Open Aix Provence

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.

Open Aix Provence

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 is 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.

DayDateRound
Monday – Day 11 May 2023Qualifying
Tuesday – Day 22 May 2023Qualifying and 1st Round Matches
Wednesday – Day 33 May 20232nd Round Matches
Thursday – Day 44 May 20232nd Round Matches
Friday – Day 55 May 2023Singles Quarterfinals and Doubles Semifinals
Saturday – Day 66 May 2023Singles Semifinal Matches and Doubles Final
Sunday – Day 77 May 2023Singles 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

  1. Tommy Paul
  2. Brandon Nakashima
  3. Adrian Mannarino
  4. Mikael Ymer
  5. Andy Murray
  6. Alexander Bublik
  7. Gregoire Barrere
  8. 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€ – PayoutATP Points
Winner€27,155175
Finalist€16,000100
Semifinalist€9,45060
Quarterfinalist€5,50032
2nd Round€3,24015
1st Round€1,9500

Men’s Doubles

The winners of the doubles tournament in 2023 received €11,680 (€5,840 each) and 175 ranking points, while the runners-up received €6,775 (€3,387.50 each) and 100 ranking points.

Performance€ – PayoutATP Points
Winners€11,680175
Finalists€6,775100
Semifinalists€4,06560
Quarterfinalists€2,41032
1st Round€1,3550

Streaming Options

You were able to stream matches live on Challenger TV in 2023.

Past Winners and Runners Up

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 past 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 defeated Nuno Borges and Francisco Cabral 6-7, 6-4, 10-7 in the doubles final.

Men’s Singles

YearWinnerRunner-upScore
2023Andy MurrayTommy Paul2-6, 6-1, 6-2
2022Benjamin BonziGregoire Barrere6–2, 6–4
2021Carlos TabernerManuel Guinard6–2, 6–2
2020Oscar OtteThiago Seyboth Wild6–2, 6–7, 6–4
2019Pablo CuevasQuentin Halys7–5, 3–6, 6–2
2018John MillmanBernard Tomic6–1, 6–2
2017Frances TiafoeJérémy Chardy6–3, 4–6, 7–6
2016Thiago MonteiroCarlos Berlocq4–6, 6–4, 6–1
2015Robin HaasePaul-Henri Mathieu7–6, 6–2
2014Diego SchwartzmanAndreas Beck6–7, 6–3, 6–2

Men’s Doubles

YearWinnersRunners-upScore
2023Jason Kubler and John PeersNuno Borges and Francisco Cabral6-7, 6-4, 10-7
2022Titouan Droguet and Kyrian JacquetNicolás Barrientos and Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela6–2, 6–3
2021Sadio Doumbia and Fabien ReboulRobert Galloway and Alex Lawson6–7, 7–5, 10–4
2020Andrés Molteni and Hugo NysAriel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar6–4, 7–6
2019Kevin Krawietz and Jürgen MelzerFrederik Nielsen and Tim Pütz7–6, 6–2
2018Philipp Petzschner and Tim PützGuido Andreozzi and Kenny de Schepper6–7, 6–2, 10–8
2017Wesley Koolhof and Matwé MiddelkoopAndre Begemann and Jérémy Chardy2–6, 6–4, 16–14
2016Oliver Marach and Philipp OswaldGuillermo Durán and Máximo González6–1, 4–6, 10–7
2015Robin Haase and Aisam-ul-Haq QureshiNicholas Monroe and Artem Sitak6–1, 6–2
2014Diego Schwartzman and Horacio ZeballosAndreas Beck and Martin Fischer6–4, 3–6, 10–5