1931 in tennis
{{ Infobox tennis circuit season
| name = 1931 in tennis
| image = Vincent Richards, Helen Wills, 1926.jpg
| image_caption = Vincent Richards, the defending 1930 Pro World Champion after having defeated Karel Koželuh for the title, and Helen Wills, the top ranked amateur female player of 1931{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00036/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1930_2_022.pdf|volume=II|issue=22|pages=428–430|journal=Tennisz és Golf|title=Külföldi hírek|trans-title=International news|date=December 6, 1930|publisher=Bethlen Gábor irod. és Nyomdai RT|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=23 October 2012}}
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| duration = December 24, 1930 – December 18, 1931
| tournaments = 160
| categories = Grand Slam (4)
Pro Majors (3)
National championships (20)
International championships (135)
Team events (20)
Pro Tour (10)
| most_tournament_titles = {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ellsworth Vines (10)
{{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Cilly Aussem (9)
| most_tournament_finals = {{flagicon|IRE}} George Lyttleton-Rogers (14)
{{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Cilly Aussem (11)
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| previous = 1930
| next = 1932
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The year 1931 in tennis was a complex mixture of mainly amateur tournaments composed of international, invitational, national, exhibition, team (city leagues, country leagues, international knock-out tournaments) events and joined by an up-and-coming Pro Tour both on competitive and exhibitional levels.
At the end of the pro season the champion title was awarded. Bill Tilden held the title at the end of the year. He also ran his own pro organization called the Tilden Tennis Tours and toured the world with a series of pro exhibition-like matches. The European professionals of Germany, France, Britain, Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland founded the International Federation of Professionists and Professionals headed by Roman Najuch to represent their interest against the International Lawn Tennis Federation (ILTF). There were a few occasional professionals against amateur challenges as well held in team competition format. The amateur events were almost all co-educated thus the majority included a mixed title contest. Irishman George Lyttleton-Rogers dominated the European scene winning eight singles titles, all of which were confined to French and Italian championships. Ellsworth Vines was the dominant male player on the North American tour. The women's most successful players were Miss Elizabeth Ryan in North America and Cilly Aussem in Europe and in South America. Australian tennis life was figureheaded by Jack Crawford.
The most prestigious team cups were the Wightman Cup for ladies and the Davis Cup (called the International Lawn Tennis Challenge) for men. The 1931 Wightman Cup was its 9th edition and was organized by the United States Tennis Association between the teams of Great Britain and the United States. The 1931 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was its 26th edition and was organized by the ILTF. The Americas Zone was split into the North/Central American Zone and the South American Zone. The winner of each sub-zone would play to determine who moved to the Inter-Zonal round. 22 teams entered the Europe Zone, while 7 participated in the Americas Zone. The United States defeated Argentina in the American Zone, but would then lose to Great Britain in the Inter-Zonal play-off. France defeated Great Britain in the Challenge Round, giving France their fifth straight title. The final was played at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, on 24–26 July.
Legend
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This list includes men and women international tournaments (where at least several different nations were represented), main (annual) national championships, professional tour events and the Davis Cup
Pre-tournament season
- 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 Czechoslovakian 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.{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling |url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00038/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_001.pdf |volume=1|series=III|page=17 |journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=10 January 1931|title=Külföldi hírek|trans-title=International News |publisher=Bethlen Gábor Irod. és Nyomdai RT |location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=3 February 2012}}
- 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.
- Emmett Paré turned professional and later joined the Tilden Tennis Tours.{{cite web|work=louisianatennis.com|url=http://www.louisianatennis.com/press-room/2012-Southern-Tennis-Hall-of-Fame-Inductee-Emmett-Par|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190301/http://www.louisianatennis.com/press-room/2012-Southern-Tennis-Hall-of-Fame-Inductee-Emmett-Par|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2014|date=December 22, 2011|title=2012 Southern Tennis Hall of Fame Inductee Emmett Paré|publisher=Louisiana Tennis Association|location=Louisiana, United States}}
January
- 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.
- Frank Hunter turned professional in mid-January.
- 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.{{cite book
|author = Floyd Conner
|title = Tennis's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Baseline Blunders, Clay Court Wonders, and Lucky Lobs
|publisher = Potomac Books
|location = Dulles, Virginia, United States
|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Szv5Pnl58
|year = 2002
|isbn = 9781612340456
|chapter = Balls and racquets
}}
- Jean Schopfer, the second ever champion of the French Championships, died.{{cite journal
| date = January 12, 1931
| title = Tennis
| editor = François Coty
| journal =Le Figaro
| location = Paris, France
| publisher = Dassault Group
| page = 7
| issn = 0182-5852
| url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k296475r/f7.image
| language = fr
| issue = 12
}}
- 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.{{cite news|title=Parijs – Berlijn 11–2|url=http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010534431:mpeg21:a0074|newspaper=De Tijd|date=13 January 1931}}
- A British team led by Bunny Austin and John Olliff toured British India.{{cite news|title=Tennis in Britsch-Indië|url=http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010970487:mpeg21:a0066|newspaper=De Sumatra Post|date=7 January 1931}}
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valign=top | style="background:#fff;"|L.T.C. Juan-les-Pins Championship Juan-les-Pins, France | {{flagicon|SWI}} Charles Aeschlimann 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Erik Worm | {{flagicon|GB}} Muriel Thomas 6–2, 6–1 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Elizabeth Ryan | {{flagicon|SWI}} Aeschlimann {{flagicon|GB}} Thomas 6–0, 6–2 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Hunter {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan |
valign=top | rowspan=2 style="background:#d0f0c0"|New Zealand Lawn Tennis Championships{{cite web|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/tennis-lawn/4 |title=New Zealand Championships – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand |publisher=teara.govt.nz|access-date=1 April 2015}}{{cite news|title=Final Day's Play|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19310102.2.143&srpos=5|newspaper=New Zealand Herald|volume=LXVIII|issue=20761|date=2 January 1931|page=12}} Christchurch, New Zealand | {{flagicon|NZL}} Alan Stedman 7–5, 6–1, 6–3 | {{flagicon|NZL}} H.A. Barnett | {{flagicon|NZL}} May Dykes 6–1, 9–7 | {{flagicon|NZL}} Marjorie Macfarlane | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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| {{flagicon|NZL}} Charles Angas | France / France | {{flagicon|NZL}} Melody May Myers N/A | N/A | {{flagicon|NZL}} Ivan Seay May Andrew 7–5, 3–6, 7–5 | Thomson / Wilson | ||
valign=top | rowspan="2" style="background:#fff;"|Beausite – L. T. C. de Cannes Championship Cannes, France | {{flagicon|IRE}} George Lyttleton-Rogers 8–6, 6–1, 3–6, 7–5 | {{flagicon|SWI}} Charles Aeschlimann | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Elizabeth Ryan 4–6, 8–6, 6–1 | {{flagicon|GB}} Phyllis Satterthwaite | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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| {{flagicon|SWI}} Aeschlimann | {{flagicon|IRE}} Rogers {{flagicon|GB}} Hillyard | {{flagicon|GB}} Thomas Taunay 8–10, 6–2, 6–2 | {{flagicon|GB}} Satterthwaite {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan | {{flagicon|SWI}} Aeschlimann {{flagicon|GB}} Thomas 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 | {{flagicon|IRE}} Rogers {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan | ||
valign=top | rowspan="2" style="background:#fff;"|Métropole Club de Cannes Beausite Cannes, France | {{flagicon|IRE}} George Lyttleton-Rogers 8–10, 7–5, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Paul Féret | {{flagicon|GRE|old}} Hélène Contostavlos 6–2, 6–3 | {{flagicon|GB}} Phyllis Satterthwaite | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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| {{flagicon|GB}} Hillyard | {{flagicon|IRE}} Rogers {{flagicon|FRA}} Féret | {{flagicon|GB}} Satterthwaite {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan 6–1, 6–2{{cite journal | date = 13 January 1931 | title = Tennis | editor = François Coty | journal =Le Figaro | location = Paris, France | publisher = Dassault Group | page = 8 | issn = 0182-5852 | access-date = 16 June 2013 | url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2964764/f8.image | language = fr | issue = 13 }} | {{flagicon|GB}} Thomas Taunay | {{flagicon|IRE}} Rogers {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan 6–3, 6–3 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Worm {{flagicon|GB}} Satterthwaite | ||
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|rowspan=2|10–17 Jan | rowspan=2 style="background:#F3E6D7"|Bristol Cup Menton, France | {{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Koželuh 6–1, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 | {{flagicon|IRE}} Albert Burke | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||
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|{{flagicon|IRE}} Burke | {{flagicon|TCH}} Koželuh {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Najuch | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||||
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|rowspan=2|12–19 Jan | rowspan=2 style="background:#fff;"|Italian Riviera championships Sanremo, Italy | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Lesueur 8–6, 7–5, 1–6, 3–6, 6–2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Benny Berthet | {{flagicon|GB}} Phyllis Satterthwaite 5–7, 6–2, 6–2 {{cite journal | date = 20 January 1931 | title = Tennis | editor = François Coty | journal =Le Figaro | location = Paris, France | publisher = Dassault Group | page = 7 | issn = 0182-5852 | access-date = 16 June 2013 | url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k296483b/f7.image | language = fr | issue = 20 }} | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Lucia Valerio | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} de Martino | date = 19 January 1931 | title = Tennis | editor = François Coty | journal =Le Figaro | location = Paris, France | publisher = Dassault Group | page = 8 | issn = 0182-5852 | access-date = 16 June 2013 | url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k296482z/f8.image | language = fr | issue = 19 }} | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Serventi {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} de Minerbi | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valerio {{flagicon|GB}} Soames 6–3, 2–6, 6–3{{cite journal | date = January 18, 1931 | title = Tennis | editor = François Coty | journal =Le Figaro | location = Paris, France | publisher = Dassault Group | page = 8 | issn = 0182-5852 | access-date = 16 June 2013 | url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k296481k/f9.image | language = fr | issue = 18 }} | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Riboli Meunier | {{flagicon|SWI}} Aeschlimann {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} de Stefani {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valerio | ||
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|rowspan=2|12–19 Jan | rowspan=2|Nice L.T.C. Championships Nice, France | {{flagicon|IRE}} George Lyttleton-Rogers 6–4, 6–4, 8–6 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Edmond Lotan | {{flagicon|FRA}} Rosie Berthet 6–3, 7–5 | {{flagicon|FRA}} P. Marjollet | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|IRE}} Rogers | Capt. Price Poligny | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|IRE}} Rogers {{flagicon|FRA}} Berthet 6–1, 6–0 | J. Franks {{flagicon|Russia|1914}} Sumarokov | |||
valign=top | rowspan="2" style="background:#fff;"|New Courts L.T.C. de Cannes Cannes, France | {{flagicon|SWI}} Max Ellmer 6–3, 7–5 | {{flagicon|GB}} Brame Hillyard | {{flagicon|GB}} Muriel Thomas 6–1, 6–0 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Cosette St. Omer Roy | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|GB}} Hillyard | {{flagicon|SWI}} Ellmer Natason | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|GB}} Thomas Natason 6–3, 6–4 | {{flagicon|SWI}} Ellmer {{flagicon|FRA}} Omer Roy | |||
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|rowspan="5"|Jan | style="background:#fff;"|Mannheim International Covered Courts tournament Mannheim, Weimar Republic | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Cilly Aussem 6–2, 6–4 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Ilse Friedleben | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Aussem {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Nourney 12–10, 8–6 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Friedleben Buss | |
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| rowspan="2" style="background:#fff;"|Coupe de Noël |trans-title=Coupe de Noël of the Sporting Club de Paris|publisher=Bethlen Gábor Irod. és Nyomdai RT|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=3 February 2012}} | {{flagicon|FRA}} René de Buzelet 6–1, 6–3 | {{flagicon|FRA}} André Merlin | {{flagicon|FRA}} Simone Barbier 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Arlette Neufeld | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | ||
valign=top | {{flagicon|FRA}} Gentien Féret | {{flagicon|FRA}} Guillier Gallay 6–4, 7–5 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Charnelet Gallay | {{flagicon|FRA}} Lesueur {{flagicon|GB}} Noel 6–4, 2–6, 8–6 | {{flagicon|Spain|1873}} Maier {{flagicon|FRA}} Adamoff | ||
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| rowspan="2" style="background:#fff;"|Sydney Metropolitan Club Championship | {{flagicon|AUS}} Harry Hopman 6–2, 3–6, 6–0 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Crawford | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||||
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|{{flagicon|AUS}} Hopman | {{flagicon|AUS}} Dunlop {{flagicon|AUS}} Sproule | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|AUS}} Hopman {{flagicon|AUS}} Eleanor Mary Hall 6–2, 6–4 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Crawford {{flagicon|AUS}} Crawford | |||
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| rowspan="2" style="background:#fff;"|26–31 Jan {{cite news|title=Lott Meets Bell in Covered Court Championships|url=https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2011/North%20Tonawanda%20NY%20Evening%20News/North%20Tonawanda%20NY%20Evening%20News%201931%20%20Grayscale/North%20Tonawanda%20NY%20Evening%20News%201931%20%20Grayscale%20-%200175.pdf|access-date=28 July 2012|newspaper=The Evening News|date=January 28, 1931}} | rowspan="2"|Canadian Covered Court Championships Montreal, Quebec, Canada | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} George Lott 6–2, 5–7, 1–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} John Van Ryn{{cite journal
| date = January 28, 1931 | title = Tennis | editor = François Coty | journal =Le Figaro | location = Paris, France | publisher = Dassault Group | page = 7 | issn = 0182-5852 | access-date = 16 June 2013 | url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k296491x/f7.image | language = fr | issue = 28 }} | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lott | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Gilbert Hall {{flagicon|CAN|1921}} Ch. W. Leslie | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||||
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|rowspan=2|24–31 Jan{{cite journal | date =28 November 1930 | title = New South Wales Championships | journal =The Sydney Morning Herald | volume = 28 | location = Sydney, Australia | publisher = John Fairfax and Sons | page = 15 | issue = 986 | access-date = 23 November 2012 | url = https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16734016 | rowspan=2|New South Wales Championships{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article41122300 |title=All Crawford |newspaper=Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909–1954) |location=Qld. |date=2 February 1931 |access-date=24 October 2012 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} Sydney, Australia | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Crawford 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Harry Hopman | {{flagicon|AUS}} Marjorie Cox Crawford 7–5, 6–2 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Ula Valkenburg | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|AUS}} Crawford | {{flagicon|AUS}} Willard Thompson | {{flagicon|AUS}} Crawford {{flagicon|AUS}} Cozens 6–1, 8–6 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Valkenburg Dingle | {{flagicon|AUS}} Willard Pinckerton 6–4, 6–2 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Crawford {{flagicon|AUS}} Crawford | ||
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|rowspan=2|19–26 Jan | rowspan="2" style="background:#fff;"|New Court Lawn Tennis Club II. Cannes, France | {{flagicon|IRE}} George Lyttleton-Rogers 6–0, 6–4, 6–4 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Benny Berthet | {{flagicon|GB}} Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–3, 10–8 {{cite journal | date = January 25, 1931 | title = Tennis | editor = François Coty | journal =Le Figaro | location = Paris, France | publisher = Dassault Group | page = 9 | issn = 0182-5852 | access-date = 16 June 2013 | url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2964887/f9.image | language = fr | issue = 25 }} | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Lucia Valerio | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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| {{flagicon|IRE}} Lyttleton-Rogers | {{flagicon|FRA}} Berthet {{flagicon|TCH}} Hecht | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan {{flagicon|GB}} Satterthwaite 6–1, 6–2 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valerio {{flagicon|NED}} Mrs. Taunay | {{flagicon|SWI}} Aeschlimann {{flagicon|GB}} Thomas w/o | {{flagicon|IRE}} Lyttleton-Rogers {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan{{cite journal | date = January 26, 1931 | title = Tennis | editor = François Coty | journal =Le Figaro | location = Paris, France | publisher = Dassault Group | page = 7 | issn = 0182-5852 | access-date = 16 June 2013 | url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k296489m/f7.image | language = fr | issue = 26 }} | ||
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31 Jan {{cite journal|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19310218-1.2.88.1.aspx|page=13|journal=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser|issue=13,263|date=February 18, 1931|title=Indian Lawn Tennis|publisher=Mohammed Eunos|location=Singapore, Straits Settlements|access-date=17 November 2013}} | rowspan=2 style="background:#d0f0c0"|All-India national championships Allahabad, India | {{flagicon|British India}} Dip Narain Kapoor{{cite journal|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19311229-1.2.103.aspx|page=16|journal=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser|issue=13,530|date=December 29, 1931|title=Indian Lawn Tennis|publisher=Mohammed Eunos|location=Singapore, Straits Settlements|access-date=17 November 2013}} | {{flagicon|British India}} Leila Row N/A | {{flagicon|British India}} Lena McKenna | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | ||
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| {{flagicon|British India}} E. Vivian Bobb | {{flagicon|British India}} Edwards {{flagicon|British India}} Michelmore | {{flagicon|British India}} Bobb {{flagicon|British India}} Miss Roberts Sandison 10–8, N/A, N/A | {{flagicon|British India}} Ahad Hussain {{flagicon|British India}} Leila Row |
{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00039/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_002.pdf|volume=2|series=III|page=20|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=28 January 1931|title=Külföldi hírek|trans-title=International news|publisher=Bethlen Gábor Irod. és Nyomdai RT|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=3 February 2012}}
February
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.{{cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46596422 |title=Tennis – Sensational Games in Berlin Tournament – Italian Champion Beaten |work=Barrier Miner|via=trove.nla.gov.au|date=2 February 1931|page=1|access-date=1 April 2015}}
- 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.{{cite news|title=Lawn-tennis|url=http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:110570560:mpeg21:a0248|newspaper=De Telegraaf|date=20 February 1931|page=7}}
- Takeichi Harada announced he will skip the Davis Cup due to his business affairs.
