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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