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
1927 Christian Boussus Emmanuel du Plaix 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
1930 Christian Boussus Jacques Brugnon 7-5, 6-1, 6-4
1936 Christian Boussus Jean Lesueur 5-7, 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
1937 Christian Boussus André Merlin 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
1941 Robert Abdesselam Andre Poulalion 6-4, 6-2
1942 Bernard Destremau Robert Abdesselam 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
1949 Frank Parker Pedro Masip 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
1951 Dick Savitt Budge Patty 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
1952 Jaroslav Drobný Władysław Skonecki 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
1953 Philippe Washer Robert Abdesselam 6-1, 7-5, 0-6, 6-3
1954 Budge Patty Paul Rémy 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
1956 Paul Rémy Pierre Darmon 6-3, 7-9, 6-3, 7-5
1957 Jaroslav Drobný Antal Jancsó 6-4, 6-4
1966 Ion Țiriac Abdeslam Mahmoudi 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6
1967 Michel Leclercq Jean-Claude Barclay 8-10, 6-2, 6-4
1968 István Gulyás Ken Fletcher 7-5, 6-4, 6-2
1975 Birger Anderson Nikola Špear 5-7, 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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