Open de Nice Côte d'Azur

Open de Nice Côte d'Azur
Tournament information
Founded	1971
Location	Nice France
Venue	Nice Lawn Tennis Club
Category	ATP World Tour 250 series
Surface	Clay / Outdoors
Draw	32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize money	€450,000
Current champions
Men's singles	Dominic Thiem
Men's doubles	Mate Pavic Michael Venus

Central Court Nice Lawn Tennis Club

Central Court

The ATP Nice Open (or Open de Nice Côte d'Azur in French) is an ATP World Tour 250 series and, formerly, Grand Prix tennis circuit affiliated men's tennis tournament. It is held in Nice, France at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club and played on outdoor clay courts. The current singles champion is Ernests Gulbis from Latvia.

Originally part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit between 1970 and 1989. The event was played under various names from 1971 through 1995 and then again starting in 2010. The tournament was known as the Phillips Open from 1990 until 1995.

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

2010 Nice Open

In November 2009, the Association of Tennis Professionals announced that Nice, France would be the location of a new World Tour 250 series tournament, replacing the Interwetten Austrian Open in Kitzbühel, Austria.^[1]

The men's tournament will take place, annually, from the May 17 to 22, just one week before the French Open, replacing Kitzbühel's spot on the ATP calendar.

Past Finals

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Name
2015	Dominic Thiem	Leonardo Mayer	6–7^(8–10), 7–5, 7–6^(7–2)	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur
2014	Ernests Gulbis	Federico Delbonis	6–1, 7–6^(7–5)
2013	Albert Montañés	Gaël Monfils	6–0, 7–6^(7–3)
2012	Nicolás Almagro	Brian Baker	6–3, 6–2
2011	Nicolás Almagro	Victor Hănescu	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 6–3
2010	Richard Gasquet	Fernando Verdasco	6–3, 5–7, 7–6^(7–5)
1996–2009	Not Held
1995	Marc Rosset	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–4, 6–0	Philips Open
1994	Alberto Berasategui	Jim Courier	6–4, 6–2
1993	Marc-Kevin Goellner	Ivan Lendl	1–6, 6–4, 6–2
1992	Gabriel Markus	Javier Sánchez	6–4, 6–4
1991	Martín Jaite	Goran Prpić	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
1990	Juan Aguilera	Guy Forget	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
1989	Andrei Chesnokov	Jérôme Potier	6–4, 6–4	Swatch Open
1988	Henri Leconte	Jérôme Potier	6–2, 6–2
1987	Kent Carlsson	Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 6–3	Nice International Open
1986	Emilio Sánchez	Paul McNamee	6–1, 6–3
1985	Henri Leconte	Víctor Pecci	6–4, 6–4
1984	Andrés Gómez	Henrik Sundström	6–1, 6–4
1983	Henrik Sundström	Manuel Orantes	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
1982	Balázs Taróczy	Yannick Noah	6–2, 3–6, 13–11
1981	Yannick Noah	Mario Martinez	6–4, 6–2	Donnay International Open
1980	Björn Borg	Manuel Orantes	6–2, 6–0, 6–1	Nice International Open
1979	Víctor Pecci	John Alexander	6–3, 6–2, 7–5
1978	José Higueras	Yannick Noah	6–3, 6–4, 6–4	Montano-Snauwaert International Championships
1977	Björn Borg	Guillermo Vilas	6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–0	Nice International Championships
1976	Corrado Barazzutti	Jan Kodeš	6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–6, 8–6
1975	Dick Crealy	Iván Molina	7–6, 6–4, 6–3
1973	Manuel Orantes	Adriano Panatta	7–6, 5–7, 4–6, 7–6, 12–10	Craven International Championships
1972	Ilie Năstase	Jan Kodeš	6–0, 6–4, 6–3	Nice International Championships
1971	Ilie Năstase	Jan Kodeš	10–8, 11–9, 6–1

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners–up	Score
2015	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	7–6^(7–4), 2–6, [10–8]
2014	Martin Kližan Philipp Oswald	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–2, 6–0
2013	Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6–3, 6–2
2012	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Oliver Marach Filip Polášek	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
2011	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer	Santiago González David Marrero	6–3, 6–4
2010	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	1–6, 6–3, [10–5]

See also

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

References

1. http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2009/11/Nice-To-Host-ATP-Tournament-In-2010.aspx

External links

• Official website
• ATP Tournament Profile
• ATP Vault

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