Tennis Napoli Cup
ATP Challenger Tour
Event nameTennis Napoli Cup
LocationNaples, Italy
VenueTennis Club Napoli
CategoryATP Challenger Tour
SurfaceHard
Draw32S/27Q/16D
Prize money42,500+H
WebsiteWebsite
Italy's Potito Starace finished runner-up in 2005, before collecting three straight singles titles from 2006 to 2008.
Frenchman Richard Gasquet won the singles twice in 2003 and 2005.
Eventual World No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero from Spain won in singles in 1999.

The Tennis Napoli Cup (formerly the Capri Watch Cup) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts. 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]

History

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.

Venue

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.

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2022Italy Lorenzo MusettiItaly Matteo Berrettini7–6(7–5), 6–2
2021Netherlands Tallon GriekspoorItaly Andrea Pellegrino6–3, 6–2
2017–2020Not held
2016Slovakia Jozef KovalíkBelgium Arthur De Greef6–3, 6–2
2015Spain Daniel Muñoz de la NavaItaly Matteo Donati6–2, 6–1
2014Not held
2013Italy Potito StaraceItaly Alessandro Giannessi6–2, 2–0 ret.
2012Russia Andrey KuznetsovFrance Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy7–6(8–6), 7–6(8–6)
2011Netherlands Thomas SchoorelItaly Filippo Volandri6–2, 7–6(7–4)
2010Portugal Rui MachadoArgentina Federico Delbonis6–4, 6–4
2009Uruguay Pablo CuevasRomania Victor Crivoi61, 63
2008Italy Potito StaraceBrazil Marcos Daniel64, 46, 76(7–3)
2007Italy Potito StaraceMorocco Younes El Aynaoui75, 62
2006Italy Potito StaraceItaly Alessio di Mauro60, 51 retired
2005France Richard GasquetItaly Potito Starace46, 63, 75
2004Luxembourg Gilles MüllerFrance Arnaud Di Pasquale76(9–7), 67(1–7), 61
2003France Richard GasquetLuxembourg Gilles Müller64, 64
2002Spain David FerrerMonaco Jean-René Lisnard61, 61
2001Not held
2000Not held
1999Spain Juan Carlos FerreroSpain Juan Albert Viloca36, 76, 61
1998Italy Davide SanguinettiRussia Marat Safin64, 64
1997Romania Dinu PescariuGermany Oliver Gross64, 62
1996Spain Félix MantillaMorocco Karim Alami63, 75
1995Sweden Thomas JohanssonFrance Frédéric Vitoux60, 60
1982–1994Not held
1981West Germany Damir KeretićArgentina Gustavo Guerrero4–6, 6–2, 6–2
1980France Christophe Roger-Vasselin
1979Uruguay José Luis Damiani
1978Australia Peter McNamara
1976–1977Not held
1975Italy Ezio Di Matteo
1971–1974Not held
1970Romania Ilie NăstaseItaly Martin Mulligan6–1, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
1969Chile Patricio RodríguezItaly Martin Mulligan8–6, 6–3, 0–6, 6–3
1968Australia Martin MulliganItaly Nicola Pietrangeli6–1, 6–2, 6–2
1967Australia Martin MulliganItaly Nicola Pietrangeli5–7, 4–6, 6–0, 6–1, 6–0
1966Italy Nicola PietrangeliAustralia Tony Roche8–6, 2–6, 6–2, 6–1
1965Australia Martin MulliganItaly Nicola Pietrangeli6–4, 6–3, 6–3
1964Italy Nicola PietrangeliBrazil José Edison Mandarino2–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–3
1963Sweden Jan-Erik LundqvistAustralia Fred Stolle63, 06, 36, 63, 61
1962Italy Fausto GardiniItaly Sergio Tacchini4–6, 6–2, 6–1, 6–1
1961Italy Nicola PietrangeliSweden Jan-Erik Lundqvist61, 61, 62
1960Not held
1959Italy Nicola Pietrangeli
1958Australia Mervyn Rose
1957Italy Orlando Sirola
1956Australia Lewis Hoad
1955Italy Giuseppe Merlo
1954Not held
1953United States Budge Patty
1939–1952Not held
1938Switzerland Boris Maneff
1937Italy Giovanni Palmieri
1936Italy Giovanni Palmieri
1935Italy Giovanni Palmieri
1934Czech Republic Roderich Menzel
1933Italy Giorgio de Stefani
1932Italy Giorgio de Stefani
1931Republic of Ireland George Lyttleton-Rogers
1930Italy Clemente Serventi
1929Italy Carlo d'Avalos
1928France Antoine Gentien
1927Italy Carlo d'Avalos
1926Italy Carlo d'Avalos
1925Italy Carlo d'Avalos
1924Italy Carlo d'Avalos
1923Italy Riccardo Sabbadini
1922United Kingdom George Grounsell
1921Italy Riccardo Sabbadini
1920Italy Riccardo Sabbadini
1919United Kingdom George GrounsellAutumn edition
1919Italy Eugenio SchioppaSpring edition
1916–1918Not held due to World War I
1915Italy Eugenio Schioppa
1914Italy Mino Balbi Di Robecco
1913Italy Eugenio SchioppaAutumn edition
1913Italy Eugenio SchioppaSpring edition
1912Italy Tullio JappelliAutumn edition
1912Italy Tullio JappelliSpring edition
1911Title not awarded
1910Italy Eugenio SchioppaAutumn edition
1910German Empire Alfredo PfluckerSpring edition
1909German Empire Alfredo PfluckerAutumn edition
1909German Empire Alfredo PfluckerSpring edition
1908German Empire Alfredo PfluckerAutumn edition
1908United Kingdom Robert HothamSpring edition
1907German Empire Alfredo PfluckerAutumn edition
1907German Empire Alfredo PfluckerSpring edition
1906German Empire Alfredo Pflucker
1905United Kingdom Geoffrey Smith

