{{distinguish| Open du Pays d'Aix {{!}} Open Aix Provence}} {{Infobox tennis tournament | name = Aix-en-Provence Open | type = defunct | founded = {{start date and age|1955}} | ended ={{end date and age|1984}} | editions = 23 | event name = Aix-en-Provence Open | location = Country Club Aixois, Aix-en-Provence, France | tour = Grand Prix circuit (1977–84) | surface = Clay / outdoor }}
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 Aixois, then later Country Club Aixois, Aix-en-Provence, France.<ref>{{cite web |title=Historique du Country Club Aixois |url=https://countryclubaixois.com/tennis-club/le-club/historique/ |website=Country Club Aixois |access-date=24 November 2022 |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
==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.<ref name="Country Club Aixois">Country Club Aixois</ref> In 1962 Tennis Club Aixois had been expanded to the point it became a country club and was renamed as the Country Club Aixois.<ref name="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 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'' {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! style="width:60px;"|Year ! style="width:220px;"|Winners ! style="width:200px;"|Runners-up ! style="width:150px;"|Score |- |colspan=4 align=center |''Golden Racket Trophy'' |- |1955 ||{{flagicon|ITA}} Sergio Jacobini||{{flagicon|ESP}} Emilio Martinez Del Rey<ref>{{cite web |title=Emilio Martinez Del Rey: Overview |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/emilio-martinez-del-rey/dd24/overview |website=ATP Tour |publisher=ATP |access-date=30 October 2023}}</ref>|| 6–4, 6–4, 6–3 |- |1956<ref name="auto">{{cite web |author=Staff Writers |title=1877 to 2012 Finals Results |url=https://www.stevegtennis.com/1877-to-2012-finals-results/ |website=Steve G Tennis |publisher=stevegtennis.com |access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref>||{{flagicon|FRA}} Paul Rémy||{{flagicon|AUS}} Bob Howe|| 6–1, 6–4, 6–2 |- |1957<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|USA}} Budge Patty||{{flagicon|USA}} Gardnar Mulloy|| 2–6, 6–1, 6–0 |- |1958<ref name="auto"/> ||{{flagicon|TCH}} Jaroslav Drobný||{{flagicon|USA}} Budge Patty||6-4, 6-4 |- |1959<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|USA}} Gardnar Mulloy||{{flagicon|BEL}} Jacques Brichant||3–6, 6–0, 6–0, 6–4 |- |1960 ||{{flagicon|FRA}} Gérard Pilet ||{{flagicon|USA}} Gardnar Mulloy||12–10, 6–2, 6-1 |- |1961 ||{{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Darmon ||{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Robin F. Sanders||6–1, 6–1, ret. |- |1962 ||{{flagicon|USA}} Ed Rubinoff ||{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Keith Diepraam|| 6–1, 6–2, 6–1 |- |1963<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|FRG}} Ingo Buding ||{{flagicon|AUS}} John Fraser||6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 |- |1964 ||{{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Darmon <small>(2)</small>||{{flagicon|AUS}} Martin Mulligan|| 6–4, 6–2, 6–1 |- |1965 <ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|AUS}} Ken Fletcher||{{flagicon|FRA}} Michel Leclercq|| 6–1, 6–2, 6–3 |- |1966||{{flagicon|HUN}} István Gulyás ||{{flagicon|CAN}} Mike Belkin||6–4, 4–6, 6–0, 6–1 |- |1967<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|USSR}} Alex Metreveli||{{flagicon|TCH}} Jan Kodeš||4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–2 |- |1968||{{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Darmon <small>(3)</small>||{{flagicon|FRA}} Daniel Contet|| 7–5, 6–1, 8–6 |- !colspan=4 align=center |↓ Open era ↓ |- |1969<ref name="auto"/>||{{flagicon|AUS}} Roy Emerson||{{flagicon|FRG}} Harald Elschenbroich|| 6–3, 6–4, 8–6 |- |1970||{{flagicon|FRA}} François Jauffret||{{flagicon|FRA}} Daniel Contet||6–1, 3–6, 6–2, 7–5 |- |1971||{{flagicon|GRE}} Nicholas Kalogeropoulos||{{flagicon|FRA}} Patrice Dominguez||7–5, 2–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 |- |1972|| colspan=4 align=center | ''Not held'' |- |1973||{{flagicon|AUS}} Martin Mulligan||{{flagicon|ARG}} Julián Ganzábal||5–7, 0–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–4 |- |1974||{{flagicon|GRE}} Nicholas Kalogeropoulos <small>(2)</small>||{{flagicon|FRA}} Patrice Dominguez||2–6, 7–5, 6–2, 2–6, 6–3 |- |1975–76||colspan=4 align=center |''Not held'' |- |1977<ref>{{cite web |title=Results Archive 1977 |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/results-archive?year=1977&tournamentId=342 |website=ATP Tour |publisher=ATP |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref> || {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Ilie Năstase || {{flagicon|ARG}} Guillermo Vilas || 6–1, 7–5 (Vilas