Open Sud de France

Open Sud de France
ATP World Tour
Location	Montpellier  France
Venue	Palais des Sports de Gerland (1987-2009) Arena Montpellier (2010-Present)
Category	ATP World Series (1990–1997) ATP International Series (1998–2008) ATP World Tour 250 series (2009–current)
Surface	Hard / Indoors
Draw	28S/32Q/16D
Prize money	€575,250
Website	opensuddefrance.fr

The Open Sud de France (formally known as the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon) is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour. It was held annually at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, in October, from 1987 through to 2009, before being relocated to Montpellier in 2010. The tournament will take place in the ARENA, holding 7,500 spectators^[1][2].

Former logo and name of the event

The tournament is one of the three French events of the ATP World Tour 250 series, with the Open 13 and the Open de Moselle.

There was no event in 2011 as the tournament moved to a January slot in 2012.^[3]

Past finals

Singles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Montpellier	2012
	2011	Not Held
	2010	Gaël Monfils	Ivan Ljubičić	6–2, 5–7, 6–1
Lyon	2009	Ivan Ljubičić	Michaël Llodra	7–5, 6–3
	2008	Robin Söderling	Julien Benneteau	6–3, 6–7(5), 6–1
	2007	Sébastien Grosjean	Marc Gicquel	7–6(5), 6–4
	2006	Richard Gasquet	Marc Gicquel	6–3, 6–1
	2005	Andy Roddick	Gaël Monfils	6–3, 6–2
	2004	Robin Söderling	Xavier Malisse	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
	2003	Rainer Schüttler	Arnaud Clément	7–5, 6–3
	2002	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Gustavo Kuerten	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
	2001	Ivan Ljubičić	Younes El Aynaoui	6–3, 6–2
	2000	Arnaud Clément	Patrick Rafter	7–6(2), 7–6(5)
	1999	Nicolás Lapentti	Lleyton Hewitt	6–3, 6–2
	1998	Àlex Corretja	Tommy Haas	2–6, 7–6(6), 6–1
	1997	Fabrice Santoro	Tommy Haas	6–4, 6–4
	1996	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Arnaud Boetsch	7–5, 6–3
	1995	Wayne Ferreira	Pete Sampras	7–6(2), 5–7, 6–3
	1994	Marc Rosset	Jim Courier	6–4, 7–6(2)
	1993	Pete Sampras	Cédric Pioline	7–6(5), 1–6, 7–5
	1992	Pete Sampras	Cédric Pioline	6–4, 6–2
	1991	Pete Sampras	Olivier Delaître	6–1, 6–1
	1990	Marc Rosset	Mats Wilander	6–3, 6–2
	1989	John McEnroe	Jakob Hlasek	6–3, 7–6
	1988	Yahiya Doumbia	Todd Nelson	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
	1987	Yannick Noah	Joakim Nyström	6–4, 7–5

Doubles

Location	Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
Montpellier	2010	Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins	Marc López Eduardo Schwank	6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Lyon	2009	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut	Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean	6–4, 7–6(6)
	2008	Michaël Llodra Andy Ram	Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins	6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
	2007	Sébastien Grosjean Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Łukasz Kubot Lovro Zovko	6–4, 6–3
	2006	Julien Benneteau Arnaud Clément	František Čermák Jaroslav Levinský	6–2, 6–7(3), [10–7]
	2005	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen	6–3, 6–1
	2004	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	Jonas Björkman Radek Štěpánek	7–6(2), 6–2
	2003	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut	6–1, 6–3
	2002	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(3)
	2001	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean	6–1, 6–2
	2000	Paul Haarhuis Sandon Stolle	Ivan Ljubičić Jack Waite	6–1, 6–7(2), 7–6(7)
	1999	Piet Norval Kevin Ullyett	Wayne Ferreira Sandon Stolle	4–6, 7–6(5), 7–6(4)
	1998	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–2, 6–2
	1997	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	Olivier Delaître Fabrice Santoro	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
	1996	Jim Grabb Richey Reneberg	Neil Broad Piet Norval	6–2, 6–1
	1995	Jakob Hlasek Yevgeny Kafelnikov	John-Laffnie de Jager Wayne Ferreira	6–3, 6–3
	1994	Jakob Hlasek Yevgeny Kafelnikov	Martin Damm Patrick Rafter	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
	1993	Gary Muller Danie Visser	John-Laffnie de Jager Stefan Kruger	6–3, 7–6
	1992	Jakob Hlasek Marc Rosset	Neil Broad Stefan Kruger	6–1, 6–3
	1991	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	Steve DeVries David Macpherson	7–6, 6–3
	1990	Patrick Galbraith Kelly Jones	Jim Grabb David Pate	7–6, 6–4
	1989	Eric Jelen Michael Mortensen	Jakob Hlasek John McEnroe	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
	1988	Brad Drewett Broderick Dyke	Michael Mortensen Blaine Willenborg	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
	1987	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	Kelly Jones David Pate	4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Sponsors

2010

• Alp Assurances
• BNP Paribas
• SEAT
• TNT Logistics

References

1. ^ "Montpellier To Host ATP World Tour 250 Event". ATP. 4 May 2010. http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2010/05/Other/Montpellier-To-Host-Tournament.aspx. Retrieved 5 May 2010. 
2. ^ "ARENA Animation Video". Enjoy Montpellier. http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.enjoy-montpellier.com/19268960/0/fiche___pagelibre/%26RH%3D1180298843271%26RF%3D1233584773609&ei=t6vhS4mvIcWe_AadxN2yAg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAoQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Darena%2Bmontpellier%26hl%3Den. Retrieved 5 May 2010. 
3. ^ http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2011/02/Other/Montpellier-To-Be-Held-In-January-2012.aspx