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Tennis tournament
ATP Algiers Open
Open d'Alger ATP
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF World Circuit
Founded1927; 98 years ago (1927)
Abolished1975; 50 years ago (1975)
LocationAlgiers, Algeria
VenueHôtel Saint-George LTC
SurfaceClay

The ATP Algiers Open was a men's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1927 as the City of Algiers Championships. 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.

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 FranceChristian Boussus France Emmanuel du Plaix 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
1930 FranceChristian Boussus France Jacques Brugnon 7-5, 6-1, 6-4
1936 FranceChristian Boussus France Jean Lesueur 5-7, 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
1937 FranceChristian Boussus France André Merlin 6-3, 6-2, 6-2
1941 FranceRobert Abdesselam France Andre Poulalion 6-4, 6-2
1942 FranceBernard Destremau France Robert Abdesselam 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
1949 United States Frank Parker Spain Pedro Masip 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1
1951 United States Dick Savitt United States Budge Patty 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
1952 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný Poland Władysław Skonecki 6-3, 6-3, 6-3
1953 Belgium Philippe Washer France Robert Abdesselam 6-1, 7-5, 0-6, 6-3
1954 United States Budge Patty France Paul Rémy 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5
1956 France Paul Rémy France Pierre Darmon 6-3, 7-9, 6-3, 7-5
1957 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný Hungary Antal Jancsó 6-4, 6-4
1966 RomaniaIon Țiriac Algeria Abdeslam Mahmoudi 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 8-6
1967 FranceMichel Leclercq France Jean-Claude Barclay 8-10, 6-2, 6-4
1968 HungaryIstván Gulyás Australia Ken Fletcher 7-5, 6-4, 6-2
1975 SwedenBirger Anderson Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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:978-0828907200.
  3. Evans. pp. 117-120.

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