ATP Algiers Open

ATP Algiers Open
Open d'Alger ATP
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
Founded1927 (1927)
Abolished1975 (1975)
LocationAlgiers, Algeria
VenueHôtel Saint-George LTC
SurfaceClay

The ATP Algiers Open[1] was a men's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1927 as the City of Algiers Championships.[2] It was played at the Hôtel Saint-George LTC, in Algiers, Algeria.

Following World War II it was renamed the Algiers International Championships. It was played in Algiers, Algeria until 1968, then was discontinued.[3]

In 1975 it was revived as an ATP sanctioned satellite event on the ILTF African Circuit for one season only.

Finals

Mens singles

(incomplete roll)

Year Winners Runners-up Score
1927France Christian BoussusFrance Emmanuel du Plaix6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 6–1
1930France Christian BoussusFrance Jacques Brugnon7–5, 6–1, 6–4
1936France Christian BoussusFrance Jean Lesueur5-7, 7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1937France Christian BoussusFrance André Merlin6–3, 6–2, 6–2
1941France Robert AbdesselamFrance Andre Poulalion6–4, 6–2
1942France Bernard DestremauFrance Robert Abdesselam6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
1949United States Frank ParkerSpain Pedro Masip4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
1951United States Dick SavittUnited States Budge Patty7–5, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1952Egypt Jaroslav DrobnýPoland Władysław Skonecki6–3, 6–3, 6–3
1953Belgium Philippe WasherFrance Robert Abdesselam6–1, 7–5, 0–6, 6–3
1954United States Budge PattyFrance Paul Rémy3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 7–5
1956France Paul RémyFrance Pierre Darmon6–3, 7–9, 6–3, 7–5
1957Egypt Jaroslav DrobnýHungary Antal Jancsó6–4, 6–4
1966Romania Ion ȚiriacAlgeria Abdeslam Mahmoudi6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 8–6
1967France Michel LeclercqFrance Jean-Claude Barclay8-10, 6–2, 6–4
1968Hungary István GulyásAustralia Ken Fletcher7–5, 6–4, 6–2
1975Sweden Birger AndersonSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Nikola Špear5-7, 2–6, 6–0, 6–1, 6–2

References

  1. ↑ "| Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  2. ↑ Evans, Richard. (1989) Open Tennis: 1968-1988 : the Players, the Politics, the Pressures, the Passions, and the Great Matches. Chapter: African Tennis. S. Greene Press. Boston. pp. 117-120. ISBN 978-0-8289-0720-0
  3. ↑ Evans. pp. 117-120.

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