The Bordeaux Grand Prix was a men's tennis tournament founded in 1979 as the Bordeaux Open. It was the successor event to the Bordeaux International (1907–1969) played at the same venue. It was held annually under variations of the name including the Grand Prix Passing Shot and was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit tour. It then became an ATP Tour event until 1995. The tournament was played on two different surfaces during its tenure: clay from 1979 through 1990 and hard from 1991 through 1995.
Guy Forget was the only man to win the tournament more than once, doing so in 1990 and 1991. Yannick Noah, the only other Frenchman to triumph in the singles event, won the inaugural event of 1979.
In 1995 the tournament license was sold to the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) of Great Britain for a fee of $620,000.
Results Singles For the precursor men's event see Bordeaux InternationalYearTournament NameChampionsRunners-upScore1979 Grand Prix Passing Shot Yannick Noah Harold Solomon 6–0, 6–7, 6–1, 1–6, 6–41980 Grand Prix de Passing Shot Mario Martinez Gianni Ocleppo 6–0, 7–5, 7–51981 Grand Prix Passing Shot Andrés Gómez Thierry Tulasne 7–6, 7–6, 6–11982 Grand Prix Passing Shot Hans Gildemeister Pablo Arraya 7–5, 6–11983 Grand Prix Passing Shot Pablo Arraya Juan Aguilera 7–5, 7–51984 Grand Prix Passing Shot José Higueras Francesco Cancellotti 7–6, 6–11985 Nabisco Grand Prix Passing Shot Diego Pérez Jimmy Brown 6–4, 7–61986 Nabisco Grand Prix Passing Shot Paolo Canè Kent Carlsson 6–4, 1–6, 7–51987 Nabisco Grand Prix Passing Shot Emilio Sánchez Ronald Agénor 5–7, 6–4, 6–41988 NGP Passing Shot de Bordeaux Thomas Muster Ronald Agénor 6–3, 6–31989 Grand Prix Passing Shot de Bordeaux Ivan Lendl Emilio Sánchez 6–2, 6–21990 Grand Prix Passing Shot Guy Forget Goran Ivanišević 6–4, 6–31991 Grand Prix Passing Shot Guy Forget Olivier Delaître 6–1, 6–31992 Grand Prix Passing Shot Andrei Medvedev Sergi Bruguera 6–3, 1–6, 6–21993 Grand Prix Passing Shot Bordeaux Sergi Bruguera Diego Nargiso 7–5, 6–21994 Grand Prix Passing Shot Wayne Ferreira Jeff Tarango 6–0, 7–51995 Grand Prix Passing Shot Bordeaux Yahiya Doumbia Jakob Hlasek 6–4, 6–4Succeeded by Bournemouth International
Doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1979 Patrice Dominguez Denis Naegelen Bernard Fritz Iván Molina 6–4, 6–41980 John Feaver Gilles Moretton Gianni Ocleppo Ricardo Ycaza 6–3, 6–21981 Andrés Gómez Belus Prajoux Jim Gurfein Anders Järryd 7–5, 6–31982 Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez Anders Järryd Hans Simonsson 6–4, 6–21983 Stefan Simonsson Magnus Tideman Francisco Yunis Juan Carlos Yunis 6–4, 6–21984 Pavel Složil Blaine Willenborg Loïc Courteau Guy Forget 6–1, 6–41985 David Felgate Steve Shaw Libor Pimek Blaine Willenborg 6–4, 5–7, 6–41986 Jordi Arrese David de Miguel-Lapiedra Ronald Agénor Mansour Bahrami 7–5, 6–41987 Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Darren Cahill Mark Woodforde 6–3, 6–31988 Joakim Nyström Claudio Panatta Christian Miniussi Diego Nargiso 6–1, 6–41989 Tomás Carbonell Carlos di Laura Agustín Moreno Jaime Yzaga 6–4, 6–41990 Tomás Carbonell Libor Pimek Mansour Bahrami Yannick Noah 6–3, 6–7, 6–21991 Arnaud Boetsch Guy Forget Patrik Kühnen Alexander Mronz 6–2, 6–21992 Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez Arnaud Boetsch Guy Forget 6–1, 6–41993 Pablo Albano Javier Frana David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy 7–6, 4–6, 6–31994 Olivier Delaître Guy Forget Diego Nargiso Guillaume Raoux 6–2, 2–6, 7–51995 Saša Hiršzon Goran Ivanišević Henrik Holm Danny Sapsford 6–3, 6–4Succeeded by Bournemouth International
See also BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux – Challenger Tour tournament
References
External links ATP website