French tennis tournament
Tennis tournament
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 1925 as a combined event called the City of Nice Championships and remained as a combined event until 1971 and 1976 to 1978. Also known as the Nice International Championships . 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.
The Nice Lawn Tennis Club is a tennis complex in Nice, France. It was founded in 1890 and as hosted many international tournaments. In 1925 it established the City of Nice Championships or Championnats de la Ville de Nice. Following World War II it was rebranded as the Nice International City Championships or Championnats Internationaux de la Ville de Nice. By the early 1960s it was branded as the Nice International Championships. After the Second World War, the three tournaments played at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club including the (South of France Championships (f.1897), Nice LTC Championships (1895-1955) and the City of Nice Championships (f.1925) were gradually grouped into one event. The Nice LTC event was only staged four times between 1949 and 1955 and was replaced by the Championnats de la Ville de Nice.
The tournament remained a combined event until 1971. It was combined again from 1977 to 1978. Initially tournament was usually played in February, then moved to March, then was moved again to April in the tour calendar. The women's event first ended in 1978. In 1988 it was revived but was moved to July at the same venue and was branded as the Nice Ladies Open. In 2001 a new Nice Women’s International Tennis Championships or Internationaux de Tennis Feminin Nice and played in February was revived for one edition only.
The men's event 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.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Ilie Năstase , Björn Borg , Henri Leconte , Nicolás Almagro , and Dominic Thiem have each won the singles title twice.
Central Court Nice Lawn Tennis Club Central Court
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
Name
1971 Romania Ilie Năstase Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 10–8, 11–9, 6–1
Nice International Championships
1972 Romania Ilie Năstase Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 6–0, 6–4, 6–3
1973 Spain Manuel Orantes Italy Adriano Panatta 7–6, 5–7, 4–6, 7–6, 12–10
Craven International Championships
1974
Not held
1975 Australia Dick Crealy Colombia Iván Molina 7–6, 6–4, 6–3
Nice International Championships
1976 Italy Corrado Barazzutti Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–6, 8–6
1977 Sweden Björn Borg Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–0
1978 Spain José Higueras France Yannick Noah 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Montano-Snauwaert International Championships
1979 Paraguay Víctor Pecci Australia John Alexander 6–3, 6–2, 7–5
Nice International Open
1980 Sweden Björn Borg Spain Manuel Orantes 6–2, 6–0, 6–1
1981 France Yannick Noah Bolivia Mario Martínez 6–4, 6–2
Donnay International Open
1982 Hungary Balázs Taróczy France Yannick Noah 6–2, 3–6, 13–11
Nice International Open
1983 Sweden Henrik Sundström Spain Manuel Orantes 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Donnay International Open
1984 Ecuador Andrés Gómez Sweden Henrik Sundström 6–1, 6–4
Nice International Open
1985 France Henri Leconte Paraguay Víctor Pecci 6–4, 6–4
1986 Spain Emilio Sánchez Australia Paul McNamee 6–1, 6–3
1987 Sweden Kent Carlsson Spain Emilio Sánchez 7–6, 6–3
1988 France Henri Leconte France Jérôme Potier 6–2, 6–2
Swatch Open
1989 Soviet Union Andrei Chesnokov France Jérôme Potier 6–4, 6–4
1990 Spain Juan Aguilera France Guy Forget 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Philips Open
1991 Argentina Martín Jaite Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Prpić 3–6, 7–6, 6–3
1992 Argentina Gabriel Markus Spain Javier Sánchez 6–4, 6–4
1993 Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner United States Ivan Lendl 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
1994 Spain Alberto Berasategui United States Jim Courier 6–4, 6–2
1995 Switzerland Marc Rosset Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 6–0
1996–2009
Not held
2010 France Richard Gasquet Spain Fernando Verdasco 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)
Open de Nice Côte d'Azur/Nice French Riviera Open
2011 Spain Nicolás Almagro Romania Victor Hănescu 6–7(5–7) , 6–3, 6–3
2012 Spain Nicolás Almagro United States Brian Baker 6–3, 6–2
2013 Spain Albert Montañés France Gaël Monfils 6–0, 7–6(7–3)
2014 Latvia Ernests Gulbis Argentina Federico Delbonis 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
2015 Austria Dominic Thiem Argentina Leonardo Mayer 6–7(8–10) , 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
2016 Austria Dominic Thiem Germany Alexander Zverev 6–4, 3–6, 6–0
2017
replaced by Lyon Open
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
1971
