Open de Nice Côte d'Azur

Open de Nice Côte d'Azur
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Nice French Riviera Open
Tour	Grand Prix ATP World Series ATP World Tour 250 series
Founded	1925 (1925)
Abolished	2016 (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 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

The Nice Lawn Tennis Club was founded in 1890 in Nice, France 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.

Ilie Năstase, Björn Borg, Henri Leconte, Nicolás Almagro, and Dominic Thiem have each won the singles title twice.

Past finals

Central Court Nice Lawn Tennis Club

Central Court

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score	Name
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

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
1974	Not 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
1996–2009	Not 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

• List of tennis tournaments
• Nice Lawn Tennis Club
• Interwetten Austrian Open Kitzbühel

External links

• Official website
• ATP tournament profile
• ATP results archive