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Open de Nice Côte d’Azur ATP World Tour Location Nice
FranceVenue Nice Lawn Tennis Club Category ATP World Tour 250 series Surface Clay / Outdoors Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D Prize money €450,000 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 Richard Gasquet from France.
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.
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2010 Nice Open
In November of 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 2011 
Nicolás Almagro
Victor Hănescu6–7(5), 6–3, 6–3 Open de Nice Côte d’Azur 2010 Richard Gasquet Fernando Verdasco6–3, 5–7, 7–6(5) 1996-2009 Not Held 1995 
Marc Rosset
Yevgeny Kafelnikov6–4, 6–0 Philips Open 1994 Alberto Berasategui
Jim Courier6–4, 6–2 1993 
Marc-Kevin Goellner Ivan Lendl1–6, 6–4, 6–2 1992 
Gabriel Markus Javier Sánchez6–4, 6–4 1991 Martín Jaite
Goran Prpić3–6, 7–6, 6–3 1990 Juan Aguilera Guy Forget2–6, 6–3, 6–4 1989 
Andrei Chesnokov Jérôme Potier6–4, 6–4 Swatch Open 1988 Henri Leconte Jérôme Potier6–2, 6–2 1987 
Kent Carlsson Emilio Sánchez7–6, 6–3 Nice International Open 1986 Emilio Sánchez
Paul McNamee6–1, 6–3 1985 Henri Leconte
Víctor Pecci6–4, 6–4 1984 
Andrés Gómez Henrik Sundström6–1, 6–4 1983 Henrik Sundström Manuel Orantes7–5, 4–6, 6–3 1982 
Balázs Taróczy Yannick Noah6–2, 3–6, 13–11 1981 Yannick Noah
Mario Martinez6–4, 6–2 Donnay International Open 1980 Björn Borg
Manuel Orantes6–2, 6–0, 6–1 Nice International Open 1979 Víctor Pecci John Alexander6–3, 6–2, 7–5 1978 José Higueras Yannick Noah6–3, 6–4, 6–4 Montano-Snauwaert International Championships 1977 Björn Borg Guillermo Vilas6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–0 Nice International Championships 1976 
Corrado Barazzutti
Jan Kodeš6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–6, 8–6 1975 Dick Crealy
Iván Molina7–6, 6–4, 6–3 1973 
Manuel Orantes Adriano Panatta7–6, 5–7, 4–6, 7–6, 12–10 Craven International Championships 1972 
Ilie Năstase Jan Kodeš6–0, 6–4, 6–3 Nice International Championships 1971 Ilie Năstase Jan Kodeš10–8, 11–9, 6–1 Doubles
Year Champions Runners–up Score in Final 2011 Eric Butorac
Jean-Julien Rojer
Santiago González
David Marrero6–3, 6–4 2010 
Marcelo Melo
Bruno Soares
Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi1–6, 6–3, [10–5] See also
- List of tennis tournaments
- Nice Lawn Tennis Club
- Interwetten Austrian Open Kitzbühel
References
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