Event name Various Abolished 1995 Location Bordeaux, France | Founded 1979 Editions 17 | |
Tour Grand Prix circuit (1979–1989)
ATP Tour (1990–95) | ||
This is a defunct men's tennis tournament that was held annually under various names, The Bordeaux Open Grand Prix Passing Shot and was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit tour from (1979-1989) 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.
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.
References
ATP Bordeaux Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA