The Trophée des Alpilles was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. It was part of the ATP Challenger Tour. It was held annually at the Tennis Club de Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, from 2009 until 2016.
History The creation of an ATP Challenger Tour event in the Provence region had been envisioned for several years by several tennis tournaments organisers, as well as former World No. 4, Marseille-born Sébastien Grosjean, before the project came to life during 2008 and 2009 when the Saint-Rémy-de-Provence organisers, sponsored by Grosjean, met with the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) to discuss the introduction of such an event in the calendar.
The €42,500 tournament was set in the time slot of the second week of the US Open in September, to allow players eliminated in the qualifications or in the early rounds to compete in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. As a follow-up to the US Open, the event uses the same tennis balls, and outdoor hard courts similar to the ones of the American Grand Slam. For the 2009 inaugural edition, the line up, attracted with the help of Grosjean, included Top 100 players Björn Phau and Adrian Mannarino or former Wimbledon semifinalists Marcos Baghdatis and Xavier Malisse, who both reached the singles final, in which Baghdatis eventually won his second title on the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour.
Past finals
Singles YearChampionRunner-upScore 2016 Daniil Medvedev Joris De Loore 6–3, 6–3 2015 Ivan Dodig Nils Langer 6–3, 6–2 2014 Nicolas Mahut Vincent Millot 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–3 2013 Marc Gicquel Matteo Viola 6–4, 6–3 2012 Josselin Ouanna Flavio Cipolla 6–4, 7–5 2011 Édouard Roger-Vasselin Arnaud Clément 6–4, 6–3 2010 Jerzy Janowicz Édouard Roger-Vasselin 3–6, 7–6(10–8), 7–6(8–6) 2009 Marcos Baghdatis Xavier Malisse 6–4, 6–1
Doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore 2016 Ken Skupski Neal Skupski David O'Hare Joe Salisbury 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–5] 2015 Ken Skupski Neal Skupski Andrej Martin Igor Zelenay 6–4, 6–1 2014 Pierre-Hugues Herbert Konstantin Kravchuk David Guez Martin Vaïsse 6–1, 7–6(7–3) 2013 Pierre-Hugues Herbert Albano Olivetti Marc Gicquel Josselin Ouanna 6–3, 6–7(5–7), [15–13] 2012 Laurynas Grigelis Uladzimir Ignatik Jordi Marsé-Vidri Carles Poch Gradin 6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–6] 2011 Pierre-Hugues Herbert Édouard Roger-Vasselin Arnaud Clément Nicolas Renavand 6–0, 4–6, [10–7] 2010 Gilles Müller Édouard Roger-Vasselin Andis Juška Deniss Pavlovs 6–0, 2–6, [13–11] 2009 Jiří Krkoška Lukáš Lacko Ruben Bemelmans Niels Desein 6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
References
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