Capri Watch Cup Explained

Type:ATP Challenger
Tennis Napoli Cup
Current:2024 Tennis Napoli Cup
Event Name:Tennis Napoli Cup
Location:Naples, Italy
Venue:Tennis Club Napoli
Category:ATP Challenger Tour 125
Surface:Clay
Draw:32S/27Q/16D
Prize Money: 148,625 +H
Website:Website

The Tennis Napoli Cup (formerly the Capri Watch Cup) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Tennis Club Napoli in Naples, Italy, since 1995. The event was given a single-year ATP 250 license in 2022 due to the cancellation of tournaments in China because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

History

The tournament is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in Italy, the Campionato Partenopeo (Parthenopean Championship), which for men's singles was first contested in 1905. Over the years the men's tournament has been combined with other trophies, such as Coppa Gordon Bennet (1907–1910 and 1937), Coppa Reale (1912–1915), Coppa del Municipio di Napoli (1926–1938), Campionato dell’Europa Centrale (1937–1938), Coppa Città di Napoli (1953–1970), Coppa Carlo D'Avalos (1970).

At the time of the amateur tennis the Naples tournament gained increasing importance over the years, becoming one of the pivotal events of the spring season of the courts of Europe and a decisive step in preparation for the Internationals of Italy and those of France. Following the affirmation of professionalism, the tournament lost its relevance and disappeared, rising from the mid-1990s and finding a place within the category of ATP Challenger.

The women's tournament (singles and doubles), played simultaneously with the men's tournament until 1970, now no longer takes place.

Venue

From the beginning, the tournament is played on the courts of the Circolo del Tennis di Napoli, which occupies an area near the ancient Villa Reale di Chiaia, a few meters from the Gulf of Naples and minutes from downtown and historic centre.

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
Luca Nardi 5–7, 7–6(7–3), 6–2
2023 Not held
Lorenzo Musetti 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Tallon Griekspoor 6–3, 6–2
2017–2020 Not held
Jozef Kovalík 6–3, 6–2
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava 6–2, 6–1
2014 Not held
Potito Starace 6–2, 2–0 ret.
Andrey Kuznetsov 7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6)
Thomas Schoorel 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Rui Machado 6–4, 6–4
Pablo Cuevas 6 - 1, 6 - 3
2008 Potito Starace 6 - 4, 4 - 6, 7 - 6(7–3)
2007 Potito Starace 7 - 5, 6 - 2
2006 Potito Starace 6 - 0, 5 - 1 retired
2005 Richard Gasquet 4 - 6, 6 - 3, 7 - 5
2004 Gilles Müller 7 - 6(9–7), 6 - 7(1–7), 6 - 1
2003 Richard Gasquet 6 - 4, 6 - 4
2002 David Ferrer 6 - 1, 6 - 1
2001 Not held
2000 Not held
1999 Juan Carlos Ferrero 3 - 6, 7 - 6, 6 - 1
1998 Davide Sanguinetti 6 - 4, 6 - 4
1997 Dinu Pescariu 6 - 4, 6 - 2
1996 Félix Mantilla 6 - 3, 7 - 5
1995 Thomas Johansson 6 - 0, 6 - 0
1982–1994 Not held
1981 Damir Keretić 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1980 Christophe Roger-Vasselin
1979 José Luis Damiani
1978 Peter McNamara
1976–1977 Not held
1975 Ezio Di Matteo
1971–1974 Not held
1970 Ilie Năstase 6–1, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1969 Patricio Rodríguez Martin Mulligan 8–6, 6–3, 0–6, 6–3
1968 Martin Mulligan 6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1967 Martin Mulligan Nicola Pietrangeli 5–7, 4–6, 6–0, 6–1, 6–0
1966 Nicola Pietrangeli 8–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–1
1965 Martin Mulligan Nicola Pietrangeli 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1964 Nicola Pietrangeli 2–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1963 Jan-Erik Lundqvist 6 - 3, 0 - 6, 3 - 6, 6 - 3, 6 - 1
1962 Fausto Gardini 4–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–1
1961 Nicola Pietrangeli 6 - 1, 6 - 1, 6 - 2
1960 Not held
1959 Nicola Pietrangeli
1958 Mervyn Rose
1957 Orlando Sirola
1956 Lewis Hoad
1955 Giuseppe Merlo
1954 Not held
1953 Budge Patty
1939–1952 Not held
1938 Boris Maneff
1937 Giovanni Palmieri
1936 Giovanni Palmieri
1935 Giovanni Palmieri
1934 Roderich Menzel
1933 Giorgio de Stefani
1932 Giorgio de Stefani
1931 George Lyttleton-Rogers
1930 Clemente Serventi
1929 Carlo d'Avalos
1928 Antoine Gentien
1927 Carlo d'Avalos
1926 Carlo d'Avalos
1925 Carlo d'Avalos
1924 Carlo d'Avalos
1923 Riccardo Sabbadini
1922 George Grounsell
1921 Riccardo Sabbadini
1920 Riccardo Sabbadini
1919 George Grounsell Autumn edition
1919 Eugenio Schioppa Spring edition
1916–1918 Not held due to World War I
1915 Eugenio Schioppa
1914 Mino Balbi Di Robecco
1913 Eugenio Schioppa Autumn edition
1913 Eugenio Schioppa Spring edition
1912 Tullio Jappelli Autumn edition
1912 Tullio Jappelli Spring edition
1911 Title not awarded
1910 Eugenio Schioppa Autumn edition
1910 Alfredo Pflucker Spring edition
1909 Alfredo Pflucker Autumn edition
1909 Alfredo Pflucker Spring edition
1908 Alfredo Pflucker Autumn edition
1908 Robert Hotham Spring edition
1907 Alfredo Pflucker Autumn edition
1907 Alfredo Pflucker Spring edition
1906 Alfredo Pflucker
1905 Geoffrey Smith

