The Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia or International Championships of Sicily, also known as the Palermo Open, was a combined men's and women's clay court tennis tournament founded in 1935 and played annually at the Circolo Tennis Palermo in Palermo in Italy. In 1971 the women's event was discontinued leaving just the men's event that ran until 2006.

History

The International Championships of Sicily were established in 1935 as a combined tournament for men and women. In 1955 the Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia were disputed in Messina and won among the men Nicola Pietrangeli who beat in final Fausto Gardini in five sets,^[1] and in female tournament Silvana Lazzarino that won in final against Lea Pericoli. The tournament continued under a joint format until 1971 when the women's event was discontinued. In 1988 a new international tournament for women held in Palermo was reestablished known as the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo.

The tournament was a part of the ATP Tour schedule from 1990 to 2006. The event was part of the ATP World Series from 1990 until 1999 and part of its successor, the ATP International Series, from 2000 until its final edition in 2006. That year the ATP bought back the tournament sanction.^[2] In 2009 a new successor tournament to this event was established called the Sicilia Classic.

Finals

Men's singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1935	Giovanni Palmieri	Jean Lesueur	7–5, ret.
1936	Giovanni Palmieri (2)	Augusto Rado	2–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
1937	Giovanni Palmieri (3)	György Dallos	6–2, 6–3, 6–2
1938	Vojtek Wodicka	Boris Maneff	6–4, 2–6, 6–4, 6–3
1939	Constantin Tănăsescu	Vanni Canepele	7–5, 6–4, 6–2
1940	József Asbóth	George Lyttleton Rogers	6–0, 7–5, 6–4
1941/1950	Not held
1951	Jaroslav Drobný	Dick Savitt	6–4, 2–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–4
1952	Jaroslav Drobný (2)	Fausto Gardini	1–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
1953	Budge Patty	Bernard Bartzen	3–6, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1954/1955	Not held
1956	Giuseppe Merlo	Hugh Stewart	6–4, 8–10, 6–3, 6–2
1957	Giuseppe Merlo (2)	Ham Richardson	2–6, 6–4, 6–1, 6–0
1958	Nicola Pietrangeli	Mervyn Rose	7–5, 6–4, 8–6
1959	Neale Fraser	Nicola Pietrangeli	7–5, 6–4, 8–6
1960	Mario Llamas	Giuseppe Merlo	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
1961	Not held
1962	Rod Laver	Neale Fraser	7–5, 6–4, 8–6
1963	Nicola Pietrangeli (2)	Boro Jovanović	6–4, 6–2, 6–4
1964	Nicola Pietrangeli (3)	Edison Mandarino	6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1
1965	Martin Mulligan	William Alvarez	6–1, 6–1, 6–2
1966	Not held
1967	Alexander Metreveli	Mike Belkin	7–5, 6–4, 6–4
1968	Ion Țiriac	Marty Riessen	8–6, 6–0, 1–6, 6–4
1969	Ion Țiriac (2)	Ilie Năstase	4–6, 6–0, 6–2, 2–6, 6–2
1970	István Gulyás	Ilie Năstase	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1971	Roger Taylor	Pierre Barthès	6–3, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2
1972	Not held
1973	Martin Mulligan (2)	Jun Kuki	6–0, 5–7, 6–3
1974/1978	Not held
1979	Björn Borg	Corrado Barazzutti	6–4, 6–0, 6–4
1980	Guillermo Vilas	Paul McNamee	6–4, 6–0, 6–0
1981	Manuel Orantes	Pedro Rebolledo	6–4, 6–0, 6–0
1982	Mario Martínez	John Alexander	6–4, 7–5
1983	Jimmy Arias	José Luis Clerc	6–2, 2–6, 6–0
1984	Francesco Cancellotti	Miloslav Mečíř	6–0, 6–3
1985	Thierry Tulasne	Joakim Nyström	6–3, 6–1
1986	Ulf Stenlund	Pablo Arraya	6–2, 6–3
1987	Martín Jaite	Karel Nováček	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
1988	Mats Wilander	Kent Carlsson	6–1, 3–6, 6–4
1989	Guillermo Pérez Roldán	Paolo Canè	6–1, 6–4
1990	Franco Davín	Juan Aguilera	6–1, 6–1
1991	Frédéric Fontang	Emilio Sánchez	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
1992	Sergi Bruguera	Emilio Sánchez	6–1, 6–3
1993	Thomas Muster	Sergi Bruguera	7–6(7–2), 7-5
1994	Alberto Berasategui	Àlex Corretja	2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
1995	Francisco Clavet	Jordi Burillo	6–7(3–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
1996	Karim Alami	Adrian Voinea	7–5, 2–1 retired
1997	Alberto Berasategui (2)	Dominik Hrbatý	6–4, 6–2
1998	Mariano Puerta	Franco Squillari	6–3, 6–2
1999	Arnaud Di Pasquale	Alberto Berasategui	6–1, 6–3
2000	Olivier Rochus	Diego Nargiso	7–6(16–14), 6–1
2001	Félix Mantilla	David Nalbandian	7–6(7–2), 6–4
2002	Fernando González	José Acasuso	5–7, 6–3, 6–1
2003	Nicolás Massú	Paul-Henri Mathieu	1–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–0)
2004	Tomáš Berdych	Filippo Volandri	6–3, 6–3
2005	Igor Andreev	Filippo Volandri	0–6, 6–1, 6–3
2006	Filippo Volandri	Nicolás Lapentti	5–7, 6–1, 6–3

