Open de Nice Côte d'Azur
Open de Nice Côte d'Azur | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Event name | Nice French Riviera Open |
Tour | ILTF World Circuit Grand Prix ATP World Series ATP World Tour 250 series |
Founded | 1895; 129 years ago (1895) |
Abolished | 2016; 8 years ago (2016) |
Location | Nice, France |
Venue | Nice Lawn Tennis Club |
Surface | Clay / outdoor |
The Nice French Riviera Open (or Open de Nice Côte d'Azur in French) was an ATP World Tour 250 series and, formerly, Grand Prix tennis circuit affiliated men's tennis tournament. This tournament was originally founded in 1895 as the Nice International also known as the Nice Lawn Tennis Club Championships.[1] It was held in Nice, France at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club and played on outdoor clay courts. The last singles champion is Dominic Thiem from Austria.
Originally part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit between 1970 and 1989. The event was played under various (sponsored) names from 1971 through 1995. In 2010 Nice became the location of a World Tour 250 series clay court tournament, replacing the Interwetten Austrian Open in Kitzbühel, Austria on the ATP calendar. It was scheduled a week before the French Open. In November 2016 it was announced that the tournament would be replaced on the 2017 calendar by a new event, the Lyon Open, because the venue in Nice at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club could not be expanded.[2][3][4]
Ilie Năstase, Björn Borg, Henri Leconte, Nicolás Almagro, and Dominic Thiem have each won the singles title twice.
Past finals
Singles
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | Name |
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1971 | Ilie Năstase | Jan Kodeš | 10–8, 11–9, 6–1 | Nice International Championships |
1972 | Ilie Năstase | Jan Kodeš | 6–0, 6–4, 6–3 | |
1973 | Manuel Orantes | Adriano Panatta | 7–6, 5–7, 4–6, 7–6, 12–10 | Craven International Championships |
1974 | Not held | |||
1975 | Dick Crealy | Iván Molina | 7–6, 6–4, 6–3 | Nice International Championships |
1976 | Corrado Barazzutti | Jan Kodeš | 6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–6, 8–6 | |
1977 | Björn Borg | Guillermo Vilas | 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–0 | |
1978 | José Higueras | Yannick Noah | 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 | Montano-Snauwaert International Championships |
1979 | Víctor Pecci | John Alexander | 6–3, 6–2, 7–5 | Nice International Open |
1980 | Björn Borg | Manuel Orantes | 6–2, 6–0, 6–1 | |
1981 | Yannick Noah | Mario Martínez | 6–4, 6–2 | Donnay International Open |
1982 | Balázs Taróczy | Yannick Noah | 6–2, 3–6, 13–11 | Nice International Open |
1983 | Henrik Sundström | Manuel Orantes | 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 | Donnay International Open |
1984 | Andrés Gómez | Henrik Sundström | 6–1, 6–4 | Nice International Open |
1985 | Henri Leconte | Víctor Pecci | 6–4, 6–4 | |
1986 | Emilio Sánchez | Paul McNamee | 6–1, 6–3 | |
1987 | Kent Carlsson | Emilio Sánchez | 7–6, 6–3 | |
1988 | Henri Leconte | Jérôme Potier | 6–2, 6–2 | Swatch Open |
1989 | Andrei Chesnokov | Jérôme Potier | 6–4, 6–4 | |
1990 | Juan Aguilera | Guy Forget | 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 | Philips Open |
1991 | Martín Jaite | Goran Prpić | 3–6, 7–6, 6–3 | |
1992 | Gabriel Markus | Javier Sánchez | 6–4, 6–4 | |
1993 | Marc-Kevin Goellner | Ivan Lendl | 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 | |
1994 | Alberto Berasategui | Jim Courier | 6–4, 6–2 | |
1995 | Marc Rosset | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6–4, 6–0 | |
1996–2009 | Not held | |||
2010 | Richard Gasquet | Fernando Verdasco | 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5) | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur/Nice French Riviera Open |
2011 | Nicolás Almagro | Victor Hănescu | 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–3 | |
2012 | Nicolás Almagro | Brian Baker | 6–3, 6–2 | |
2013 | Albert Montañés | Gaël Monfils | 6–0, 7–6(7–3) | |
2014 | Ernests Gulbis | Federico Delbonis | 6–1, 7–6(7–5) | |
2015 | Dominic Thiem | Leonardo Mayer | 6–7(8–10), 7–5, 7–6(7–2) | |
2016 | Dominic Thiem | Alexander Zverev | 6–4, 3–6, 6–0 | |
2017 | replaced by Lyon Open |
Doubles
See also
References
- ^ Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas (1915). The Badminton Magazine of Sports and Pastimes. London: Longmans, Green, and Company. p. 280.
- ^ "Lyon to replace ATP 250 Nice". Tennis TourTalk. 25 November 2016.
- ^ Luigi Gatto (27 October 2016). "Lyon to replace Nice in the ATP Calendar: it only needs to be official". TennisWorld.
- ^ "Un tournoi à Lyon pour remplacer celui de Nice". Le Figaro (in French). 10 November 2016.
External links
- Official website
- ATP tournament profile
- ATP results archive
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