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
Guido Andreozzi
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
Théo Arribagé
Victor Vlad Cornea
6–4, 1–6, [10–7]
2023 Not held
Ivan Dodig
Austin Krajicek
Matthew Ebden
John Peers
6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
Dustin Brown
Andrea Vavassori
Mirza Bašić
Nino Serdarušić
7–5, 7–6(7–5)
2017–
2020
Not held
Gero Kretschmer
Alexander Satschko
Matteo Donati
Stefano Napolitano
6–1, 6–3
Ilija Bozoljac
Filip Krajinović
6–1, 6–2
2014 Not held
Stefano Ianni
Potito Starace
6–1, 6–3
Laurynas Grigelis
Alessandro Motti
6–4, 6–4
Travis Rettenmaier
Simon Stadler
6–4, 6–4
Dustin Brown
Jesse Witten
7–6(7–4), 7–5
Pablo Cuevas
David Marrero
6 - 4, 6 - 3
2008 Tomáš Cibulec
Jaroslav Levinský
6 - 1, 6 - 3
2007 Flavio Cipolla
Marcel Granollers
6 - 4, 6 - 2
2006 Tomáš Cibulec
Łukasz Kubot
7 - 5, 4 - 6, 10 - 7
2005 Janko Tipsarević
Jiří Vaněk
3 - 6, 6 - 4, 6 - 2
2004 Tomas Behrend
Giorgio Galimberti
6 - 1, 6 - 3
2003 Massimo Bertolini
Giorgio Galimberti
2 - 6, 7 - 5, 6 - 4
2002 Gabriel Trifu
Vladimir Voltchkov
7 - 5, 7 - 6(7–5)
2001 Not held
2000 Not held
1999 Marcos Ondruska
Jack Waite
6 - 4, 7 - 6
1998 Massimo Bertolini
Devin Bowen
7 - 6, 6 - 2
1997 Aleksandar Kitinov
Tom Vanhoudt
7 - 6, 6 - 4
1996 Omar Camporese
Diego Nargiso
3 - 6, 6 - 4, 7 - 6
1995 Stefano Pescosolido
Vincenzo Santopadre
6 - 1, 3 - 6, 6 - 3

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ATP Issues 2022 Calendar Updates . atptour.com . 21 July 2022.