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Marseille Open
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The Marseille Open is an annual men's tennis tournament played in Marseille, France as part of the ATP International Series. It is also known as the Open 13, and is held for one week in February.
The tournament is played on indoor hard courts.
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The tournament is played inside the Palais des Sports de Marseille. The central court has a capacity of 5800 seats.
The event was first held in 1993. It was the project of ex-professional tennis player, and native of Marseille, Jean-François Caujolle, who remains tournament director to this day.
The Swiss player Marc Rosset won the singles title at the first two editions of the event in 1993 and 1994. He also won it for a 3rd time in 2000. The Swede Thomas Enqvist is so far the only other player to win the title 3 times, doing so in 1997, 1998 and 2002.
In 2004 the event became one of the Top 25 ATP Tour tournaments in terms of prize money.
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score in final |
| 1993 |  Marc Rosset |
 Jan Siemerink |
6-2, 7-6 |
| 1994 | Marc Rosset |
 Arnaud Boetsch |
7-6, 7-6 |
| 1995 |  Boris Becker |
 Daniel Vacek |
6-7, 6-4, 7-5 |
| 1996 | Guy Forget |
Cédric Pioline |
7-5, 6-4 |
| 1997 |  Thomas Enqvist |
 Marcelo Rios |
6-4, 1-0 retired |
| 1998 | Thomas Enqvist |
 Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
6-4, 6-1 |
| 1999 | Fabrice Santoro |
Arnaud Clément |
6-3, 4-6, 6-4 |
| 2000 | Marc Rosset |
Roger Federer |
2-6, 6-3, 7-6 |
| 2001 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov |
Sébastien Grosjean |
7-6, 6-2 |
| 2002 | Thomas Enqvist |
Nicolas Escudé |
6-7, 6-3, 6-1 |
| 2003 | Roger Federer |
Jonas Bjorkman |
6-2, 7-6 |
| 2004 |  Dominik Hrbatý |
Robin Soderling |
4-6, 6-4, 6-4 |
| 2005 | Joachim Johansson |
 Ivan Ljubičić |
7-5, 6-4 |
| 2006 | Arnaud Clément |
Mario Ančić |
6-4, 6-2 |
| 2007 | Gilles Simon |
 Marcos Baghdatis |
6-4 7-6 |
For the 2007 edition, the distribution of points and prize money was as follows:
| Round | ATP Race Points | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | 40 | 71 400 € |
| Finalist | 28 | 41 900 € |
| Semifinalists | 18 | 24 700 € |
| Quarter-finalists | 10 | 14 500 € |
| Round of 16 | 3 | 8 525 € |
| Round of 32 | 1 | 5 000 € |
| Quaterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||||||||
| Robin Söderling |
6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Richard Gasquet |
1 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Robin Söderling |
2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gilles Simon |
6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jonas Björkman |
6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gilles Simon |
7 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gilles Simon |
6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marcos Baghdatis |
4 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| Marcos Baghdatis |
2 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mikhail Youzhny |
6 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Marcos Baghdatis |
3 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
 Jarkko Nieminen |
6 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Julien Benneteau |
2 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jarkko Nieminen |
6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
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| ATP Masters Series: Pacific Life Open | NASDAQ-100 Open | Masters Series Monte-Carlo | Internazionali d'Italia | Masters Series Hamburg | Rogers Cup | Western & Southern Financial Group Masters | Masters Series Madrid | BNP Paribas Masters |
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| International Series: Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad | BMW Open | Brasil Open | Countrywide Classic | Croatia Open Umag | Davidoff Swiss Indoors | Gerry Weber Open | Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon | Marseille Open 13 | Movistar Open | Mumbai Open | Open de Moselle | Ordina Open | Qatar ExxonMobil Open | Red Letter Days Open | Stella Artois Championships | St. Petersburg Open | Synsam Swedish Open | Tennis Channel Open | Thailand Open |