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| ATP World Tour | ||
| Location | Nice France |
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| Venue | Nice Lawn Tennis Club | |
| Category | ATP World Tour 250 series | |
| Surface | Clay / Outdoors | |
| Draw | 32S / 32Q / 16D | |
| Prize money | €450,000 | |
The ATP Nice Open (or Open de Nice Côte d’Azur in French) is an ATP World Tour 250 series and, formerly, Grand Prix tennis circuit affiliated men's tennis tournament. It is held in Nice, France at the Nice Lawn Tennis Club and played on outdoor clay courts.The current singles champion is Richard Gasquet from France.
Originally part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit between 1970 and 1989. The event was played under various names from 1971 through 1995 and then again starting in 2010. The tournament was known as the Phillips Open from 1990 until 1995.
Ilie Năstase, Björn Borg, and Henri Leconte have each won the singles title twice.
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In November of 2009, the Association of Tennis Professionals announced that Nice, France would be the location of a new World Tour 250 series tournament, replacing the Interwetten Austrian Open in Kitzbühel, Austria [1].
The men's tournament will take place, annually, from the May 17 to 22, just one week before the French Open, replacing Kitzbühel's spot on the ATP calendar.
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score | Name |
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| 2011 | Nicolás Almagro | Victor Hănescu | 6–7(5), 6–3, 6–3 | Open de Nice Côte d’Azur |
| 2010 | Richard Gasquet | Fernando Verdasco | 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(5) | |
| 1996-2009 | Not Held | |||
| 1995 | Marc Rosset | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 6–4, 6–0 | Philips Open |
| 1994 | Alberto Berasategui | Jim Courier | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| 1993 | Marc-Kevin Goellner | Ivan Lendl | 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 | |
| 1992 | Gabriel Markus | Javier Sánchez | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| 1991 | Martín Jaite | Goran Prpić | 3–6, 7–6, 6–3 | |
| 1990 | Juan Aguilera | Guy Forget | 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 | |
| 1989 | Andrei Chesnokov | Jérôme Potier | 6–4, 6–4 | Swatch Open |
| 1988 | Henri Leconte | Jérôme Potier | 6–2, 6–2 | |
| 1987 | Kent Carlsson | Emilio Sánchez | 7–6, 6–3 | Nice International Open |
| 1986 | Emilio Sánchez | Paul McNamee | 6–1, 6–3 | |
| 1985 | Henri Leconte | Víctor Pecci | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| 1984 | Andrés Gómez | Henrik Sundström | 6–1, 6–4 | |
| 1983 | Henrik Sundström | Manuel Orantes | 7–5, 4–6, 6–3 | |
| 1982 | Balázs Taróczy | Yannick Noah | 6–2, 3–6, 13–11 | |
| 1981 | Yannick Noah | Mario Martinez | 6–4, 6–2 | Donnay International Open |
| 1980 | Björn Borg | Manuel Orantes | 6–2, 6–0, 6–1 | Nice International Open |
| 1979 | Víctor Pecci | John Alexander | 6–3, 6–2, 7–5 | |
| 1978 | José Higueras | Yannick Noah | 6–3, 6–4, 6–4 | Montano-Snauwaert International Championships |
| 1977 | Björn Borg | Guillermo Vilas | 6–4, 1–6, 6–2, 6–0 | Nice International Championships |
| 1976 | Corrado Barazzutti | Jan Kodeš | 6–2, 2–6, 5–7, 7–6, 8–6 | |
| 1975 | Dick Crealy | Iván Molina | 7–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |
| 1973 | Manuel Orantes | Adriano Panatta | 7–6, 5–7, 4–6, 7–6, 12–10 | Craven International Championships |
| 1972 | Ilie Năstase | Jan Kodeš | 6–0, 6–4, 6–3 | Nice International Championships |
| 1971 | Ilie Năstase | Jan Kodeš | 10–8, 11–9, 6–1 | |
| Year | Champions | Runners–up | Score in Final |
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| 2011 | Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer |
Santiago González David Marrero |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 2010 | Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares |
Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
1–6, 6–3, [10–5] |
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