The ATP Florence used to be a defunct men's
tennis tournament that was played on the Rothman's Spring Mediterranean circuit in 1973, the
Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1974 through 1989 and the
ATP Tour 1990 through 1994. The tournament was held in
Florence, Italy and was competed on outdoor
clay court
A clay court is one of the types of tennis court on which the sport of tennis, originally known as "lawn tennis", is played. Clay courts are made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate depending on the tournament.
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s. From 1973 through 1989, it was played in the weeks preceding the
French Open
The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...
; however, from 1990, it was played the week immediately after.
Italian
Paolo Bertolucci
Paolo Bertolucci (born 3 August 1951) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He is currently working as sport commentator for Italian SKY Italia, Sky TV.
Bertolucci won the Davis Cup with Italy in 1976. His greatest success on ATP Tou ...
won the event a record three consecutive times from 1975 through 1977, with
clay court specialist Thomas Muster repeating the feat from 1991 through 1993.
The event was resumed in October 2022 as an
ATP Tour 250
The ATP 250 tournaments (previously known as the ''ATP World Tour 250'' tournaments, ''ATP International Series'', and ''ATP World Series'') are the lowest tier of annual men's tennis tournaments on the main ATP Tour, after the four Grand Slam tou ...
event with a single-year license due to the cancellation of tournaments in China because of the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic.
Results
Singles
Doubles
References
External links
ATP Tour results archiveITF search
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Grand Prix tennis circuit
Clay court tennis tournaments
Defunct tennis tournaments in Italy
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