- Jacques Brugnon swept all possible titles at the Gallia L. T. C. de Cannes.
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valign=top | rowspan=2|Gallia L. T. C. de Cannes Cannes, France | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jacques Brugnon 6–8, 6–0, 6–4. 4–6, 6–0 | {{flagicon|IRE}} George Lyttleton-Rogers | {{flagicon|GB}} Phyllis Satterthwaite 5–7, 7–5, 10–8 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Lucia Valerio | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|FRA}} Brugnon | {{flagicon|GB}} Hillyard {{flagicon|DEN}} Worm | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valerio 6–1, 10–8 | {{flagicon|GB}} Satterthwaite {{flagicon|GB}} Thomas | {{flagicon|FRA}} Brugnon {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan 6–2, 1–6, 6–4 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Del Bono {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valerio | ||
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|rowspan=2|January–February 1 | rowspan=2|Berlin International Covered Courts tournament{{cite news|title=Internationale Hallentennis-Meisterschaften|url=http://az.ub.uni-freiburg.de/show/fz.cgi?cmd=showpic&ausgabe=02&day=02c&year=1931&month=02&project=3&anzahl=2|newspaper=Freiburger Zeitung|date=2 February 1931}} Berlin, Weimar Republic | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Harry Schwenker 8–10, 6–1, 6–3, 6–1{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72629620?searchTerm=%20Schwenker&searchLimits= |title=Match at Berlin. Played at Midnight |newspaper=Horsham Times |via=trove.nla.gov.au|date=3 February 1931|access-date=1 April 2015}} | {{flagicon|AUT}} Hermann Artens | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Hilde Krahwinkel 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Irmgard Rost | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Kehrling | {{flagicon|AUT}} Artens {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Kleinschroth | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Krahwinkel {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Rost N/A | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Strauch Kuhlmann | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Krahwinkel {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Kehrling N/A | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Henkel Löwenthal | ||
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|rowspan=2|January 24 – February 2 | rowspan=2|French Covered Court Championships Paris, France | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Borotra{{cite news|agency=The Associated Press|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/canandaigua-daily-messenger/1931-02-02/page–8|volume=184|issue=27|page=8 |journal=Daily Messenger|date=2 February 1931 |title=Week-end sports summary
|publisher=Messenger Post Newspapers|location=Canandaigua, United States|access-date=22 February 2012}} 6–3, 11–9, 5–7, 6–4 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Lesueur | {{flagicon|FRA}} Germaine Golding 6–2, 2–6, 6–0 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Arlette Neufeld{{cite journal
| date = February 2, 1931 | title = Tennis | editor = François Coty | journal =Le Figaro | location = Paris, France | publisher = Dassault Group | page = 8 | issn = 0182-5852 | access-date = 16 June 2013 | url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k296496t/f8.image | language = fr | issue = 33 }} | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|FRA}} Boussus | {{flagicon|SWE}} Östberg {{flagicon|FRA}} Thurneyssen | {{flagicon|FRA}} Barbier {{flagicon|FRA}} Neufeld 6–3, 6–2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Conquet {{flagicon|FRA}} Culbert | {{flagicon|FRA}} Féret {{flagicon|FRA}} le Besnerais 7–5, 6–4{{cite journal | date = January 31, 1931 | title = Tennis | editor = François Coty | journal =Le Figaro | location = Paris, France | publisher = Dassault Group | page = 9 | issn = 0182-5852 | access-date = 16 June 2013 | url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2964942/f9.image | language = fr | issue = 31 }} | {{flagicon|FRA}} Martin-Legeay {{flagicon|FRA}} Guillier | ||
valign=top | rowspan=2|Carlton L. T. C. de Cannes Cannes, France | {{flagicon|IRE}} George Lyttleton-Rogers 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 | {{flagicon|TCH}} Ladislav Hecht | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Elizabeth Ryan 6–4, 6–2 | {{flagicon|GB}} Phyllis Satterthwaite | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|FRA}} Cochet | {{flagicon|IRE}} Rogers {{flagicon|SWI}} Aeschlimann | {{flagicon|GB}} Satterthwaite Thomas w/o | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Aussem | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Del Bono {{flagicon|GB}} Soames w/o | {{flagicon|GB}} Hillyard {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan | ||
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|rowspan=2|2–8 February[https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00036/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1930_2_022.pdf "Tennis Golf 1930"]. OSZK.hu. | rowspan=2|German International Covered Courts tournament Bremen, Weimar Republic | {{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Henri Landry 6–3, 6–0, 2–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Einer Ulrich | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Hilde Krahwinkel 6–2, 6–3 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Irmgard Rost | Consolation Men singles champion {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Friedrich Frenz | Consolation Women singles champion {{flagicon|DEN}} Else Dam |
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|{{flagicon|SWE}} Östberg | {{flagicon|FRA}} Landry {{flagicon|FRA}} Broquedis | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Krahwinkel Peitz 6–2, 6–4 | {{flagicon|NOR}} Werring Anderssen | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} H. Macenthum Hoffmann 6–2, 6–1 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} L. Lorentz {{flagicon|DEN}} Hilde Sperling | ||
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|rowspan=10|February | rowspan=2|Belgian International Covered Courts tournament Belgium | {{flagicon|BEL}} André Lacroix 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 | {{flagicon|BEL}} André Ewbank | {{flagicon|BEL}} Emile Dupont 7–5, 6–2 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Leonie Lhoest | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|BEL}} de Borman | Borin Jacques | {{flagicon|BEL}} Sigart {{flagicon|BEL}} Dupont 6–0, 6–0 | Parentini Portilije | {{flagicon|BEL}} Lacroix {{flagicon|BEL}} Sigart 6–4, 6–2 | de la Mare/Pennart | ||
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|style="background:#ECF2FF;" rowspan=6|Czechoslovakia pros vs. South Africa amateurs third meeting | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Louis Raymond 6–2, 6–4 | {{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Koželuh | style="background:#ededed;" rowspan="6" colspan="4"| | ||||
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|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Louis Raymond | {{flagicon|TCH}} Pavel Macenauer | ||||||
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|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Vernon Kirby | {{flagicon|TCH}} Pavel Macenauer | ||||||
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|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Vernon Kirby | {{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Koželuh | ||||||
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| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Raymond | {{flagicon|TCH}} Macenauer {{flagicon|TCH}} Koželuh | ||||||
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| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Raymond | {{flagicon|TCH}} Macenauer {{flagicon|TCH}} Koželuh | ||||||
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|rowspan=2|Monegasque International Championships | {{flagicon|Spain|1873}} Enrique Maier 6–2, 5–7, 6–1, 6–3 | {{flagicon|AUT}} Hermann Artens | {{flagicon|FRA}} Simonne Mathieu 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Cilly Aussem | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | ||
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|{{flagicon|FRA}} Boussus | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Del Bono {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Gaslini | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Aussem {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valerio 6–4, 7–5 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Barbier {{flagicon|FRA}} Mathieu | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |||
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|rowspan=2|February 9–16 | rowspan=2|South of France Championships Nice, France | {{flagicon|IRE}} George Lyttleton-Rogers 4–6, 0–6, 6–3, 6–4, 5–0 ret. | {{flagicon|FRA}} Christian Boussus | {{flagicon|GB}} Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–1, 6–3 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Paulette Marjollet | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|FRA}} Boussus | date = February 16, 1931 | title = Tennis | editor = François Coty | journal =Le Figaro | location = Paris, France | publisher = Dassault Group | page = 7 | issn = 0182-5852 | access-date = 16 June 2013 | url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2965103/f7.image | language = fr | issue = 47 }} | {{flagicon|DEN}} Worm {{flagicon|SWI}} Aeschlimann | {{flagicon|GB}} Satterthwaite {{flagicon|GB}} Thomas 6–1, 6–1 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Marjollet J. Martin | {{flagicon|GB}} Hillyard {{flagicon|GB}} Thomas 6–2, 6–4 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Boussus {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Aussem{{cite journal | date = February 17, 1931 | title = Tennis | editor = François Coty | journal =Le Figaro | location = Paris, France | publisher = Dassault Group | page = 8 | issn = 0182-5852 | access-date = 16 June 2013 | url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k296511g/f8.image | language = fr | issue = 48 }} | ||
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|rowspan=2|February 17–24 | rowspan=2|St. Moritz Covered Courts Championship{{cite journal
| date = February 24, 1931 | title = Tennis | editor = François Coty | journal =Le Figaro | location = Paris, France | publisher = Dassault Group | page = 6 | issn = 0182-5852 | access-date = 16 June 2013 | url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2965184/f6.image | language = fr | issue = 55 }} St. Moritz, Switzerland | {{flagicon|FRA}} Georges Glasser 6–2, 4–6, 6–1 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Paul Barrelet de Ricou | {{flagicon|FRA}} Arlette Neufeld 6–3, 9–11, 6–0 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Ilse Friedleben | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|FRA}} Glasser | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Buss {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Oppenheimer | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|FRA}} Glasser {{flagicon|FRA}} Neufeld 6–1, 6–3 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Buss {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Friedleben | |||
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|rowspan=2|February 16–22 | rowspan=2|Hotel Bristol Championships Beaulieu, France | {{flagicon|IRE}} George Lyttleton-Rogers 6–1, 10–8, 3–6, 5–7, 6–3 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Emmanuel Du Plaix | {{flagicon|GB}} Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–2, 6–1 | {{flagicon|GB}} Mary Heeley | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}Šefer | {{flagicon|IRE}} Rogers {{flagicon|GBR}}Olliff | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Andrus {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan 6–4, 6–2 | {{flagicon|GB}} Satterthwaite/Thomas | {{flagicon|GBR}} Hillyard {{flagicon|GBR}} Heeley 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Olliff {{flagicon|GBR}} Nuthall | ||
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|rowspan=9| | rowspan="9" style="background:#ffc;"|World's Indoor Professional Championship{{cite web|title=History of the Pro Tennis Wars, Chapter 3: Tilden's Year of Triumph: 1931|url=http://www.tennisserver.com/lines/lines_02_03_03.html|date=3 March 2002|publisher=Adastro Incorporated|location=Houston, United States|author=Ray Bowers|work=tennisserver.com|access-date=13 September 2012}} 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 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Tilden 6–2, 6–4, 6–1 | {{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Koželuh | rowspan="9" style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Tilden | {{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Koželuh | ||||||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Tilden | {{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Koželuh | ||||||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Tilden | {{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Koželuh | ||||||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Tilden | {{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Koželuh | ||||||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Tilden | {{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Koželuh | ||||||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Tilden | {{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Koželuh | ||||||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Tilden | {{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Koželuh | ||||||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Tilden | {{flagicon|TCH}} Karel Koželuh | ||||||
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| rowspan=2| February 23–28 | rowspan=2|Bermuda International Championships{{cite news|title=Doeg, Palfrey Win At Bermuda|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R2QyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ELYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3865%2C4971372|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|date=Mar 1, 1931}} Hamilton, Bermuda | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} John Doeg 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 6–3 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Berkeley Bell | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sarah Palfrey 8–6, 6–2 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Marjorie Morrill | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sutter | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Doeg {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bowman | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Morrill {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Anderson 6–2, 6–2 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Rice {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Harland | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bowman {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Palfrey 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bell {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Rice | ||
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|rowspan=2|February 27 | rowspan=2|1931 Australian Championships Sydney, Australia Men's singles – Women's singles | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Crawford 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–1{{cite web|url=http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1931_MS_1.html |title=Results Archive – 1931 Men's Singles – Australian Open Tennis Championships 2015 |publisher=australianopen.com|access-date=1 April 2015}} | {{flagicon|AUS}} Harry Hopman | {{flagicon|AUS}} Coral McInnes Buttsworth 1–6, 6–3, 6–4 {{cite web|url=http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1931_LS_1.html |title=Results Archive – 1931 Women's Singles – Australian Open Tennis Championships 2015 |publisher=australianopen.com|access-date=1 April 2015}} | {{flagicon|AUS}} Marjorie Cox Crawford | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|AUS}} Donohoe | {{flagicon|AUS}} Crawford {{flagicon|AUS}} Hopman | {{flagicon|AUS}} Bickerton {{flagicon|AUS}} Cozens 6–0, 6–4 {{cite web|url=http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1931_LD_1.html |title=Results Archive – 1931 Women's Doubles – Australian Open Tennis Championships 2015 |publisher=australianopen.com|access-date=1 April 2015}} | {{flagicon|AUS}} Lloyd {{flagicon|AUS}} Utz | {{flagicon|AUS}} Crawford {{flagicon|AUS}} Crawford 7–5, 6–4 {{cite web|url=http://www.australianopen.com/en_AU/event_guide/history/draws/1931_MX_1.html |title=Results Archive – 1931 Mixed Doubles – Australian Open Tennis Championships 2015 |publisher=australianopen.com|access-date=1 April 2015}} | {{flagicon|AUS}} Willard {{flagicon|AUS}} Westacott |
{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00040/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_003_4.pdf |volume=3–4|series=III|pages=5, 12–13, 20|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=28 February 1931|title=Tennis Golf 28 February 1931|publisher=Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda. Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=4 February 2012}}
March
- The city of London wins the 16th annual London-Paris tennis club competition (14–7).
