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Aix-en-Provence Open

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Aix-en-Provence Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameAix-en-Provence Open
TourGrand Prix circuit (1977–84)
Founded1955; 69 years ago (1955)
Abolished1984; 40 years ago (1984)
Editions23
LocationCountry Club Aixois, Aix-en-Provence, France
SurfaceClay / 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

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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

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Men's singles

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Incomplete Roll
Year Winners Runners-up Score
Golden Racket Trophy
1955 Italy Sergio Jacobini Spain Emilio Martinez Del Rey[3] 6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1956[4] France Paul Rémy Australia Bob Howe 6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1957[4] United States Budge Patty United States Gardnar Mulloy 2–6, 6–1, 6–0
1958[4] Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Drobný United States Budge Patty 6-4, 6-4
1959[4] United States Gardnar Mulloy Belgium Jacques Brichant 3–6, 6–0, 6–0, 6–4
1960 France Gérard Pilet United States Gardnar Mulloy 12–10, 6–2, 6-1
1961 France Pierre Darmon South Africa Robin F. Sanders 6–1, 6–1, ret.
1962 United States Ed Rubinoff South Africa Keith Diepraam 6–1, 6–2, 6–1
1963[4] West Germany Ingo Buding Australia John Fraser 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
1964 France Pierre Darmon (2) Australia Martin Mulligan 6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1965 [4] Australia Ken Fletcher France Michel Leclercq 6–1, 6–2, 6–3
1966 Hungary István Gulyás Canada Mike Belkin 6–4, 4–6, 6–0, 6–1
1967[4] Soviet Union Alex Metreveli Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1968 France Pierre Darmon (3) France Daniel Contet 7–5, 6–1, 8–6
↓  Open era  ↓
1969[4] Australia Roy Emerson West Germany Harald Elschenbroich 6–3, 6–4, 8–6
1970 France François Jauffret France Daniel Contet 6–1, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
1971 Greece Nicholas Kalogeropoulos France Patrice Dominguez 7–5, 2–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1972 Not held
1973 Australia Martin Mulligan Argentina Julián Ganzábal 5–7, 0–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
1974 Greece Nicholas Kalogeropoulos (2) France Patrice Dominguez 2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
1975–76 Not held
1977[5] Romania Ilie Năstase Argentina Guillermo Vilas 6–1, 7–5 (Vilas retired)
1978[6] Argentina Guillermo Vilas Argentina José Luis Clerc 6–3, 6–0, 6–3
1979 Not held
Aix-en-Provence Open
1983[4][7] Sweden Mats Wilander Spain Sergio Casal 6–3, 6–2
1984[4][8] Spain Juan Aguilera Spain Fernando Luna 6–4, 7–5

Men's doubles

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Year Winners Runners-up Score
1977[9] Romania Ilie Năstase
Romania Ion Țiriac
France Patrice Dominguez
Sweden Rolf Norberg
7–5, 7–6
1978 [10] Romania Ion Țiriac
Argentina Guillermo Vilas
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
7–6, 6–1
1979–82 Not held
1983 France Henri Leconte
France Gilles Moretton
Chile Iván Camus
Spain Sergio Casal
2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1984 Australia Pat Cash
Australia Paul McNamee
New Zealand Chris Lewis
Australia Wally Masur
4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles

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Incomplete Roll
Year Winners Runners-up Score
Golden Racket Trophy
1956 United Kingdom Joan Curry United States Louise Snow 6-3, 6-3
1957 Belgium Christiane Mercelis United Kingdom Pat Ward 1–6, 6–3, 6–1
1958 Hungary Suzy Kormoczy Mexico Yola Ramírez 6-4, 7-5
1959 Mexico Yola Ramírez France Flo De La Courtie 7-5, 6-1
1960 West Germany Edda Buding New Zealand Ruia Morrison 6-4, 8-6
1961 Australia Margaret Smith United Kingdom Elizabeth Starkie 6-2, 6-3
1962 Australia Jill Blackman Belgium Christiane Mercelis 6-4, 6-3
1963 Australia Lesley Turner Australia Jan Lehane 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
1964 Australia Jan Lehane Australia Madonna Schacht 6-1, 6-0
1965 Australia Robin Lesh Czechoslovakia Jitka Volavková 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
1966 France Françoise Dürr Australia Jill Blackman 6-0, 6-2
1967 Australia Gail Sherriff Australia Joan Gibson Cottrill 7-5, 13-11
1968 Australia Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (2) France Rosie Reyes Darmon 6-3, 6-1
↓  Open era  ↓
1969 United Kingdom Ann Haydon-Jones France Françoise Dürr 6–1, 6–1
1970 Uruguay Fiorella Bonicelli France Odile de Roubin 11-9, 4-6, 6-1
1971 Uruguay Fiorella Bonicelli (2) France Odile de Roubin 6–2, 5–7, 8–6
1972 Not held
1973 France A.M. Ganzabal France Miss Seagalen 6-3, 6-4
1974 France Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (3) France Odile de Roubin 6-4, 6-3
1975–87 Not held
For the 1988 event see WTA Aix-en-Provence Open

References

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  1. ^ "Historique du Country Club Aixois". Country Club Aixois (in French). Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Country Club Aixois
  3. ^ "Emilio Martinez Del Rey: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Results Archive 1977". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Results Archive 1978". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Results Archive 1983". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Results Archive 1984". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  9. ^ ATP 1977
  10. ^ ATP 1979