The Open Aix Provence is an annual tennis tournament on the ATP challenger tour that is played on outdoor clay courts at the Country Club Aixois, in Aix-en-Provence, France.
The first challenger tournament in Aix-en-Provence was played in 2014 with Diego Schwartzman winning the singles and Diego Schwartzman and Horacio Zeballos winning the doubles.
2023 Open Aix Provence
| Location: | Aix-en-Provence, France |
| ATP Level: | Challenger 175 |
| Court Surface: | Outdoor Clay Courts |
| Draw Size: | 32 Singles, 16 Doubles |
| Prize Money: | €200,000 |
Dates
The 2023 Open Aix Provence was held at the Country Club Aixois from the 2nd to the 7th of May 2023*.
* Singles qualifying was held on the 1st and 2nd of May.
The 2023 tennis tournament was played in the same week as the combined ATP/WTA tournament in Madrid and the WTA tournaments in Catalonia and Saint-Malo.
Players
The player entry list for the 2023 tournament in Aix-en-Provence has now been released and below is a selection of players who played in the singles in 2023.
- Adrian Mannarino
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas
- Alexander Bublik
- Alexandre Muller
- Andy Murray
- Arthur Fils
- Benoit Paire
- Brandon Nakashima
- David Goffin
- Gael Monfils
- Geoffrey Blancaneaux
- Gregoire Barrere
- Jason Kubler
- Joao Sousa
- Jurij Rodionov
- Laurent Lokoli
- Luca Van Assche
- Mikael Ymer
- Nuno Borges
- Otto Virtanen
- Quentin Halys
- Riccardo Bonadio
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry
- Tommy Paul
As the tournament was held in the second week of the Masters 1000 event in Madrid, a few top 100 players that lost early in Madrid, entered the Aix-en-Provence challenger including Tommy Paul, Alexander Bublik, and Andy Murray.
Schedule
Below was the schedule for the 2023 tournament, with the doubles final being played on Saturday, the 6th of May, and the singles final being played on Sunday, the 7th of May 2023.
| Day | Date | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Monday – Day 1 | 1 May 2023 | Qualifying |
| Tuesday – Day 2 | 2 May 2023 | Qualifying and 1st Round Matches |
| Wednesday – Day 3 | 3 May 2023 | 2nd Round Matches |
| Thursday – Day 4 | 4 May 2023 | 2nd Round Matches |
| Friday – Day 5 | 5 May 2023 | Singles Quarterfinals and Doubles Semifinals |
| Saturday – Day 6 | 6 May 2023 | Singles Semifinal Matches and Doubles Final |
| Sunday – Day 7 | 7 May 2023 | Singles Final |
Draw
The draw for the 2023 singles and doubles tournaments has now been made and can be viewed on the ATP Tour website (see links below).
Singles Qualifying: View Draw
Singles Main: View Draw
Doubles: View Draw
Seeded Players
Singles
- Tommy Paul
- Brandon Nakashima
- Adrian Mannarino
- Mikael Ymer
- Andy Murray
- Alexander Bublik
- Gregoire Barrere
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry
Prize Money and Points
The total Prize Money for the 2023 Aix Provence Challenger tennis tournament was €200,000.
How the prize money and points were split for the 2023 tournament is detailed below.
Men’s Singles
The winner of the singles tournament in 2023 (Andy Murray) won €27,155 and 175 ranking points, with the runner-up (Tommy Paul) winning €16,000 and 100 ranking points.
| Performance | € | ATP Points |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | €27,155 | 175 |
| Finalist | €16,000 | 100 |
| Semifinalist | €9,450 | 60 |
| Quarterfinalist | €5,500 | 32 |
| 2nd Round | €3,240 | 15 |
| 1st Round | €1,950 | 0 |
Men’s Doubles
The winners of the doubles tournament in 2023 received €11,680 (€5,840 each) and 175 ranking points, while the runner-ups received €6,775 (€3,387.50 each) and 100 ranking points.
| Performance | € | ATP Points |
|---|---|---|
| Winners | €11,680 | 175 |
| Finalists | €6,775 | 100 |
| Semifinalists | €4,065 | 60 |
| Quarterfinalists | €2,410 | 32 |
| 1st Round | €1,355 | 0 |
Streaming Options
You were able to stream matches live on Challenger TV in 2023.
Past Winners and Runner Ups
The winner of the 2023 singles competition was Andy Murray who beat the number one seed Tommy Paul 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the final.
Other winners of the singles event include Benjamin Bonzi (2022), Frances Tiafoe (2017), and Diego Schwartzman (2014)
The winners of the 2023 doubles competition were Jason Kubler and John Peers who beat Nuno Borges and Francisco Cabral 6-7, 6-4, 10-7 in the doubles final.
Men’s Singles
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Andy Murray | Tommy Paul | 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 |
| 2022 | Benjamin Bonzi | Gregoire Barrere | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 2021 | Carlos Taberner | Manuel Guinard | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 2020 | Oscar Otte | Thiago Seyboth Wild | 6–2, 6–7, 6–4 |
| 2019 | Pablo Cuevas | Quentin Halys | 7–5, 3–6, 6–2 |
| 2018 | John Millman | Bernard Tomic | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 2017 | Frances Tiafoe | Jérémy Chardy | 6–3, 4–6, 7–6 |
| 2016 | Thiago Monteiro | Carlos Berlocq | 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 2015 | Robin Haase | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 7–6, 6–2 |
| 2014 | Diego Schwartzman | Andreas Beck | 6–7, 6–3, 6–2 |
Men’s Doubles
| Year | Winners | Runner-ups | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Jason Kubler and John Peers | Nuno Borges and Francisco Cabral | 6-7, 6-4, 10-7 |
| 2022 | Titouan Droguet and Kyrian Jacquet | Nicolás Barrientos and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 2021 | Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul | Robert Galloway and Alex Lawson | 6–7, 7–5, 10–4 |
| 2020 | Andrés Molteni and Hugo Nys | Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar | 6–4, 7–6 |
| 2019 | Kevin Krawietz and Jürgen Melzer | Frederik Nielsen and Tim Pütz | 7–6, 6–2 |
| 2018 | Philipp Petzschner and Tim Pütz | Guido Andreozzi and Kenny de Schepper | 6–7, 6–2, 10–8 |
| 2017 | Wesley Koolhof and Matwé Middelkoop | Andre Begemann and Jérémy Chardy | 2–6, 6–4, 16–14 |
| 2016 | Oliver Marach and Philipp Oswald | Guillermo Durán and Máximo González | 6–1, 4–6, 10–7 |
| 2015 | Robin Haase and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Nicholas Monroe and Artem Sitak | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 2014 | Diego Schwartzman and Horacio Zeballos | Andreas Beck and Martin Fischer | 6–4, 3–6, 10–5 |