- Béla von Kehrling repeated his 1929 feat by winning the triple crown again in the French Riviera Championships.
- George Lott won the Canadian Championships for the fourth time of his career.{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|title=Hírek|trans-title=News|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00041/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_005_6.pdf|volume=5–6|series=III|page=20|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=18 March 1931|publisher=Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda. Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=6 February 2012}}
- The team of Bremen defeated the players of Amsterdam by 10 to 7.
- The Fédération Française de Tennis issued legal proceedings against Henri Cochet because of a suspected breach of amateur tennis regulations.
- The legal proceedings against German Daniel Prenn ended with the conclusion that the accusations were misled by the confusion of similar family names.
- 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.
- Hamburg defeated Rhine Valley 6–5 in Hamburg.
- En route to Europe the Japanese Davis Cup team, headed by Jiro Sato and Hyotaro Sato, played exhibition matches in Singapore.{{cite news|title=Tennis – De Japanners|url=http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011072799:mpeg21:a0203|newspaper=Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad|date=16 March 1931}}
- The team of England defeated Sweden in their North Europe indoors exhibition tour 5–1, and Norway 9–0 two times in a row.
- René Lacoste and his doubles partner Jacques Brugnon both had appendicitis surgeries and subsequently missed the upcoming tournaments.
- Colin Gregory and Harry Lee announced they will miss the Davis Cup first round rubbers due to their business affairs.
- Iwao Aoki won a triple crown in the Surrey Grass Court Championships.
- Harry Hopman was victorious at the singles, doubles and mixed doubles event at the South Australian Championship.
- 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.
- 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.{{cite news|title=France Wins Indoor Tennis Series as Borotra Vanquishes Bell in Four Sets|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/03/26/archives/france-wins-indoor-tennis-series-as-borotra-vanquishes-bell-in-four.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 26, 1931|author=Allison Danzig}}
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! rowspan="2" style="width:200px;"|Event ! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"|Men ! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"|Women ! colspan="2" style="width:250px;"|Mixed | ||||||
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! style="width:125px;"|Runner-up ! style="width:125px;"|Champions ! style="width:125px;"|Runner-up ! style="width:125px;"|Champions ! style="width:125px;"|Runner-up | ||||||
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|rowspan=2|– March 14 | style="background:#ffc;" rowspan=2|Southern Professional Championships{{cite news|title=Aguther-Heston Tennis Team Wins Pro Finals Match|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7yAuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hIsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2482%2C3559769|newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News|date=Mar 13, 1931|pages=1, 5}} Palm Beach, United States | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Paul Heston{{cite news|title=Kenney Defeated By Heston, Tennis Pro Title Tourney|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8CAuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hIsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2490%2C3606085|newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News|date=Mar 15, 1931|page=1}} 6–1, 6–2, 6–3 | James Kenney | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Aguther | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Kenney {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Rogers | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||||
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|rowspan=3|February 23 – March 1 | rowspan=3|Monte Carlo Cups Monte Carlo, Monaco | {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Cochet 7–5, 6–2, 6–4 | {{flagicon|IRE}} George Lyttleton-Rogers | {{flagicon|FRA}} Simonne Mathieu 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 | {{flagicon|GB}} Phyllis Satterthwaite | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Kehrling | {{flagicon|DEN}} Worm {{flagicon|GBR}} Hillyard | colspan="2"| {{flagicon|GB}} Nuthall / {{flagicon|GBR}} Thomas vs.{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Andrus / {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valerio{{cite journal
| date = March 2, 1931 | title = Tennis | editor = François Coty | journal =Le Figaro | location = Paris, France | publisher = Dassault Group | page = 7 | issn = 0182-5852 | access-date = 23 June 2013 | url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k296524z/f7.image | language = fr | issue = 61 }} | {{flagicon|FRA}} Cochet {{flagicon|GB}} Benett 6–0, 0–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|GB}} Olliff {{flagicon|GB}} Nuthall | ||
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|rowspan=2|February 23 – March 3 | rowspan=2|Pan-American Tennis Championships{{cite journal|editor=Chas. A. Guy|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/morning-avalanche/1931-03-03/page–8|page=8|journal=Morning Avalanche|date=3 March 1931|title=George Lott Wins Over Van Ryn In Pan-American Set|publisher=Chas. A. Guy|location=Lubbock, United States|access-date=13 September 2012}} Miami Beach United States | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} George Lott 6–2, 1–6, 6–2, 6–4 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} John Van Ryn | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lott | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Hall {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Rainville | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||||
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|{{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Kehrling | {{flagicon|YUG}} Šefer {{flagicon|YUG}} Kukuljevic | {{flagicon|GB}} Heeley {{flagicon|GB}} Nuthall 6–3, 6–1 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Andrus Hilleary | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Kehrling {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Aussem 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 | {{flagicon|SWI}} Aeschlimann {{flagicon|GBR}} Nuthall | |
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|rowspan=2|March 4–8 | rowspan=2|Hungarian Covered Courts tournament Budapest, Hungary | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} György Drjetomszky N/A | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} György Bánó | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Mrs. Schréder Lászlóné N/A | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Eszter Demko | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Straub | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Balázs {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Vásárhelyi | N/A | N/A | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Silbersdorf {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Mrs. Schréder N/A | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Balás {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Sárkány | |
valign=top | rowspan=2|Parc Imperial L.T.C. de Nice Nice, France | {{flagicon|FRA}} Léonce Aslangul 0–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 | {{flagicon|SWI}} Charles Aeschlimann | {{flagicon|GB}} Betty Nuthall 6–0, 3–6, 8–6 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Simonne Mathieu | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|SWI}} Aeschlimann | {{flagicon|YUG}} Šefer {{flagicon|YUG}} Kukuljevic | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|FRA}} Lesueur {{flagicon|FRA}} Mathieu 6–2, 6–2 | {{flagicon|YUG}} Šefer {{flagicon|GB}} Nuthall | ||
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|rowspan=2|March 9–18 | rowspan=2|Bordighera Championships{{cite news|title=Tennis|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k296542w/f7.image|newspaper=Le Figaro|date=20 March 1931|page=7}} Bordighera, Italy | {{flagicon|IRE}} George Lyttleton-Rogers 1–6, 6–3, 6–4, 0–6, 6–4 | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Béla von Kehrling | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Ilse Friedleben 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 | {{flagicon|GB}} Phyllis Satterthwaite | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|IRE}} Rogers | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Kehrling {{flagicon|MON}} Landau | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Andrus Hilleary 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Friedleben {{flagicon|GB}} Satterthwaite | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Del Bono {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Andrus 6–3, 6–3 | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Kehrling {{flagicon|GB}} Satterthwaite | |
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|rowspan=8|March | rowspan=2|Canadian International Championships Montreal, Quebec, Canada | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} George Lott 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Berkeley Bell | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Van Ryn | {{flagicon|CAN|1921}} Laframboise {{flagicon|CAN|1921}} Wright | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||||
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|rowspan=2|Santa Marguerita Tournament | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|GER|Weimar}} Ilse Friedleben 6–4, 6–8, ret. | {{flagicon|GER|Weimar}} Nelly Neppach | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | ||
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| style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | {{flagicon|GER|Weimar}} Neppach Buss 6–3, 6–2 | {{flagicon|GER|Weimar}} Friedleben Galindez | ||||
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|Negresco hotel Championships | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Magda Baumgarten N/A | N/A | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | ||
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|rowspan=2|Surrey Grass Court Championships | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Iwao Aoki N/A | N/A | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||
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|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Iwao Aoki | N/A | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Iwao Aoki N/A | N/A | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | ||
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|Bengal Lawn Tennis Championship | {{flagicon|GB}} Patrick Hughes 4–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–0 | {{flagicon|GB}} George Perkins | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||
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|rowspan=2|14–21 March{{cite journal|url=https://fultonhistory.com/newspaper%202/Auburn%20NY%20Citizen/Auburn%20NY%20Citizen%201931.pdf/Newspaper%20Auburn%20NY%20Citizen%201931%20-%200333.PDF|issn=0738-7520|journal=The Auburn Citizen|date=2 February 1931|title=French Tennis aces plan American invasion|publisher=Auburn Publishing Co.|location=Auburn, United States|access-date=16 September 2012}} | rowspan=2|American Covered Court Championships New York, United States (men) Brookline, United States (women) | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Borotra 6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4{{cite magazine|editor=Henry Luce|editor-link=Henry Luce|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741343,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081215034639/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741343,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 15, 2008|issn=0040-781X|magazine=Time |date=30 March 1931|title=Sport: Indoor Tennis|publisher=Time Inc.|location=New York, United States|access-date=13 September 2012}} | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Berkeley Bell | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Marjorie Sachs{{cite news|title=Miss Sachs Takes U.S. Tennis Crown|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/03/29/archives/miss-sachs-takes-us-tennis-crown-unseeded-20yearoldplayer-seats.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 29, 1931}}{{cite journal|editor=Leroy Galvin|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/lima-news/1931-03-29/page-19/|page=19|journal=The Lima News|date=29 March 1931|title=Professor's daughter becomes big threat in women's tennis meet|publisher=Lima News Publishing Co.|location=Lima, United States|access-date=13 September 2012}} 6–3, 7–5 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sarah Palfrey | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|FRA}} Borotra | {{flagicon|FRA}} Landry {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sutter | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Palfrey {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Wightman 7–5, 6–0 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Blake {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Fuller Hubbard | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Palfrey Rice 6–4, 6–4 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Mrs. Guild {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Guild | |
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|rowspan=2|16–22 March | rowspan=2|Côte d'Azur Championships Cannes, France | {{flagicon|IRE}} George Lyttleton-Rogers 1–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–1, 9–7 | {{flagicon|SWI}} Charles Aeschlimann | {{flagicon|GB}} Phyllis Satterthwaite 6–2, 6–0 | {{flagicon|SWI}} Lolette Payot | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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| {{flagicon|IRE}} Rogers | {{flagicon|SWI}} Aeschlimann Chiesa | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Aussem 6–0, 6–3 | {{flagicon|GB}} Satterthwaite {{flagicon|GB}} Thomas | {{flagicon|SWI}} Aeschlimann {{flagicon|SWI}} Payot 6–2, 4–6, 6–2 | {{flagicon|IRE}} Holmes Mme Belliad | |
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22 March | rowspan=2|South Australian Championships{{cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4386607 |title=23 Mar 1931 – Lawn Tennis. Hopman Wins Three Titles. Great Fig... |newspaper=Argus |date=23 March 1931 |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au|access-date=1 April 2015}} Adelaide, Australia | {{flagicon|AUS}} Harry Hopman 6–2, 6–3, 6–3 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Adrian Quist | {{flagicon|AUS}} Frances Hoddle-Wrigley 6–3, 6–2 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Kathleen Le Messurier | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|AUS}} Hopman | {{flagicon|AUS}} Schlesinger {{flagicon|AUS}} Hone | {{flagicon|AUS}} Le Messurier {{flagicon|AUS}} Weston 6–4, 6–2 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Wood {{flagicon|AUS}} Toyne | {{flagicon|AUS}} Hopman {{flagicon|AUS}} Wood 6–1, 6–3 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Gatfey {{flagicon|AUS}} Toyne | |
valign=top | 26–28 March | style="background:#ECF2FF;"|Davis Cup South America first round Asunción, Paraguay | {{center|First round winners}}{{davis|ARG}} 5–0 | {{center|First round losers}}{{davis|PAR}} | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |
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|rowspan=2|23–29 March{{cite journal | date = March 29, 1931 | title = Tennis | editor = François Coty | journal =Le Figaro | location = Paris, France | publisher = Dassault Group | page = 7 | issn = 0182-5852 | access-date = 23 June 2013 | url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2965527/f7.image | language = fr | issue = 89 }} | rowspan=2|Beausite Club de Cannes second meeting Cannes, France | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Hyotaro Sato 3–6, 6–4, 6–1, 8–6 | {{flagicon|IRE}} George Lyttleton-Rogers | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Cilly Aussem 6–3, 6–3 | {{flagicon|SWI}} Lolette Payot | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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| {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Sato | {{flagicon|TCH}} Menzel {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Haensch | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Aussem 6–0, 6–2 | {{flagicon|GB}} Satterthwaite {{flagicon|GB}} Thomas | {{flagicon|IRE}} Lyttleton-Rogers {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|GB}} Hillyard {{flagicon|GBR}} Satterthwaite{{cite journal|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19310504-1.2.80.3.aspx|page=15|journal=The Straits Times|date=May 4, 1931|title=The Satos|publisher=Straits Times Press|location=Singapore, Straits Settlements|access-date=8 November 2012}}| | |
valign=top | Hampstead tournament Hampstead, Great Britain | {{flagicon|GB}} Herman David 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 | {{flagicon|GB}} Keats Lester | {{flagicon|GB}} Eileen Bennett Whittingstall 6–3, 6–1 | {{flagicon|GB}} Betty Nuthall | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|title=Magyarok a riviérán|trans-title=Hungarians at the riviera|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00041/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_005_6.pdf|volume=5–6|series=III|pages=7–8|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=18 March 1931|publisher=Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda. Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=6 February 2012}}
{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00042/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_007.pdf|volume=7|series=III|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=3 April 1931|title=Tennis and Golf|publisher=Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda. Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=6 February 2012}}
April
- 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. {{rp|10}}
- France won the friendly Davis Cup preparation match against the United States three to two.
- In an internationals tennis club challenge FC Lyon beats Uhlenhorster Klipper (4:3).
- Berlin overcame Prague in the two cities' tennis challenge (8–1).
- Ohye and Spier won the men's and women's singles title at the Java Championships.{{cite news|title=De Java-tennis-kampioenschappen|url=http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011109138:mpeg21:a0195|newspaper=Soerabaijasch Handelsblad|date=7 April 1931}}
- Japan beat Austria in a friendly Davis Cup match.
- Heinz Landmann missed Germany's Davis Cup first round because of his office duties.
- Hyotaro Sato won all three titles in the St. Raphaël T.C. Championships.
