The Bordeaux Grand Prix was a men's tennis tournament founded in 1979 as the Bordeaux Open. It was the successor event to the Bordeaux International (1907–1969) played at the same venue. It was held annually under variations of the name including the Grand Prix Passing Shot and was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit tour. It then became an ATP Tour event until 1995. The tournament was played on two different surfaces during its tenure: clay from 1979 through 1990 and hard from 1991 through 1995.

Bordeaux Grand Prix
Defunct tennis tournament
Event nameVarious
TourGrand Prix circuit (1979–1989)
ATP Tour (1990–95)
Founded1979
Abolished1995
Editions17
LocationBordeaux, France
VenueVilla Primrose
SurfaceClay

Guy Forget was the only man to win the tournament more than once, doing so in 1990 and 1991. Yannick Noah, the only other Frenchman to triumph in the singles event, won the inaugural event of 1979.

In 1995 the tournament license was sold to the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) of Great Britain for a fee of $620,000.[1]

Results

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Singles

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For the precursor men's event see Bordeaux International
Year Tournament Name Champions Runners-up Score
1979 Grand Prix Passing Shot   Yannick Noah   Harold Solomon 6–0, 6–7, 6–1, 1–6, 6–4
1980 Grand Prix de Passing Shot   Mario Martinez   Gianni Ocleppo 6–0, 7–5, 7–5
1981 Grand Prix Passing Shot   Andrés Gómez   Thierry Tulasne 7–6, 7–6, 6–1
1982 Grand Prix Passing Shot   Hans Gildemeister   Pablo Arraya 7–5, 6–1
1983 Grand Prix Passing Shot   Pablo Arraya   Juan Aguilera 7–5, 7–5
1984 Grand Prix Passing Shot   José Higueras   Francesco Cancellotti 7–6, 6–1
1985 Nabisco Grand Prix Passing Shot   Diego Pérez   Jimmy Brown 6–4, 7–6
1986 Nabisco Grand Prix Passing Shot   Paolo Canè   Kent Carlsson 6–4, 1–6, 7–5
1987 Nabisco Grand Prix Passing Shot   Emilio Sánchez   Ronald Agénor 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
1988 NGP Passing Shot de Bordeaux   Thomas Muster   Ronald Agénor 6–3, 6–3
1989 Grand Prix Passing Shot de Bordeaux   Ivan Lendl   Emilio Sánchez 6–2, 6–2
1990 Grand Prix Passing Shot   Guy Forget   Goran Ivanišević 6–4, 6–3
1991 Grand Prix Passing Shot   Guy Forget   Olivier Delaître 6–1, 6–3
1992 Grand Prix Passing Shot   Andrei Medvedev   Sergi Bruguera 6–3, 1–6, 6–2
1993 Grand Prix Passing Shot Bordeaux   Sergi Bruguera   Diego Nargiso 7–5, 6–2
1994 Grand Prix Passing Shot   Wayne Ferreira   Jeff Tarango 6–0, 7–5
1995 Grand Prix Passing Shot Bordeaux   Yahiya Doumbia   Jakob Hlasek 6–4, 6–4
Succeeded by Bournemouth International

Doubles

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Year Champions Runners-up Score
1979   Patrice Dominguez
  Denis Naegelen
  Bernard Fritz
  Iván Molina
6–4, 6–4
1980   John Feaver
  Gilles Moretton
  Gianni Ocleppo
  Ricardo Ycaza
6–3, 6–2
1981   Andrés Gómez
  Belus Prajoux
  Jim Gurfein
  Anders Järryd
7–5, 6–3
1982   Hans Gildemeister
  Andrés Gómez
  Anders Järryd
  Hans Simonsson
6–4, 6–2
1983   Stefan Simonsson
  Magnus Tideman
  Francisco Yunis
  Juan Carlos Yunis
6–4, 6–2
1984   Pavel Složil
  Blaine Willenborg
  Loïc Courteau
  Guy Forget
6–1, 6–4
1985   David Felgate
  Steve Shaw
  Libor Pimek
  Blaine Willenborg
6–4, 5–7, 6–4
1986   Jordi Arrese
  David de Miguel-Lapiedra
  Ronald Agénor
  Mansour Bahrami
7–5, 6–4
1987   Sergio Casal
  Emilio Sánchez
  Darren Cahill
  Mark Woodforde
6–3, 6–3
1988   Joakim Nyström
  Claudio Panatta
  Christian Miniussi
  Diego Nargiso
6–1, 6–4
1989   Tomás Carbonell
  Carlos di Laura
  Agustín Moreno
  Jaime Yzaga
6–4, 6–4
1990   Tomás Carbonell
  Libor Pimek
  Mansour Bahrami
  Yannick Noah
6–3, 6–7, 6–2
1991   Arnaud Boetsch
  Guy Forget
  Patrik Kühnen
  Alexander Mronz
6–2, 6–2
1992   Sergio Casal
  Emilio Sánchez
  Arnaud Boetsch
  Guy Forget
6–1, 6–4
1993   Pablo Albano
  Javier Frana
  David Adams
  Andrei Olhovskiy
7–6, 4–6, 6–3
1994   Olivier Delaître
  Guy Forget
  Diego Nargiso
  Guillaume Raoux
6–2, 2–6, 7–5
1995   Saša Hiršzon
  Goran Ivanišević
  Henrik Holm
  Danny Sapsford
6–3, 6–4
Succeeded by Bournemouth International

See also

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References

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  1. ^ McManus, Jim (2010). History of Tournaments: Professional Tennis Winners and Runner-ups. Pont Vedra Beach: MAC and Company Publishing. pp. 246–247. ISBN 9781450728331.
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