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Egyptian Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameEgyptian Championships(1925–69)
Egyptian Open (1970–82)
Cairo Challenger (1983–91)
TourPre Open era,(1925–67)
Grand Prix circuit (1975–82)
Challenger circuit (1983–91)
Founded1925
Abolished2002
Editions66
LocationCairo, Egypt
VenueGezira Sporting Club
SurfaceClay (1925–2002)

The Egyptian Open [1] originally known as the Egyptian Championships [2][3] also known as the International Championships of Egypt [4] and the Cairo International Championships 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 [5]. 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.[6]

Results

Past champions have included:[7]

Singles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1925 Greece Augustos Zerlendis ? ?
1926 Greece Augustos Zerlendis ? ?
1927 Republic of Ireland Cecil Campbell ? ?
1928 Egypt Jacques Grandguillot ? ?
1929 Greece Augustos Zerlendis ? ?
1930 Belgium Maurice Iwiens D'eekhoutee ? ?
1931 Greece Orestis Garangiotιs Republic of Ireland Cecil Campbell 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
1932 Italy Giorgio de Stefani [8] Italy Placido Gaslini 8-6, 6-3
1933 Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel Greece Augustos Zerlendis 6-1, 6-1
1934 Czechoslovakia Roderich Menzel United Kingdom Pat Hughes 6-3, 6-4
1935 Germany Roderich Menzel Austria Herman Von Artens 6-4, 6-0, 6-0
1937 Germany Henner Henkel [9] Italy Giorgio de Stefani 7-5, 6-0
1938 Germany Roderich Menzel [10] Germany Henner Henkel 6-1, 6-2, 6-4
1939 Germany Gottfried Von Cramm United States Don McNeill 7-5, 6-2, 6-8, 6-2
1940-45 Not held WW2
1946 France Henri Cochet [11] France Robert Abdesselam 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
1947 France Henri Cochet France Robert Abdesselam 6-3, 6-1, 6-3
1948 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Franjo Punčec Belgium Jaques Peten 6-2, 6-3, 6-4
1949 United States Frank Parker United States Budge Patty 6-2, 9-7, 8-6
1950 Egypt Jaroslav Drobny [12] West Germany Gottfried Von Cramm 8-6, 6-2, 6-3
1951 Egypt Jaroslav Drobny Philippines Felicisimo Ampon 6-3, 6-4, 6-0
1952 Egypt Jaroslav Drobny Poland Wladyslaw Skonecki 6-3, 6-0, 6-3
1953 Egypt Jaroslav Drobny West Germany Gottfried Von Cramm 6-4, 6-1, 6-1
1954 Argentina Enrique Morea Egypt Jaroslav Drobny 6-3, 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
1955 Italy Fausto Gardini United States Fred Kovaleski 6-4, 6-2, 1-6, 4-6, 11-9
1956 Australia Lew Hoad [13] Sweden Sven Davidson 6-2, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
1957 Sweden Sven Davidson Belgium Philippe Washer 6-2, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2
1958 Italy Nicola Pietrangeli Italy Giuseppe Merlo 2-6, 6-2, 6-2, 6-4
1959 Italy Nicola Pietrangeli Italy Giuseppe Merlo 6-2, 6-3, 6-1
1960 Italy Nicola Pietrangeli, Italy Giuseppe Merlo 5-7, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3
1961 Italy Nicola Pietrangeli Australia Neil Gibson 6-3, 9-7, 6-3
1962 Australia Fred Stolle Romania Ion Tiriac 5-7, 6-1, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
1963 Spain José Luis Arilla Italy Nicola Pietrangeli 6-4, 6-4, 6-3
1964 France Pierre Barthes Hungary Istvan Gulyas 6-4, 1-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
1965 Australia Ken Fletcher Poland Wieslaw Gasiorek 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
1966 Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist AustraliaKen Fletcher 6-3, 6-3, 6-2
1967 Sweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist Egypt Ismail El Shafei 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
1968 Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček Egypt Ismail El Shafei 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, 6-2
1969 Egypt Ismail El Shafei Hungary Istvan Gulyas 6-4, 7-9, 6-4, 6-4
1970 Spain Manuel Santana Soviet Union Alexander Metreveli 7-5, 6-2, 6-4
1971 Soviet Union Alexander Metreveli Egypt Ismail El Shafei 8-6, 9-7, 6-4
1972 Soviet Union Alexander Metreveli Czechoslovakia Frantisek Pala 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
1973 Egypt Ismail El Shafei FrancePatrick Proisy 6-4, 6-8, 6-3, 6-3
1974 Egypt Ismail El Shafei France François Jauffret 6-2, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
1975 Spain Manuel Orantes France François Jauffret 6–0, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
1976 Not held
1977 France François Jauffret [14] West Germany Frank Gebert 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1978 Spain José Higueras [15] Sweden Kjell Johansson 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1979 Austria Peter Feigl [16] Brazil Carlos Kirmayr 7–5, 3–6, 6–1
1980 Italy Corrado Barazzutti Italy Paolo Bertolucci 6–4, 6–0
1981 Argentina Guillermo Vilas West Germany Peter Elter 6–2, 6–3
1982 Australia Brad Drewett [17] Italy Claudio Panatta 6–3, 6–3
1983 Sweden Henrik Sundström Spain Juan Avendaño 6–7, 6–2, 6–0
1984 Spain Fernando Luna United States Mark Dickson 6–4, 6–2
1985 Spain Fernando Luna Australia Trevor Allan 6–3, 6–4
1986 Not completed
1987 Spain Alberto Tous Spain David de Miguel 6–2, 6–3
1988 Spain Jordi Arrese Peru Carlos di Laura 7–6, 6–2
1989 Spain Sergi Bruguera Spain Jordi Arrese 6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1990 Austria Thomas Muster Spain José Francisco Altur 6–4, 6–3
1991 United States Bryan Shelton Netherlands Jacco Eltingh 7–6, 7–6
1992–95 Not held
1996 Brazil Fernando Meligeni Spain Alberto Berasategui 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1997 Spain Alberto Berasategui Morocco Karim Alami 7–5, 6–3
1998 Spain Albert Portas Spain Alberto Martin 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
1999 Morocco Karim Alami Belgium Christophe Rochus 6–3, 6–1
2000 Spain Albert Portas Czech Republic Jiri Vanek 7–5, 6–3
2001 Not held
2002 Italy Stefano Galvani Spain Albert Portas 2–6, 7–6, 6–1