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|rowspan=2|27 March – 4 April{{cite journal|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/corsicana-daily-sun/1931-04-03/page-13/|issue=111|page=13|volume=33|journal=Corsicana Daily Sun|date=April 3, 1931|title=Allison, Texan, in Mid-Pacific finals|publisher=Sun-Light Publishing Company|location=Corsicana, United States|issn=8750-2518|access-date=24 February 2012}} | rowspan=2| Mid-Pacific Invitation Tennis Championships Honolulu, Hawaii, United States | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Wilmer Allison 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Gilbert Hall | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Allison | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Kuwabara {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Akimoto | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||||
valign=top | rowspan=2|St. Raphaël T.C. Championships Saint-Raphaël, France | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Hyotaro Sato 6–3, 8–6, 6–4 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Ludwig Haensch | {{flagicon|FRA}} Ida Adamoff 6–3, 6–0 | {{flagicon|TCH}} Korotvickova | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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| {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Sato | {{flagicon|TCH}} Menzel {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Haensch | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan {{flagicon|GB}} Thomas 6–4, 6–4 | {{flagicon|GRE|old}} Nicolopoulo {{flagicon|FRA}} Adamoff | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Sato {{flagicon|GB}} Thomas 9–7, 4–6, 6–4 | {{flagicon|SWI}} Aeschlimann {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan | |
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|rowspan=2|5 April | rowspan=2 style="background:#d0f0c0"|Swedish Indoors Championships{{cite journal
|title = Tennis |url = https://runeberg.org/svda/1931/0236.html |access-date = 23 October 2012 |year = 1931 |publisher = Gustaf Zethelius |journal = Svenska Dagbladet |issn = 1101-2412 |language=sv }} Stockholm, Sweden | {{flagicon|SWE}} Curt Östberg 3 sets to 1 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Ingvar Garell | {{flagicon|SWE}} Eyvor Aquilon 2 sets to 1 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Sigrid Fick | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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| {{flagicon|SWE}} Östberg | {{flagicon|SWE}} A. Thorén Garell | {{flagicon|SWE}} Fick {{flagicon|SWE}} Aquilon 2 sets to 0 | {{flagicon|SWE}}Ehrnfelt Cederholm | {{flagicon|SWE}} Östberg {{flagicon|SWE}} Fick 2 sets to 0 | {{flagicon|SWE}} Ramberg Ramberg | |
valign=top | 2–4 April | style="background:#ECF2FF;"|Davis Cup South America Semifinals Buenos Aires, Argentina Not held | {{center|Semifinals winners}}{{davis|ARG}} 5–0 {{davis|CHI}} | {{center|Semifinals losers}}{{davis|URU}} {{davis|BRA}} | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |
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|rowspan=2|30 March – 5 April | rowspan=2|New Orleans Country Club Invitational Tournament{{cite journal|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19310418.2.121.aspx|page=13|journal=The Straits Times|date=18 April 1931|title=George Lott wins|publisher=Straits Times Press|location=Singapore, Straits Settlements|access-date=22 February 2012}} New Orleans, United States | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} George Lott 6–4, 6–2, 4–6, 1–6, 6–4 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Clifford Sutter | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sutter | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Van Ryn {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lott | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||||
valign=top | rowspan=2|Beausoleil Cup Monte Carlo, Monaco | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Jiro Sato 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Alain Bernard | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Cilly Aussem 6–1, 6–4 | {{flagicon|Spain|1873}} Lilí de Álvarez | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|FRA}} Gentien | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Sato {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Sato | {{flagicon|GB}} Satterthwaite {{flagicon|FRA}} Henrotin 6–4, 0–6, 6–1 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Neufeld {{flagicon|FRA}} Adamoff | {{flagicon|FRA}} Lesueur {{flagicon|FRA}} Mathieu 2–6, 6–1, 6–3 | {{flagicon|GB}} Satterthwaite {{flagicon|GB}} Hillyard | |
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|rowspan=2|6–13 April | rowspan=2|River Oaks Invitational Tournament{{cite journal|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1986_228449/young-guard-will-be-featured-in-river-oaks-interna.html|issn=1074-7109|page=2|journal=Houston Chronicle|date=30 March 1986|title=Young guard will be featured in River Oaks International|publisher=Houston Endowment|location=Houston, United States|author=Charles Carder|access-date=22 February 2012}} Houston, United States | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ellsworth Vines 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bruce Barnes | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lott | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Barnes Taylor | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||||
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|rowspan=13|April | rowspan=2|Tripolis L. T. C. International Championships Tripoli, Italian Tripolitania | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Giorgio de Stefani 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Alberto Del Bono | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Ucci Manzutto 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Elisabetta Riboli | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} de Stefani | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Bonzi Serventi | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Giorgi Bonzi 4–6, 6–0, 6–2 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Manzutto {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Fé d'Ostiani | ||
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|rowspan=2|Monaco Championships | {{flagicon|FRA}} Léonce Aslangul 0–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 | {{flagicon|SWI}} Charles Aeschlimann | {{flagicon|GB}} Betty Nuthall 6–0, 3–6, 8–6 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Simonne Mathieu | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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| style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|USA|1912}}Ryan {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Aussem 6–2, 6–4 | {{flagicon|GB}} Satterthwaite {{flagicon|GB}} Thomas | {{flagicon|FRA}} Lesueur {{flagicon|FRA}} Mathieu 6–2, 6–2 | {{flagicon|GB}} Nuthall {{flagicon|YUG}}Šefer | ||
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|Moncean Club Covered Court Championships | {{flagicon|FRA}} Cochet {{flagicon|FRA}} Féret 6–2, 3–6, 6–l | {{flagicon|FRA}} Laurentz Thurneyssen | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|FRA}} Cochet|Rosambert 3–6, 6–1, 6–5 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Thurneyssen Gallay | |
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|rowspan=2 style="background:#d0f0c0"|South African Championships | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Louis Raymond 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Maxwell Bertram | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Bobbie Heine 6–3, 6–3 | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Ruth Miller | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Kirby | N/A | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Lowe Miller 6–4, 6–2 | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}}Farquharson {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Heine | ||
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|rowspan=2|Danish Covered Court Championships | {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Cochet 2–6, 6–0, 6–4, 8–6 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Einer Ulrich | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jacqueline Gallay 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 | {{flagicon|DEN}}Else Dam | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
valign=top | {{flagicon|DEN}} Ulrich Winther | {{flagicon|FRA}}Gallay {{flagicon|FRA}} Barbier 6–0, 6–2 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Dam Støckel | {{flagicon|FRA}} Cochet {{flagicon|FRA}} Barbier 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Bernard {{flagicon|FRA}} Gallay | |
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|rowspan=2 style="background:#d0f0c0"|Spanish Championships | {{flagicon|Spain|1873}} Enrique Maier 6–4, 5–7, 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 | {{flagicon|Spain|1873}} Manuel Alonso | {{flagicon|Spain|1873}} Bella Duttón de Pons{{cite journal
| date = 12 October 1969 | title = Women's singles | trans-title = Individual Damas | journal =ABC | page = 154 | location = Madrid, Spain | publisher =Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena | language = es | issn = 1136-0143 | access-date = 16 February 2012 | url = https://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1969/10/12/154.html }} N/A | {{flagicon|Spain|1873}} Josefa Chávarri | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|Spain|1873}} Flaquer/Durall{{cite journal | date = 19 October 1979 | title = Historial del campeonato de España | trans-title = History of the Spanish Championships | journal = Mundo Deportivo | page = 47 | location = Barcelona, Spain | publisher = Juan José Castillo Biesa | language = es | access-date = 24 February 2012 | url = https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD01/HEM/1979/10/19/MD19791019-047.pdf }} | {{flagicon|Spain|1873}} Tejada {{flagicon|Spain|1873}} Alfredo Riera{{cite web|url=http://www.rfet.es/descargar.php?carpeta=competicion/absolutos&doc=2_CuadroHonor.pdf|trans-title=Roll of Honor|title=Cuadro de Honor|publisher=Real Federación Española de Tenis|location=Barcelona, Spain|language=es|access-date=5 July 2013}} | {{flagicon|Spain|1873}}de Pons Torres{{cite journal | date = 12 October 1969 | title = Women's doubles | trans-title = Doble Damas | journal =ABC | page = 157 | location = Madrid, Spain | publisher = Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena | language = es | issn = 1136-0143 | access-date = 16 February 2012 | url = https://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1969/10/12/157.html }} N/A | {{flagicon|Spain|1873}} L.E. Benet Y. Chailly | {{flagicon|Spain|1873}}Maier Torres{{cite journal | date = 12 October 1969 | title = Mixed doubles | trans-title = Mixto | journal =ABC | page = 156 | location = Madrid, Spain | publisher = Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena | language = es | issn = 1136-0143 | access-date = 16 February 2012 | url = https://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1969/10/12/156.html }} N/A | {{flagicon|Spain|1873}} Saprissa Y. Chailly | |
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|rowspan=2|Kensington L. T. C | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Iwao Aoki 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 | {{flagicon|GB}} John Olliff | {{flagicon|GB}} Dorothy Round 6–4, 6–2 | {{flagicon|GB}} Joan Ridley | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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valign=top | rowspan=2|Eastern Mediterranean Championship Athens, Greece | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Gottfried von Cramm 7–5, 4–6, 8–6, 6–1 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Benny Berthet | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Irmgard Rost 6–4, 6–3 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Nelly Neppach | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|Weimar Republic}}Cramm | {{flagicon|Egypt|1922}} Grandguillot Shukry | {{flagicon|GRE|old}} Vlasto/Lenos 6–1, 6–1 | {{flagicon|GRE|old}}Campbell {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Neppach | {{flagicon|Egypt|1922}} Grandguillot {{flagicon|GRE|old}} Vlasto 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|GRE|old}} Balli/Lenos | |
valign=top | 24–26 April | style="background:#ECF2FF;"|Davis Cup South America Final Santiago, Chile | {{center|Final winners}}{{davis|ARG}} 3–0 | {{center|Final losers}}{{davis|CHI}} | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |
valign=top | rowspan=2|Miramar L.T.C. Juan-les-Pins, France | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Hyotaro Sato 6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 3–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Jiro Sato | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Cilly Aussem 6–2, 6–0 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Sylvie Jung Henrotin | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Sato | {{flagicon|GB}} Hillyard {{flagicon|SWI}}Aeschlimann | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Aussem {{flagicon|FRA}}Henrotin 7–5, 6–3 | {{flagicon|GB}} Satterthwaite {{flagicon|GB}} Thomas | {{flagicon|DEN}} Worm {{flagicon|FRA}} Henrotin 6–1, 6–3 | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Sato {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Aussem | |
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|rowspan=2|23–26 April | rowspan=2|Ojai Tennis Tournament Ojai, CA, United States | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ellsworth Vines 5–7, 6–2, 6–2 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lester Stoefen | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dorothy Weisel Hack 7–5, 6–0 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ethel Burkhardt | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
valign=top | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vines {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Casey | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Wills Moody {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Neer 6–2, 6–3 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Weisel {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Hall | ||
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|rowspan=2|23–30 April | rowspan=2 style="background:#d0f0c0"|Ceylon Championships{{cite journal|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19310430.2.76.2.aspx|page=13|journal=The Straits Times|date=30 April 1931|title=Ceylon Tennis|publisher=Straits Times Press|location=Singapore, Straits Settlements|access-date=21 February 2012}} Colombo, Ceylon | {{flagicon|Ceylon|colonial}} Nicholas 5–7, 7–5, 5–7, 7–5, 6–2 | {{flagicon|Ceylon|colonial}} Churchill Hector Gunasekara | {{flagicon|Ceylon|colonial}} Steiger 6–3, 7–5 | {{flagicon|Ceylon|colonial}} Nedra Obeysekera | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|Ceylon|colonial}} O. Manuel Lisboa Pinto/Nicholas | Gunasekara/Rennie | {{flagicon|Ceylon|colonial}} Norman/Wright 6–2, 6–3 | {{flagicon|Ceylon|colonial}} Doreen Sansoni Pat Weinman | {{flagicon|Ceylon|colonial}} Rennie/Norman 6–2, 6–4 | {{flagicon|Ceylon|colonial}} de Saram Pieris |
{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|title=Külföldi hírek|trans-title=International news|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00043/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_008.pdf|volume=8|series=III|pages=15–16|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=20 April 1931|publisher=Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda. Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=6 February 2012}}
{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|title=Külföldi hírek|trans-title=International news|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00044/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_009.pdf|volume=9|series=III|page=17|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=1 May 1931|publisher=Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda. Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=6 February 2012}}
May
- Roderich Menzel moved to Berlin to work at the publisher Ullstem Verlag and pursue tennis at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club.
- 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.
- 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).
