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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 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 File:ATP Nice 2010 - 001.jpg Central Court Nice Lawn Tennis Club File:ATP Nice 2010 - 004.jpg Central Court Singles
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
Name
1971 Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš 10–8, 11–9, 6–1
Nice International Championships
1972 Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš 6–0, 6–4, 6–3
1973 Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes Template:Flagicon Adriano Panatta 7–6, 5–7, 4–6, 7–6, 12–10
Craven International Championships
1974
Not held
1975 Template:Flagicon Dick Crealy Template:Flagicon Iván Molina 7–6, 6–4, 6–3
Nice International Championships
1976 Template:Flagicon Corrado Barazzutti Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš 6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–6, 8–6
1977 Template:Flagicon Björn Borg Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–0
1978 Template:Flagicon José Higueras Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Montano-Snauwaert International Championships
1979 Template:Flagicon Víctor Pecci Template:Flagicon John Alexander 6–3, 6–2, 7–5
Nice International Open
1980 Template:Flagicon Björn Borg Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes 6–2, 6–0, 6–1
1981 Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah Template:Flagicon Mario Martínez 6–4, 6–2
Donnay International Open
1982 Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah 6–2, 3–6, 13–11
Nice International Open
1983 Template:Flagicon Henrik Sundström Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Donnay International Open
1984 Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez Template:Flagicon Henrik Sundström 6–1, 6–4
Nice International Open
1985 Template:Flagicon Henri Leconte Template:Flagicon Víctor Pecci 6–4, 6–4
1986 Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez Template:Flagicon Paul McNamee 6–1, 6–3
1987 Template:Flagicon Kent Carlsson Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez 7–6, 6–3
1988 Template:Flagicon Henri Leconte Template:Flagicon Jérôme Potier 6–2, 6–2
Swatch Open
1989 Template:Flagicon Andrei Chesnokov Template:Flagicon Jérôme Potier 6–4, 6–4
1990 Template:Flagicon Juan Aguilera Template:Flagicon Guy Forget 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Philips Open
1991 Template:Flagicon Martín Jaite Template:Flagicon Goran Prpić 3–6, 7–6, 6–3
1992 Template:Flagicon Gabriel Markus Template:Flagicon Javier Sánchez 6–4, 6–4
1993 Template:Flagicon Marc-Kevin Goellner Template:Flagicon Ivan Lendl 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
1994 Template:Flagicon Alberto Berasategui Template:Flagicon Jim Courier 6–4, 6–2
1995 Template:Flagicon Marc Rosset Template:Flagicon Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–4, 6–0
1996–2009
Not held
2010 Template:Flagicon Richard Gasquet Template:Flagicon Fernando Verdasco 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)
Open de Nice Côte d'Azur/Nice French Riviera Open
2011 Template:Flagicon Nicolás Almagro Template:Flagicon Victor Hănescu 6–7(5–7) , 6–3, 6–3
2012 Template:Flagicon Nicolás Almagro Template:Flagicon Brian Baker 6–3, 6–2
2013 Template:Flagicon Albert Montañés Template:Flagicon Gaël Monfils 6–0, 7–6(7–3)
2014 Template:Flagicon Ernests Gulbis Template:Flagicon Federico Delbonis 6–1, 7–6(7–5)
2015 Template:Flagicon Dominic Thiem Template:Flagicon Leonardo Mayer 6–7(8–10) , 7–5, 7–6(7–2)
2016 Template:Flagicon Dominic Thiem Template:Flagicon Alexander Zverev 6–4, 3–6, 6–0
2017
replaced by Lyon Open
Doubles
Year
Champions
Runners-up
Score
1971
Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase Template:Flagicon Pierre Barthès Template:Flagicon François Jauffret 6–3, 6–3
1972
Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš Template:Flagicon Stan Smith Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan Template:Flagicon Ilie Năstase 6–3, 6–3, 7–5
1973
Template:Flagicon Manuel Orantes Template:Flagicon Juan Gisbert Sr. Template:Flagicon Patrice Beust Template:Flagicon Daniel Contet 7–5, 6–1
1974
Not held
1975
Template:Flagicon Marcello Lara Template:Flagicon Joaquín Loyo Mayo Template:Flagicon Iván Molina Template:Flagicon Jairo Velasco Sr. 7–6, 6–7, 8–6
1976
