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The Aix-en-Provence Open was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1955 as the Trophée Raquette d'Or or Golden Racket Trophy or Aix-en-Provence Golden Racket Trophy and originally staged at the Tennis Club Aixoism, then later Country Club Aixoism, Aix-en-Provence, France.

History

In July 1955 the first Trophée Raquette d'Or was held at the Tennis Club Aixois (TCA) and played across 5 clay courts was a men's event. In 1956 a women's event was staged for the first time. In 1962 Tennis Club Aixois had been expanded to the point it became a country club and was renamed as the Country Club Aixois. The men's event ran until 1974 then was not staged for the next two years until 1977 through to 1978 when the Aix-en-Provence Golden Racket ended. The women's event also ran until 1974.

In 1984 the men's event was resestablished as Aix-en-Provence Open a Grand Prix circuit event for two editions only until 1985. In 1988 the women's event was reestablished at the same venue as the WTA Aix-en-Provence Open a WTA Category 4 tournament for one edition only.

From 1985 until 2002 the Country Club Aixois did not stage anymore senior tour level tennis events. In 2003 a men's challenger event was resestablished at the venue called the Open Sainte-Victoire which ran until 2005. The club once again ceased to stage events until 2013 when it was chosen to host a new challenger event called the Open du Pays d'Aix which is still operating today.

Finals

Men's singles

Incomplete Roll

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Golden Racket Trophy
1955	Sergio Jacobini	Emilio Martinez Del Rey	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1956	Paul Rémy	Bob Howe	6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1957	Budge Patty	Gardnar Mulloy	2–6, 6–1, 6–0
1958	Jaroslav Drobný	Budge Patty	6-4, 6-4
1959	Gardnar Mulloy	Jacques Brichant	3–6, 6–0, 6–0, 6–4
1960	Gérard Pilet	Gardnar Mulloy	12–10, 6–2, 6-1
1961	Pierre Darmon	Robin F. Sanders	6–1, 6–1, ret.
1962	Ed Rubinoff	Keith Diepraam	6–1, 6–2, 6–1
1963	Ingo Buding	John Fraser	6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
1964	Pierre Darmon (2)	Martin Mulligan	6–4, 6–2, 6–1
1965	Ken Fletcher	Michel Leclercq	6–1, 6–2, 6–3
1966	István Gulyás	Mike Belkin	6–4, 4–6, 6–0, 6–1
1967	Alex Metreveli	Jan Kodeš	4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
1968	Pierre Darmon (3)	Daniel Contet	7–5, 6–1, 8–6
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Roy Emerson	Harald Elschenbroich	6–3, 6–4, 8–6
1970	François Jauffret	Daniel Contet	6–1, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
1971	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	Patrice Dominguez	7–5, 2–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
1972	Not held
1973	Martin Mulligan	Julián Ganzábal	5–7, 0–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4
1974	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos (2)	Patrice Dominguez	2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3
1975–76	Not held
1977	Ilie Năstase	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 7–5 (Vilas retired)
1978	Guillermo Vilas	José Luis Clerc	6–3, 6–0, 6–3
1979	Not held
Aix-en-Provence Open
1983	Mats Wilander	Sergio Casal	6–3, 6–2
1984	Juan Aguilera	Fernando Luna	6–4, 7–5

Men's doubles

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1977	Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac	Patrice Dominguez Rolf Norberg	7–5, 7–6
1978	Ion Țiriac Guillermo Vilas	Jan Kodeš Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 6–1
1979–82	Not held
1983	Henri Leconte Gilles Moretton	Iván Camus Sergio Casal	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1984	Pat Cash Paul McNamee	Chris Lewis Wally Masur	4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles

Incomplete Roll

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Golden Racket Trophy
1956	Joan Curry	Louise Snow	6-3, 6-3
1957	Christiane Mercelis	Pat Ward	1–6, 6–3, 6–1
1958	Suzy Kormoczy	Yola Ramírez	6-4, 7-5
1959	Yola Ramírez	Flo De La Courtie	7-5, 6-1
1960	Edda Buding	Ruia Morrison	6-4, 8-6
1961	Margaret Smith	Elizabeth Starkie	6-2, 6-3
1962	Jill Blackman	Christiane Mercelis	6-4, 6-3
1963	Lesley Turner	Jan Lehane	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
1964	Jan Lehane	Madonna Schacht	6-1, 6-0
1965	Robin Lesh	Jitka Volavková	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
1966	Françoise Dürr	Jill Blackman	6-0, 6-2
1967	Gail Sherriff	Joan Gibson Cottrill	7-5, 13-11
1968	Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (2)	Rosie Reyes Darmon	6-3, 6-1
↓  Open era  ↓
1969	Ann Haydon-Jones	Françoise Dürr	6–1, 6–1
1970	Fiorella Bonicelli	Odile de Roubin	11-9, 4-6, 6-1
1971	Fiorella Bonicelli (2)	Odile de Roubin	6–2, 5–7, 8–6
1972	Not held
1973	A.M. Ganzabal	Miss Seagalen	6-3, 6-4
1974	Gail Sherriff Chanfreau (3)	Odile de Roubin	6-4, 6-3
1975–87	Not held
For the 1988 event see WTA Aix-en-Provence Open

References

1. "Historique du Country Club Aixois". Country Club Aixois (in French). Retrieved 24 November 2022.
2. ^ Country Club Aixois
3. "Emilio Martinez Del Rey: Overview". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
4. ^ Staff Writers. "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". Steve G Tennis. stevegtennis.com. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
5. "Results Archive 1977". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
6. "Results Archive 1978". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
7. "Results Archive 1983". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
8. "Results Archive 1984". ATP Tour. ATP. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
9. ATP 1977
10. ATP 1979

• Clay court tennis tournaments
• Grand Prix tennis circuit
• Defunct tennis tournaments in France
• Sport in Bouches-du-Rhône
• Aix-en-Provence