Egyptian Open (tennis)

Egyptian Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Egyptian Championships (1925–69) Egyptian Open (1970–91) Cairo Challenger (1992–2002)
Tour	Grand Prix circuit (1975–82) Challenger circuit (1983–91)
Founded	1925
Abolished	2002
Editions	66
Location	Cairo, Egypt
Venue	Gezira Sporting Club
Surface	Clay (1925–2002)

The Egyptian Open originally known as the Egyptian Championships also known as the Egyptian Open Championships or International Championships of Egypt is a defunct Grand Prix and Challenger affiliated tennis tournament played from 1975 to 1991. It was held in Cairo in Egypt and played on outdoor clay courts from 1925 to 2002.

Roderich Menzel was the most successful player in singles play winning five times. Ismail El Shafei was the most successful player at the tournament, winning singles titles three times and the doubles competition three times with three different partners; once with New Zealander Brian Fairlie, once with Dutchman Tom Okker and once with Hungarian Balázs Taróczy.

History

The Egyptian Championships or International Championships of Egypt its original name was first staged in Cairo on 2 March 1925 the event was staged 66 times, However Egyptian newspaper sources have given the start date as 1922. The tournament was a regular feature on the pre-open era men's tour from inception until 1967, from 1968 until 1974 it was part of an independent men's tour for tournaments not-aligned to any particular circuit. In 1970 the tournament changed its name to the Egyptian Open. In 1975 he joined the Grand Prix tennis circuit through till 1982. From 1983 until 2002 it was part of the ATP Challenger series. The tournament was hosted annually at the Gezira Sporting Club.

For the years 1937, 1939 it was co-valid as the Cairo Championships, for 1960 1968 1969 it was co-valid as Cairo International Championships, In 1972, 1975, 1976 and 1977 this tournament was co-valid as the Cairo Open. That tournament was played at the Gezira Club after world war two.

Past finals

Past champions have included:

