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 | ATP World Tour 250 series |
Founded | 1925 |
Abolished | 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
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
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 | ![]() |
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10–8, 11–9, 6–1 | Nice International Championships |
1972 | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–4, 6–3 | |
1973 | ![]() |
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7–6, 5–7, 4–6, 7–6, 12–10 | Craven International Championships |
1974 | Not held | |||
1975 | ![]() |
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7–6, 6–4, 6–3 | Nice International Championships |
1976 | ![]() |
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6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–6, 8–6 | |
1977 | ![]() |
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6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–0 | |
1978 | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4, 6–4 | Montano-Snauwaert International Championships |
1979 | ![]() |
John Alexander |
6–3, 6–2, 7–5 | Nice International Open |
1980 | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–0, 6–1 | |
1981 | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 | Donnay International Open |
1982 | ![]() |
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6–2, 3–6, 13–11 | Nice International Open |
1983 | ![]() |
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7–5, 4–6, 6–3 | Donnay International Open |
1984 | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 | Nice International Open |
1985 | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 | |
1986 | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–3 | |
1987 | ![]() |
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7–6, 6–3 | |
1988 | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 | Swatch Open |
1989 | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 | |
1990 |
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2–6, 6–3, 6–4 | Philips Open |
1991 | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–6, 6–3 | |
1992 | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 | |
1993 | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–4, 6–2 | |
1994 | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 | |
1995 | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–0 | |
1996–2009 | Not held | |||
2010 | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5) | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur/Nice French Riviera Open |
2011 | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–3 | |
2012 | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 | |
2013 |
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6–0, 7–6(7–3) | |
2014 | ![]() |
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6–1, 7–6(7–5) | |
2015 | ![]() |
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6–7(8–10), 7–5, 7–6(7–2) | |
2016 | ![]() |
Alexander Zverev |
6–4, 3–6, 6–0 | |
2017 | replaced by Lyon Open |
Doubles
See also
- List of tennis tournaments
- Nice Lawn Tennis Club
- Interwetten Austrian Open Kitzbühel
References
- ^ "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.