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Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia

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Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
Defunct tennis tournament
TourILTF Circuit (1935-1989)/ATP Tour (1990–2006)
Founded1935
Abolished2006
LocationPalermo, Italy
VenueCircolo Tennis Palermo
SurfaceClay / outdoor

The Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia or International Championships of Sicily, also known as the Palermo Open, was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1935 and played annually at the Circolo Tennis Palermo in Palermo in Italy. In 1971 the women's event was discontinued leaving just the men's event that ran until 2006.

History

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The International Championships of Sicily were established in 1935 as a combined tournament for men and women. In 1955 the Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia were disputed in Messina and won among the men Nicola Pietrangeli who beat in final Fausto Gardini in five sets,[1] and in female tournament Silvana Lazzarino that won in final against Lea Pericoli. The tournament continued under a joint format until 1971 when the women's event was discontinued. In 1988 a new international tournament for women held in Palermo was reestablished known as the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo.

The tournament was a part of the ATP Tour schedule from 1990 to 2006. The event was part of the ATP World Series from 1990 until 1999 and part of its successor, the ATP International Series, from 2000 until its final edition in 2006. That year the ATP bought back the tournament sanction.[2] In 2009 a new successor tournament to this event was established called the Sicilia Classic.

Finals

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Men's singles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1935 Italy Giovanni Palmieri France Jean Lesueur 7–5, ret.
1936 Italy Giovanni Palmieri (2) Italy Augusto Rado 2–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1937 Italy Giovanni Palmieri (3) Hungary György Dallos 6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1938 Czechoslovakia Vojtek Wodicka Switzerland Boris Maneff 6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1939 Romania Constantin Tănăsescu Italy Vanni Canepele 7–5, 6–4, 6–2
1940 Hungary József Asbóth United Kingdom George Lyttleton Rogers 6–0, 7–5, 6–4
1941/1950 Not held
1951 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný United States Dick Savitt 6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–4
1952 Egypt Jaroslav Drobný (2) Italy Fausto Gardini 1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1953 United States Budge Patty United States Bernard Bartzen 3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1954/1955 Not held
1956 Italy Giuseppe Merlo United States Hugh Stewart 6–4, 8–10, 6–3, 6–2
1957 Italy Giuseppe Merlo (2) United States Ham Richardson 2–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–0
1958 Italy Nicola Pietrangeli Australia Mervyn Rose 7–5, 6–4, 8–6
1959 Australia Neale Fraser Italy Nicola Pietrangeli 7–5, 6–4, 8–6
1960 Mexico Mario Llamas Italy Giuseppe Merlo 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
1961 Not held
1962 Australia Rod Laver Australia Neale Fraser 7–5, 6–4, 8–6
1963 Italy Nicola Pietrangeli (2) Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Boro Jovanović 6–4, 6–2, 6–4
1964 Italy Nicola Pietrangeli (3) Brazil Edison Mandarino 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1
1965 Australia Martin Mulligan Colombia William Alvarez 6–1, 6–1, 6–2
1966 Not held
1967 Soviet Union Alexander Metreveli Canada Mike Belkin 7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1968 Romania Ion Țiriac United States Marty Riessen 8–6, 6–0, 1–6, 6–4
1969 Romania Ion Țiriac (2) Romania Ilie Năstase 4–6, 6–0, 6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1970 Hungary István Gulyás Romania Ilie Năstase 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1971 United Kingdom Roger Taylor France Pierre Barthès 6–3, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1972 Not held
1973 Australia Martin Mulligan (2) Japan Jun Kuki 6–0, 5–7, 6–3
1974/1978 Not held
1979 Sweden Björn Borg Italy Corrado Barazzutti 6–4, 6–0, 6–4
1980 Argentina Guillermo Vilas Australia Paul McNamee 6–4, 6–0, 6–0
1981 Spain Manuel Orantes Chile Pedro Rebolledo 6–4, 6–0, 6–0
1982 Bolivia Mario Martínez Australia John Alexander 6–4, 7–5
1983 United States Jimmy Arias Argentina José Luis Clerc 6–2, 2–6, 6–0
1984 Italy Francesco Cancellotti Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř 6–0, 6–3
1985 France Thierry Tulasne Sweden Joakim Nyström 6–3, 6–1
1986 Sweden Ulf Stenlund Peru Pablo Arraya 6–2, 6–3
1987 Argentina Martín Jaite Czechoslovakia Karel Nováček 7–6, 6–7, 6–4
1988 Sweden Mats Wilander Sweden Kent Carlsson 6–1, 3–6, 6–4
1989 Argentina Guillermo Pérez Roldán Italy Paolo Canè 6–1, 6–4
1990 Argentina Franco Davín Spain Juan Aguilera 6–1, 6–1