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1925	Augustos Zerlendis	?	?
1926	Augustos Zerlendis (2)	?	?
1927	Cecil Campbell	?	?
1928	Jacques Grandguillot	?	?
1929	Augustos Zerlendis (3)	?	?
1930	Maurice d'Eeckhoutte	?	?
1931	Orestis Garangiotιs	Cecil Campbell	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
1932	Giorgio de Stefani	Placido Gaslini	8–6, 6–3
1933	Roderich Menzel	Augustos Zerlendis	6–1, 6–1
1934	Roderich Menzel (2)	Pat Hughes	6–3, 6–4
1935	Roderich Menzel (3)	Hermann non Artens	6–4, 6–0, 6–0
1937	Henner Henkel	Giorgio de Stefani	7–5, 6–0
1938	Roderich Menzel(4)	Henner Henkel	6–1, 6–2, 6–4
1939	Gottfried von Cramm	Don McNeill	7–5, 6–2, 6–8, 6–2
1940–45	Not held WW2
1946	Henri Cochet	Robert Abdesselam	6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1947	Henri Cochet (2)	Robert Abdesselam	6–3, 6–1, 6–3
1948	Franjo Punčec	Jacques Peten	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
1949	Frank Parker	Budge Patty	6–2, 9–7, 8–6
1950	Jaroslav Drobný	Gottfried von Cramm	8–6, 6–2, 6–3
1951	Jaroslav Drobný (2)	Felicisimo Ampon	6–3, 6–4, 6–0
1952	Jaroslav Drobný (3)	Władysław Skonecki	6–3, 6–0, 6–3
1953	Jaroslav Drobný (4)	Gottfried von Cramm	6–4, 6–1, 6–1
1954	Enrique Morea	Jaroslav Drobný	6–3, 1–6, 6–1, 6–4
1955	Fausto Gardini	Fred Kovaleski	6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 4–6, 11–9
1956	Lew Hoad	Sven Davidson	6–2, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1957	Sven Davidson	Philippe Washer	6–2, 2–6, 6–1, 6–2
1958	Nicola Pietrangeli	Giuseppe Merlo	2–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
1959	Nicola Pietrangeli (2)	Giuseppe Merlo	6–2, 6–3, 6–1
1960	Nicola Pietrangeli (3)	Giuseppe Merlo	5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
1961	Nicola Pietrangeli (4)	Neil Gibson	6–3, 9–7, 6–3
1962	Fred Stolle	Ion Țiriac	5–7, 6–1, 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
1963	José Luis Arilla	Nicola Pietrangeli	6–4, 6–4, 6–3
1964	Pierre Barthès	István Gulyás	6–4, 1–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
1965	Ken Fletcher	Wieslaw Gasiorek	3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
1966	Jan-Erik Lundqvist	Ken Fletcher	6–3, 6–3, 6–2
1967	Jan-Erik Lundqvist (2)	Ismail El Shafei	6–4, 6–4, 6–2
1968	Milan Holeček	Ismail El Shafei	4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–2
1969	Ismail El Shafei	István Gulyás	6–4, 7–9, 6–4, 6–4
1970	Manuel Santana	Alexander Metreveli	7–5, 6–2, 6–4
1971	Alexander Metreveli	Ismail El Shafei	8–6, 9–7, 6–4
1972	Alexander Metreveli (2)	František Pála	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
1973	Ismail El Shafei (2)	Patrick Proisy	6–4, 6–8, 6–3, 6–3
1974	Ismail El Shafei (3)	François Jauffret	6–2, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
1975	Manuel Orantes	François Jauffret	6–0, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
1976	Not held
1977	François Jauffret	Frank Gebert	6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1978	José Higueras	Kjell Johansson	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1979	Peter Feigl	Carlos Kirmayr	7–5, 3–6, 6–1
1980	Corrado Barazzutti	Paolo Bertolucci	6–4, 6–0
1981	Guillermo Vilas	Peter Elter	6–2, 6–3
1982	Brad Drewett	Claudio Panatta	6–3, 6–3
1983	Henrik Sundström	Juan Avendaño	6–7, 6–2, 6–0
1984	Fernando Luna	Mark Dickson	6–4, 6–2
1985	Fernando Luna (2)	Trevor Allan	6–3, 6–4
1986	Not completed
1987	Alberto Tous	David de Miguel	6–2, 6–3
1988	Jordi Arrese	Carlos di Laura	7–6, 6–2
1989	Sergi Bruguera	Jordi Arrese	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1990	Thomas Muster	José Francisco Altur	6–4, 6–3
1991	Bryan Shelton	Jacco Eltingh	7–6, 7–6
1992–95	Not held
1996	Fernando Meligeni	Alberto Berasategui	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1997	Alberto Berasategui	Karim Alami	7–5, 6–3
1998	Albert Portas	Alberto Martín	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
1999	Karim Alami	Christophe Rochus	6–3, 6–1
2000	Albert Portas (2)	Jiří Vaněk	7–5, 6–3
2001	Not held
2002	Stefano Galvani	Albert Portas	2–6, 7–6, 6–1

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1975	Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes	Jaime Pinto Bravo Belus Prajoux	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
1976	Not held
1977	Bill Bartlett John Marks	Pat DuPré Chris Lewis	7–5, 6–1, 6–3
1978	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	Lito Álvarez George Hardie	6–3, 7–5, 6–2
1979	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	7–5, 6–4
1980	Ismail El Shafei Tom Okker	Christophe Freyss Bernard Fritz	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1981	Ismail El Shafei Balázs Taróczy	Paolo Bertolucci Gianni Ocleppo	6–7, 6–3, 6–1
1982	Drew Gitlin Jim Gurfein	Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt	6–4, 7–5
1983	Broderick Dyke Rod Frawley	Brad Drewett John Feaver	6–3, 6–2
1984	Brett Dickinson Drew Gitlin	Marcel Freeman Tim Wilkison	7–6, 6–3
1985	Anand Amritraj Lloyd Bourne	Trevor Allan Alberto Tous	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1986	Not held
1987	Loïc Courteau Tore Meinecke	Jordi Arrese David de Miguel	2–6, 7–6, 6–4
1988	Josef Čihák Cyril Suk	Roberto Argüello Marcelo Ingaramo	6–3, 6–2
1989	Jordi Arrese Tomás Carbonell	Carlos Costa Francisco Roig	7–6, 6–3
1990	Tomáš Anzari David Rikl	Eduardo Masso Christian Miniussi	6–3, 6–7, 7–5
1991	Martin Damm David Rikl	Byron Black Marcos Ondruska	6–2, 6–3

See also

• International Championships of Egypt (Alexandria)

Sources

• www.tennisbase.com/Egyptian Championships (currently Egyptian Open) Roll of Honor

External links

• ATP tournament profile