Aix-en-Provence Open
Aix-en-Provence Open | |
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Defunct tennis tournament | |
Event name | Aix-en-Provence Open |
Tour | Grand Prix circuit (1977–84) |
Founded | 1955 |
Abolished | 1984 |
Editions | 23 |
Location | Country Club Aixois, Aix-en-Provence, France |
Surface | Clay / outdoor |
The Aix-en-Provence Open was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1955 as the Trophée Raquette d'Or or Golden Racket Trophy or Aix-en-Provence Golden Racket Trophy and originally staged at the Tennis Club Aixoism, then later Country Club Aixoism, Aix-en-Provence, France.[1]
History
In July 1955 the first Trophée Raquette d'Or was held at the Tennis Club Aixois (TCA) and played across 5 clay courts was a men's event. In 1956 a women's event was staged for the first time.[2] In 1962 Tennis Club Aixois had been expanded to the point it became a country club and was renamed as the Country Club Aixois.[2] The men's event ran until 1974 then was not staged for the next two years until 1977 through to 1978 when the Aix-en-Provence Golden Racket ended. The women's event also ran until 1974.
In 1984 the men's event was resestablished as Aix-en-Provence Open a Grand Prix circuit event for two editions only until 1985. In 1988 the women's event was reestablished at the same venue as the WTA Aix-en-Provence Open a WTA Category 4 tournament for one edition only.
From 1985 until 2002 the Country Club Aixois did not stage anymore senior tour level tennis events. In 2003 a men's challenger event was resestablished at the venue called the Open Sainte-Victoire which ran until 2005. The club once again ceased to stage events until 2013 when it was chosen to host a new challenger event called the Open du Pays d'Aix which is still operating today.
Finals
Men's singles
- Incomplete Roll
Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score | |
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Golden Racket Trophy | ||||
1955 | Sergio Jacobini | Emilio Martinez Del Rey[3] | 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 | |
1956[4] | Paul Rémy | Bob Howe | 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 | |
1957[4] | Budge Patty | Gardnar Mulloy | 2–6, 6–1, 6–0 | |
1958[4] | Jaroslav Drobný | Budge Patty | 6-4, 6-4 | |
1959[4] | Gardnar Mulloy | Jacques Brichant | 3–6, 6–0, 6–0, 6–4 | |
1960 | Gérard Pilet | Gardnar Mulloy | 12–10, 6–2, 6-1 | |
1961 | Pierre Darmon | Robin F. Sanders | 6–1, 6–1, ret. | |
1962 | Ed Rubinoff | Keith Diepraam | 6–1, 6–2, 6–1 | |
1963[4] | Ingo Buding | John Fraser | 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 | |
1964 | Pierre Darmon (2) | Martin Mulligan | 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 | |
1965 [4] | Ken Fletcher | Michel Leclercq | 6–1, 6–2, 6–3 | |
1966 | István Gulyás | Mike Belkin | 6–4, 4–6, 6–0, 6–1 | |
1967[4] | Alex Metreveli | Jan Kodeš | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 | |
1968 | Pierre Darmon (3) | Daniel Contet | 7–5, 6–1, 8–6 | |
↓ Open era ↓ | ||||
1969[4] | Roy Emerson | Harald Elschenbroich | 6–3, 6–4, 8–6 | |
1970 | François Jauffret | Daniel Contet | 6–1, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5 | |
1971 | Nicholas Kalogeropoulos | Patrice Dominguez | 7–5, 2–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 | |
1972 | Not held | |||
1973 | Martin Mulligan | Julián Ganzábal | 5–7, 0–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 | |
1974 | Nicholas Kalogeropoulos (2) | Patrice Dominguez | 2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 | |
1975–76 | Not held | |||
1977[5] | Ilie Năstase | Guillermo Vilas | 6–1, 7–5 (Vilas retired) | |
1978[6] | Guillermo Vilas | José Luis Clerc | 6–3, 6–0, 6–3 | |
1979 | Not held | |||
Aix-en-Provence Open | ||||
1983[4][7] | Mats Wilander | Sergio Casal | 6–3, 6–2 | |
1984[4][8] | Juan Aguilera | Fernando Luna | 6–4, 7–5 |
Men's doubles
Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score | |
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1977[9] | Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac |
Patrice Dominguez Rolf Norberg |
7–5, 7–6 | |
1978 [10] | Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas |
Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd |
7–6, 6–1 | |
1979–82 | Not held | |||
1983 | Henri Leconte Gilles Moretton |
Iván Camus Sergio Casal |
2–6, 6–1, 6–2 | |
1984 | Pat Cash Paul McNamee |
Chris Lewis Wally Masur |
4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Women's singles
- Incomplete Roll
Year | Winners | Runners-up | Score | |
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Golden Racket Trophy | ||||
1956 | Joan Curry | Louise Snow | 6-3, 6-3 | |
1957 | Christiane Mercelis | Pat Ward | 1–6, 6–3, 6–1 | |
1958 | Suzy Kormoczy | Yola Ramírez | 6-4, 7-5 | |
1959 | Yola Ramírez | Flo De La Courtie | 7-5, 6-1 | |
1960 | Edda Buding | Ruia Morrison | 6-4, 8-6 | |
1961 | Margaret Smith | Elizabeth Starkie | 6-2, 6-3 | |
1962 | Jill Blackman | Christiane Mercelis | 6-4, 6-3 | |
1963 | Lesley Turner | Jan Lehane | 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 | |
1964 | Jan Lehane | Madonna Schacht | 6-1, 6-0 | |
1965 | Robin Lesh | Jitka Volavková | 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 | |
1966 | Françoise Dürr | Jill Blackman | 6-0, 6-2 | |
1967 | Gail Sherriff | Joan Gibson Cottrill | 7-5, 13-11 | |
1968 | Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (2) | Rosie Reyes Darmon | 6-3, 6-1 | |
↓ Open era ↓ | ||||
1969 | Ann Haydon-Jones | Françoise Dürr | 6–1, 6–1 | |
1970 | Fiorella Bonicelli | Odile de Roubin | 11-9, 4-6, 6-1 | |
1971 | Fiorella Bonicelli (2) | Odile de Roubin | 6–2, 5–7, 8–6 | |
1972 | Not held | |||
1973 | A.M. Ganzabal | Miss Seagalen | 6-3, 6-4 | |
1974 | Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (3) | Odile de Roubin | 6-4, 6-3 | |
1975–87 | Not held | |||
For the 1988 event see WTA Aix-en-Provence Open |
References
- ^ "Historique du Country Club Aixois". Country Club Aixois (in French). Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ a b Country Club Aixois
- ^ "Emilio Martinez Del Rey: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Staff Writers. "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". Steve G Tennis. stevegtennis.com. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
- ^ "Results Archive 1977". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "Results Archive 1978". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "Results Archive 1983". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "Results Archive 1984". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ ATP 1977
- ^ ATP 1979