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! style="width:125px;"|Runner-up ! style="width:125px;"|Champions ! style="width:125px;"|Runner-up ! style="width:125px;"|Champions ! style="width:125px;"|Runner-up | ||||||
valign=top | 1–3 May 1–3 May 16–18 April 1–3 May 1–3 May 26–28 March April May | style="background:#ECF2FF;"|Davis Cup Europe First Round Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary Montreux, Switzerland Athens, Greece Düsseldorf, Weimar Republic Mexico City, Mexico Plymouth, Great Britain Prague, Czechoslovakia | {{center|First Round winners}}{{davis|ITA|1861}} 4–1 {{davis|IRE}} 5–0 {{davis|GRE|old}} 3–2 {{davis|RSA|1928}} 5–0 {{davis|USA|1912}} 5–0 {{davis|GBR}} 5–0 {{davis|TCH}} 3–2 | {{center|First Round losers}}{{davis|HUN|1920}} {{davis|SWI}} {{davis|AUT}} {{davis|GER}} {{davis|MEX|1916}} {{davis|MON}} {{davis|Spain|1931}} | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |
valign=top | rowspan=2|British Hard Court Championships Bournemouth, Great Britain | {{flagicon|FRA}} Christian Boussus 8–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 | {{flagicon|GB}} Patrick Hughes | {{flagicon|FRA}} Simonne Mathieu 6–4, 6–4 | {{flagicon|GB}} Mary Heeley | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
valign=top | {{flagicon|GBR}}Perry Olliff | {{flagicon|GBR}} Nuthall {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan 6–2, 6–3 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Shepherd-Barron {{flagicon|GBR}} Mudford | {{flagicon|GBR}} Perry {{flagicon|GBR}} Heeley 3–6, 9–7, 7–5 | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Spence {{flagicon|GBR}} Nuthall | |
valign=top | style="background:#d0f0c0;"|Austrian Championships Vienna, Austria | {{flagicon|AUT}} Franz Wilhelm Matejka 8–6, 6–2, 6–4 | {{flagicon|AUT}} Hermann Artens | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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|rowspan=10|May | rowspan=2|Austrian International Championships Vienna, Austria | {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Cochet 4–6, 6–1, 6–1, 6–4 | {{flagicon|TCH}} Roderich Menzel | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Cilly Aussem 6–4, 6–2 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Irmgard Rost | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|ESP|1931}} Maier | {{flagicon|FRA}} Cochet {{flagicon|FRA}} Merlin | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Andrus {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Hilleary 7–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Aussem {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valerio | {{flagicon|ESP|1931}} Maier {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Aussem 6–1, 6–2 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}}Rost {{flagicon|HUN|1920}}Kehrling | |
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|rowspan=2|Campionato Partenopeo | {{flagicon|IRE}} George Lyttleton-Rogers 8–6, 3–6, 8–6, 6–1 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Giorgio de Stefani | {{flagicon|FRA}} Simone Barbier 6–0, 6–1 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jacqueline Gallay | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} de Stefani | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Martino {{flagicon|IRE}} Rogers | {{flagicon|FRA}} Barbier Gallay 6–2, 6–0 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Manzutto/de Simone | {{flagicon|FRA}} Bernard {{flagicon|FRA}} Barbier 6–1, 6–3 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Barrelet de Ricou {{flagicon|FRA}} Gallay | |
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|L. T. C. di Rome International Championships | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Giorgio de Stefani 4–6, 8–6, 7–5, 6–2 | {{flagicon|IRE}} George Lyttleton-Rogers | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||
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| rowspan="2" style="background:#fff;"|South Indian International Championships | {{flagicon|British India}} Manek Mehta 6–2, 6–1 | Roy | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||
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|{{flagicon|British India}} Mehta/S.J. Matthews | {{flagicon|British India}} Neilson/Ratnam | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||||
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| style="background:#fff;"|Shambazar L. T. C. | {{flagicon|GB}} George Perkins 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 | Matthews | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||
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|rowspan=2|Northern Championships{{cite news|title=Lawn Tennis|url=http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010661720:mpeg21:a0178|newspaper=Algemeen Handelsblad|date=2 June 1931|page=7}} | {{flagicon|GB}} John Olliff 6–3, 3–6, 7–9, 6–3 ret. | {{flagicon|GB}} Nigel Sharpe | {{flagicon|GB}} Evelyn Goldsworth 8–10, 6–4, 6–3 | {{flagicon|EGY|1922}} E. Alexandroff | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|GB}} Olliff | {{flagicon|GB}} Soni / Hyatt | {{flagicon|GB}} Lycett Stevens 6–3, 6–2 | {{flagicon|GB}} Hellewell {{flagicon|GB}} Rudd | {{flagicon|GB}} Burrows {{flagicon|GB}} Lycett 7–5, 2–6, 6–4 | {{flagicon|British India}} Soni {{flagicon|GB}} Goldsworth | |
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|rowspan=4|May 9 | rowspan="4" style="background:#ffc;"|Professional World Champion title defense series New York, United States Boston, United States Philadelphia, United States Chicago, United States | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Tilden (c) 5–7, 6–0, 6–1, 6–3 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vincent Richards | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Tilden (c) | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vincent Richards | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Tilden (c) | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vincent Richards | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Tilden (c) | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vincent Richards | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||||
valign=top | rowspan=2|Italian Championships Milan, Italy | {{flagicon|GB}} George Patrick Hughes 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Cochet | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Lucia Valerio 6–2, 2–6, 6–2 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dorothy Andrus | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|GB}} Hughes | {{flagicon|FRA}} Cochet {{flagicon|FRA}} Merlin | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Gagliardi {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Luzzatti 6–3, 1–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valerio {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Andrus{{cite web|title=Albo d'Oro Doppio Femminile|trans-title=Hall of Fame women's doubles|url=http://www.federtennis.it/POP_AlbiOroDoppioF.htm|year=2009|publisher=Federazione Italiana Tennis|location=Rome, Italy|access-date=10 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531122431/http://www.federtennis.it/POP_AlbiOroDoppioF.htm|archive-date=31 May 2009|url-status=dead}} | {{flagicon|GB}} Hughes {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valerio 6–0, 6–1 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}}Del Bono {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Andrus{{cite web|title=Albo d'Oro Doppio Misto|trans-title=Hall of Fame mixed doubles|url=http://www.federtennis.it/POP_AlbiOroDoppioMisto.htm|year=2009|publisher=Federazione Italiana Tennis|location=Rome, Italy|access-date=10 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220137/http://www.federtennis.it/POP_AlbiOroDoppioMisto.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}} | |
valign=top | rowspan=2 style="background:#d0f0c0;"|Belgian National Championships Brussels, Belgium | {{flagicon|BEL}} Leopold de Borman 2–6, 6–8, 6–2, 6–1, 6–4 | {{flagicon|BEL}} André Ewbank | {{flagicon|BEL}} Josane Sigart 6–0, 6–0 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Marguerite de Monceau | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|BEL}} de Borman | {{flagicon|BEL}}Bemden/Derrider | {{flagicon|BEL}} Isaac {{flagicon|BEL}} Sigart{{cite book|title=La grande aventure du tennis belge|author=Hereng, J.|date=2006|publisher=Lannoo|isbn=9789020956146|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RQKEMlvytTcC|access-date=1 April 2015}} N/A | {{flagicon|BEL}} | {{flagicon|BEL}} Laloux {{flagicon|BEL}} Dupont{{cite book|title=De ongelofelijke successtory van tennis in België|author=Jacques Hereng, C.D.V.|date=2004|publisher=Lannoo|isbn=9789020955972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d5EO4pvwsrsC|access-date=1 April 2015}} | N/A | |
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|rowspan=3|8–17 May | rowspan=2|Bob Club's International Balkan Cup Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | {{flagicon|TCH}} Ferenc Marsalek N/A | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Heinz Eichner | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Mrs. Schréder 6–4, 2–6, 7–5 | {{flagicon|TCH}} Anna Blanarova | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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| {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Eichner | {{flagicon|TCH}} Marsalek {{flagicon|TCH}} Siba | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| not contested | {{flagicon|TCH}} Marsalek {{flagicon|TCH}} Blanarova 6–2, 6–3 | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} László Silbersdorf Mrs Schréder | ||
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| style="background:#ECF2FF;"|Davis Cup Second Round | {{center|Second Round winners}}{{davis|EGY|1922}} 4–1 {{davis|JPN}} 5–0 {{davis|GBR}} 5–0 {{davis|RSA|1928}} 4–1 {{davis|TCH}} 4–1 {{davis|ITA|1861}} 3–0 {{davis|POL}} 3–0 {{davis|DEN}} 5–0 | {{center|Second Round losers}}{{davis|FIN}} {{davis|YUG}} {{davis|BEL}} {{davis|IRE}} {{davis|GRE|old}} {{davis|NED}} {{davis|NOR}} {{davis|ROM}} | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||
valign=top | 21–23 May | style="background:#ECF2FF;"|Davis Cup North/Central America Final Montreal, Quebec, Canada | {{center|Final winners}}{{davis|United States|1912}} 4–1 | {{center|Final losers}}{{davis|CAN|1921}} | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |
valign=top | 28–30 May | style="background:#ECF2FF;"|Davis Cup Americas Inter-Zonal round play-off Chevy Chase, United States | {{center|Final winners}}{{davis|United States|1912}} 5–0 | {{center|Final losers}}{{davis|ARG}} | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |
valign=top | rowspan=2|1931 French Championships Paris, France Men's singles – Women's singles | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Borotra 2–6, 6–4, 7–5, 6–4 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Christian Boussus | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Cilly Aussem 8–6, 6–1 | {{flagicon|GB}} Betty Nuthall | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lott | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Kirby {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Farquharson | {{flagicon|GB}} Bennett Whittingstall {{flagicon|GB}} Nuthall 9–7, 6–2 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Aussem {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ryan | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Spence {{flagicon|GB}} Nuthall 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 | {{flagicon|GB}} Austin {{flagicon|GB}} Barron |
{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|title=Külföldi hírek|trans-title=International news|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00045/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_010.pdf|volume=10|series=III|pages=22–23|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=15 May 1931|publisher=Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda. Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=7 February 2012}}
June
- Ernest Black, competitor for the first ever Davis Cup representing Great Britain, died.
- The Hungary-Yugoslavia friendly match was suspended due to rules interpretation differences.
- 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.{{cite web|title=German Tennis Federation's Disciplinary Board Upholds Daniel Prenn's Suspension|url=https://www.jta.org/1931/07/21/archive/german-tennis-federations-disciplinary-board-upholds-daniel-prenns-suspension|publisher=Jewish Telegraphic Agency|date=July 21, 1931}}
- The T. C. Barcelona—Rot-Weiss Tennis Club of Berlin interclub match was suspended due to heavy rain.
- Béla von Kehrling gave up the final of the Romanian Championships due to his bruised fingers.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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! style="width:125px;"|Runner-up ! style="width:125px;"|Champions ! style="width:125px;"|Runner-up ! style="width:125px;"|Champions ! style="width:125px;"|Runner-up | ||||||
valign=top | 20 May – 6 June | style="background:#ECF2FF;"|Davis Cup Quarterfinals Paris, France Eastbourne, England Prague, Czechoslovakia Copenhagen, Denmark | {{center|Quarterfinal winners}}{{davis|JPN}} 5–0 {{davis|GBR}} 5–0 {{davis|TCH}} 3–0 {{davis|DEN}} 3–2 | {{center|Quarterfinal losers}}{{davis|Egypt|1922}} {{davis|RSA|1928}} {{davis|ITA|1861}} {{davis|POL}} | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |
valign=top | rowspan=2|Romanian International Championships Bucharest, Romania | {{flagicon|TCH}} Josef Malacek 0–6, 8–6, 3–6, 6–2, ret. | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Béla von Kehrling | {{flagicon|TCH}} Anna Blanarova 6–3, 6–2 | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Magda Baumgarten | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
valign=top | {{flagicon|YUG}} Šefer/Kukuljevic | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Baumgarten/Mrs. Schréder 7–5, 6–2 | {{flagicon|TCH}} Stavelova/Blanarova | {{flagicon|TCH}} Marsalek/Blanarova 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Kehrling/Mrs. Schréder | |
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|rowspan=2|1–8 June | rowspan=2|Brooklyn Championships{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/06/08/archives/burns-wins-final-in-title-net-play-scores-over-kynaston-in-four.html | work=The New York Times | title=Burns Wins Final in Title Net Play – Scores Over Kynaston in Four Sets, 6–8, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3, in Brooklyn Tourney – Aydelotte Also Victor – Paired With Rockafellow, Turns Back Burns and Bell in Doubles Final by 6–1, 6–0, 6–2 | date=8 June 1931|page=S23|access-date=May 22, 2020}} New York, United States | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Edward Burns 6–8, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Percy Kynaston | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Rockafellow/Aydelotte | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Burns {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bell | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||||
valign=top | rowspan=2|Czechoslovakian Championships Prague, Czechoslovakia | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Hyotaro Sato 5–7, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Minoru Kawachi | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Hilde Krahwinkel 6–4, 6–3 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Simonne Mathieu | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
valign=top | {{flagicon|TCH}} Hecht/Josef Malacek | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|FRA}} Glasser/Mathieu 6–4, 6–4 | {{flagicon|TCH}} Siba {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Krahwinkel | ||
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|rowspan=8|June | rowspan=2|Budapest International Championships Budapest, Hungary | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Béla von Kehrling 6–0, 6–2, 6–1 | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Emil Gabrovitz | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Magda Baumgarten N/A | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Mrs. Schréder | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
valign=top | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}}Balázs/Zichy | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}}Mrs. Schréder/Mrs. Brandenburg | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}}Baumgarten/Mrs. Herbst | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Kehrling/Szapáry N/A | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}}Zichy/Jankovich | |
valign=top | {{flagicon|TCH}} Ferenc Marsalek 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 | {{flagicon|TCH}} Josef Siba | {{flagicon|POL}} Elzbieta Lilpopovna 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 | {{flagicon|POL}} Ada Pozowska | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
valign=top | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}}Balázs/Zichy | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|TCH}}Marsalek/Grenzanka 6–4, 6–4 | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}}Balás/{{flagicon|POL}} Pozowska | ||
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|rowspan=2|Wiesbaden International Championships | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Gottfried von Cramm 6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 | {{flagicon|MON}} René Gallepe | {{flagicon|FRA}} Simonne Mathieu 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Anne Peitz | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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| style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | {{flagicon|MON}} Gallepe/{{flagicon|FRA}} Mathieu 6–2, 6–0 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Worm/{{flagicon|Weimar Republic}}von Reznicek | ||||
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|rowspan=2| Gelb-Weiss T.C. International Championships | {{flagicon|ESP|1931}} Enrique Maier 6–2, 6–0, 6–0 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Harry Schwenker | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Kallmeyer 6–1, 6–4 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Nelly Neppach | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|rowspan=2|6–14 June | rowspan=2|Tri-State Tennis Tournament{{cite journal|editor=Leroy Galvin|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/lima-news/1931-06–15/page–6|page=6|journal=The Lima News|date=15 June 1931|title=Sutter wins the tri-state tennis crown|publisher=Lima News Publishing Co.|location=Lima, United States|access-date=14 September 2012}} Cincinnati, United States | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Cliff Sutter 6–3, 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bruce Barnes | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Clara Louise Zinke 6–1. 6–1 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ruth Riese | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|8–24 June | Singapore International Championships{{cite journal|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19310616-1.2.84.1.aspx|page=13|journal=The Straits Times|date=16 June 1931|title=Singapore Tennis Championships|publisher=Straits Times Press|location=Singapore, Straits Settlements|access-date=21 February 2012}} Singapore, Straits Settlements | {{flagicon|Straits Settlements}} Lim Bong Soo 11–9, 6–0 | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Shoyo Matsukawa{{cite journal|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19310625.2.98|page=13|journal=The Straits Times|date=25 June 1931|title=Bong Soo's Brilliant Play|publisher=Straits Times Press|location=Singapore, Straits Settlements|access-date=21 February 2012}} | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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|rowspan=3| | style="background:#ECF2FF;"|Davis Cup Semifinals Copenhagen, Denmark Eastbourne, England | {{center|Semifinal winners}}{{davis|TCH}} 5–0 {{davis|GBR}} 5–0 | {{center|Semifinal losers}}{{davis|DEN}} {{davis|JPN}} | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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|rowspan=2| Berlin International Championships | {{flagicon|TCH}} Roderich Menzel 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Daniel Prenn | {{flagicon|FRA}} Ida Adamoff 3–6, 6–0, 6–4 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Ilse Friedleben | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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| {{flagicon|TCH}} R. Menzel | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} W. Menzel/Haensch | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Krahwinkel/Peitz 6–4, 6–4 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Neppach {{flagicon|POL}} Jędrzejowska | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Cramm {{flagicon|FRA}} Adamoff w/o | {{flagicon|FRA}} Brugnon {{flagicon|FRA}} Mathieu | |
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|−20 June | West Kensington tournament{{cite journal|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19310625.2.108.aspx|page=17|journal=The Straits Times|date=June 25, 1931|title=Lawn Tennis|publisher=Straits Times Press|location=Singapore, Straits Settlements|access-date=14 November 2012}} London, Great Britain | {{flagicon|GB}} Harry Lee 6–4, 4–6, 7–5 | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Iwao Aoki | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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|rowspan=11| | rowspan=2| White Sulphur Springs Championships White Sulphur Springs, United States | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Cliff Sutter 7–5, 2–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} George Lott | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn 3–6, 6–2, 6–l | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Virginia Rice | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Van Ryn | {{flagicon|CAN|1921}} Rainville Wright | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sutter Rice 6–4, 6–2 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Van Ryn {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Van Ryn | ||