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2021Germany Dustin Brown
Italy Andrea Vavassori
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Bašić
Croatia Nino Serdarušić
7–5, 7–6(7–5)
2017–
2020
Not held
2016Germany Gero Kretschmer
Germany Alexander Satschko
Italy Matteo Donati
Italy Stefano Napolitano
6–1, 6–3
2015Serbia Ilija Bozoljac
Serbia Filip Krajinović
Georgia (country) Nikoloz Basilashvili
Belarus Aliaksandr Bury
6–1, 6–2
2014Not held
2013Italy Stefano Ianni
Italy Potito Starace
Italy Alessandro Giannessi
Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev
6–1, 6–3
2012Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis
Italy Alessandro Motti
Australia Rameez Junaid
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
6–4, 6–4
2011United States Travis Rettenmaier
Germany Simon Stadler
United States Travis Parrott
Sweden Andreas Siljeström
6–4, 6–4
2010Jamaica Dustin Brown
United States Jesse Witten
India Rohan Bopanna
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
7–6(7–4), 7–5
2009Uruguay Pablo Cuevas
Spain David Marrero
Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol
Germany Frank Moser
64, 63
2008Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
Portugal Frederico Gil
Peru Luis Horna
61, 63
2007Italy Flavio Cipolla
Spain Marcel Granollers
Italy Marco Crugnola
Italy Alessio di Mauro
64, 62
2006Czech Republic Tomáš Cibulec
Poland Łukasz Kubot
Italy Simone Bolelli
Italy Fabio Fognini
75, 46, 107
2005Serbia and Montenegro Janko Tipsarević
Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk
Italy Massimo Bertolini
Italy Uros Vico
36, 64, 62
2004Germany Tomas Behrend
Italy Giorgio Galimberti
Czech Republic Michal Tabara
Czech Republic Jiří Vaněk
61, 63
2003Italy Massimo Bertolini
Italy Giorgio Galimberti
Israel Amir Hadad
Belgium Christophe Rochus
26, 75, 64
2002Romania Gabriel Trifu
Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov
Argentina Leonardo Olguín
Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello
75, 76(7–5)
2001Not held
2000Not held
1999South Africa Marcos Ondruska
United States Jack Waite
Italy Massimo Bertolini
Italy Cristian Brandi
64, 76
1998Italy Massimo Bertolini
United States Devin Bowen
Egypt Tamer El Sawy
Hungary Gábor Köves
76, 62
1997North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Francisco Roig
76, 64
1996Italy Omar Camporese
Italy Diego Nargiso
Latvia Ģirts Dzelde
Sweden Tomas Nydahl
36, 64, 76
1995Italy Stefano Pescosolido
Italy Vincenzo Santopadre
United States Kent Kinnear
United States Jack Waite
61, 36, 63

References

  1. "ATP Issues 2022 Calendar Updates". atptour.com. 21 July 2022.
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