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The Open 13 is an annual men's tennis tournament played in Marseille, France as part of the ATP International Series. It is held for one week in February. The number 13 is the INSEE code of the Bouches-du-Rhône département of which Marseille is the capital.
The tournament is played on indoor hard courts at the Palais des Sports de Marseille. The central court has a capacity of 5800 seats.
[edit] History
The event was first held in 1993. It was the project of ex-professional tennis player, and native of Marseille, Jean-François Caujolle, who remains tournament director to this day.
The Swiss player Marc Rosset won the singles title at the first two editions of the event in 1993 and 1994. He also won it for a 3rd time in 2000. The Swede Thomas Enqvist is so far the only other player to win the title 3 times, doing so in 1997, 1998 and 2002.
In 2004 the event became one of the Top 25 ATP Tour tournaments in terms of prize money.
[edit] Past Results
| Year |
Champion |
Runner-up |
Score in final |
| 1993 |
 Marc Rosset |
 Jan Siemerink |
6-2, 7-6 |
| 1994 |
Marc Rosset |
 Arnaud Boetsch |
7-6, 7-6 |
| 1995 |
 Boris Becker |
 Daniel Vacek |
6-7, 6-4, 7-5 |
| 1996 |
Guy Forget |
Cédric Pioline |
7-5, 6-4 |
| 1997 |
 Thomas Enqvist |
 Marcelo Ríos |
6-4, 1-0 retired |
| 1998 |
Thomas Enqvist |
 Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
6-4, 6-1 |
| 1999 |
Fabrice Santoro |
Arnaud Clément |
6-3, 4-6, 6-4 |
| 2000 |
Marc Rosset |
Roger Federer |
2-6, 6-3, 7-6 |
| 2001 |
Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
Sébastien Grosjean |
7-6, 6-2 |
| 2002 |
Thomas Enqvist |
Nicolas Escudé |
6-7, 6-3, 6-1 |
| 2003 |
Roger Federer |
Jonas Björkman |
6-2, 7-6 |
| 2004 |
 Dominik Hrbatý |
Robin Söderling |
4-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 2005 |
Joachim Johansson |
 Ivan Ljubičić |
7-5, 6-4 |
| 2006 |
Arnaud Clément |
Mario Ančić |
6-4, 6-2 |
| 2007 |
Gilles Simon |
 Marcos Baghdatis |
6-4 7-6 |
| 2008 |
 Andy Murray |
Mario Ančić |
6-3 6-4 |
[edit] ATP Points and Prize Money
For the 2008 edition, the distribution of points and prize money was as follows:
| Round |
ATP Race Points |
Prize money |
| Winner |
40 |
86 650 € |
| Finalist |
28 |
46 275 € |
| Semifinalists |
18 |
24 700 € |
| Quarter-finalists |
10 |
14 300 € |
| Round of 16 |
3 |
8 370 € |
| Round of 32 |
0 |
5 000 € |
[edit] Detailed 2007 singles results
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