The Open 13 is an annual men's
tennis tournament played in
Marseille, France. The tournament is an
ATP World Tour 250 series event on the
Association of Tennis Professionals tour. It is held for one week in February. The number 13 is the
INSEE code of the
Bouches-du-Rhône ''
département'' of which Marseille is the capital.
The tournament is played on indoor
hard courts at the
Palais des sports de Marseille. The Centre Court has a capacity of 5,800 seats.
History
The event was first held in 1993. It was the project of ex-professional
tennis player and native of Marseille
Jean-François Caujolle, who remains tournament director to this day.
The
Swiss
Swiss may refer to:
* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
*Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
Other uses
*Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports
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player
Marc Rosset won the singles title at the first two editions of the event in
1993
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and
1994
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. He also won it for a 3rd time in
2000
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. Rosset,
Thomas Enqvist and
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga hold the record for most titles with 3 each.
Roger Federer played his
first ATP singles final at this tournament in 2000, losing to Marc Rosset. Their match was the first all-Swiss final of an ATP event. Federer went on to win the title in
2003
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.
Other notable winners include former
world No. 1 ranked players and
Grand Slam champions Boris Becker
Boris Franz Becker (, ; born 22 November 1967) is a German former world No. 1 tennis player. Becker was successful from the start of his career, winning the Wimbledon Championships at the age of 17. He ultimately won six Grand Slam singles tit ...
,
Yevgeny Kafelnikov,
Andy Murray
Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British professional tennis player from Scotland. He was ranked world No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 41 weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Murray h ...
and
Juan Martin del Potro.
French
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** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
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players have won the most titles at this event, 9 in singles and 11 in doubles.
Past finals
Singles
Doubles finals
ATP points and prize money
The total amount of prize money for the
2017
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and
2018
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editions was €604 805.
Singles
Doubles
References
External links
ATP tournament profile*
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Tennis tournaments in France
Indoor tennis tournaments
Hard court tennis tournaments
Recurring events established in 1993