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
Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...
, 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.
[Country Club Aixois] 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
The Grand Prix tennis circuit was a professional tennis tour for male players that existed from 1970 to 1989. The Grand Prix and World Championship Tennis (WCT) were the two predecessors to the current tour for male players, the ATP Tour, with t ...
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
The Open du Pays d'Aix is a tennis tournament held in Aix-en-Provence, France since 2014. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor clay courts.
Diego Schwartzman and Robin Haase
Robin Haase (; born 6 April 1987) i ...
which is still operating today.
Finals
Men's Singles
:''Incomplete Roll''
Men's Doubles
Women's Singles
:''Incomplete Roll''
References
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Clay court tennis tournaments
Grand Prix tennis circuit
Defunct tennis tournaments in France
Sport in Bouches-du-Rhône
Aix-en-Provence