On 25 April 1879 the Dinard Lawn Tennis Club was founded and in 1886 it began to organise competitions. In September 1889 it established an open international tournament that quickly grew in importance and prestige. In the early years of the event a
challenge round was in play the with the men's players competing for the Dinard Challenge Cup, a challenge round for women was in place from 1903 to 1907. Tournaments winners at first was mainly dominated by players from Great Britain and Ireland until just before the start of World War I, when the first French winner of the gentlemen's singles was
Max Decugis in 1910. The French women were somewhat more successful their first singles title winner was
Yvonne Prévost in 1899. The most successful players were Britain's
Wilberforce Eaves won the men's event ten times, and French player
Suzanne Devé who won the women's singles event six times. The tournament was not held during
World War I from 1914 to 1918. During the
Second World War it was not held from 1940 to 1945. The event ran until 1968 when it was discontinued as part of the
ILTF World Circuit. ==References==