1995 Monte Carlo Open

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1995 Monte Carlo Open
Date24–30 April
Edition89th
Category ATP Championship Series, Single-Week
Draw64S / 32D
Prize money$1,545,000
Surface Clay / outdoor
Location Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France
Venue Monte Carlo Country Club
Champions
Singles
Flag of Austria.svg Thomas Muster [1]
Doubles
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Eltingh / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis [2]
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The 1995 Monte Carlo Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts and took place at the Monte Carlo Country Club in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, near Monte Carlo, Monaco. The event was part of the ATP Championship Series, Single-Week of the 1995 ATP Tour. It was the 89th edition of the tournament and was held from 24 April through 30 April 1995. Ninth-seeded Thomas Muster won the singles title, his second title at the event after 1992. It was the closest Becker ever got to winning a clay court tournament, as he missed a match point on his own serve with a double-fault in the fourth-set tiebreaker. [3]

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Finals

Singles

Flag of Austria.svg Thomas Muster defeated Flag of Germany.svg Boris Becker, 4–6, 5–7, 6–1, 7–6(8–6), 6–0

Doubles

Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jacco Eltingh / Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Haarhuis defeated Flag of Argentina.svg Luis Lobo / Flag of Spain.svg Javier Sánchez, 6–3, 6–4

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  2. "1995 Monte Carlo – Doubles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
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