Template:Flagicon Patrice Dominguez Template:Flagicon François Jauffret Template:Flagicon Wojciech Fibak Template:Flagicon Karl Meiler 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
1977
Template:Flagicon Ion Țiriac Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas Template:Flagicon Chris Kachel Template:Flagicon Chris Lewis 6–4, 6–1
1978
Template:Flagicon Patrice Dominguez Template:Flagicon François Jauffret Template:Flagicon Jan Kodeš Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd 6–4, 6–0
1979
Template:Flagicon Peter McNamara Template:Flagicon Paul McNamee Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd 6–1, 3–6, 6–2
1980
Template:Flagicon Kim Warwick Template:Flagicon Chris Delaney Template:Flagicon Stanislav Birner Template:Flagicon Jiří Hřebec 6–4, 6–0
1981
Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah Template:Flagicon Pascal Portes Template:Flagicon Chris Lewis Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1982
Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah Template:Flagicon Henri Leconte Template:Flagicon Paul McNamee Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
1983
Template:Flagicon Libor Pimek Template:Flagicon Bernard Boileau Template:Flagicon Bernard Fritz Template:Flagicon Jean-Louis Haillet 6–3, 6–4
1984
Template:Flagicon Jan Gunnarsson Template:Flagicon Michael Mortensen Template:Flagicon Hans Gildemeister Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez 6–1, 7–5
1985
Template:Flagicon Claudio Panatta Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil Template:Flagicon Loïc Courteau Template:Flagicon Guy Forget 3–6, 6–3, 8–6
1986
Template:Flagicon Jakob Hlasek Template:Flagicon Pavel Složil Template:Flagicon Gary Donnelly Template:Flagicon Colin Dowdeswell 6–3, 3–6, 11–9
1987
Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez Template:Flagicon Claudio Mezzadri Template:Flagicon Gianni Ocleppo 6–3, 6–3
1988
Template:Flagicon Guy Forget Template:Flagicon Henri Leconte Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt Template:Flagicon Diego Nargiso 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1989
Template:Flagicon Ricki Osterthun Template:Flagicon Udo Riglewski Template:Flagicon Heinz Günthardt Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy 7–6, 6–7, 6–1
1990
Template:Flagicon Alberto Mancini Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah Template:Flagicon Marcelo Filippini Template:Flagicon Horst Skoff walkover
1991
Template:Flagicon Rikard Bergh Template:Flagicon Jan Gunnarsson Template:Flagicon Vojtěch Flégl Template:Flagicon Nicklas Utgren 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
1992
Template:Flagicon Patrick Galbraith Template:Flagicon Scott Melville Template:Flagicon Pieter Aldrich Template:Flagicon Danie Visser 6–1, 3–6, 6–4
1993
Template:Flagicon David Macpherson Template:Flagicon Laurie Warder Template:Flagicon Shelby Cannon Template:Flagicon Scott Melville 3–4 ret
1994
Template:Flagicon Javier Sánchez Template:Flagicon Mark Woodforde Template:Flagicon Hendrik Jan Davids Template:Flagicon Piet Norval 7–5, 6–3
1995
Template:Flagicon Cyril Suk Template:Flagicon Daniel Vacek Template:Flagicon Luke Jensen Template:Flagicon David Wheaton 3–6, 7–6, 7–6
1996–2009
Not held
2010 Template:Flagicon Marcelo Melo Template:Flagicon Bruno Soares Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna Template:Flagicon Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 1–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2011 Template:Flagicon Eric Butorac Template:Flagicon Jean-Julien Rojer Template:Flagicon Santiago González Template:Flagicon David Marrero 6–3, 6–4
2012 Template:Flagicon Bob Bryan Template:Flagicon Mike Bryan Template:Flagicon Oliver Marach Template:Flagicon Filip Polášek 7–6(7–5) , 6–3
2013 Template:Flagicon Johan Brunström Template:Flagicon Raven Klaasen Template:Flagicon Juan Sebastián Cabal Template:Flagicon Robert Farah 6–3, 6–2
2014 Template:Flagicon Martin Kližan Template:Flagicon Philipp Oswald Template:Flagicon Rohan Bopanna Template:Flagicon Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6–2, 6–0
2015 Template:Flagicon Mate Pavić Template:Flagicon Michael Venus Template:Flagicon Jean-Julien Rojer Template:Flagicon Horia Tecău 7–6(7–4) , 2–6, [10–8]
2016 Template:Flagicon Juan Sebastián Cabal Template:Flagicon Robert Farah Template:Flagicon Mate Pavić Template:Flagicon Michael Venus 4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
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