The Lorraine Open is a defunct men's
tennis
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tournament that was played as part of the
Grand Prix tennis circuit
The Grand Prix tennis circuit was a professional tennis tour for male players that existed from 1970 to 1989. The Grand Prix and World Championship Tennis (WCT) were the two predecessors to the current tour for male players, the ATP Tour, with t ...
from 1979 to 1989. It was held in
Lorraine
Lorraine , also , , ; Lorrain: ''Louréne''; Lorraine Franconian: ''Lottringe''; german: Lothringen ; lb, Loutrengen; nl, Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Gra ...
, one of the 26
regions of France
France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (french: régions, singular ), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas colle ...
. The venue alternated annually from Lorraine's two main cities of
Metz
Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand ...
and
Nancy, with Nancy hosting odd-numbered years, and Metz even-numbered. The surface in both locations was indoor
carpet courts
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.
Results
Singles
Doubles
See also
*
Moselle Open – men's tournament held in Metz
References
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Grand Prix tennis circuit
Carpet court tennis tournaments
Indoor tennis tournaments
Defunct tennis tournaments in France
Sport in Nancy, France
Sport in Metz