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

Singles YearChampionsRunners-upScoreName1971 Ilie Năstase Jan Kodeš10–8, 11–9, 6–1 Nice International Championships1972 Ilie Năstase Jan Kodeš6–0, 6–4, 6–31973 Manuel Orantes Adriano Panatta7–6, 5–7, 4–6, 7–6, 12–10Craven International Championships 1974 Not held1975 Dick Crealy Iván Molina7–6, 6–4, 6–3 Nice International Championships1976 Corrado Barazzutti Jan Kodeš6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–6, 8–61977 Björn Borg Guillermo Vilas6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–01978 José Higueras Yannick Noah6–3, 6–4, 6–4Montano-Snauwaert International Championships1979 Víctor Pecci John Alexander6–3, 6–2, 7–5Nice International Open1980 Björn Borg Manuel Orantes6–2, 6–0, 6–11981 Yannick Noah Mario Martínez6–4, 6–2Donnay International Open1982 Balázs Taróczy Yannick Noah6–2, 3–6, 13–11Nice International Open1983 Henrik Sundström Manuel Orantes7–5, 4–6, 6–3Donnay International Open1984 Andrés Gómez Henrik Sundström6–1, 6–4Nice International Open1985 Henri Leconte Víctor Pecci6–4, 6–41986 Emilio Sánchez Paul McNamee6–1, 6–31987 Kent Carlsson Emilio Sánchez7–6, 6–31988 Henri Leconte Jérôme Potier6–2, 6–2Swatch Open1989 Andrei Chesnokov Jérôme Potier6–4, 6–41990 Juan Aguilera Guy Forget2–6, 6–3, 6–4Philips Open1991 Martín Jaite Goran Prpić3–6, 7–6, 6–31992 Gabriel Markus Javier Sánchez6–4, 6–41993 Marc-Kevin Goellner Ivan Lendl1–6, 6–4, 6–21994 Alberto Berasategui Jim Courier6–4, 6–21995 Marc Rosset Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–4, 6–01996–2009 Not held2010 Richard Gasquet Fernando Verdasco6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5) Open de Nice Côte d'Azur/Nice French Riviera Open2011 Nicolás Almagro Victor Hănescu6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–32012 Nicolás Almagro Brian Baker6–3, 6–22013 Albert Montañés Gaël Monfils6–0, 7–6(7–3)2014 Ernests Gulbis Federico Delbonis6–1, 7–6(7–5)2015 Dominic Thiem Leonardo Mayer6–7(8–10), 7–5, 7–6(7–2)2016 Dominic Thiem Alexander Zverev6–4, 3–6, 6–02017 replaced by Lyon Open

Doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1971 Ion Țiriac Ilie Năstase Pierre Barthès François Jauffret 6–3, 6–31972 Jan Kodeš Stan Smith Frew McMillan Ilie Năstase 6–3, 6–3, 7–51973 Manuel Orantes Juan Gisbert Sr. Patrice Beust Daniel Contet 7–5, 6–11974 Not held1975 Marcello Lara Joaquín Loyo Mayo Iván Molina Jairo Velasco Sr. 7–6, 6–7, 8–61976 Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret Wojciech Fibak Karl Meiler 6–4, 3–6, 6–31977 Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas Chris Kachel Chris Lewis 6–4, 6–11978 Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd 6–4, 6–01979 Peter McNamara Paul McNamee Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd 6–1, 3–6, 6–21980 Kim Warwick Chris Delaney Stanislav Birner Jiří Hřebec 6–4, 6–01981 Yannick Noah Pascal Portes Chris Lewis Pavel Složil 4–6, 6–3, 6–41982 Yannick Noah Henri Leconte Paul McNamee Balázs Taróczy 5–7, 6–4, 6–31983 Libor Pimek Bernard Boileau Bernard Fritz Jean-Louis Haillet 6–3, 6–41984 Jan Gunnarsson Michael Mortensen Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez 6–1, 7–51985 Claudio Panatta Pavel Složil Loïc Courteau Guy Forget 3–6, 6–3, 8–61986 Jakob Hlasek Pavel Složil Gary Donnelly Colin Dowdeswell 6–3, 3–6, 11–91987 Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Claudio Mezzadri Gianni Ocleppo 6–3, 6–31988 Guy Forget Henri Leconte Heinz Günthardt Diego Nargiso 4–6, 6–3, 6–41989 Ricki Osterthun Udo Riglewski Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy 7–6, 6–7, 6–11990 Alberto Mancini Yannick Noah Marcelo Filippini Horst Skoff walkover1991 Rikard Bergh Jan Gunnarsson Vojtěch Flégl Nicklas Utgren 6–4, 4–6, 6–31992 Patrick Galbraith Scott Melville Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser 6–1, 3–6, 6–41993 David Macpherson Laurie Warder Shelby Cannon Scott Melville 3–4 ret1994 Javier Sánchez Mark Woodforde Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval 7–5, 6–31995 Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek Luke Jensen David Wheaton 3–6, 7–6, 7–61996–2009Not held2010 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 Marrero6–3, 6–42012 Bob Bryan Mike Bryan Oliver Marach Filip Polášek7–6(7–5), 6–32013 Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah6–3, 6–22014 Martin Kližan Philipp Oswald Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi6–2, 6–02015 Mate Pavić Michael Venus Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău7–6(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

References

External links

ATP tournament profile ATP results archive