Aix-en-Provence Open

Not to be confused with Open Aix Provence.

The Aix-en-Provence Open was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1955 as the La Trophée Raquette d'Or or The Golden Racket Trophy and originally staged at the Tennis Club Aixoism, then later Country Club Aixoism, Aix-en-Provence, France.^[1]

Aix-en-Provence Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Aix-en-Provence Open
Tour	Grand Prix circuit (1977–84)
Founded	1955; 70 years ago (1955)
Abolished	1984; 41 years ago (1984)
Editions	23
Location	Country Club Aixois, Aix-en-Provence, France
Surface	Clay / outdoor

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.^[2] In 1962 Tennis Club Aixois had been expanded to the point it became a country club and was renamed as the Country Club Aixois.^[2] 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 2014 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[3]	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1956[4]	Paul Rémy	Bob Howe	6–1, 6–4, 6–2
1957[4]	Budge Patty	Gardnar Mulloy	2–6, 6–1, 6–0
1958[4]	Jaroslav Drobný	Budge Patty	6-4, 6-4
1959[4]	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[4]	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 [4]	Ken Fletcher	Michel Leclercq	6–1, 6–2, 6–3
1966	István Gulyás	Mike Belkin	6–4, 4–6, 6–0, 6–1
1967[4]	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[4]	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[5]	Ilie Năstase	Guillermo Vilas	6–1, 7–5 (Vilas retired)
1978[6]	Guillermo Vilas	José Luis Clerc	6–3, 6–0, 6–3
1979	Not held
Aix-en-Provence Open
1983[4][7]	Mats Wilander	Sergio Casal	6–3, 6–2
1984[4][8]	Juan Aguilera	Fernando Luna	6–4, 7–5

Men's doubles

Year	Winners	Runners-up	Score
1977[9]	Ilie Năstase Ion Țiriac	Patrice Dominguez Rolf Norberg	7–5, 7–6
1978 [10]	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