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|rowspan=2 style="background:#d0f0c0;"|Hungarian National Championships | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Béla von Kehrling 6–2, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1{{ref label|HunNat|a|a}} | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Lehel Bánó | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Magda Baumgarten 6–2, 6–3 | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Jolán W. Soós | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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| {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Zichy/Gabrovitz | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Kirchmäyr/Krepuska | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Baumgarten/Soós 8–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Mrs. Schréder/Mrs. Brandenburg | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Gabrovitz/Mrs. Gönczi N/A | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}}Jacobi/Mrs. Wiener | |
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|style="background:#ffc;"|North Germany Pro Championships | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Hans Nüsslein 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Roman Najuch | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||
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|style="background:#F3E6D7"|French Pro Championship | {{flagicon|FRA}} Martin Plaa 6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 6–2 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Robert Ramillon | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||
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|rowspan=2| Pinehurst Country Club Championships | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} John Van Ryn 7–5, 6–3, 6–1 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Cliff Sutter | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Marion Zinderstein Jessup 7–5, 6–2 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Van Ryn | {{flagicon|CAN|1921}}Rainville/Wright | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Van Ryn {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Van Ryn 6–3, 3–6, 8–6 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sutter {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Rice | ||
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|Kent Championships | {{flagicon|GB}} Colin Gregory 3–6, 6–3, 7–9, 6–3, 6–0 | {{flagicon|GB}} John Olliff{{cite web|url=http://www.beckenhamtennisclub.co.uk/photos/Beck_M_Roll.pdf |date=February 17, 2011 |title=Kent All-Comers' Championships |publisher=Beckenham Tennis Club |work=beckenhamtennisclub.co.uk |author=J Buddell |access-date=14 November 2012 |location=Beckenham, Great Britain |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722091316/http://www.beckenhamtennisclub.co.uk/photos/Beck_M_Roll.pdf |archive-date=22 July 2012 }} | {{flagicon|GB}} Phyllis Mudford 6–1, 6–2 | {{flagicon|GB}} Dorothy Round{{cite web|url=http://www.beckenhamtennisclub.co.uk/photos/Beck_W_Roll.pdf |date=February 17, 2011 |title=Kent All-Comers' Championships |publisher=Beckenham Tennis Club |work=beckenhamtennisclub.co.uk |author=J Buddell |access-date=14 November 2012 |location=Beckenham, Great Britain |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722091332/http://www.beckenhamtennisclub.co.uk/photos/Beck_W_Roll.pdf |archive-date=22 July 2012 }} | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|rowspan=2|Queen's Club Championships | {{flagicon|GB}} John Olliff 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 | {{flagicon|GB}} Edward Avory | {{flagicon|GB}} Elsie Pittman 4–6, 6–4, 6–l | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Hilde Krahwinkel | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Cramm | {{flagicon|ARG}} Boyd {{flagicon|ARG}} Zappa | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Harper {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Van Ryn 7–5, 6–4 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Godfree Stocks | {{flagicon|GB}} Wheatley/Lyle 6–2, 5–7, 6–3 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Cramm {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Aussem | |
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| 28 June | Laurels in Apawamis Invitational Tournament{{cite news| url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0F10FA3A5812718DDDA10A94DE405B818FF1D3 | work=The New York Times | title=Miss Andrus Wins in Final at Tennis – Beats Baroness Levi, 6–4, 10–8, to Capture the Laurels in Apawamis Tournament – Has an Edge in Service – Stamford Star's Superior Steadiness in Driving Duels With Her Opponent Also a Factor | date=28 June 1931|page=S2|access-date=May 22, 2020}} United States | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dorothy Andrus 6–4, 10–8 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Maud Levi | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|title=Külföldi hírek|trans-title=International news|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00047/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_013.pdf|volume=13|series=III|pages=24–26|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=24 June 1931|publisher=Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda. Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=7 February 2012}}
{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|title=Külföldi hírek|trans-title=International news|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00046/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_011_12.pdf|volume=III|issue=11–12|pages=217–218|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=June 6, 1931|publisher=Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda. Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=18 November 2012}}
July
File:Les Quatre Mousquetaires.jpg, Henri Cochet (up), Jean Borotra (down-left) and René Lacoste (down-right), the defending and 1931 champion French Davis Cup team]]
- Hungary Davis Cup team permanent member between 1924 and 1931 and five time Hungarian Covered court champion (1924–29), Imre Takáts died.
- Jean Borotra was officially excluded from the doubles competition at Wimbledon.
- The Wimbledon Juniors' Championship was won by Charles Edgar Hare, while the girls' champion was Sheila Hewitt beating Kay Stammers.
- The English women players won all eight matches against the German women.
- Germany beat South Africa in a nine-rubber challenge allowing their opponents to win only one of them.
- Argentine beat Canada in a friendly national team competition.
- Several federal championships were held throughout the Weimar Republic. These include:
- The Württemberg Championships in Stuttgart was won by Philipp Buss (singles, doubles with Oppenheimer) and Frau Hammer (singles, mixed with Lorentz), the Chemnitz's Championships won by Ludwig Haensch (singles, doubles with Bergmann) and Frau Deutsch, the South Germany Championships in Karlsruhe also by Haensch, Buss/Oppenheimer in doubles and Frau Friedleben in singles and paired with Buss in mixed, and in Düsseldorf Fritz Kuhlmann won over Remmert.
- At the Rhine valley Championships in Duisburg Béla von Kehrling won a triple title.
- In Warnemünde Kuhlmann was granted a walkover in the final, Friedrich Frenz won the doubles with Friedrich-Wilhelm Rahe and the mixed doubles with Frau Ewen.
- In the Heringsdorf Championship Men's singles Henner Henkel scored the win when his opponents, Rau retired in the fourth set. They teamed up for the doubles but lost in the final match to Hans-Georg Lindenstaedt and Herr Bräuer. Nelly Neppach earned a clean victory losing one game in the final. The singles champions teamed up and successfully took the prize in the mixed event.
- The Zoppot tournament champions were Heinz Pietzner, Frau Hammer and Friedrich Frenz/Friedrich-Wilhelm Rahe.
- The Sudeten Germans beat the Austrian national team in Marienbad.
- French Davis Cup team beat Belgium in Le Touquet on a preparation match.
- Keith Gledhill defeated Ellsworth Vines in straight sets in the final of the Rhode Island state tennis championships.
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valign=top | rowspan=2|Wimbledon Championships London, Great Britain Men's singles – Women's singles | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sidney Wood w/o{{ref label|Shields|i|i}} | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Frank Shields | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Cilly Aussem 6–2, 7–5 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Hilde Krahwinkel | colspan="2"| All England Plate {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Vernon Kirby def. {{flagicon|IRL}} George Lyttleton-Rogers 2–6, 6–3, 6–3{{cite journal|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19310715-1.2.56.aspx|page=8|journal=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser|issue=13,388|date=July 15, 1931|title=All England Plate|publisher=Mohammed Eunos|location=Singapore, Straits Settlements|access-date=23 November 2013}} |
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lott | {{flagicon|FRA}} Cochet {{flagicon|FRA}} Brugnon | {{flagicon|GBR}} Shepherd-Barron {{flagicon|GBR}} Mudford 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Metaxa {{flagicon|BEL}} Sigart | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lott {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Harper 6–3, 1–6, 6–1 | {{flagicon|GB}} Collins {{flagicon|GB}} Ridley | |
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|rowspan=4|–6 July | rowspan=2|American National Clay Court Championship St. Louis, United States | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ellsworth Vines 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 {{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/07/06/archives/clay-court-title-annexed-by-vines-pasadena-entry-beats-gledhill-63.html| work=The New York Times | title=Clay Court title annexed by Vines | date=5 July 1931}} | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Keith Gledhill | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vines | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Barnes {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bell | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||||
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|rowspan=2 style="background:#F3E6D7"|US Pro Championships | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bill Tilden 7–5, 6–2, 6–1 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vinnie Richards | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Kinsey | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Tilden {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Hunter | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||||
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|rowspan=4|July | style="background:#ffc;"|Pro Championships of Great Britain London, Great Britain | {{flagicon|GB}} Dan Maskell N/A | N/A | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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|Arrange L. T. C. Invitational Championships | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} John Doeg 6–1, 6–3, 6–2 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Berkeley Bell | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||
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|rowspan=2|Swiss Championships | {{flagicon|SWI}} Hector Fisher 7–5, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 | {{flagicon|DEN}} Erik Worm | Fehlmann 6–1, 6–4 | Charmelet | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|SWI}} Aeschlimann/Fisher | {{flagicon|SWI}} Wuarin/Maneff | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|DEN}} Worm/Weihe 9–7, 7–5 | {{flagicon|SWI}} Fisher/Jacky | ||
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|rowspan=2|6–11 July | rowspan=2|Northumberland Championships Newcastle, Great Britain | {{flagicon|YUG}} Franjo Šefer 7–5, 9–7, 1–6, 4–6, 6–2 | {{flagicon|YUG}}Franjo Kukuljevic | {{flagicon|GB}} Mary McIlquham 7–5, 6–3 | Stephens | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|YUG}} Šefer/Kukuljevic | Watson/Brown | {{flagicon|GBR}} McIlquham/Mrs Stephens 6–8, 6–3, 6–1 | Alexander/Watson | {{flagicon|YUG}} Kukuljevic/{{flagicon|GBR}} Watson 6–2, 7–5 | {{flagicon|YUG}} Šefer/{{flagicon|GBR}} Alexander | |
valign=top | rowspan=2|Dutch Championships Noordwijk, Netherlands | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Fritz Kuhlmann 8–10, 6–2, 7–5, 6–2 | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Minoru Kawachi | {{flagicon|FRA}} Ida Adamoff 6–2, 6–3 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Toni Schomburgk | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Kawachi/Sato | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Kuhlmann/Haensch | {{flagicon|FRA}}Henrotin/{{flagicon|BEL}}Sigart 6–4, 6–1 {{cite web|title=Utrechts Nieuwsblad (13-07–1931) page 2|url=http://www.hetutrechtsarchief.nl/collectie/kranten/un/1931/0713|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131104201652/http://www.hetutrechtsarchief.nl/collectie/kranten/un/1931/0713|archive-date=4 November 2013|url-status=live|access-date=24 February 2012}} | {{flagicon|NED}}Dros/{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valerio | {{flagicon|ARG}} Zappa/{{flagicon|FRA}}Henrotin 4–6, 6–4, 10–8 | {{flagicon|ARG}}Boyd/{{flagicon|NED}}Dros | |
valign=top | 9–11 July | style="background:#ECF2FF;"|Davis Cup Europe Zone Final Prague, Czechoslovakia | {{center|Final winners}}{{davis|GBR}} 4–1 | {{center|Final losers}}{{davis|TCH}} | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |
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|rowspan=2|13–18 July | rowspan=2|Welsh Championships Newport, Great Britain | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Sato 6–4, 6–3, 6–1 | {{flagicon|GB}} David H. Williams | {{flagicon|GBR}}Emma Hemmant 6–3, 5–7, 6–3 | {{flagicon|GBR}}Jeanette Morfey | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Sato/Takasu | {{flagicon|GB}} Nuthall / Tuckett | {{flagicon|GBR}} Dyson/Hemmant 7–5, 6–4 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Mrs Crawshay-Williams/Morfey | {{flagicon|SWI}}Payot/{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Sato/{{flagicon|GBR}} Hemmant 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 | {{flagicon|GB}} DH Williams/Dyson | |
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|rowspan=2|13–18 July | rowspan=2|Longwood Bowl Tournament{{cite news|title=National Net Champ Upset|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YVohAAAAIBAJ&sjid=K4gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6064%2C3064698|newspaper=Reading Eagle|date=Jul 19, 1931|page=12}} Longwood Cricket Club Chestnut Hill, United States | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ellsworth Vines 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} John Doeg | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dorothy Andrus 6–2, 1–6, 6–4 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Sarah Palfrey | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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| {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vines | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Doeg {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Coen | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Wills Moody / Wightman 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Palfrey {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Palfrey | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | ||
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|rowspan=2|–18 July | rowspan=2|Scottish Championships{{cite news|title=Lawn Tennis – Peebles Finals – New Scottish Champions|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cYRQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KjQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1788%2C2799178|newspaper=The Glasgow Herald|date=Jul 20, 1931}} Peebles, Scotland | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Vernon Kirby 6–2, 13–11 | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Norman Farquharson | {{flagicon|GB}} Gwen Sterry 7–5, 6–4 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Esna Boyd Robertson | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|RSA|1928}}Farquharson/Kirby | {{flagicon|GB}} Sharpe/Olliff | {{flagicon|GB}} Sterry/Trentham 6–3, 6–4 {{cite web|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/singfreepressb19310811.2.102.5.aspx |title=The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884–1942), 11 August 1931, Page 13 – S. Africans Win Scottish Titles – Retrieved September 11, 2012 |publisher=newspapers.nl.sg|access-date=1 April 2015}} | {{flagicon|GB}} Mason/Alexander | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}}Farquharson/{{flagicon|GBR}}Sterry 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 | {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Raymond/{{flagicon|GBR}}Watson | |
valign=top | 17–19 July | style="background:#ECF2FF;"|Davis Cup Inter-Zonal Zone Final Paris, France | {{center|Final winners}}{{davis|GBR}} 3–2 | {{center|Final losers}}{{davis|United States|1912}} | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |
valign=top | rowspan=2|Irish Championships Dublin, Ireland | {{flagicon|IRE}} Edward McGuire 6–2, 6–2, 6–3 | {{flagicon|IRE}}Harry Cronin | {{flagicon|IRE}} Rosetta Phoebe Blair-White 6–4, 6–3 | {{flagicon|IRE}} Norma Stoker | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
valign=top | {{flagicon|IRE}} McVeagh/Smith | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||||
valign=top | 24–26 July | style="background:#ECF2FF;"|Davis Cup Challenge Round Final Paris, France | {{davis|FRA}} (c) 3–2 | {{davis|GBR}} | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |
valign=top | rowspan=2|Grand Hotel Panhans Championships Semmering, Austria | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Minoru Kawachi 6–4, 6–3, 6–2 | {{flagicon|TCH}} Josef Siba | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Imrgard Rost 6–3, 8–6 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Lucia Valerio | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|ARG}} del Castillo/{{flagicon|ESP|1931}} Maier | {{flagicon|TCH}} Rohrer/Gottlieb | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Sato {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valerio 6–4, 6–3 | {{flagicon|ESP|1931}} Maier/{{flagicon|Weimar Republic}}Rost | ||
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|rowspan=9|July | rowspan=2|Bavarian International Championships Munich, Weimar Republic | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Hyotaro Sato 7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 | {{flagicon|ESP|1931}} Enrique Maier | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Lucia Valerio 6–2, 7–5 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Marie Horn | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} L. Lorenz/Daller | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Sato/Kawachi | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|ESP|1931}} Enrique Maier {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valerio 6–4, 5–7, 6–2 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Kuhlmann/v. Ende | ||
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|rowspan=2|Strasbourg International Championships | {{flagicon|FRA}} Paul Féret 6–1, 6–1 | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Lesueur | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Ilse Friedleben 6–2, 6–2 | Holzschuh | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
valign=top | {{flagicon|Egypt|1922}} Grandguillot/Grandguillot | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Buss/Friedleben 6–1, 5–7, 6–4 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Kuhlmann/{{flagicon|Egypt|1922}}Grandguillot/Meunier | ||
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|rowspan=2|Midlands International Championships | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Jiro Sato 7–5, 6–4 | {{flagicon|GB}} Herman David | {{flagicon|SWI}} Lolette Payot 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 | {{flagicon|GB}} Mary Heeley | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
valign=top | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Sato/Miki | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Sato/{{flagicon|GBR}}James 6–3, 7–5 | {{flagicon|FRA}}Gentien/{{flagicon|SWI}}Payot | ||
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|rowspan=2|East of England Championships | {{flagicon|AUT}} Franz Wilhelm Matejka 6–2, 6–3 | {{flagicon|IRE}} Simon Scroope | {{flagicon|GB}} Elsie Pittman 6–2, 6–2 | {{flagicon|GB}} Joan Ridley | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|IRE}} Scroope/{{flagicon|GB}} Crole-Rees | {{flagicon|AUT}} Matejka/{{flagicon|GBR}}Wilde | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| |
{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|title=Külföldi hírek|trans-title=International news|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00049/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_015.pdf|volume=15|series=III|pages=16–17|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=6 August 1931|publisher=Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda. Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=9 February 2012}}
{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|title=Külföldi hírek|trans-title=International news|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00048/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_014.pdf|volume=14|series=III|pages=33–34|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=18 July 1931|publisher=Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda. Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=7 February 2012}}
August
{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|title=Külföldi hírek|trans-title=International news|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00050/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_016_17.pdf|volume=16–17|series=III|pages=25–26|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=29 September 1931|publisher=Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda. Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=9 February 2012}}
September
- Béla von Kehrling won his 27th title of the year at the Oradean Championships.
