Cairo Open

Cairo Open
Defunct tennis tournament
Event name	Cairo Open (1975–82) Cairo Challenger (1983–91)
Tour	Grand Prix circuit (1975–82) Challenger circuit (1983–91)
Founded	1975
Abolished	1991
Surface	Clay (1975–91)

The Cairo Open is a defunct Grand Prix and Challenger affiliated tennis tournament played from 1975 to 1991. It was held in Cairo in Egypt and played on outdoor clay courts.

Ismail El Shafei was the most successful player at the tournament, winning the doubles competition three times with three different partners; once with New Zealander Brian Fairlie, once with Dutchman Tom Okker and once with Hungarian Balázs Taróczy.

Results

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1975	Manuel Orantes	François Jauffret	6–0, 4–6, 6–1, 6–3
1976	Not held
1977	François Jauffret	Frank Gebert	6–3, 7–5, 6–4
1978	José Higueras	Kjell Johansson	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
1979	Peter Feigl	Carlos Kirmayr	7–5, 3–6, 6–1
1980	Corrado Barazzutti	Paolo Bertolucci	6–4, 6–0
1981	Guillermo Vilas	Peter Elter	6–2, 6–3
1982	Brad Drewett	Claudio Panatta	6–3, 6–3
1983	Henrik Sundström	Juan Avendaño	6–7, 6–2, 6–0
1984	Fernando Luna	Mark Dickson	6–4, 6–2
1985	Fernando Luna	Trevor Allan	6–3, 6–4
1986	Not completed
1987	Alberto Tous	David de Miguel	6–2, 6–3
1988	Jordi Arrese	Carlos di Laura	7–6, 6–2
1989	Sergi Bruguera	Jordi Arrese	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
1990	Thomas Muster	José Francisco Altur	6–4, 6–3
1991	Bryan Shelton	Jacco Eltingh	7–6, 7–6

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1975	Antonio Muñoz Manuel Orantes	Jaime Pinto-Bravo Belus Prajoux	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 7–5
1976	Not held
1977	Bill Bartlett John Marks	Pat Du Pré Chris Lewis	7–5, 6–1, 6–3
1978	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	Lito Álvarez George Hardie	6–3, 7–5, 6–2
1979	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	7–5, 6–4
1980	Ismail El Shafei Tom Okker	Christophe Freyss Bernard Fritz	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1981	Ismail El Shafei Balázs Taróczy	Paolo Bertolucci Gianni Ocleppo	6–7, 6–3, 6–1
1982	Drew Gitlin Jim Gurfein	Heinz Günthardt Markus Günthardt	6–4, 7–5
1983	Broderick Dyke Rod Frawley	Brad Drewett John Feaver	6–3, 6–2
1984	Brett Dickinson Drew Gitlin	Marcel Freeman Tim Wilkison	7–6, 6–3
1985	Anand Amritraj Lloyd Bourne	Trevor Allan Alberto Tous	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
1986	Not held
1987	Loïc Courteau Tore Meinecke	Jordi Arrese David de Miguel	2–6, 7–6, 6–4
1988	Josef Čihák Cyril Suk	Roberto Argüello Marcelo Ingaramo	6–3, 6–2
1989	Jordi Arrese Tomás Carbonell	Carlos Costa Francisco Roig	7–6, 6–3
1990	Tomáš Anzari David Rikl	Eduardo Masso Christian Miniussi	6–3, 6–7, 7–5
1991	Martin Damm David Rikl	Byron Black Marcos Ondruska	6–2, 6–3

References

• ATP Results Archive