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 YearChampionsRunners-upScore1925 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, 7–51932 Giorgio de Stefani Placido Gaslini 8–6, 6–31933 Roderich Menzel Augustos Zerlendis 6–1, 6–11934 Roderich Menzel (2) Pat Hughes 6–3, 6–41935 Roderich Menzel (3) Hermann von Artens 6–4, 6–0, 6–01937 Henner Henkel Giorgio de Stefani 7–5, 6–01938 Roderich Menzel(4) Henner Henkel 6–1, 6–2, 6–41939 Gottfried von Cramm Don McNeill 7–5, 6–2, 6–8, 6–21940–45 Not held WW21946 Henri Cochet Robert Abdesselam 6–3, 6–1, 6–31947 Henri Cochet (2) Robert Abdesselam 6–3, 6–1, 6–31948 Franjo Punčec Jacques Peten 6–2, 6–3, 6–41949 Frank Parker Budge Patty 6–2, 9–7, 8–61950 Jaroslav Drobný Gottfried von Cramm 8–6, 6–2, 6–31951 Jaroslav Drobný (2) Felicisimo Ampon 6–3, 6–4, 6–01952 Jaroslav Drobný (3) Władysław Skonecki 6–3, 6–0, 6–31953 Jaroslav Drobný (4) Gottfried von Cramm 6–4, 6–1, 6–11954 Enrique Morea Jaroslav Drobný 6–3, 1–6, 6–1, 6–41955 Fausto Gardini Fred Kovaleski 6–4, 6–2, 1–6, 4–6, 11–91956 Lew Hoad Sven Davidson 1–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 1957 Sven Davidson Philippe Washer 6–2, 2–6, 6–1, 6–21958 Nicola Pietrangeli Giuseppe Merlo 2–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–41959 Nicola Pietrangeli (2) Giuseppe Merlo 6–2, 6–3, 6–11960 Nicola Pietrangeli (3) Giuseppe Merlo 5–7, 6–2, 6–3, 6–31961 Nicola Pietrangeli (4) Neil Gibson 6–3, 9–7, 6–31962 Fred Stolle Ion Țiriac 5–7, 6–1, 6–1, 4–6, 6–31963 José Luis Arilla Nicola Pietrangeli 6–4, 6–4, 6–31964 Pierre Barthès István Gulyás 6–4, 1–6, 3–6, 6–4, 6–41965 Ken Fletcher Wieslaw Gasiorek 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–31966 Jan-Erik Lundqvist Ken Fletcher 6–3, 6–3, 6–21967 Jan-Erik Lundqvist (2) Ismail El Shafei 6–4, 6–4, 6–21968 Milan Holeček Ismail El Shafei 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–21969 Ismail El Shafei István Gulyás 6–4, 7–9, 6–4, 6–41970 Manuel Santana Alexander Metreveli 7–5, 6–2, 6–41971 Alexander Metreveli Ismail El Shafei 8–6, 9–7, 6–41972 Alexander Metreveli (2) František Pála 6–3, 6–2, 6–31973 Ismail El Shafei (2) Patrick Proisy 6–4, 6–8, 6–3, 6–31974 Ismail El Shafei (3) François Jauffret 6–2, 2–6, 6–2, 6–41975 Manuel Orantes François Jauffret 6–0, 4–6, 6–1, 6–31976 Not held1977 François Jauffret Frank Gebert 6–3, 7–5, 6–41978 José Higueras Kjell Johansson 4–6, 6–4, 6–41979 Peter Feigl Carlos Kirmayr 7–5, 3–6, 6–11980 Corrado Barazzutti Paolo Bertolucci 6–4, 6–01981 Guillermo Vilas Peter Elter 6–2, 6–31982 Brad Drewett Claudio Panatta 6–3, 6–31983 Henrik Sundström Juan Avendaño 6–7, 6–2, 6–01984 Fernando Luna Mark Dickson 6–4, 6–21985 Fernando Luna (2) Trevor Allan 6–3, 6–41986 Not completed1987 Alberto Tous David de Miguel 6–2, 6–31988 Jordi Arrese Carlos di Laura 7–6, 6–21989 Sergi Bruguera Jordi Arrese 6–7, 6–4, 6–41990 Thomas Muster José Francisco Altur 6–4, 6–31991 Bryan Shelton Jacco Eltingh 7–6, 7–61992–95 Not held1996 Fernando Meligeni Alberto Berasategui 3–6, 6–1, 6–21997 Alberto Berasategui Karim Alami 7–5, 6–31998 Albert Portas Alberto Martín 6–2, 1–6, 6–31999 Karim Alami Christophe Rochus 6–3, 6–12000 Albert Portas (2) Jiří Vaněk 7–5, 6–32001 Not held2002 Stefano Galvani Albert Portas 2–6, 7–6, 6–1
Doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore1975 Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes Jaime Pinto Bravo Belus Prajoux 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5 1976 Not held1977 Bill Bartlett John Marks Pat DuPré Chris Lewis 7–5, 6–1, 6–31978 Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie Lito Álvarez George Hardie 6–3, 7–5, 6–21979 Peter McNamara Paul McNamee Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj 7–5, 6–41980 Ismail El Shafei Tom Okker Christophe Freyss Bernard Fritz 6–3, 3–6, 6–31981 Ismail El Shafei Balázs Taróczy Paolo Bertolucci Gianni Ocleppo 6–7, 6–3, 6–11982 Drew Gitlin Jim Gurfein Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt 6–4, 7–51983 Broderick Dyke Rod Frawley Brad Drewett John Feaver 6–3, 6–21984 Brett Dickinson Drew Gitlin Marcel Freeman Tim Wilkison 7–6, 6–31985 Anand Amritraj Lloyd Bourne Trevor Allan Alberto Tous 6–4, 2–6, 7–51986 Not held1987 Loïc Courteau Tore Meinecke Jordi Arrese David de Miguel 2–6, 7–6, 6–41988 Josef Čihák Cyril Suk Roberto Argüello Marcelo Ingaramo 6–3, 6–21989 Jordi Arrese Tomás Carbonell Carlos Costa Francisco Roig 7–6, 6–31990 Tomáš Anzari David Rikl Eduardo Masso Christian Miniussi 6–3, 6–7, 7–51991 Martin Damm David Rikl Byron Black Marcos Ondruska 6–2, 6–3
See also International Championships of Egypt (Alexandria) :Category:National and multi-national tennis tournaments
References
Sources www.tennisbase.com/Egyptian Championships (currently Egyptian Open) Roll of Honor
External links ATP tournament profile