as a significant event.The WHCC was open to all nationalities, unlike the French Championships, which were open only to tennis players who were members of clubs in France through 1924; because of this the WHCC is sometimes considered as the precursor to the French Open. The French Championships were also held at a different venue at the time, the Racing Club de France, Paris.The WHCC was not played in 1924, when Paris hosted the Olympic Games, with its tennis tournament taking the place of the championship. In 1925 the tournament was disbanded when the French Championships opened to international competitors with the event held on a clay surface alternately between the Stade Français (1925, 1927), which was the site of the WHCC, and the Racing Club de France (1926), which was the site of the previous French Championship. From 1928, the French Championships have been held at Stade Roland Garros.Anthony Wilding was the only male multiple champion in the singles event, winning the title in 1913 and 1914, while Suzanne Lenglen won the women's singles title four times (1914, 1921–23).".