Romania Ion Țiriac Romania Ilie Năstase France Pierre Barthès France François Jauffret 6–3, 6–3
1972
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš United States Stan Smith South Africa Frew McMillan Romania Ilie Năstase 6–3, 6–3, 7–5
1973
Spain Manuel Orantes Spain Juan Gisbert Sr. France Patrice Beust France Daniel Contet 7–5, 6–1
1974
Not held
1975
Mexico Marcello Lara Mexico Joaquín Loyo Mayo Colombia Iván Molina Colombia Jairo Velasco Sr. 7–6, 6–7, 8–6
1976
France Patrice Dominguez France François Jauffret Poland Wojciech Fibak West Germany Karl Meiler 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1977
Romania Ion Țiriac Argentina Guillermo Vilas Australia Chris Kachel New Zealand Chris Lewis 6–4, 6–1
1978
France Patrice Dominguez France François Jauffret Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd 6–4, 6–0
1979
Australia Peter McNamara Australia Paul McNamee Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd 6–1, 3–6, 6–2
1980
Australia Kim Warwick United States Chris Delaney Czechoslovakia Stanislav Birner Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec 6–4, 6–0
1981
France Yannick Noah France Pascal Portes Australia Chris Lewis Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1982
France Yannick Noah France Henri Leconte Australia Paul McNamee Hungary Balázs Taróczy 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
1983
Czechoslovakia Libor Pimek Belgium Bernard Boileau France Bernard Fritz France Jean-Louis Haillet 6–3, 6–4
1984
Sweden Jan Gunnarsson Denmark Michael Mortensen Chile Hans Gildemeister Ecuador Andrés Gómez 6–1, 7–5
1985
Italy Claudio Panatta Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil France Loïc Courteau France Guy Forget 3–6, 6–3, 8–6
1986
Switzerland Jakob Hlasek Czechoslovakia Pavel Složil United States Gary Donnelly United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell 6–3, 3–6, 11–9
1987
Spain Sergio Casal Spain Emilio Sánchez Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri Italy Gianni Ocleppo 6–3, 6–3
1988
France Guy Forget France Henri Leconte Switzerland Heinz Günthardt Italy Diego Nargiso 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1989
West Germany Ricki Osterthun West Germany Udo Riglewski Switzerland Heinz Günthardt Hungary Balázs Taróczy 7–6, 6–7, 6–1
1990
Argentina Alberto Mancini France Yannick Noah Uruguay Marcelo Filippini Austria Horst Skoff walkover
1991
Sweden Rikard Bergh Sweden Jan Gunnarsson Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Flégl Sweden Nicklas Utgren 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1992
United States Patrick Galbraith United States Scott Melville South Africa Pieter Aldrich South Africa Danie Visser 6–1, 3–6, 6–4
1993
Australia David Macpherson Australia Laurie Warder United States Shelby Cannon United States Scott Melville 3–4 ret
1994
Spain Javier Sánchez Australia Mark Woodforde Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids South Africa Piet Norval 7–5, 6–3
1995
Czechoslovakia Cyril Suk Czechoslovakia Daniel Vacek United States Luke Jensen United States David Wheaton 3–6, 7–6, 7–6
1996–2009
Not held
2010 Brazil Marcelo Melo Brazil Bruno Soares India Rohan Bopanna Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 1–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2011 United States Eric Butorac Curaçao Jean-Julien Rojer Mexico Santiago González Spain David Marrero 6–3, 6–4
2012 United States Bob Bryan United States Mike Bryan Austria Oliver Marach Slovakia Filip Polášek 7–6(7–5) , 6–3
2013 Sweden Johan Brunström South Africa Raven Klaasen Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal Colombia Robert Farah 6–3, 6–2
2014 Slovakia Martin Kližan Austria Philipp Oswald India Rohan Bopanna Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6–2, 6–0
2015 Croatia Mate Pavić New Zealand Michael Venus Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer Romania Horia Tecău 7–6(7–4) , 2–6, [10–8]
2016 Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal Colombia Robert Farah Croatia Mate Pavić New Zealand Michael Venus 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
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Present
Buenos Aires Marseille Delray Beach New Haven / Winston-Salem 2009, 2011–present: Kitzbühel
2009–2010, 2012–present: Lyon / Montpellier
2009–2014, 2017–2019, 2021–present: Eastbourne
2009–2014, 2020–present: Viña del Mar / Santiago
2009–2019, 2024–present: Brisbane
2009–2016, 2024–present: Bucharest
Stuttgart Båstad Gstaad Umag Stockholm Metz 2009–2019, 2022–present: Houston
Casablanca / Marrakech 's-Hertogenbosch 2009–2020, 2023–present: Auckland
2015–2019, 2021–present: Geneva
2015–2019, 2023–present: Chengdu
2016–present: Antwerp
2016–2019, 2021–present: Los Cabos
2020, 2022–present: Adelaide
2020–2021, 2023–present: Astana/Almaty
2021–present: Mallorca
2021, 2024-present: Belgrade
2024-present: Hong Kong
Hangzhou Past
43°42′14′′N 7°15′07′′E / 43.704°N 7.252°E / 43.704; 7.252