- The U.S. Junior Championships was won by Jack Lynch against Jay Cohn
- An international team event between France, Great Britain and the United States was held at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia from 2–4 September. The final score was Great Britain (4 wins), United States (3 wins) and France (2 wins).
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|rowspan=2|15 Aug | rowspan=2 style="background:#d0f0c0"|US National Championships Forest Hills, United States | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ellsworth Vines 7–9, 6–3, 9–7, 7–5 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} George Lott{{ref label|USNat|c|c}} | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Helen Wills Moody{{ref label|USNat|c|c}} 6–4, 6–1 | {{flagicon|GB}} Eileen Bennett Whittingstall | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Allison / Van Ryn{{ref label|USNat|c|c}} | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bell / Mangin | {{flagicon|GBR}} Nuthall / Whittingstall{{ref label|USNat|c|c}} 6–2, 6–4 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Round / {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Jacobs | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lott / {{flagicon|GBR}} Nuthall{{ref label|USNat|c|c}} 6–3, 6–3 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Allison / Harper | |
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5 Sep-{{cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16810351 |title=Lawn Tennis. City of Sydney Championships |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au|date=5 September 1931|access-date=1 April 2015}} | rowspan=2|City of Sydney Championships Sydney, Australia | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Crawford 6–3, 6–1, 6–3 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Aubrey Willard | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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|{{flagicon|AUS}} Hopman / {{flagicon|AUS}} Crawford | {{flagicon|AUS}} Dunlop / Donohoe | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|AUS}} Crawford / Crawford N/A | N/A | ||
valign=top | rowspan=2|Pacific Southwest Championships Los Angeles, United States | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ellsworth Vines 8–10, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 | {{flagicon|GB}} Fred Perry | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Anna Harper 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Josephine Cruickshank | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Gledhill | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Van Ryn {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Allison | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Anna Harper Cross 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Cruickshank {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Van Ryn | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Allison / Cross 7–5, 2–6, 7–5 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Van Ryn {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Anna Harper | |
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|rowspan=2|2–11 Sep | rowspan=2|Hungarian International Championships{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00051/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_018_19.pdf|volume=18–19|series=III|pages=3–9 |title=Magyarország tenniszbajnokságai|trans-title=Hungarian Championships|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=1 October 1931|publisher=Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda, Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=25 January 2012}} Budapest, Hungary | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Béla von Kehrling 6–3, 6–2, 5–7, 6–2 | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Hyotaro Sato | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Klara Hammer 3–6, 6–3, 9–7 | {{flagicon|POL}} Jadwiga Jędrzejowska | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Zichy / Gabrovitz | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Kehrling / {{flagicon|YUG}} Šefer | {{flagicon|POL}} Jędrzejowska / {{flagicon|AUT}} Eisenmenger 6–3, 6–3 | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}}Mrs. Deutsch/Mrs. Csont | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Zichy / {{flagicon|ROM}} Zizovits w/o | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Kehrling/Mrs. Deutch | |
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|rowspan=19|Sep | rowspan=2|Polish International Championships Warsaw, Poland | {{flagicon|FRA}} Benny Berthet 5 sets | {{flagicon|POL}} Ignacy Tłoczyński | {{flagicon|POL}} Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6–0, 6–1 | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Mrs. Deutsch | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|POL}} M. Stolarow / J. Stolarow | {{flagicon|AUT}} Brosch / Eifermann | {{flagicon|FRA}} Berthet/{{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Mrs. Deutsch N/A | N/A | {{flagicon|FRA}} Berthet/Berthet 3 sets | {{flagicon|POL}} Tłoczyński / Jędrzejowska | |
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|rowspan=2 style="background:#d0f0c0"|Dutch National Championships | {{flagicon|NED}} Jan van der Heide N/A | N/A | {{flagicon|NED}} Els Belzer 2 sets | {{flagicon|NED}} Margaretha Dros-Canters | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|NED}} Koopman / Knottenbelt | N/A | {{flagicon|NED}} Soquiere/Bonimij N/A | N/A | {{flagicon|NED}} Knottenbelt / Belzer N/A | N/A | |
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|rowspan=2 style="background:#ffc;"|German Pro Championships | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Hans Nüsslein 6–1, 6–4, 6–3 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Roman Najuch | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||
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|rowspan=2|Meadow Club Invitational Championships | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} George Lott 6–3, 3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–1 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Cliff Sutter | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||
valign=top | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Bell / Mangin | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Vines/Weeks 7–5, 5–7, 7–5 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} McCauliff / Taubele | ||
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|rowspan=2|North American Championships | {{flagicon|GB}} Fred Perry 6–3, 6–2, 6–4 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Gilbert Hall | colspan=2|{{flagicon|GB}} Elsie Pittman vs. {{flagicon|GB}} Joan Ridley 3–6, 6–4 suspended | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | ||
valign=top | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Van Ryn / Lott | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||||
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|rowspan=2|Bad Homburg Championships | {{flagicon|TCH}} Roderich Menzel 6–1, 6–1, 4–6, 6–0 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Fritz Kuhlmann | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Anne Peitz | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Marie Horn 6–3, 7–5 | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Buss/Oppenheimer | {{flagicon|TCH}} Menzel/W. Menzel | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | colspan=2|Fuchs/Fischer vs. Menzel/Mrs. Menzel No contest{{ref label|Badmix|d|d}} | |||
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|rowspan=2|Livorno International Championships | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jacques Bonte 8–6, 6–2, 0–6, 1–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Oscar De Minerbi | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Manzutto 6–0, 6–4 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Orlandini | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|FRA}} Bonte / {{flagicon|FRA}} Glasser | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Minerbi / Serventi | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} de Stefani/Manzutto 6–2, 6–3 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Supino/Orlandini | ||
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|rowspan=2|Luzern International Championships | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Emanuele Sertorio sets: 1–1, suspended | {{flagicon|GB}} John Olliff | {{flagicon|FRA}} Simone Barbier 1–6, 8–6, 6–2 | {{flagicon|SWI}} Lolette Payot | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
valign=top | {{flagicon|FRA}} Glasser / {{flagicon|DEN}} Worm | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|FRA}} Glasser / {{flagicon|SWI}} Payot 6–0, 6–2 | {{flagicon|Egypt|1922}} Grandguillot / {{flagicon|FRA}} Barbier | ||
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|Swiss International Championships | {{flagicon|FRA}} Georges Glasser w/o | {{flagicon|FRA}} Antoine Gentien | {{flagicon|SWI}} Lolette Payot 7–5, 3–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Ilse Friedleben | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|rowspan=2 style="background:#d0f0c0"|Polish National Championships | {{flagicon|POL}} Ignacy Tłoczyński 6–4, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 | {{flagicon|POL}} Maximilian Stolarow | {{flagicon|POL}} Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6–2, 6–1 | {{flagicon|POL}} Gertruda Volkmer | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | |
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|{{flagicon|POL}} M. Stolarow / J. Stolarow | {{flagicon|POL}} Horain / Wittmann | {{flagicon|POL}} Dubieńska / Jędrzejowska 6–2, 6–2 | {{flagicon|POL}} Volkmer/Rudowska | {{flagicon|POL}} Popławski/Volkmer 7–5, 6–1 | {{flagicon|POL}} Tłoczyński / Dubieńska | |
valign=top | rowspan=2|Swiss Championships Montreux, Switzerland | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Giorgio de Stefani 6–1, 6–2, 6–3 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Emanuele Sertorio | {{flagicon|SWI}} Lolette Payot 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Lucia Valerio | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|FRA}} Martin-Legeay / Gajan | {{flagicon|SWI}} Aeschlimann / Fisher | {{flagicon|FRA}} Barbier / Payot 6–3, 6–4 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Sigart / {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valerio | {{flagicon|SWI}} Fisher / Payot 8–6, 3–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|SWI}} Aeschlimann / {{flagicon|BEL}} Sigart | |
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|rowspan=2|Sep | rowspan=2|Oradean Championships Oradea, Romania | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Béla von Kehrling 6–4, 6–4, 7–5 | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Bánó | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Mrs. Schréder 3–6, 7–5, 8–6 | {{flagicon|POL}} Gertruda Volkmer | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
valign=top | {{flagicon|POL}} Popławski/Stolarow | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|POL}} Stolarow/Volkmer 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | {{flagicon|HUN|1920}} Bánó/Mrs. Schréder |
{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|title=Külföldi hírek|trans-title=International news|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00051/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_018_19.pdf|volume=18–19|series=III|pages=21–25|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=1 October 1931|publisher=Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda. Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=10 February 2012}}
October
- Former US top 10 player Frederic Mercur was reinstated by the USLTA and was allowed to play as of 1 October.
- Bruce Barnes turned professional and signed with the Tilden Tennis Tours.
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4 Oct{{cite web|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4430073 |title=Sporting Cables. Tennis in U.S.A. British Player |publisher=trove.nla.gov.au|date=6 October 1931|access-date=1 April 2015}} | rowspan=2|Pacific Coast Championships San Francisco, United States (Men) Berkeley, United States (Women) | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ellsworth Vines 6–3, 21–19, 6–0?{{ref label|score1|g|g}} 6–3, 2–6, 11–9, 6–3?{{ref label|score2|h|h}} | {{flagicon|GB}} Fred Perry | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Edith Cross 6–4, 2–6, 7–5 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Dorothy Weisel | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|USA|1912}} Wood/Stoeffen | {{flagicon|GB}} Perry/Hughes | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Lott/ Moody 6–3, 3–6, 6–0 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Hughes/Cross | ||
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5 Oct | rowspan=2|Coupe Porée Paris, France | {{flagicon|FRA}} Paul Féret 6–3, 6–1, 2–6, 4–6, 6–4 | {{flagicon|FRA}} André Merlin | {{flagicon|FRA}} Simon Mathieu 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Josane Sigart | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
valign=top | {{flagicon|FRA}} Bernard / {{flagicon|ESP|1931}} Maier | {{flagicon|FRA}} Metaxa / {{flagicon|BEL}} Sigart 1–6, 6–4, 6–1.{{cite journal | date = October 5, 1931 | title = Tennis | editor = François Coty | journal =Le Figaro | location = Paris, France | publisher = Dassault Group | page = 8 | issn = 0182-5852 | access-date = 25 June 2013 | url = https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2967414/f8.image | language = fr | issue = 278 }} | {{flagicon|FRA}} Adamoff / {{flagicon|FRA}} Claude-Anet | {{flagicon|FRA}} Borotra / {{flagicon|BEL}} Sigart 6–2, 4–6, 9–7 | {{flagicon|SWI}} Fisher / {{flagicon|SWI}} Payot | |
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|rowspan=2|1 Oct- | rowspan=2|Tatra International Tournament Rimavská Sobota, Czechoslovakia | {{flagicon|TCH}} Roderich Menzel 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 | {{flagicon|AUT}} Franz Wilhelm Matejka | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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|{{flagicon|TCH}} Menzel/Klein | {{flagicon|AUT}}Matejka/{{flagicon|HUN|1920}}Zichy | colspan=2| | {{flagicon|TCH}}Blabol, Mrs. Weidenhoffer w/o{{ref label|HunCze|f|f}} | {{flagicon|POL}}Wittmann/Jędrzejowska | ||
valign=top | rowspan=2|Baltimore Hotel Invitational Tournament Santa Barbara, United States | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Keith Gledhill 3–6, 6–1, 6–0 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Ellsworth Vines | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 | {{flagicon|USA|1921}} Josephine Cruickshank | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
valign=top | {{flagicon|USA|1921}} Stoefen / {{flagicon|USA|1921}} Tidball 6–3, 6–3 | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Neer / Stradford | {{flagicon|USA|1912}} Babcock / Culley 6–3, 6–3 | Bartosh / Robbins | ||
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22 Oct | rowspan=2 style="background:#d0f0c0"|Chinese National Championships{{cite journal|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19311104.2.91.2.aspx|page=13|journal=The Straits Times|date=4 November 1931|title=Chinese National Champion|publisher=Straits Times Press|location=Singapore, Straits Settlements|access-date=21 February 2012}} Shanghai, China | {{flagicon|Straits Settlements}} Lim Bong Soo 6–3, 5–7, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 | {{flagicon|Republic of China (1912–1949)|1912}} Khoo Hooi Hye | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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|rowspan=2|Oct | rowspan=2|Merano Championships Merano, Italy | {{flagicon|TCH}} Roderich Menzel 6–2, 6–1, 6–0 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}}Ludwig Haensch | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Hilde Krahwinkel 3 points to 2{{ref label|Merano|e|e}} | {{flagicon|SWI}} Lolette Payot | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|SWI}} Fisher/{{flagicon|FRA}} Lesueur | {{flagicon|FRA}} Glasser/{{flagicon|FRA}} du Plaix | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Krahwinkel/Friedleben N/A | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}}Reznicek/{{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Horn | {{flagicon|SWI}} Fisher/Payot w/o | {{flagicon|FRA}} Glasser/{{flagicon|GBR}}Dyson | |
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|rowspan=2|28 Sep – 3 Oct | rowspan=2|West of England Championships London, Great Britain | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Jiro Sato 6–3, 6–4 | {{flagicon|GB}} David H. Williams | {{flagicon|GB}} Phyllis Mudford 7–5, 2–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|GB}} Dorothy Round | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
valign=top | {{flagicon|GB}} Avory/{{flagicon|RSA|1928}}Spence | {{flagicon|GBR}}Nuthall/Whittingstall 6–4, 6–3 | {{flagicon|GB}} Mudford/Round | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}}Miki/{{flagicon|GBR}}Round 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 | {{flagicon|GBR}}Avory/Mudford | |
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|5–10 Oct | West Hants Club Championships Bournemouth, Great Britain | {{flagicon|GB}} Jack Lysaght 6–3, 6–3 | {{flagicon|IRE}} Cecil Campbell | {{flagicon|GB}} Kathleen Godfree 6–4, 6–4 | {{flagicon|GB}} Nancy Lyle | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|12–20 Oct | British Covered Court Championships London, Great Britain | {{flagicon|FRA}} Jean Borotra 10–8, 6–3, 0–6, 6–3 | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Jiro Sato | {{flagicon|GB}} Mary Heeley 6–1, 6–0 | {{flagicon|GB}} Jeanette Morfey | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|rowspan=4|Oct | rowspan=2|Villa d'Este Championships Villa d'Este, Italy | {{flagicon|FRA}} Georges Glasser 0–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Emanuele Sertorio | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Lucia Valerio 8–6, 6–1 | {{flagicon|BEL}} Josane Sigart | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|{{flagicon|FRA}} Glasser/{{flagicon|AUT}}Salm-Hoogstraten | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}}Kleinschroth/{{flagicon|GBR}}Hillyard | {{flagicon|BEL}} Sigart/{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valerio 6–1, 6–2 | {{flagicon|GB}} Dyson/Hemmant | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}}Kleischrott/{{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Valerio 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 | {{flagicon|GBR}}Hillyard/Satterthwaite | |
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|rowspan=2|Cumberland Club Alvanley Garden Championship | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Jiro Sato 6–4, 6–3 | {{flagicon|GB}} Edward Avory | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |||
valign=top | {{flagicon|GBR}}Ritchie/Avory | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Sato/{{flagicon|GB}} Ingram 6–1, 8–6 | {{flagicon|GB}} Avory/Ms. Scott |
{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|title=Külföldi hírek|trans-title=International news|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00052/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_020.pdf|volume=20|series=III|pages=16–17|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=1 November 1931|publisher=Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda. Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=10 February 2012}}
November
- Jack Crawford was granted the Queensland Cup after winning the Queensland Championships for the third time.