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1979	Peter McNamara Paul McNamee	Ismail El Shafei John Feaver	7–5, 7–6
1980	Gianni Ocleppo Ricardo Ycaza	Víctor Pecci Balázs Taróczy	6–2, 6–2
1981	José Luis Damiani Diego Pérez	Jaime Fillol Belus Prajoux	6–1, 6–4
1982	Gianni Marchetti Enzo Vattuone	José Luis Damiani Diego Pérez	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
1983	Pablo Arraya José Luis Clerc	Tian Viljoen Danie Visser	1–6, 6–4, 6–4
1984	Tomáš Šmíd Blaine Willenborg	Claudio Panatta Henrik Sundström	6–7, 6–3, 6–0
1985	Colin Dowdeswell Joakim Nyström	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
1986	Paolo Canè Simone Colombo	Claudio Mezzadri Gianni Ocleppo	7–5, 6–3
1987	Leonardo Lavalle Claudio Panatta	Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
1988	Carlos di Laura Marcelo Filippini	Alberto Mancini Christian Miniussi	6–2, 6–0
1989	Peter Ballauff Rüdiger Haas	Goran Ivanišević Diego Nargiso	6–2, 6–7, 6–4
1990	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Carlos Costa Horacio de la Peña	6–3, 6–4
1991	Jacco Eltingh Tom Kempers	Emilio Sánchez Javier Sánchez	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1992	Johan Donar Ola Jonsson	Horacio de la Peña Vojtěch Flégl	5–7, 6–3, 6–4
1993	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	Juan Garat Jorge Lozano	6–3, 6–3
1994	Tom Kempers Jack Waite	Neil Broad Greg Van Emburgh	7–6, 6–4
1995	Àlex Corretja Fabrice Santoro	Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
1996	Andrew Kratzmann Marcos Ondruska	Cristian Brandi Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 6–4
1997	Andrew Kratzmann Libor Pimek	Hendrik Jan Davids Daniel Orsanic	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
1998	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	Pablo Albano Daniel Orsanic	6–4, 7–6
1999	Mariano Hood Sebastián Prieto	Lan Bale Alberto Martín	6–3, 6–1
2000	Tomás Carbonell Martín García	Pablo Albano Marc-Kevin Goellner	W/O
2001	Tomás Carbonell Daniel Orsanic	Enzo Artoni Emilio Benfele Álvarez	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
2002	Lucas Arnold Ker Luis Lobo	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
2003	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
2004	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	7–5, 6–2
2005	Martín García Mariano Hood	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–2, 6–3
2006	Martín García Luis Horna	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7–6, 7–6

See also

• Sicilia Classic – men's challenger tournament
• Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – women's tournament

References

External links

• Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia at circolotennis.palermo.it (in Italian)