Open de Nice Côte d'Azur

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.

Open de Nice Côte d'Azur
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameNice French Riviera Open
TourILTF World Circuit
Grand Prix
ATP World Series
ATP World Tour 250 series
Founded1925 (1925)
Abolished2016 (2016)
LocationNice, France
VenueNice Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceClay / outdoor

History

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.

Past finals

Singles
Year Champions Runners-up Score Name
1971 Ilie Năstase Jan Kodeš10–8, 11–9, 6–1Nice International Championships
1972 Ilie Năstase Jan Kodeš6–0, 6–4, 6–3
1973 Manuel Orantes Adriano Panatta7–6, 5–7, 4–6, 7–6, 12–10Craven International Championships
1974Not held
1975 Dick Crealy Iván Molina7–6, 6–4, 6–3Nice International Championships
1976 Corrado Barazzutti Jan Kodeš6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–6, 8–6
1977 Björn Borg Guillermo Vilas6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–0
1978 José Higueras Yannick Noah6–3, 6–4, 6–4Montano-Snauwaert International Championships
1979 Víctor Pecci John Alexander6–3, 6–2, 7–5Nice International Open
1980 Björn Borg Manuel Orantes6–2, 6–0, 6–1
1981 Yannick Noah Mario Martínez6–4, 6–2Donnay International Open
1982 Balázs Taróczy Yannick Noah6–2, 3–6, 13–11Nice International Open
1983 Henrik Sundström Manuel Orantes7–5, 4–6, 6–3Donnay International Open
1984 Andrés Gómez Henrik Sundström6–1, 6–4Nice International Open
1985 Henri Leconte Víctor Pecci6–4, 6–4
1986 Emilio Sánchez Paul McNamee6–1, 6–3
1987 Kent Carlsson Emilio Sánchez7–6, 6–3
1988 Henri Leconte Jérôme Potier6–2, 6–2Swatch Open
1989 Andrei Chesnokov Jérôme Potier6–4, 6–4
1990 Juan Aguilera Guy Forget2–6, 6–3, 6–4Philips Open
1991 Martín Jaite Goran Prpić3–6, 7–6, 6–3
1992 Gabriel Markus Javier Sánchez6–4, 6–4
1993 Marc-Kevin Goellner Ivan Lendl1–6, 6–4, 6–2
1994 Alberto Berasategui Jim Courier6–4, 6–2
1995 Marc Rosset Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–4, 6–0
1996–2009Not held
2010 Richard Gasquet Fernando Verdasco6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)Open de Nice Côte d'Azur/Nice French Riviera Open
2011 Nicolás Almagro Victor Hănescu6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–3
2012 Nicolás Almagro Brian Baker6–3, 6–2
2013 Albert Montañés Gaël Monfils6–0, 7–6(7–3)
2014 Ernests Gulbis Federico Delbonis6–1, 7–6(7–5)
2015 Dominic Thiem Leonardo Mayer6–7(8–10), 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
2016 Dominic Thiem Alexander Zverev6–4, 3–6, 6–0
2017replaced by Lyon Open

Doubles
Year Champions Runners-up Score
1971 Ion Țiriac
Ilie Năstase		 Pierre Barthès
François Jauffret		6–3, 6–3
1972 Jan Kodeš
Stan Smith		 Frew McMillan
Ilie Năstase		6–3, 6–3, 7–5
1973 Manuel Orantes
Juan Gisbert Sr.		 Patrice Beust
Daniel Contet		7–5, 6–1
1974Not held
1975 Marcello Lara
Joaquín Loyo Mayo		 Iván Molina
Jairo Velasco Sr.		7–6, 6–7, 8–6
1976 Patrice Dominguez
François Jauffret		 Wojciech Fibak
Karl Meiler		6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1977 Ion Țiriac
Guillermo Vilas		 Chris Kachel
Chris Lewis		6–4, 6–1
1978 Patrice Dominguez
François Jauffret		 Jan Kodeš
Tomáš Šmíd		6–4, 6–0
1979 Peter McNamara
Paul McNamee		 Pavel Složil
Tomáš Šmíd		6–1, 3–6, 6–2
1980 Kim Warwick
Chris Delaney		 Stanislav Birner
Jiří Hřebec		6–4, 6–0
1981 Yannick Noah
Pascal Portes		 Chris Lewis
Pavel Složil		4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1982 Yannick Noah
Henri Leconte		 Paul McNamee
Balázs Taróczy		5–7, 6–4, 6–3
1983 Libor Pimek
Bernard Boileau		 Bernard Fritz
Jean-Louis Haillet		6–3, 6–4
1984 Jan Gunnarsson
Michael Mortensen		 Hans Gildemeister
Andrés Gómez		6–1, 7–5
1985 Claudio Panatta
Pavel Složil		 Loïc Courteau
Guy Forget		3–6, 6–3, 8–6
1986 Jakob Hlasek
Pavel Složil		 Gary Donnelly
Colin Dowdeswell		6–3, 3–6, 11–9
1987 Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez		 Claudio Mezzadri
Gianni Ocleppo		6–3, 6–3
1988 Guy Forget
Henri Leconte		 Heinz Günthardt
Diego Nargiso		4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1989 Ricki Osterthun
Udo Riglewski		 Heinz Günthardt
Balázs Taróczy		7–6, 6–7, 6–1
1990 Alberto Mancini
Yannick Noah		 Marcelo Filippini
Horst Skoff		walkover
1991 Rikard Bergh
Jan Gunnarsson		 Vojtěch Flégl
Nicklas Utgren		6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1992 Patrick Galbraith
Scott Melville		 Pieter Aldrich
Danie Visser		6–1, 3–6, 6–4
1993 David Macpherson
Laurie Warder		 Shelby Cannon
Scott Melville		3–4 ret
1994 Javier Sánchez
Mark Woodforde		 Hendrik Jan Davids
Piet Norval		7–5, 6–3
1995 Cyril Suk
Daniel Vacek		 Luke Jensen
David Wheaton		3–6, 7–6, 7–6
1996–2009Not held
2010 Marcelo Melo
Bruno Soares		 Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi		1–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2011 Eric Butorac
Jean-Julien Rojer		 Santiago González
David Marrero		6–3, 6–4
2012 Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		 Oliver Marach
Filip Polášek		7–6(7–5), 6–3
2013 Johan Brunström
Raven Klaasen		 Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah		6–3, 6–2
2014 Martin Kližan
Philipp Oswald		 Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi		6–2, 6–0
2015 Mate Pavić
Michael Venus		 Jean-Julien Rojer
Horia Tecău		7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–8]
2016 Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah		 Mate Pavić
Michael Venus		4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

See also

References
  1. "Lyon to replace ATP 250 Nice". Tennis TourTalk. 25 November 2016.
  2. Luigi Gatto (27 October 2016). "Lyon to replace Nice in the ATP Calendar: it only needs to be official". TennisWorld.
  3. "Un tournoi à Lyon pour remplacer celui de Nice". Le Figaro (in French). 10 November 2016.
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