- Active Mexican Davis Cup member and second ranked national tennis player Manuel Llano died.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/11/19/archives/manuel-llano-dies-mexican-tennis-star-funeral-today-will-coincide.html | work=The New York Times | title=Manuel Llano Dies; Mexican Tennis Star – Funeral Today Will Coincide With March of 30,000 Athletes in Revolutionary Anniversary | date=19 November 1931|page=23|access-date=May 22, 2020}}
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23 November | rowspan=2|Argentine International II. Buenos Aires, Argentine | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Cilly Aussem 6–1, 6–4 | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Irmgard Rost | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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| style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | {{flagicon|ARG}}Boyd/{{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Aussem N/A{{cite journal | date = 4 November 1931 | author-link = Associated Press | author = AP | title = Cilly Aussen triumphant in Argentine | trans-title = Cilly Aussen triunfa en la Argentína | journal =ABC | page = 58 | location = Madrid, Spain | publisher = Juan Ignacio Luca de Tena | language = es | issn = 1136-0143 | access-date = 16 February 2012 | url = https://hemeroteca.abc.es/nav/Navigate.exe/hemeroteca/madrid/abc/1931/11/24/058.html }} | N/A | |||
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|rowspan=6|November | rowspan=2|Sport Club Italia Championships Milan, Italy | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Stefano Mangold 7–5, 6–4, 6–4 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Placido Gaslini | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | |
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|Bolzano International Championships | {{flagicon|AUT}} Heinrich Eifermann 5–7, 6–4, 7–5, 6–1 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Ferruccio Quintavalle | {{flagicon|Weimar Republic}} Paula von Reznicek 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 | {{flagicon|ITA|1861}} Elisabetta Riboli | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="2"| |
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|rowspan=2|Queensland Championships | {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Crawford 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 | {{flagicon|AUS}} Harry Hopman | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| | ||
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|{{flagicon|AUS}} Edgar Moon/{{flagicon|AUS}} Crawford | {{flagicon|AUS}} Hopman/Willard | style="background:#ededed;" colspan="4"| |
{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|title=Külföldi hírek|trans-title=International news|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00054/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_023_24.pdf|volume=23–24|series=III|pages=10–14|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=30 December 1931|publisher=Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda. Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt.|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=10 February 2012}}
December
- 1912 US Open contestant Harold Braley was killed in a car.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/12/14/archives/hh-braley-killed-in-car-los-angeles-business-man-was-former-tennis.html | work=The New York Times | title=H.H. Braley Killed in Car – Los Angeles Business Man Was Former Tennis Champion | date=14 December 1931|page=40|access-date=May 22, 2020}}
- After winning two titles and an exhibition in Buenos Aires Cilly Aussem had to cut off her South American tour and return to Germany because of a liver infection.
- John Lim gave up the S.C.R.C. final because of a blistered finger.
- In December, the professional players living in Germany, France, Britain, Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland formed the "Fédération internationale des Professeurs et Professionels" to represent their interest against the ITF. Roman Najuch was elected its president.{{cite web|url=http://www.vdt-tennis.de/JubiVDT/contents/1931/1931intro.html|title=1930–1945|publisher=Verband Deutscher Tennislehrer (Association of German tennis coaches)|work=vdt-tennis.de|access-date=6 December 2012|language=de|location=Essen, Germany}}
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Rankings
These are the rankings compiled published in the Swiss newspaper Züricher Sport in October 1931, a second list based upon the ranks of Pierre Gillou, President of the Fédération Française de Tennis, and a third by A Wallis Myers, founder of the International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain.
= Men's singles =
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!width=222|Player !width=30|RG !width=30|Wi !width=30|US | ||||
1 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Henri Cochet|FRA}} | A | W(d) | A |
2 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Bunny Austin|GBR}} | F(x) | QF | A |
3 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Ellsworth Vines|USA}} | A | A | W |
4 | align=left|{{flagathlete|George Lott|USA}} | W(d) | W(d) | W(x) |
5 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Frank Shields|USA}} | A | F | QF |
6 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Fred Perry|GBR}} | SF(d) | SF | SF |
7 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Jean Borotra|FRA}} | W | SF | A |
8 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Sidney Wood|USA}} | A | W | 3R |
9 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Jiro Satoh|JPN}} | SF | QF | A |
10 | align=left|{{flagathlete|John Van Ryn|USA}} | W(d) | W(d) | W(d) |
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!colspan="3"|Gillou's World singles rankings, as of October 1931 | |
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1 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Henri Cochet|FRA}} |
2 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Ellsworth Vines|USA}} |
3 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Bunny Austin|GBR}} |
4 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Frank Shields|USA}} |
5 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Fred Perry|GBR}} |
6 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Jean Borotra|FRA}} |
7 | align=left|{{flagathlete|George Lott|USA}} |
8 | Eighth entry missing |
9 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Sidney Wood|USA}} |
10 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Jiro Satoh|JPN}} |
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!colspan="3"|Myers' World singles rankings, as of November 1931 | |
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!width=222|Player | |
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1 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Henri Cochet|FRA}} |
2 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Bunny Austin|GBR}} |
3 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Ellsworth Vines|USA}} |
4 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Fred Perry|GBR}} |
5 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Frank Shields|USA}} |
6 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Sidney Wood|USA}} |
7 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Jean Borotra|FRA}} |
8 | align=left|{{flagathlete|George Lott|USA}} |
9 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Jiro Satoh|JPN}} |
10 | align=left|{{flagathlete|John Van Ryn|USA}} |
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|}
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| {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;" | |
colspan="2"|Sport's European singles rankings, as of April 1931 | |
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width=20|#
!width=222|Player | |
1 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Henri Cochet|FRA}} |
2 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Jean Borotra|FRA}} |
3 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Umberto de Morpurgo|ITA}} |
4 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Christian Boussus|FRA}} |
5 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Bunny Austin|GBR}} |
6 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Roderich Menzel|TCH}} |
7 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Hendrik Timmer|NED}} |
8 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Colin Gregory|GBR}} |
9 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Jacques Brugnon|FRA}} |
10 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Harry Lee|GBR}} |
11 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Giorgio de Stefani|ITA}} |
12 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Franz Wilhelm Matejka|AUT}} |
13 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Daniel Prenn|GER}} |
14 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Emanuelle du Plaix|FRA}} |
15 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Béla von Kehrling|HUN}} |
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!colspan="6"|Sport's European singles rankings, as of October 1931 | ||||
width=20|#
!width=222|Player !width=30|RG !width=30|Wi !width=30|US | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Henri Cochet|FRA}} | A | W(d) | A |
2 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Bunny Austin|GBR}} | F(x) | QF | A |
3 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Fred Perry|GBR}} | SF(d) | SF | SF |
4 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Jean Borotra|FRA}} | W | SF | A |
5 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Roderich Menzel|TCH}} | 4R | A | |
6 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Christian Boussus|FRA}} | F | 4R | 4R |
7 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Pat Hughes|GBR}} | SF | SF(d) | 3R |
8 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Giorgio de Stefani|ITA}} | QF | A | A |
9 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Franz Wilhelm Matejka|AUT}} | A | 3R | A |
10 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Béla von Kehrling|HUN}} | 3R | 4R(x) | A |
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|}
Legend
A : Absent
Wi : Wimbledon
RG : French Open
US : Us National Championships
W/F/SF/QF/R : Won/Finalist/Semi,-QuarterFinals/Rounds
(d) (x) : Only the best result is shown for each tournament in one of the competitions of the given order; singles is the default, then the doubles and mixed doubles.
= Women's singles =
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| {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:100%;" | |
colspan="3"|Gillou's World singles rankings, as of October 1931 | |
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width=20|#
!width=222|Player | |
1 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Helen Moody-Wills|USA}} |
2 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Cilly Aussem|GER}} |
3 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Betty Nuthall|GBR}} |
4 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Helen Jacobs|USA}} |
5 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Hilde Krahwinkel|GER}} |
6 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Simonne Mathieu|FRA}} |
7 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Eileen Fearnley Whittingstall|GBR}} |
8 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Phyllis Mudford|GBR}} |
9 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Lolette Payot|SWI}} |
10 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Anna Harper|USA}} |
|
class=wikitable style=font-size:100%;text-align:center
!colspan="3"|Myers' World singles rankings, as of November 1931 | |
width=20|#
!width=222|Player | |
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1 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Helen Moody-Wills|USA}} |
2 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Cilly Aussem|GER}} |
3 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Eileen Fearnley Whittingstall|GBR}} |
4 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Helen Jacobs|USA}} |
5 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Betty Nuthall|GBR}} |
6 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Hilde Krahwinkel|GER}} |
7 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Simonne Mathieu|FRA}} |
8 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Lilí de Álvarez|ESP}} |
9 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Phyllis Mudford|GBR}} |
10 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Elsie Pittman|GBR}} |
|
class=wikitable style=font-size:100%;text-align:center
!colspan="3"|Sport's European singles rankings, as of April 1931 | |
width=20|#
!width=222|Player | |
---|---|
1 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Cilly Aussem|GER}} |
2 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Simonne Mathieu|FRA}} |
3 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Phoebe Holcroft Watson|GBR}} |
4 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Betty Nuthall|GBR}} |
5 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Lilí de Álvarez|ESP}} |
6 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Phyllis Mudford|GBR}} |
7 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Joan Ridley|GBR}} |
8 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Hilde Krahwinkel|GER}} |
9 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Elsie Pittman|GBR}} |
10 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Jaqueline Foy|FRA}} |
11 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Josane Sigart|BEL}} |
12 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Lolette Payot|SWI}} |
13 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Ida Adamoff|FRA}} |
14 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Ilse Friedleben|GER}} |
15 | align=left|{{flagathlete|Arlette Neufeld|FRA}} |
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|}
Notes
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- {{note label|HunNat|a|a}}The men, women and mixed contests were held at different locations at different dates. The final was suspended due to Béla von Kehrling's schedule conflict (he travelled to Wimbledon), and was finished later. The same reason forced him to withdraw from the doubles and mixed doubles draws as well.{{cite journal|editor=Béla Kehrling|editor-link=Béla Von Kehrling|url=https://epa.oszk.hu/02100/02127/00048/pdf/EPA02127_tennis_es_golf_1931_3_014.pdf|volume=14|series=III|page=19|title=Nemzeti férfi egyes, férfi páros és vegyespáros bajnokságok|trans-title=Hungarian National Men's singles doubles and mixed doubles championships|journal=Tennisz és Golf|date=18 June 1931|publisher=Egyesült Kő-, Könyvnyomda, Könyv- és Lapkiadó Rt|location=Budapest, Hungary|language=hu|access-date=25 January 2012}}
- {{note label|Qual|b|b}}Both Roderich Menzel and Gustav Jaenecke reached the main draw from the qualifying rounds.
- {{note label|USNat|c|c}}The men's, women's and mixed contests were held at different locations at different dates. The West Side Tennis Club of Forest Hill, California, organized the men's (September 5–12), women's singles and doubles (17–22 August) while the men's and mixed doubles took place in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, from 24 to 29 August.
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- {{note label|Badmix|d|d}} The mixed doubles final of the Bad Homburg Championship remained unplayed. The prize money was halved between the finalists.
- {{note label|Meran|e|e}}The women's championships were played in a round-robin format (meaning players played against all the other players in their group).
- {{note label|HunCze|f|f}}Several matches were suspended and cancelled due to hailstorms and blizzards. Many players travelled home and granted walkovers to their opponents.
- {{note label|score1|g|g|{{note label|score2|h|h}}}}Sources differ regarding the scores of certain finals of this event. Tennisz és Golf of Budapest (g) and The Argus of Melbourne (h) claim the men's singles and doubles scores differently though they both agree on their outcome.
- {{note label|Shields|i|i}} Frank Shields wasn't able to compete in the final of the Wimbledon Championships because of a twisted knee, which was injured in the ninth game of the fourth set of his semifinal match against Jean Borotra.
See also
References
{{Reflist|30em}}
External links
- [http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist/BHC_RTV/1931/01/01/BGT407160187/?s=tennis ITN filmreel of 1931 Wimbledon Championships]
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{{Years in tennis}}
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