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1975 Spain Antonio Muñoz
Spain Manuel Orantes		 Chile Jaime Pinto-Bravo
Chile Belus Prajoux		 3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
1976 Not held
1977 United States Bill Bartlett
Australia John Marks		 United States Pat Du Pré
United Kingdom Chris Lewis		 7–5, 6–1, 6–3
1978 Egypt Ismail El Shafei
New Zealand Brian Fairlie		 Argentina Lito Álvarez
United States George Hardie		 6–3, 7–5, 6–2
1979 Australia Peter McNamara
Australia Paul McNamee		 India Anand Amritraj
India Vijay Amritraj		 7–5, 6–4
1980 Egypt Ismail El Shafei
Netherlands Tom Okker		 France Christophe Freyss
France Bernard Fritz		 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1981 Egypt Ismail El Shafei
Hungary Balázs Taróczy		 Italy Paolo Bertolucci
Italy Gianni Ocleppo		 6–7, 6–3, 6–1
1982 United States Drew Gitlin
United States Jim Gurfein		 Switzerland Heinz Günthardt
Switzerland Markus Günthardt		 6–4, 7–5
1983 Australia Broderick Dyke
Australia Rod Frawley		 Australia Brad Drewett
United Kingdom John Feaver		 6–3, 6–2
1984 United States Brett Dickinson
United States Drew Gitlin		 United States Marcel Freeman
United States Tim Wilkison		 7–6, 6–3
1985 India Anand Amritraj
United States Lloyd Bourne		 Australia Trevor Allan
Spain Alberto Tous		 6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1986 Not held
1987 France Loïc Courteau
West Germany Tore Meinecke		 Spain Jordi Arrese
Spain David de Miguel		 2–6, 7–6, 6–4
1988 Czechoslovakia Josef Čihák
Czechoslovakia Cyril Suk		 Argentina Roberto Argüello
Argentina Marcelo Ingaramo		 6–3, 6–2
1989 Spain Jordi Arrese
Spain Tomás Carbonell		 Spain Carlos Costa
Spain Francisco Roig		 7–6, 6–3
1990 Czechoslovakia Tomáš Anzari
Czechoslovakia David Rikl		 Belgium Eduardo Masso
Argentina Christian Miniussi		 6–3, 6–7, 7–5
1991 Czechoslovakia Martin Damm
Czechoslovakia David Rikl		 Zimbabwe Byron Black
South Africa Marcos Ondruska		 6–2, 6–3

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Sources

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