1991 France Frédéric Fontang Spain Emilio Sánchez 1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1992 Spain Sergi Bruguera Spain Emilio Sánchez 6–1, 6–3
1993 Austria Thomas Muster Spain Sergi Bruguera 7–6(7–2), 7-5
1994 Spain Alberto Berasategui Spain Àlex Corretja 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
1995 Spain Francisco Clavet Spain Jordi Burillo 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
1996 Morocco Karim Alami Romania Adrian Voinea 7–5, 2–1 retired
1997 Spain Alberto Berasategui (2) Slovakia Dominik Hrbatý 6–4, 6–2
1998 Argentina Mariano Puerta Argentina Franco Squillari 6–3, 6–2
1999 France Arnaud Di Pasquale Spain Alberto Berasategui 6–1, 6–3
2000 Belgium Olivier Rochus Italy Diego Nargiso 7–6(16–14), 6–1
2001 Spain Félix Mantilla Argentina David Nalbandian 7–6(7–2), 6–4
2002 Chile Fernando González Argentina José Acasuso 5–7, 6–3, 6–1
2003 Chile Nicolás Massú France Paul-Henri Mathieu 1–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–0)
2004 Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych Italy Filippo Volandri 6–3, 6–3
2005 Russia Igor Andreev Italy Filippo Volandri 0–6, 6–1, 6–3
2006 Italy Filippo Volandri Ecuador Nicolás Lapentti 5–7, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1979 Australia Peter McNamara
Australia Paul McNamee
Egypt Ismail El Shafei
United Kingdom John Feaver
7–5, 7–6
1980 Italy Gianni Ocleppo
Ecuador Ricardo Ycaza
Paraguay Víctor Pecci
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
6–2, 6–2
1981 Uruguay José Luis Damiani
Uruguay Diego Pérez
Chile Jaime Fillol
Chile Belus Prajoux
6–1, 6–4
1982 Italy Gianni Marchetti
Italy Enzo Vattuone
Uruguay José Luis Damiani
Uruguay Diego Pérez
6–4, 6–7, 6–3
1983 Peru Pablo Arraya
Argentina José Luis Clerc
South Africa Tian Viljoen
South Africa Danie Visser
1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1984 Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
United States Blaine Willenborg
Italy Claudio Panatta
Sweden Henrik Sundström
6–7, 6–3, 6–0
1985 United Kingdom Colin Dowdeswell
Sweden Joakim Nyström
Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
6–4, 6–7, 7–6
1986 Italy Paolo Canè
Italy Simone Colombo
Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri
Italy Gianni Ocleppo
7–5, 6–3
1987 Mexico Leonardo Lavalle
Italy Claudio Panatta
Czechoslovakia Petr Korda
Czechoslovakia Tomáš Šmíd
3–6, 6–4, 6–4
1988 Peru Carlos di Laura
Uruguay Marcelo Filippini
Argentina Alberto Mancini
Argentina Christian Miniussi
6–2, 6–0
1989 West Germany Peter Ballauff
West Germany Rüdiger Haas
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Ivanišević
Italy Diego Nargiso
6–2, 6–7, 6–4
1990 Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
Spain Carlos Costa
Argentina Horacio de la Peña
6–3, 6–4
1991 Netherlands Jacco Eltingh
Netherlands Tom Kempers
Spain Emilio Sánchez
Spain Javier Sánchez
3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1992 Sweden Johan Donar
Sweden Ola Jonsson
Argentina Horacio de la Peña
Czechoslovakia Vojtěch Flégl
5–7, 6–3, 6–4
1993 Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
Argentina Juan Garat
Mexico Jorge Lozano
6–3, 6–3
1994 Netherlands Tom Kempers
United States Jack Waite
United Kingdom Neil Broad
United States Greg Van Emburgh
7–6, 6–4
1995 Spain Àlex Corretja
France Fabrice Santoro
Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids
South Africa Piet Norval
6–7, 6–4, 6–3
1996 Australia Andrew Kratzmann
South Africa Marcos Ondruska
Italy Cristian Brandi
Spain Emilio Sánchez
7–6, 6–4
1997 Australia Andrew Kratzmann
Czech Republic Libor Pimek
Netherlands Hendrik Jan Davids
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
3–6, 6–3, 7–6
1998 United States Donald Johnson
United States Francisco Montana
Argentina Pablo Albano
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
6–4, 7–6
1999 Argentina Mariano Hood
Argentina Sebastián Prieto
South Africa Lan Bale
Spain Alberto Martín
6–3, 6–1
2000 Spain Tomás Carbonell
Argentina Martín García
Argentina Pablo Albano
Germany Marc-Kevin Goellner
W/O
2001 Spain Tomás Carbonell
Argentina Daniel Orsanic
Argentina Enzo Artoni
Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez
6–2, 2–6, 6–2
2002 Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Luis Lobo
Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2003 Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Mariano Hood
Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl
7–6, 6–7, 6–3
2004 Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Mariano Hood
Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
7–5, 6–2
2005 Argentina Martín García
Argentina Mariano Hood
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
6–2, 6–3
2006 Argentina Martín García
Peru Luis Horna
Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
7–6, 7–6

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1877 to 2012 Finals Results". STEVE TENNIS. stevegtennis.com. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  2. ^ McManus, Jim (2010). History of Tournaments: Professional Tennis Winners and Runner-ups. Pont Vedra Beach: MAC and Company Publishing. pp. 297–299. ISBN 9781450728331.
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