retired) |- |1978<ref>{{cite web |title=Results Archive 1978 |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/results-archive?year=1978&tournamentId=342 |website=ATP Tour |publisher=ATP |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref> || {{flagicon|ARG}} Guillermo Vilas || {{flagicon|ARG}} José Luis Clerc || 6–3, 6–0, 6–3 |- |1979||colspan=4 align=center |''Not held'' |- |colspan=4 align=center |''Aix-en-Provence Open'' |- |1983<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Results Archive 1983 |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/results-archive?year=1983&tournamentId=342 |website=ATP Tour |publisher=ATP |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref>|| {{flagicon|SWE}} Mats Wilander || {{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Casal || 6–3, 6–2 |- |1984<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Results Archive 1984 |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/results-archive?year=1983&tournamentId=342 |website=ATP Tour |publisher=ATP |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref> || {{flagicon|ESP}} Juan Aguilera || {{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Luna || 6–4, 7–5 |}
===Men's doubles=== {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! style="width:60px;"|Year ! style="width:200px;"|Winners ! style="width:200px;"|Runners-up ! style="width:150px;"|Score |- |1977<ref>ATP 1977</ref> || {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Ilie Năstase<br>{{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Ion Țiriac || {{flagicon|FRA}} Patrice Dominguez<br>{{flagicon|SWE}} Rolf Norberg || 7–5, 7–6 |- |1978 <ref>ATP 1979</ref>|| {{flagicon|ROM|1965}} Ion Țiriac<br>{{flagicon|ARG}} Guillermo Vilas || {{flagicon|CSK}} Jan Kodeš<br>{{flagicon|CSK}} Tomáš Šmíd || 7–6, 6–1 |- |1979–82||colspan=4 align=center |''Not held'' |- |1983 || {{flagicon|FRA}} Henri Leconte<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} Gilles Moretton || {{flagicon|CHI}} Iván Camus<br>{{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Casal || 2–6, 6–1, 6–2 |- |1984 || {{flagicon|AUS}} Pat Cash<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} Paul McNamee || {{flagicon|NZL}} Chris Lewis<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} Wally Masur || 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |}
===Women's singles=== :''Incomplete Roll'' {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" |- ! style="width:60px;"|Year ! style="width:200px;"|Winners ! style="width:200px;"|Runners-up ! style="width:150px;"|Score |- |colspan=4 align=center |''Golden Racket Trophy'' |- |1956 ||{{flagicon|GBR}} Joan Curry|| {{flagicon|USA}} Louise Snow||6-3, 6-3 |- |1957 ||{{flagicon|BEL}} Christiane Mercelis||{{flagicon|GBR}} Pat Ward|| 1–6, 6–3, 6–1 |- |1958 ||{{flagicon|HUN}} Suzy Kormoczy||{{flagicon|MEX}} Yola Ramírez ||6-4, 7-5 |- |1959 ||{{flagicon|MEX}} Yola Ramírez||{{flagicon|FRA}} Flo De La Courtie ||7-5, 6-1 |- |1960 ||{{flagicon|FRG}} Edda Buding ||{{flagicon|NZL}} Ruia Morrison||6-4, 8-6 |- |1961 ||{{flagicon|AUS}} Margaret Smith||{{flagicon|GBR}} Elizabeth Starkie ||6-2, 6-3 |- |1962 ||{{flagicon|AUS}} Jill Blackman||{{flagicon|BEL}} Christiane Mercelis||6-4, 6-3 |- |1963 ||{{flagicon|AUS}} Lesley Turner ||{{flagicon|AUS}} Jan Lehane|| 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 |- |1964 ||{{flagicon|AUS}} Jan Lehane||{{flagicon|AUS}} Madonna Schacht ||6-1, 6-0 |- |1965 ||{{flagicon|AUS}} Robin Lesh||{{flagicon|TCH}} Jitka Volavková|| 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 |- |1966 ||{{flagicon|FRA}} Françoise Dürr||{{flagicon|AUS}} Jill Blackman||6-0, 6-2 |- |1967 ||{{flagicon|AUS}} Gail Sherriff ||{{flagicon|AUS}} Joan Gibson Cottrill ||7-5, 13-11 |- |1968 ||{{flagicon|AUS}} Gail Sherriff Chanfreau <small>(2)</small> ||{{flagicon|FRA}} Rosie Reyes Darmon||6-3, 6-1 |- !colspan=4 align=center |↓ Open era ↓ |- |1969 ||{{flagicon|GBR}} Ann Haydon-Jones||{{flagicon|FRA}} Françoise Dürr|| 6–1, 6–1 |- |1970 ||{{flagicon|URU}} Fiorella Bonicelli ||{{flagicon|FRA}} Odile de Roubin||11-9, 4-6, 6-1 |- |1971 ||{{flagicon|URU}} Fiorella Bonicelli <small>(2)</small>||{{flagicon|FRA}} Odile de Roubin|| 6–2, 5–7, 8–6 |- |1972|| colspan=4 align=center | ''Not held'' |- |1973 ||{{flagicon|FRA}} A.M. Ganzabal||{{flagicon|FRA}} Miss Seagalen||6-3, 6-4 |- |1974 ||{{flagicon|FRA}} Gail Sherriff Chanfreau <small>(3)</small>||{{flagicon|FRA}} Odile de Roubin||6-4, 6-3 |- |1975–87|| colspan=4 align=center | ''Not held'' |- |colspan=4 align=center |'''For the 1988 event see WTA Aix-en-Provence Open''' |- |}
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
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