Tunis Open

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Tunis Open
Tennisball current event.svg 2023 Tunis Open
ATP Challenger Tour
Location Tunis, Tunisia
VenueTennis Club de Tunis
Category ATP Challenger Tour
Surface Clay
Draw32S/21Q/16D
Prize moneyUS$125,000+H
Website Official website
Current champions (2022)
Singles Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Carballés Baena
Doubles Flag of Colombia.svg Nicolás Barrientos
Flag of Mexico.svg Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
Eventual top-tenner Gael Monfils won the 2005 all-French singles final against Fabrice Santoro Gael Monfils against Nalbandian.jpg
Eventual top-tenner Gaël Monfils won the 2005 all-French singles final against Fabrice Santoro

The Tunis Open is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Tennis Club de Tunis in Tunis, Tunisia, since 2005.

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Simone Bolelli is the record singles holder with two wins.

Past finals

Singles

YearChampionRunner-upScore
2005 Flag of France.svg Gaël Monfils Flag of France.svg Fabrice Santoro 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(11–9)
2006 Flag of Algeria.svg Lamine Ouahab Flag of Morocco.svg Younes El Aynaoui walkover
2007 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Bolelli (1) Flag of Romania.svg Andrei Pavel 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
2008 Flag of Brazil.svg Thomaz Bellucci Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Vemić 6–2, 6–4
2009 Flag of Argentina.svg Gastón Gaudio Flag of Portugal.svg Frederico Gil 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
2010 Flag of Argentina.svg José Acasuso Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Brands 6–3, 6–4
2011Not Held
2012 Flag of Spain.svg Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Flag of France.svg Jérémy Chardy 6–1, 6–4
2013 Flag of Romania.svg Adrian Ungur Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Schwartzman 4–6, 6–0, 6–2
2014 Flag of Italy.svg Simone Bolelli (2) Flag of Germany.svg Julian Reister 6–4, 6–2
2015-
2017
Not Held
2018 Flag of Argentina.svg Guido Andreozzi Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Gimeno Traver 6–2, 3–0 ret.
2019 Flag of Uruguay.svg Pablo Cuevas Flag of Portugal.svg João Domingues 7–5, 6–4
2020-
2021
Not Held
2022 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Carballés Baena Flag of the Netherlands.svg Gijs Brouwer 6–1, 6–1
2023 Flag of Japan.svg Sho Shimabukuro Flag of France.svg Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6–4, 6–4 [1]
2024 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Roca Batalla Flag of France.svg Valentin Royer 7–6(7–5), 7–5

Doubles

YearChampionsRunners-upScore
2005 Flag of Germany.svg Tomas Behrend
Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Lindstedt
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marco Chiudinelli
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jean-Claude Scherrer
3–6, 6–1, 6–3
2006 Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Gimeno Traver
Flag of Spain.svg Iván Navarro
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart Beks
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Martijn van Haasteren
6–2, 7–5
2007 Flag of Poland.svg Łukasz Kubot
Flag of Austria.svg Oliver Marach
Flag of Spain.svg Marc Fornell
Flag of Algeria.svg Lamine Ouahab
6–2, 6–2
2008 Flag of Brazil.svg Thomaz Bellucci
Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Soares
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jean-Claude Scherrer
Flag of France.svg Nicolas Tourte
6–3, 6–4
2009 Flag of Argentina.svg Brian Dabul
Flag of Argentina.svg Leonardo Mayer
Flag of Sweden.svg Johan Brunström
Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg Jean-Julien Rojer
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
2010 Flag of South Africa.svg Jeff Coetzee
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kristof Vliegen
Flag of the United States.svg James Cerretani
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adil Shamasdin
7–6(7–3), 6–3
2011Not Held
2012 Flag of Poland.svg Jerzy Janowicz
Flag of Estonia.svg Jürgen Zopp
Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Monroe
Flag of Germany.svg Simon Stadler
7–6(7–1), 6–3
2013 Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Meffert
Flag of Austria.svg Philipp Oswald
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Delgado
Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Siljeström
3–6, 7–6(7–0), [10–7]
2014 Flag of France.svg Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Adil Shamasdin
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Stephan Fransen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jesse Huta Galung
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2015-
2017
Not Held
2018 Flag of Ukraine.svg Denys Molchanov
Flag of Slovakia.svg Igor Zelenay
Flag of France.svg Jonathan Eysseric
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joe Salisbury
7–6(7–4), 6–2
2019 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ruben Bemelmans
Flag of Germany.svg Tim Pütz
Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Argüello
Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Durán
6–3, 6–1
2020-
2021
Not Held
2022 Flag of Colombia.svg Nicolás Barrientos
Flag of Mexico.svg Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Erler
Flag of Austria.svg Lucas Miedler
6–7(3–7), 6–3, [11–9]
2023 Flag of France.svg Théo Arribagé
Flag of France.svg Luca Sanchez
Flag of Australia (converted).svg James McCabe
Flag of Tunisia.svg Aziz Ouakaa
4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2024 Flag of Argentina.svg Federico Agustín Gómez
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Marcus Willis
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Patrik Rikl
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michael Vrbenský
4–6, 6–1, [10–6]

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