# Open de Nice Côte d'Azur

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 is a tennis complex in Nice, France. It was founded in 1890 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

| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score | Name |
| 1971 | Ilie Năstase | Jan Kodeš | 10–8, 11–9, 6–1 | Nice International Championships |
| 1972 | Ilie Năstase | Jan Kodeš | 6–0, 6–4, 6–3 | Nice International Championships |
| 1973 | Manuel Orantes | Adriano Panatta | 7–6, 5–7, 4–6, 7–6, 12–10 | Craven International Championships |
| 1974 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1975 | Dick Crealy | Iván Molina | 7–6, 6–4, 6–3 | Nice International Championships |
| 1976 | Corrado Barazzutti | Jan Kodeš | 6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–6, 8–6 | Nice International Championships |
| 1977 | Björn Borg | Guillermo Vilas | 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–0 | Nice International Championships |
| 1978 | José Higueras | Yannick Noah | 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 | Montano-Snauwaert International Championships |
| 1979 | Víctor Pecci | John Alexander | 6–3, 6–2, 7–5 | Nice International Open |
| 1980 | Björn Borg | Manuel Orantes | 6–2, 6–0, 6–1 | Nice International Open |
| 1981 | Yannick Noah | Mario Martínez | 6–4, 6–2 | Donnay International Open |
| 1982 | Balázs Taróczy | Yannick Noah | 6–2, 3–6, 13–11 | Nice International Open |
| 1983 | Henrik Sundström | Manuel Orantes | 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 | Donnay International Open |
| 1984 | Andrés Gómez | Henrik Sundström | 6–1, 6–4 | Nice International Open |
| 1985 | Henri Leconte | Víctor Pecci | 6–4, 6–4 | Nice International Open |
| 1986 | Emilio Sánchez | Paul McNamee | 6–1, 6–3 | Nice International Open |
| 1987 | Kent Carlsson | Emilio Sánchez | 7–6, 6–3 | Nice International Open |
| 1988 | Henri Leconte | Jérôme Potier | 6–2, 6–2 | Swatch Open |
| 1989 | Andrei Chesnokov | Jérôme Potier | 6–4, 6–4 | Swatch Open |
| 1990 | Juan Aguilera | Guy Forget | 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 | Philips Open |
| 1991 | Martín Jaite | Goran Prpić | 3–6, 7–6, 6–3 | Philips Open |
| 1992 | Gabriel Markus | Javier Sánchez | 6–4, 6–4 | Philips Open |
| 1993 | Marc-Kevin Goellner | Ivan Lendl | 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 | Philips Open |
| 1994 | Alberto Berasategui | Jim Courier | 6–4, 6–2 | Philips Open |
| 1995 | Marc Rosset | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6–4, 6–0 | Philips Open |
| 1996–2009 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2010 | Richard Gasquet | Fernando Verdasco | 6–3, 5–7, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur/Nice French Riviera Open |
| 2011 | Nicolás Almagro | Victor Hănescu | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3, 6–3 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur/Nice French Riviera Open |
| 2012 | Nicolás Almagro | Brian Baker | 6–3, 6–2 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur/Nice French Riviera Open |
| 2013 | Albert Montañés | Gaël Monfils | 6–0, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur/Nice French Riviera Open |
| 2014 | Ernests Gulbis | Federico Delbonis | 6–1, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur/Nice French Riviera Open |
| 2015 | Dominic Thiem | Leonardo Mayer | 6–7$^{(8–10)}$, 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur/Nice French Riviera Open |
| 2016 | Dominic Thiem | Alexander Zverev | 6–4, 3–6, 6–0 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur/Nice French Riviera Open |
| 2017 | replaced by Lyon Open | replaced by Lyon Open | replaced by Lyon Open | replaced by Lyon Open |

### Doubles

| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 1971 | Ion Țiriac Ilie Năstase | Pierre Barthès François Jauffret | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1972 | Jan Kodeš Stan Smith | Frew McMillan Ilie Năstase | 6–3, 6–3, 7–5 |
| 1973 | Manuel Orantes Juan Gisbert Sr. | Patrice Beust Daniel Contet | 7–5, 6–1 |
| 1974 | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1975 | Marcello Lara Joaquín Loyo Mayo | Iván Molina Jairo Velasco Sr. | 7–6, 6–7, 8–6 |
| 1976 | Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret | Wojciech Fibak Karl Meiler | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 1977 | Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas | Chris Kachel Chris Lewis | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 1978 | Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret | Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd | 6–4, 6–0 |
| 1979 | Peter McNamara Paul McNamee | Pavel Složil Tomáš Šmíd | 6–1, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 1980 | Kim Warwick Chris Delaney | Stanislav Birner Jiří Hřebec | 6–4, 6–0 |
| 1981 | Yannick Noah Pascal Portes | Chris Lewis Pavel Složil | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1982 | Yannick Noah Henri Leconte | Paul McNamee Balázs Taróczy | 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 1983 | Libor Pimek Bernard Boileau | Bernard Fritz Jean-Louis Haillet | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1984 | Jan Gunnarsson Michael Mortensen | Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez | 6–1, 7–5 |
| 1985 | Claudio Panatta Pavel Složil | Loïc Courteau Guy Forget | 3–6, 6–3, 8–6 |
| 1986 | Jakob Hlasek Pavel Složil | Gary Donnelly Colin Dowdeswell | 6–3, 3–6, 11–9 |
| 1987 | Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez | Claudio Mezzadri Gianni Ocleppo | 6–3, 6–3 |
| 1988 | Guy Forget Henri Leconte | Heinz Günthardt Diego Nargiso | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| 1989 | Ricki Osterthun Udo Riglewski | Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy | 7–6, 6–7, 6–1 |
| 1990 | Alberto Mancini Yannick Noah | Marcelo Filippini Horst Skoff | walkover |
| 1991 | Rikard Bergh Jan Gunnarsson | Vojtěch Flégl Nicklas Utgren | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
| 1992 | Patrick Galbraith Scott Melville | Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser | 6–1, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 1993 | David Macpherson Laurie Warder | Shelby Cannon Scott Melville | 3–4 ret |
| 1994 | Javier Sánchez Mark Woodforde | Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval | 7–5, 6–3 |
| 1995 | Cyril Suk Daniel Vacek | Luke Jensen David Wheaton | 3–6, 7–6, 7–6 |
| 1996–2009 | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2010 | 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 Marrero | 6–3, 6–4 |
| 2012 | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | Oliver Marach Filip Polášek | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–3 |
| 2013 | Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2014 | Martin Kližan Philipp Oswald | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 6–2, 6–0 |
| 2015 | Mate Pavić Michael Venus | Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 2–6, [10–8] |
| 2016 | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah | Mate Pavić Michael Venus | 4–6, 6–4, [10–8] |