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]
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.
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.
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score | |||
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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 |