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Open de Nice Côte d'Azur

Coordinates: 43°42′14″N 7°15′07″E / 43.704°N 7.252°E / 43.704; 7.252
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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; 99 years ago (1925)
Abolished2016; 8 years ago (2016)
LocationNice, France
VenueNice Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceClay / 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 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.

History

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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

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Central Court Nice Lawn Tennis Club
Central Court

Singles

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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

Doubles

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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
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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]

See also

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References

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  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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43°42′14″N 7°15′07″E / 43.704°N 7.252°E / 43.704; 7.252