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1952 - International (30 July to 10 August)

That year, the local and international draws were merged together.

Men's singles , 1/8 f = Elie Attieh d Henri Haddad 60 64; N Bari (Turkey) d Roy Karaoglan 63 75; Samir Khouri d Raymond Doche (Egypt) 63 119; Stallios (Greece) d Pollak (Egypt) 60 61; S Gurel (Turkey) d Reitzakis (Greece) 36 61 62; ¼ f = Gil de Kermadec (France) d S Khoury 64 61; N Gurel d E Attieh 64 62; N Bari d Kamal Mobarak (Egypt) 62 46 61; I.Stallios (Greece) d M Badreddine (Egypt) 75 64; ½ f = N Bari d S Gurel 62 911 63 06 62; de Kermadec d Stallios 57 63 63 36 63;

Final: Gil De Kermadec (France) b. Nazmi Bari (Turkey) 61 36 63 62;

Ladies Singles final = Mrs Bahtiyeh (Turkey) d Miss Vera Mattar (Leb) 62 61;

Men's Doubles = ½ f = Gurel-Bari d Attieh-Labib Majdalany 64 62 64; de Kermadec-Elie Aboukhaled d K Mobarak-Badreddine 64 36 63 75; Final = Bari- S.Gurel (Turkey) d de Kermadec-Aboukhaled 62 64 46 61;

Mixed doubles Final = Mrs Bahtiyeh-Bari d Miss N Farah-G de Kermadec 61 86;

Juniors local Final, Boy's = Mounir Zeydane d André Accaoui 64 63

• Earlier in July, the finals of the Tripoli, Roy Karaoglan had beaten Samir Khouri 64 108 06 75, as the Lebanese no 1, Elie Attieh did not participate


• Labib Majdalany had been ranked no 1 in Lebanon in the 30's and was a doubles specialist. It was his last tennis competition appearance in his home country, before his emigration to the US.


• Gil de Kermadec became a Tennis technique specialist in France with the federation