2023 Edition
PRIZE MONEY $ 25.000
3rd EDITION
20 August 2023
International tennis on stage in LESA
International Tennis is back in Lesa
Tennis Sporting Lesa was born in 1950s within a park of almost 15,000 square meters and is located in Lesa, a splendid town on the shores of Lake Maggiore in the Province of Novara, less than 10km from Arona and Stresa.
The complex includes the tennis club, the gym and the summer swimming pool. Four clay courts, a synthetic grass court, a fitness room with Finnish sauna, two outdoor swimming pools with diving boards and platforms, a large Club House with bar and restaurant.
A small but historically important town on Lake Maggiore, Piedmontese side, in the 1950s Lesa was the birthplace of one of the most beautiful and prestigious clubs in Italy. Tennis Sporting Lesa was born thanks to the sporting passion of Giuseppe Marenzi and the patronage of Commendator Lambertenghi, a tennis club of rare beauty in the green setting of the lake of Camellias and Azaleas. A few years after its birth, Marenzi organized international tournaments in which participated the strongest and most famous tennis players of those times ... Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, Pancho Gonzales, Fausto Gardini, Andre's Gimeno, Nicola Pietrangeli, Martin Mulligan and many others.
Also in the 1950s and 1960s Lesa hosted male first and second category tournaments, which saw the partecipation of the first twenty Italian players, and of national tournaments and women's internationals (the legendary "Lea" won several editions in Lesa).
The seventies saw the organization of the Valerio Cup (Davis under 18) where the greatest players of those years could be seen: Ivan Lendl, Emilio Sanchez, Yannick Noah, Corrado Barazzutti , etc.
The Club, owned by the Marenzi family, is now managed in the sporting section by Gregorio, the grandson of the founder Giuseppe, a true sportsman who decided after many years to organize again international events with the aim of bringing the club back to the levels of the 50s / 70s.
Tennis Sporting Lesa , Sport Watchers and Tennistalker.it , the first tennis social network that allows you to search, analyze and comment the world of Italian tennis, together to bring International Tennis back to the territory.
Lesa Cup Event
The Situa
Saturday 26 August, at 18:00 - Lesa, Sporting Lesa The Situa in concert
The Band "the Situa" was born at the 2019 summer camp of the Junge music school, the boys were still in middle school and were at the very beginning with their respective instruments, but passion led them to grow and work hard, always together. In 2022 they write their first song and participate in Sanremo Rock, they pass all the first stages, reaching the national final in September in Sanremo. Since October 2022 they have released an original single a month on all platforms and digital stores worldwide.
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MEN SINGLES TOURNAMENT
August 20 and 21 Singles Qualifying
From August 22 Main Draw
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MEN DOUBLES TOURNAMENT
From August 22 Main Draw
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TENNIS SPORTING LESA
Via Rosmini, 28040 Lesa (NO)
Second access from Via Davicini
Tel. +39 338 1827922
Email: info@sportinglesa.it
How to get here >
How do I get there?
Closest airport is Malpensa, 72 km from Lesa
Closest train stations are Arona, Stresa, Lesa
By car take the Highway exit from Milano Meina